What did you eat today?

Friday

B: chicken apple sausage and TJ's 'healthy 8' veggie mix (sauteed), black coffee
L: beef stew over acorn squash, clementine
S: apple, hard boiled egg
D: Caribbean Seafood Stew (I think!)

Today (rest day)

B: ground beef/veggie/egg casserole, black coffee
S: banana, almonds
L: see breakfast with a tangerine, need to go shopping
D: big salad with red lettuce, flank steak, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, beets, a few pecans and sunflower seeds and hazelnut oil for dressing (I went shopping)

Rest day
B: left over fritatta with artichoke hearts and herbed Boursin, mango chutney, blueberries
L: turkey burger patty, apple, refried beans
S: about a fourth of a Luna bar
D: restaurant... shared a carpaccio plate with DH, had scallops with spinach and a few potato filled gnocchi, 2 glasses red wine, one scoop of vanilla ice cream

When we got back to our hotel last night, there was a coupon for a free brunch at the very nice restaurant at the Lenox Hotel.
Ate about 1/4 of a Luna Bar
I worked out for 30 minutes on the elliptical (intervals) and did a few sets of bicep, triceps, and flys at the hotel fitness center
B: I had dinner for breakfast! Salmon on a bed of pureed parsnips and Brussel sprouts, coffee
we walked quite a bit around the Museum of Fine Arts, got home around 1:30.
L: 4 slices of chicken breast rolled up, piece of cheddar, half a spelt roll dipped in olive oil, blueberries
D: grilled chicken breast with tomatillo-green chili salsa, side of refried black beans, salad with lettuce, oranges, walnuts, sprinkle of goat cheese, grapefruit vinegar and oil, 2 squares dark chocolate, glass of red wine

Today (and my Whole 30 is officially over)

B: Paleo "French Toast" (thinly sliced sweet potatoes rather than bread), bacon, coffee
1 hour very creative and challenging group workout!
L: big salad with flank steak
S: Mocha - probably the BEST mocha I've ever had in my life with great coffee, pure cacao and no added sugar!
D: Rogan Josh (beef rather than lamb) - (out of Well Fed), VERY good - spices rocked though I used too much liquid. I put it over baked spaghetti squash and also had a small salad. A Founders Breakfast Stout (lovely chocolate stout), and a fresh pineapple spear for dessert.

Homemade Rogan Josh seasoning recipe here, and Rogan Josh recipe here. If you like richly layered spices then you should like this.

I looked at the Rogan Josh recipe yesterday, while preparing my shopping list. I am trying to stay away from too much beef/lamb until I get my blood work done for my cholesterol reading.... however, I will make this eventually.
And, I like the fact it has the name Josh, my older son's name. That's why I first tried it in an Indian restaurant.

B: eggs scrambled with spinach, 1 slice bacon
S: banana
L: Rogan Josh from dinner last night, over spaghetti squash and berries for dessert
Easy 40 minutes on the trainer
D: Citrus Carnitas (used too much lemon/lime juice this time - I was experimenting with the recipe, still good though) with sauteed kale
S: Paleo banana 'bread' experiment with a small amount of butter

I was also going to make some Italian Sausage Eggplant Strata (from Well Fed) for the week, but I decided that I had spent enough time cooking for one evening. I will make it tomorrow night if I am not too tired.

B: 2 eggs scrambled with low fat cheddar, 3 slices uncured bacon, blueberries and strawberries
L: 4 slices of chicken breast on a corn tortilla with tomatoes, avocado, with a cup of roasted red pepper/tomato soup
went on a 3.75 mile hike that included a difficult stream crossing and 1600 ft. of climbing
S: apple, slice of cheddar
D: glass of red wine, one breast of a whole roasted chicken, red quinoa, salad with orange grape tomatoes, lettuce, red pepper, fig vinegar, 2 squares of dark chocolate

Friday night, I didn't have one of the ingredients for the dinner I'd planned, so we went out. I had wild Alaskan salmon topped with asparagus and a pile of roasted root veggies on the side.

Saturday
B: bacon, 'waffles' - egg and sweet potato cooked in a waffle form. I ate mine plain, my H put maple syrup on his. Tea.
L: 1/2 a carnitas salad from Chipotle
D: I have no idea what I ate for dinner. I was making chili, so I had a couple of bites of that to taste it but then I just snacked. I know I ate some guacamole with carrots, but I didn't sit down to a real meal because I just wasn't in the mood.

Sunday
B: bacon, eggs with kale, onions and zucchini, melon, black coffee
L: grass fed beef burger on a bed of mixed greens and tomatoes with guac
D: a couple of blueberry sausages and a couple of clementines before bowling, and then I ate the leftovers of my carnitas salad and a banana afterward.

Monday (today - planned)
B: sausage, kale and onion frittata, canteloupe, black coffee
L: beef stew over acorn squash, mixed green salad, banana
D: carribbean seafood stew, mixed green salad, clementine

2 dried apricots, half a glass of almond milk and a handful of walnuts before boot camp
B: left over fritatta with artichoke hearts and light Boursin cheese, an orange, coffee
L: for the first time in almost 2 years, I bought lunch at the grille in my office building. An OK veggie salad with a scoop of chicken salad, which I dipped in some Italian dressing
S: 6 inch whole wheat pita round with hummus
D: 4 slices flank steak with "bistro" sauce (cabernet, veggie stock, Dijon, teeny bit of butter), roasted sweet potatoes, roasted Brussel sprouts, glass of red wine, 2 squares dark chocolate

Yesterday:

B: eggs scrambled with kale and mushrooms, bacon, coffee
1 hour workout
S: boiled egg, 6 dried cherries
L: Last of the Rogan Josh over baby spinach, tangerine
D: Citrus Carnitas, sauteed brussel sprouts

Today (so far):

B: omelet with spinach and beef tip strips
40 minutes strength session
S: nuts and dried cherries
L: Italian Sausage Eggplant Strata (from Well Fed), salad
D: Will likely be Carnitas + veggies, we will see.

Tuesday -

B: sweet potato/egg waffles with almond butter, 1/2 a banana, blueberry breakfast sausage, black coffee
L: veggie and meat chili over sausage
S: 1/2 banana, cashews (maybe)
D: sausage and cabbage 'noodles', mixed berries

B: 4 oz. almond milk, coffee, egg whites, broccoli, salsa, cheddar with an orange
S: I left for skiing at 11:00 Ate a slice of whole wheat raisin Ezekial bread with soy nut butter
did 11k of nordic skiing
L: cup of red pepper tomato soup, small salad with left over roasted chicken and red quinoa, champagne vinegar, an apple
S: slice of Machengo cheese
D: left over Czech meatballs, mashed cauliflower "potatoes," salad with lettuce, walnuts, dried cranberries, a little goat cheese, fig vinegar, glass of red wine, 2 squares dark chocolate

Dinner tonight was a couple of carnitas, a small piece of Italian sausage eggplant strata, broccoli, sauteed parsley/mushrooms. 1 slice banana 'bread' for dessert.

I really want ice cream, but it is only from being a bit depressed. No riding, no ice cream ;)

I'm going to have to try that rogan josh, except with yogurt (because I have some in the fridge, and since it's northern Indian food, the coconut seems sort of out of place). (I'm half Indian. That means I can be picky about it, right?)

B: Cereal with 1% milk, tea,
S: Chex mix.
D: 2 helpings steak and ale pie (beef, potato, onion), and sugar snap peas with mint and butter. It's a pretty shallow pie--one potato, one onion, 1.3 pounds raw of beef in a 9x13 dish, because that's all I have, so it's about an inch and a half deep and about a quarter of that is the crust. It's starting to look like 1/4 of the pie is a serving.