What did you eat today?

[Crankin]

small glass of almond milk and 2 dried apricots before boot camp.
I felt awful after class; the mold spore count is in the severe range and it's been like this for 10 days, with no end in sight.
B: 2 eggs, over easy, with green chili salsa, 3 slices of chicken breast, 1/4 avocado, an orange, coffee
S: I felt so horrible when I was leaving for work that I ate a piece of Ezekial raisin/whole wheat bread. After seeing my first client (a very resistant teen) I realized my stomach was upset, too. But, I got to my office, waited an hour and by 1:00, I wanted lunch.
L: left over tofu and cabbage/veggies, an apple
S: corn tortilla and hummus
D: grilled Ahi tuna, red quinoa, roasted brussel sprouts, very small glass of red wine

[spokewench]

B: bowl of rice chex, strawberries, milk, coffee
Snack: 1 cliff bar
L: 3 small beef tacos
D: small piece of sirloin steak, mixed rice and grain pilaf with mushrooms and onions, zucchini with parmesan, 1 beer

[GLC1968]

Last night's dinner was a salad from Chipotle. When I got home, I split a kombucha with my husband because I've been having digestive problems and I thought it might help. Not sure if it did or not!

Today
B: bacon, eggs, salsa, black coffee
L: meat marinara over a pile of mixed veggies (broccoli, cauli and carrots), blueberries
D: grass fed beef burgers topped with guacamole, baked sweet potato spears, green salad

I'm cooking a pile of food this weekend, so next weeks' meals should look much more interesting!

[Catrin]

Today:

B: Usual eggs, veggies, fresh side, black coffee
L: lettuce wrap 'sandwich' of avocado, smoked salmon, onion and part of a massive baked sweet potato (actually cooked at low temps fo 14 hours - and it wasn't overcooked!!!!)
D: chicken feta cheese sausage, big salad with assorted veggies and hazelnut oil for dressing

I put a brisket in the fridge to thaw, I've never cooked one so it will be interesting!

[GLC1968]

OK, two questions...

1) you cooked a sweet potato for 14 hours? Where?

2) how are you cooking your brisket? (I've never cooked one either)

[Owlie]

Re: Brisket: We've always thrown it in the crockpot. I've never cooked one myself because I don't want to be eating it for two weeks straight!

GLC: Homemade guac?

Today:
B: Cereal, a latte.
L: Leftovers from dinner last night...so 3 pieces of breaded fried chicken (but it was so good) and bell pepper strips
20.2-mile bike ride
A small handful of pita chips while I cooked dinner
D: Salmon, a pile of soba noodles with soy sauce, daikon radish (also with soy sauce) and snow peas
...and a rather large portion of a bag of honey-roasted peanuts, because I was still hungry.

[Crankin]

B: egg whites, kale, red pepper, 1/2 sweet potato scramble, an orange, 2 slices of Black Forest ham, coffee
L: left over Ahi tuna (about 3 oz), the other half of the sweet potato, 2 hearts of palm and artichoke hearts
S:small skim milk mocha latte. too sweet and I forgot my Lactaid. Had a couple of whole wheat pita rounds when I got home and lots of water
2.2 mile hilly walk
D: went out. Shared a plate of proscuttio/Caprese salad with DH (delicious) and had swordfish with veggies and angel hair. The fish was delicious. I ate half the fish and 3 bites of the pasta and had the rest boxed up. I honestly can't remember the last time I had pasta, any pasta either at home or out. This was freshly made, so worth it, but I've kind of lost my desire. One glass of red wine.

[Catrin]

Re: Brisket: We've always thrown it in the crockpot. I've never cooked one myself because I don't want to be eating it for two weeks straight...

I get almost all of my meat from a local butcher, they have their own cows/pigs, etc., so I can get however much I want. In the end I get what I want for less than I would pay at the store where I am limited to whatever they have packaged AND I know how the animals have lived/been fed. If I like this recipe I will get a larger brisket eventually and make some for the freezer. I just don't have much time for real cooking during the week...

[GLC1968]

Re: Brisket: We've always thrown it in the crockpot. I've never cooked one myself because I don't want to be eating it for two weeks straight!

GLC: Homemade guac?

Normally, I do make my own. On Friday, it was from Whole Foods because I was feeling lazy (and I had to pick up some ketchup for my DH anyway!).

I cooked my brisket in the crock pot yesterday. I've only just tasted it, but I'm serving it for dinner today, so we'll see how it is!

B: chicken apple sausage, apple with almond butter, black coffee
S: banana muffin
L: czech meatballs, sauteed veggies
D: mashed cauliflower, greens salad, smoky brisket and onions

This weekend I made the czech meatballs, the brisket and some spice mixes. Tonight I'll be rendering some pork fat, starting some sauerkraut, roasting some veggies and making a frittata to eat in the week ahead.

[Catrin]

OK, two questions...

1) you cooked a sweet potato for 14 hours? Where?

2) how are you cooking your brisket? (I've never cooked one either)

Update...even after 14 hours that Sweet Potato Boulder wasn't cooked quite all of the way! 99% of it was, but I found a couple of hardish spots when preparing it for a recipe yesterday. I got it from a local market that had it on sale for $1 - they usually charge .99/pound so that was probably the only way they could have sold it.

The brisket came out well, I may try my hand at corning a brisket at some point - the idea of grass-fed corned beef sounds really good.

[GLC1968]

Update...even after 14 hours that Sweet Potato Boulder wasn't cooked quite all of the way! 99% of it was, but I found a couple of hardish spots when preparing it for a recipe yesterday. I got it from a local market that had it on sale for $1 - they usually charge .99/pound so that was probably the only way they could have sold it.

The brisket came out well, I may try my hand at corning a brisket at some point - the idea of grass-fed corned beef sounds really good.

That must have been one hell of a sweet potato!! At that size, I probably would have cut it into hunks and roasted it!