What did you eat today?

Yummm Crankin, I LOVE the Czech meatball recipe! I also like your idea about a salmon stir fry for breakfast - I need to do that soon and mix things up. I get in ruts for breakfast - I have my timing down to a science :)

Today:

B: eggs scrambled with parsley, 1 thin slice "bacon" (side pork), and coffee without cream! I've set dairy aside for a month and I am finding out that I actually like black coffee (which is a shock)
1 hour workout - post-workout snack of 1 boiled egg + strawberries
L: roasted chicken salad made with a few veggies, home-made mayo (hazelnut oil) over baby spinach and more strawberries
D: last of the citrus carnitas and a parsley/fennel salad with a bit of extra-virgin olive oil. blueberries for dessert.

I want to try a salmon cake recipe tomorrow or Friday evening, I've some canned wild salmon that keeps getting my attention. Of course, I COULD make a scramble out of that in the morning...hmmm

6 oz. almond milk, handful of walnuts, 2 dried apricots before boot camp.
B:4 slices chicken breast over sliced tomatoes, with a sprinkle of shredded cheddar, 1/4 avocado, blueberries, coffee
S: nuts and cranberries, more coffee
L: I am in a 2 day seminar. They provided sandwiches, chips, cookies. Ugh. I took half of one sandwich (which were on horrible dry looking white rolls), and ate the turkey, on a pile of lettuce and tomatoes. I squirted some mayo on this, as the turkey was really dry. Luckily, I had brought an apple, but about 1.5 hrs. later I was starving. Really starving. So, I took half a tuna sandwich, scraped off the tuna salad and ate it as a snack, much to the dismay of my co-workers who were munching on cookies.
S: an orange and a small piece of Machengo cheese.
D: 2 thin pork chops with paprika/cumin rub, mashed butternut squash, roasted brussel sprouts, 2 squares dark chocolate.

B: eggs scrambled with kale, bacon, coffee
L: carnitas and a parsley/fennel salad
S: boiled egg and a banana (starving for some reason)
D: A nice salad while at the advisory board committee meeting at my gym, not enough protien though so I had a roasted chicken thigh when I got home.

walnuts and a small glass of almond milk before 5:30 AM spin class
B:2 eggs poached over a hash of sweet potatoes and kale
L: 1/4 avocado, 3 left over Czech meatballs, left over butternut squash puree, an apple
S: nuts and cranberries with chocolate bits
D: after 2 days of sitting 8 hrs. in a seminar, I decided I wanted to go out. We went to a very local lovely restaurant where I had a large cup of beet soup, and I got adventurous
with my entree: roasted rabbit with purple brussel sprouts and pureed squash. That part was healthy.
Not so much the 2 glasses of red wine and splitting an apricot bread pudding with pear ice cream.

Today:

B: cornflakes with skim milk, fresh raspberries, blueberries and strawberries
Snack: almond croissant and coffee with milk.
Snack later: tea with milk. An orange.
Dinner: steamed salmon fillet with abit of soy sauce, ginger root and onion. With egg white noodles and stir fried shanghai bok choy and Chinese lettuce on side with onions and ginger.

B: 3 slices of ham, red pepper, zucchini, and sweet potato stir fried, side of blueberries and strawberries with a little Greek yogurt. My stomach is still a little weird from the antibiotic.
S: one slice of uncured bacon
L: kale, broccoli, orange pepper, with 3 slices chicken breast, and a little egg whites, fried up. an apple
went on a 3.5 mile hike, which included a 350 ft. climb. I was wearing my hiking shoes and ice spikes, which were fine until we got to the climb and the snow was a little deeper, so it was a lot of work. Had a handful of nuts and cranberries at the top
S: small skim milk mocha latte
D: made the beef stew and orange gremolata from Well Fed. Had a green salad with tomatoes and green onion, balsamic vinegar. glass of red wine.

B: eggs scrambled with mushrooms and spinach, 1 slice fresh side, coffee
45 minutes spinning (solo, at gym) - felt good, no pain ;)
L: chili over baby spinach, 1/2 cup blackberries
S: 1 slice baked fresh side (might as well call it bacon :)
D: Beef tip roast salad (sliced sauteed beef tips, onion, and mushrooms over fresh parsley), strawberries

Today:

B: beef tip roast from dinner and 2 eggs, coffee
1 hour hard group training session
L: very last of the beef tip roast, banana "muffin cup" (banana, 1 egg, almond butter - all microwaved together - yummier than it sounds :)
S: 1 slice bacon
D: Shepherds Pie and sauteed Lacinto Kale with a few blackberries for dessert. This is the first time I've made this recipe out of Well Fed (I used ground pork rather than lamb), while it fell apart and I didn't have enough cauliflower for the topping - it tasted very good - so much that I ate more than I should have...I will make this again.

The same thing happened to me when I made the Shepard's Pie. I'll try again, too.
I am exhausted from 2 hours of Well Fed cooking. I love to cook, but, I didn't plan well. I had planned to make the spinach-meat muffins this morning, but I didn't. Got home from a short snow shoe, showered and started at 4:15. I had planned to make the Pad Thai for dinner, too. I hadn't cooked the chicken thighs (obviously no grilling), and even though they only take 25 minutes to cook in the oven, the muffins took 40, and I had to prep the Sunshine sauce, and eggs, veggies.
It better taste good. Going to put it together now.

I love the Sunshine sauce, and did enjoy the Pad Thai when I made it. This kind of cooking is teaching me how to be more thoughtful about my shopping and how better to organize my cooking time/kitchen. I certainly do enjoy having the fruits of my labors throughout the week :)

I have no issue with the shopping, as I always have planned the meals and make my list accordingly. The Pad Thai was delicious! Since I am allergic to peanuts, this was a great sub for me. However, I did use my soy nut butter instead of sunflower butter, as the only sunflower butter in my regular grocery store had sugar and other gross stuff in it. I will probably sub almond butter I get at the natural foods store next time, as well as have pre-cooked chicken.

B: DH made me a breakfast sandwich on Ezekial bread, with 2 poached eggs and chicken sausage, as well as a bowl of blueberries and orange slices. I've had a good eating week, so I am not guilty about the Ezekial bread, as it's better than the white flour waffles he usually makes! But, I had too much coffee.
L: We went to do a couple of errands in the snow storm, and then went to a restaurant for a late lunch. I had a cup of chicken-veggie soup (good, but too salty), and a very plain salad with arugula, grilled chicken, roasted red pepper, and a little sprinkle of walnuts, with vinaigrette.
S: nuts and cranberries, with chocolate bits
Did a 3.5 mile snow shoe in the heavy, wet snow. I didn't bring my poles and it was very tough going up the ridge to my street. I'm tired!
D: Paleo Pad Thai with spaghetti squash noodles, chicken thighs, red cabbage (I hate snap peas), sauce as noted above, and a sprinkle of almonds and cilantro.

B: 2 meat and spinach muffins, blueberries, coffee, 6 oz. almond milk
S: had a handful of nuts and cranberries both before and after 10K x country ski on easy terrain
L: 4 slices chicken breast over sliced tomato and avocado, an apple
S: another handful of nuts, cranberries, chocolate bits
D: chicken breast with rosemary and olive oil and vinegar, sweet potato, roasted asparagus, glass of red wine

B: Pork Shepard's pie with over-easy eggs on top, coffee
1 hour HARD group training session, followed by hemp protein shape
L: chili over baby spinach
S: small banana
D: chicken sausage, sauteed kale, 1/2 roasted large sweet potato, blackberries

Catrin: How do you make Pork shepard's pie paleo - sweet potatoes on top?

B: 1 piece wg toast with butter, coffee
L: bowl of beef vege soup, 1 piece wg bread with butter
Snack - small amount of potato chips
D: ww pasta with roasted red pepper sauce and mozzarella, 1 piece garlic bread, 1 glass red wine

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Originally Posted by spokewench

Catrin: How do you make Pork shepard's pie paleo - sweet potatoes on top?

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Mashed Cauliflower on top! Her recipe for mashed cauliflower is pretty darn good, I will be using that again for other recipes.

Speaking of which, I have plenty of shepard's pie left for dinner tonight, it is SO good :)

I don't particularly love cauliflower as a veggie, but the mashed cauliflower is delicious and tastes like a puree you would find in a fine restaurant. I am now using it as a side at least one night a week.

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Originally Posted by Crankin

I don't particularly love cauliflower as a veggie, but the mashed cauliflower is delicious and tastes like a puree you would find in a fine restaurant. I am now using it as a side at least one night a week.

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I didn't use the frozen florets she recommended, but as I had a fresh head, I just steamed it until very soft so there wasn't any problems with it getting waterlogged. I HAVE, however, begun to suspect that I need a larger food processor....

I use the fresh, too. I microwave (gasp) it in a little water for 10 minutes and just throw the pieces in the food processor.
B: 6 oz. almond milk and 2 dried apricots before boot camp, 2 eggs over easy on top of kale, with 3 slices low salt ham, an orange, coffee
S: more coffee
L: left over Paleo Pad Thai, an apple
S: nits and cranberries
D: home made butternut squash soup (so easy), and a salad with lettuce, avocado, left over chicken thighs, sprinkle of goat cheese, chocolate vinegar and oil, glass of red wine

When I read your posts, I always feel like I eat way more than I maybe should be!
B: Butternut squash, apple & bacon hash with half a turkey sausage thrown in. 1 orange, coffee w/cream.
S: Coffee w/cream
L: 2 tblsp. mixed raw nuts, Spaghetti squash fritter, 1-1/2 slices meatloaf, mixed baby greens with balsamic vinaigrette dressing.
S: 1 tblsp. mixed nuts & banana
D: pork loin chop, brussels sprouts, sweet potatoe fries, slice of paleo apple tart with tea

Maybe it doesn't look as bad when I write it down!

B: eggs scrambled with spinach and mushrooms, 1 slice fresh side, coffee
Training session
S: boiled egg, small banana
L: Shepherd's Pie, baby spinach with balsamic vinaigrette dressing
D: More shepherd's pie, 1/2 baked sweet potato, parsley sauteed with onions and mushrooms

DebSP, I like the looks of your squash with apple/bacon hash - I will have to try that soon :)

I think I'm getting a little too well fed on the Well Fed recipes!

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Originally Posted by Catrin

Mashed Cauliflower on top! Her recipe for mashed cauliflower is pretty darn good, I will be using that again for other recipes.

Speaking of which, I have plenty of shepard's pie left for dinner tonight, it is SO good :)

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That would be really good!

B: 1 egg, 1 piece wg toast with butter, coffee, 1/2 glass of oj
S: 1 banana
L: beef vege soup, 1 piece wg bread with butter
D: salmon, small helping roasted potatoes, large helping broccoli, 1 glass chardonnay

Home sick today...

B: shepherd's pie with eggs on top
L: salmon chowder (very simple to make), blueberries
D: Probably the rest of the salmon chowder, a small salad...and more frozen blueberries. I feel the need for fruit but I feel too bad to head out to the store.

Ugh. Feel better, Catrin!

(and do you have a recipe for the salmon chowder?)

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Originally Posted by Owlie

Ugh. Feel better, Catrin!

(and do you have a recipe for the salmon chowder?)

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This is the recipe that I loosely followed as a guide. I used sweet potatoes rather than white potatoes (I don't do nightshades) and was my first attempt at anything like a "fish soup". It came out rather tasty! I cut the broth in half, only 2 slices of fresh side rather than a full pound of bacon, and a couple of other changes since I didn't want to make a large amount of it. I did use a full can of salmon.

I hope you feel better soon, Catrin!!

Thanks! I have some canned salmon to use up.
*skims recipe*
That's a lot of bacon! I think I'll be cutting that down a bit...

Think I can use milk or something higher-fat (but still dairy) in place of the coconut milk? I might fuse this with a second salmon chowder recipe (both halved, because I don't want to be eating this forever), and perhaps add some kale. I think I have everything except the bay leaf and cream, and I need to go to the grocery store anyway (nearly out of garlic!).

Hope you feel better, Catrin. Being sick sucks. I'm still coughing!
B: egg whites, kale, avocado, chicken slices
S: walnuts (handful) before yoga-lates class and a 15 minute run/walk warm up on the treadmill
L: sweet potato, sauteed with tomatoes and more chicken, an apple
S: slice of Ezekial raisin bread
D: I met GLC for dinner! mixed salad with lots of veggies, oil and vinegar, swordfish, 1/2 a sweet potato, broccoli
Ate 2 squares of dark chocolate when I got home

B: WG toast with butter, coffee
S: 1/2 sammy with turkey and slice of swiss cheese, mayonaise b4 tennis
L: bowl of beef vege soup after tennis
D: two chicken tacos, rice, 1 beef
2 pieces dark chocolate

Still sick today, and Dr. convinced me that I should take the rest of the week off work - and have done so. NCIS marathon (DVR) & reading

B: scrambled eggs with mushrooms, a slice of fresh side and coffee
L: I really didn't feel like cooking, so I repeated breakfast - added strawberries and no coffee
stopped by the store for some veggies on the way home from Dr. and pharmacy
D: Planning to roast some chicken, broccoli and brussel sprouts... That sounds about as easy as I can do it while getting some nutrition in my body.

Take it easy, Catrin.
handful of almonds before boot camp. Forgot my almond milk and it made a huge difference in the way I felt... bad!
B: 3 slices low salt ham in a corn tortilla sauteed with sprinkle of cheddar and salsa
L: left over "Pad Thai," an apple, nuts and cranberries
S: meat and spinach muffin
D: DH made pork chops marinated in something way too salty, with mushrooms, peppers, onion, and half a sweet potato, half a glass of red wine, 2 squares dark chocolate

I've used up almost all of the meat I bought for Well Fed recipes... except some lamb. I will be cutting back on the red meat for a while.

Just curious if anyone else was completely addicted to chobani Greek yogurt? I fell in love with their flavors. Their pineapple and pear are awesome!

I eat the plain Chobani. It's good.
I can't eat flavored yogurt anymore, just too sweet. I put fresh blueberries in the yogurt, if I want a sweet taste.

Chobani Peach is my favorite. For some reason, it doesn't seem as sweet as some of the others

B: Piece of wg toast, butter, coffee
s: 1 banana
L: 2 tacos, 1/4 of a big dr. pepper
D: 1 burrito, leftover chicken, beans, rice, lettuce, salsa, 1 glass of chardonnay

B: 8 oz.plain Greek yogurt with blueberries, 2 slices uncured bacon, slice of whole wheat Ezekial toast with soy nut butter, coffee
L: Nicoise salad at a restaurant, with balsamic vinaigrette
S: an apple, 2 whole wheat pita round crackers
D: Moroccan meatballs with cauliflower "mashed potatoes, glass of red wine, 2 squares dark chocolate

B: scrambled eggs with veggies, bacon, coffee
L: the "hidden" Med. Chicken Salad at Panaera - quite tasty!
S: boiled egg, dried strawberries
D: home-made "taco" salad with grass fed ground beef and a yummy cucumber-pineapple salsa over baby greens (both recipes from Practical Paleo)
S: made a breakfast frittata that just begged for sampling since it stuck to the pan...I sampled a bit too much :o

On the other hand, I feel human for the first time in 3 days, so will see what it feels like to do a good workout tomorrow :)

Crankin - how did you like the Moroccan meatballs? I plan on making another batch of the Czech meatballs Sunday evening, I really like those

We both really liked the Moroccan meatballs, although the sauce did not thicken as I thought it would. The key, I think to good meatballs, is making them small. I served it over the cauliflower mashed "potatoes," and it tasted great. I froze about 1/3 of the recipe which was left over.

Thanks Crankin, I will remember that - I love good meatballs :)

B: sausage/veggie/egg baked casserole, coffee
Lifting challenge at the gym
L: home-made "taco" salad with grass-fed ground beef and a yummy cucumber-pineapple salsa over baby greens
D: lemon-artichoke baked chicken with roasted brussel sprouts and brocolli

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Originally Posted by Catrin

Thanks Crankin, I will remember that - I love good meatballs :)

B: sausage/veggie/egg baked casserole, coffee
Lifting challenge at the gym
L: home-made "taco" salad with grass-fed ground beef and a yummy cucumber-pineapple salsa over baby greens
D: lemon-artichoke baked chicken with roasted brussel sprouts and brocolli

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Do elaborate on the chicken...