Eating habit puzzler

[shootingstar]

I am not vegetarian but eat meat 3-4 times per month. I have egg replacement various cooked forms 2-3 times per month. Or less.

Because I no longer feel well when I eat lots of white rice, because of it's high glycemic (which would tip me closer to diabetes 2...And I am a small, slim person), I found light dried Asian pasta (not rice vermicelli) or very light fresh steamed Asian pasta a solution for me. I have drastically cut back my bread consumption. I will eat a very thin, flat type of pita bread that doesn't use much flour and it has no eggs, fat nor sugar. I'm not referring to the pita breads that are thicker and smaller. These are like the size of pizza circumference.

I don't have the heavier Italian style dried pasta. Of course, I love freshly made Italian pasta ..and will go after a ravioli or torellini dish at a restaurant.

So I have white rice..um..maybe once every 3-4 months, when I have to have my lovable sushi and sashimi!!

Also having couscous would be a light alternative several times per month.

I actually rarely make salads for myself. He's the salad maker and does a much better job with so much more tasty creativity than I can do it.

So the veggie dishes I do make tend to be stir fried/sauteed, steamed or roasted. I can make up a stir fried dish that is tasty on the fly whereas he has to think about it to make it taste right.

Most likely you are good a with certain type of cooking techniques or certain types of dishes.

You might consider more Asian veggie consomme noodle dishes which are filling, yet reasonably healthy. But squash soups, beet, tomato soups are great too.

[carolync]

Lunch is satisfying. My spouse's soups he makes are delicious and pretty filing. He is the master of spicing food. I get my dose of beans/rice at lunch, plus lots and lots of vegetables.

But I will miss my eggs and meat. (Fish is out too).

Dairy is fine. I almost feel like I am being dairied to death. I do like Dannielle's cottage cheese suggestion though. I also like the idea of eating out a time or two a week. I confess that I have gone to the local Chinese food buffet and got take out chicken sticks, which I freeze and eat later. But to be true to my agreement I don't think that I should be hiding food in the freezer.

I've found a recipe for scrambled tofu that is a great subsitute for scrambled eggs, doesn't taste like tofu at all, and the texture is spot on. It can be found on the The Post Punk Kitchen website. (http://www.theppk.com/2009/10/tof-u-...ofu-revisited/) You may want to look at some of her other recipes, they are vegan, so no problem with the hubby. I'm eat partially vegetarian (I eat fish and chicken occasionally) and I've found many of her recipes very satisfying.

Good Luck!

[goldfinch]

Thanks Carolyn and everyone else for the ideas!

[Becky]

+1 for the Post Punk Kitchen. Neither DH nor I are vegetarian/vegan, but we've found some amazing recipes on there!

[goldfinch]

I would never have guessed mushrooms were high in protein. Thanks! I love mushrooms.

We toast pumpkin seeds in an iron pan for snacks. I have to watch myself--love those things.

[goldfinch]

Potatoes are my nemesis. I can't eat them. I've got to stay away from too much starch.