What did you eat today?

[Crankin]

half a Lara Bar before boot camp
B: glass of almond milk, sautéed kale, sweet potato, and 2 pork/quinoa meatballs. an orange, coffee
L: home made chicken salad with walnuts and cranberries, an apple
S: slice of raisin spelt bread with a teaspoon of almond butter
D: scallops, pan seared in butter, with orange and red peppers, a sweet potato, glass of red wine

[spokewench]

YESTERDAY
B: 1 banana, coffee
L: Leftover beef stew, 1 oatmeal raisin cookie
S: few spoonfuls of cottage cheese to finish off the tub
D: 1 chicken thigh baked with rice and mushrooms in the oven, green beans, 1 glass red wine

[Crankin]

Rest day... I spent most of it doing my PT stretches
B: breakfast sandwich: one egg, low fat cheddar, 1.5 turkey sausages on a whole wheat spelt roll, an orange, blueberries, coffee
L: veggie and hummus whole wheat wrap, carrots
S: coffee, slice of Machengo, 2 whole wheat pita crackers
D: 3 slices flank steak, home made cowboy beans, broccoli

[spokewench]

B: wg toast with peanut butter and cherry jam
L: leftover chicken with rice
D: hamburger with blue cheese, french fries, 1 beer (that was a splurge)

[Crankin]

B: 2 waffles with walnuts, cranberries, 2 slices uncured bacon, blueberries, coffee
did a metric, during which I ate a Lara Bar during the first 35 miles and drank a bottle of Accelerade.
Lunch, during the ride was half of a large chicken honey mustartd wrap, infused with bacon crumbles and lettuce and half a bottle of Gatorade, poured the rest of the Gatorade into my bottle and drank that during the rest of the ride
S: got home, drank water and had 3 slices of Machengo and a few whole wheat pita chips, one left over pork-quinoa meatball. This was nothing compared to my normal post long ride eating!
D: we went out to a very nice Italian place in another suburb, for my birthday. It truly was like being in Italy. Had a glass of Prosecco and DH and I shared a tapas sized portion of burrata and something else... forget the Italian name, maybe arrancini. I had the small sized squash ravioli; 7 small raviolis, which were delicious and it was just the right amount. Tpped it off with a glass of red wine and an affogato for dessert. I was celebrating, after all.

[Crankin]

Sunday:
B: eggs, lox, onions, an orange, coffee
L: salad with tuna, chick peas, goat cheese, lettuce
D: one roast chicken leg/thigh, pureed butternut squash, salad, glass of red wine

today:
ate a Lara Bar before boot camp
B: endive, stuffed with light veggie cream cheese and salmon, bowl of blueberries and strawberries, coffee
L:chicken salad with cranberries and almonds, an apple
S: slice of cheese and 3 pita crackers
D: 5 Czech meatballs and cauliflower "mashed" potatoes, salad, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Catrin]

Crankin, those Czech meatballs are wonderful, like meat candy looking forward to trying some of the new meatball spice blends in the new cookbook.

Still home sick but starting to feel, and eat, better.

B: small piece of frittata, single small coffee. 2 dried figs
L: bone broth with mushrooms, chicken and spinach.
S: Kefir with a bit of protein powder mixed in
D: last of the frittata and a small baked potato

Hopefully will feel up to cooking tomorrow...

[spokewench]

B: 1 piece wg toast, butter, coffee
L: BLT sammy
D: salmon, mashed potatoes, peas, red wine

[Catrin]

B: scrambled eggs, baked sweet potato, coffee
L: the last of the last of the frittata (found a small piece remaining), 1/4 avocado, 1 slice fresh side
S: Kefir
D: Paleo Mulligatawny Stew over baby spinach sauteed with almond slivers (from Well Fed 2) scroll down for the recipe. This is the first time I've tried it. I am getting tired so am foregoing the cauliflower rice tonight, I will make that tomorrow night. I don't feel like having to clean my food processor tonight

Added: OMG that stew is incredible! It is really more like soup because I didn't have any arrowroot powder and didn't feel up to heading out and hunting some down, but this is a great cool weather recipe! I bet it would also be great cooked with no poultry & paired with pulled pork. Or perhaps even used as a base for fish stew - fish stew curry anyone? hmmmmmm

[Crankin]

Yes, the Czech meatballs are definitely like crack.
B: 2 chicken apple sausages, scrambled with kale, egg whites, salsa and an orange, coffee
L: 3 Czech meatballs, left over pureed butternut squash, an apple
S: nuts and cranberries
D: went out with a friend to a place where I can eat a meal similar to what I would make at home. Had blackened salmon, a sweet potato, green beans, with a garden salad, glass of red wine.

[spokewench]

B: 1 piece wg toast butter, coffee
1 pear
L: ham and cheese sammy on wg bread
D: beans and rice, sprinkle of cheese, salsa and avocado, 1 beer

[Crankin]

B: 2 egg omelette with kale, green chili salsa, half a sweet potato. blueberries and strawberries, coffee
went on a 15.6 mile ride. Should not have had the second cup of coffee.
L: chicken leg and thigh, an orange, cup of tomato soup, with the rest of the left over farro in it
D: sauted tofu with baby bok choy, an apple, half a glass of red wine

[Crankin]

B: Lara Bar before boot camp, sliced tomato with salmon mixed up in veggie cream cheese, an orange, coffee after
L: I went to a client's hosue to meet with the mom and she made me lunch; turkey and swiss with mustard on a roll. Not bad, but it was a white bread roll. 2 pickle slices, an apple
S: nuts, chocolate cranberries. then I was so hungry when I got home, I ate a Czech meatball and 2 whole wheat crackers
D: 2 chicken wings, half a sweet potato, salad, glass of red wine

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: eggs scrambled with spinach, 1/4 avocado, coffee (down to 1 cup a day right now)
1 hour group training - this one was much lower in intensity - no crazy metabolic work. Unsure if that is what he had planned or if it is because I was there and he knows I've been ill. Followed with protein shake
L: Mulligatawny Stew
S: Kefir, small apple
D: Last of the Mulligatawny Stew

I am looking forward to a bit more experimentation in the kitchen this weekend with my new cookbook And...I've re-gained the weight I lost last weekend when I was so sick - and I am NOT complaining about that.

[spokewench]

B: 2 pieces cinnamon raisin bread with butter, coffee
L: chicken teriyaki bowl, veges and rice
D: 1 glass chardonnay and a bit of cottage cheese (just was not hungry)
cup of hot tea with honey