What did you eat today?

[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)

[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)

The sweet potato was HUGE! I estimate that it weighs at least 6 pounds, possibly more. I set the oven on 200 degrees and forgot about it. After 6 hours it was still hard, so I bumped the temp to 250 & went to bed. It was ready by morning and I will use most of it in a recipe tomorrow.

As far as the brisket is concerned I found a recipe where it is baked on a bed of onions and mushrooms. It is only 1 pound, I did not want to risk a larger brisket until I figure out what to do with it...

[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...

[Crankin]

B: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 slices uncured bacon, blueberries, coffee
S: handful of nuts and cranberries
L: salad with lettuce, chicken, red quinoa, chick peas, with an apple
4 mile trail run, with some hiking at the steepest part, slow, but good.
S:corn tortilla with hummus and a couple of red pepper slices, lots of water
D: we had guests for dinner... I ate a couple of small pieces of Iberico cheese, had a couple of glasses of red wine. Had one chicken thigh with green chili salsa, pan sautéed sweet potatoes, salad with walnuts, oranges, goat cheese and vinaigrette.
I had made a healthy dessert of strawberries in a balsamic vinegar sauce with a bit of brown sugar. My friend brought a cake, so I cut the teeniest slice I could and dumped a bunch of strawberries on top.

[spokewench]

B: rice chex, 2% milk, strawberries, coffee
L: liverwurst sammy on wg bread, mayonnaise and mustard
1 cup of tea with honey
Snack: handful of low fat cheez it crackers with a beer
D: green bean, cucumber, red and yellow bell peppers, kidney bean salad, vinaigrette dressing, blue cheese crumbles and leftover sliced sirloin steak

[Catrin]

Today:

B: usual fresh side and veggie/egg scramble. black coffee with a bit of 100% pure cacoa (no sugar)
1 hour group training session, protein shake afterwards
L: last of the moroccian meatballs, lettuce, avocado, banana
1 hour slow walk at a local park with friends
S: 1/2 sweet potato paleo 'muffin'
D: Will be braised brisket over wilted greens and, perhaps, a small steamed cabbage salad

[Crankin]

B: whole wheat bagel sandwich with 2 slices of Black Forest ham and a sprinkle of cheddar, an orange, coffee
L: one piece of left over chicken thigh with green chili salsa, left over orange/walnut/lettuce salad, an apple
23 mile ride during which I ate about 1/8 cup mixed nuts, cranberries, and chocolate, bottle of water
S: had 4 oz. of almond milk and a corn tortilla with hummus after the ride
D: roasted salmon with mustard crust topping, salad with arugula, pine nuts, grape tomatoes, olive oil and fig vinegar, roasted asparagus, 2 squares dark chocolate, glass of red wine

[spokewench]

B: 2 eggs 2 pieces wg toast with butter, coffee
Snack: 1 banana
L: sirloin steak sandwich on wg bread
1 beer
D: 2 chicken thighs, green bean, bell pepper, cucumber salad, blue cheese crumbles, vinaigrette, small helping rice pilaf, 1 glass red wine

[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]

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.

[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!

[Catrin]

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

l wanted to use it for multiple recipes so it worked well I honestly don't think I've seen such a large one before!

I will also make a frittata (really more of a baked casserole than a true fritatta) tonight. I have been curious about sauerkraut but too nervous about fermenting food for some reason...

[Crankin]

4oz.almond milk and 2 dried apricots before a kickboxing/core class
B: egg whites, kale, cheddar, salsa, 2 chicken sausages, blueberries, coffee
L: salad with lettuce, chick peas, chicken, red quinoa, an apple, handful of mixed nuts
S: corn tortilla with hummus
D: 4 turkey meatballs in a spicy tomato/chili sauce with cauliflower mashed "potatoes", 2 squares dark chocolate