What did you eat today?

[spokewench]

B: shredded wheat, 1 banana, milk, coffee
almonds while hiking
L: ham Sammy, wg bread, lettuce, some low fat potato chips
D: beef stew, salad (spinach, roasted sweet potatoes, oranges, red onion and honey/vinegar/oj dressing)

[Crankin]

B: egg whites and one egg, scrambled with kale, 3 Czech meatballs, 2 slices fresh pineapple, coffee
one hour on the trainer, 4X1 minutes intervals and 10 30 seconds on/off intervals, plus warm up, spinnning rests, cool down, then 15 minutes of stretching
S: 3 pecans, 2 dried apricots, 4 oz almond milk
L: 6 oz salmon salad stuffed in a red pepper, on lettuce, an apple
green tea
D: made the lamb Rogan Josh from the Paleo cookbook, with spaghetti squash "spaghetti." It came out well, even though I had to buy lamb stew meat on the bone, not boneless. one glass of red wine, one square dark chocolate

[Catrin]

Crankin, I've made the Rogan Josh with beef stew meat and it was good! I've been trying lots of good recipes from Well Fed 2 and like it even better than the first one. Also have NomNom Paleo, ot is a beautiful cookbook and am looking forward to working with her recipes as well. Her website is the first one I visit for recipes.

B: usual (need to get some variety going here) eggs, spinach, fermented veggies & coffee

1 hour group training followed by a protein shake

L: roasted chicken salad with romaine lettuce wraps, casablanca carrots
S banana
D: West African Chicken stew, cauli-rice, roasted mustard-garlic Brussels Sprouts.
S: peppermint tea with 100% cacao powder...pure chocolate goodness and peppermint...perfect for a cold winter night!

[spokewench]

B: 1 bowl shredded wheat, milk, coffee
1 banana
L: 1 chicken burrito
D: salad, spinach, red pepper, cucumber, avocado, vinaigrette with roasted pumpkin seeds, 1 glass red wine
1 slice of marble cake

[Catrin]

Today (rest day)

B: scrambled eggs and "coco-nutty" no-grain hot cereal (unsweetened shredded coconut, almond butter, spices and water) - and pretty good!
L: cinnamon beef stew over cauli-rice
S: a small apple
D: planning on the last of the West African Chicken stew, last of the Casablanca carrots and, probably, a beer.

[Crankin]

I looked at the nom nom Paleo site; the recipes look good and I liked her attitude, not "holier than thou" about Paleo. So, since I'm home today, and I had the ingredients, I decided to make the marinade for the Asian chicken. I had a much smaller amount of chicken thighs (1.25 vs. 4), so I adjusted the marinade amounts down a little. I got to use my new food processor, which miraculously, arrived in the blizzard yesterday. As with most recipes, I found the amounts of ingredients for the marinade were widely off of what I would have done on my own... not enough. However, since I had adjusted the amount down just a little, it ended up fine. I probably will cook the thighs the way I usually do, and not turn them half way. I find that this often ruins the coating and is not really necessary.
The marinade tasted great, and I have some nice broccolini to eat with it.

[Catrin]

Crankin, you can't go wrong with her recipes, they are indeed nomnomnomnomnom, and she is just fun about it all. Her new cookbook is great, it is a large hardback that is full of comic illustrations that are right on target. They are also her way of sharing her life and family with her fans.

You might be interested in knowing the recipes in Well Fed 2 tend to be smaller, 1 pound of protein (generally) over the average of 2 pounds from Well Fed 1. There also isn't much duplication. I am having problems getting away from Well Fed 2 to try more recipes from the NomNom Paleo cookbook, but I will get to them! With a blizzard forecast for Sunday, I will get some cooking done that day...

[Crankin]

Interesting about the Well Fed 2. I will be buying it soon.

[Catrin]

Interesting about the Well Fed 2. I will be buying it soon.

It is longer than the original, has more recipes, and she takes a different approach regarding meatballs/bangers recipes. Well worth the money, that gives me 4 cookbooks and that is more than sufficient for my needs!

[Crankin]

B: scrambled eggs, 2 slices uncured bacon, oranges and strawberries, coffee
S: 4 walnuts, 2 dried apricots
about a half hour of easy snow shoveling (snow was light)
L: chicken salad with almonds and dried cranberries in 2 romaine leaves, cup of tomato roasted red pepper soup
an hour or so of snow shoeing, 3.5 miles, including a big climb
S: handful of pumpkin seeds
D: 2 Asian chicken thighs, roasted broccolini, 1.5 slices of fresh pineapple. one glass of red wine, one square of dark chocolate
Catrin, I looked through more of the nom nom Paleo recipes... I am going to bring some of the Asian meatballs for appetizers to a friend's tomorrow and do one more easy dish from there. But, a lot of the recipes take way too long to prep for me during the week; except for Wed. when I only see one person. Also, there were a couple of duck recipes I wanted to make, but I have to figure out where I can buy the duck.

[Catrin]

She is a least part asian and that is reflected in her recipes. They are well worth the effort, and I love her pork recipes I am more likely to use hers on Sunday's when I am doing major cooking anyway for the week.

When you get Well Fed 2 you need to make the West African Chicken Stew first

[Crankin]

B:egg whites, 2 slices Canadian bacon, mushrooms scrambled. an orange, coffee
L: sweet potato, 2 left over Asian chicken thighs, an apple
went x country skiing, for about 1.5 hours, although the total time may have been less. It was crowded and I was not having a good day, but I sweated like crazy
S: 4 oz.glass of almond milk, walnuts, dried apricots, dried cranberries
D: went to a friend's for dinner. Had about 4 of the Asian meatballs and some hummus with carrot chips for apps. dinner was salmon roasted with lemon and green beans with garlic and tomatoes. I skipped the rice. Someone else brought some "Zone" brownies, which I had a small piece of. They were OK, but not worth it, since they were made with fake sugar, which I never eat. Had one glass of red wine.

[shootingstar]

Yesterday:
B: cornflakes with yogurt, tea with milk
Snack: apple scone and coffee
Supper: leftover pasta with mushroom wine sauce, stir fried squash, roasted beet slices and parsnips

[Catrin]

Today (blizzard enforced rest day)

B: eggs scrambled with spinach, bacon, coffee, 1/2 apple
L: NomNom Paleo's "Spicy Tuna Cakes" with a small salad. I don't especially care for tuna, but these were great! I didn't use the muffin tin as the recipe recommends, just dropped them on a parchment lined baking sheet. Worked out well! This is one of her more simple recipes - who would have thought that mashed sweet potatoes and canned tuna would go so well together!
S: 1/2 apple
D: Probably a couple more spicy tuna cakes with roasted kale and carrots, either that or a cold salad with smoked salmon and eggs, but I suspect I will want something hot.
At some point this afternoon a glass of wine will be involved.

I exercised yesterday, so will settle for some mobility/stretching/hamstring work tonight. I will be snowed in tomorrow as well and am putting together a workout I can do at home tomorrow.

[Crankin]

Well, I had bread today for the first time in 10 days. Nordic skiing does require a lot of calories for me and I can't do it on fruit alone .
B: sweet potato, 2 turkey sausages, an orange. Right before we left for skiing, I ate a piece of raisin spelt bread with almond butter.
L: had half a chicken salad/walnut/cranberry sandwich with a cup of zucchini/tomato/veggie soup at the ski lodge
S: ate 2 Asian meatballs when I got home and drank a glass of water. We skied for about 2-2.5 hours
D: slice of Machengo, glass of red wine. one small lamb burger patty on a bed of butter lettuce, topped by home made guacamole, fried egg, tomato, mushrooms, onions. sweet potato "fries" The cooking of the lamb in the oven caused so much smoke in my kitchen, I had to open the front door and one of the sliders! I am finally full.