What did you eat today?

[Crankin]

rest day
B: last of the 2 salmon patties and left over mashed parsnips, an orange, coffee
L: salad with chicken, avocado, tomato, red peppers, vinaigrette, handful of pecans
coffee
D: I made the moo-shu pork, wrapped in butter lettuce from the Well Fed 2, with the Well Fed hoisin sauce. I didn't have any cabbage, so I used the last of the zucchini noodles instead. It was really filling and there's enough left for another meal. 2 squares dark chocolate.
The weather is iffy for our trip to the Berkshires, at least for x country skiing, so we aren't leaving until 2. We'll only have one dinner and breakfast there, and then head off to snow shoe on Sunday. Hope to actually have a relaxing time.

[Catrin]

Today:

B: Multiple veggie/sweet potato/pork baked egg casserole, 1 slice bacon, coffee
1 hour hard group training that featured lots of kettlebells and burpees (among other things). Followed by my prescribed running for the day and a protein shake
L: home made cacao chili over more sauteed multiple veggies
S: 1 beer with a 13 grams of 85% dark chocolate
D: planning on a baked sweet potato and some braised beef roast. I used my favorite cumin/coffee/cacao rub before setting the "boiling beef" to braise. I've not head that term before and am unsure if that cut has another name. As it is grass-fed I added some bone broth to my braising dutch oven so it won't be dry. The cut was certainly far more affordable than other grass-fed roasts, which is why I am trying it

[Crankin]

Had a short 24 hour adventure in the Berkshires. Always accompianed by eating...
Saturday:
B: scrambled eggs and salsa,1.5 turkey sausages, big bowl of fruit strawberries,half a banana, blueberries, an orange, coffee
went for a 45 minute brisk walk
L: left over moo-shupork filing, an apple
S:we left for our trip at 2, got to the B and B and promptly drank wine and ate cheese/hummus. I did avoid the crackers
D: went to a tapas restaurant, which was awesome.Had another glass of red wine, DH and I shared a tortilla Espanola, bacon wrapped dates, some beef, and salmon.

Today:
B: basil/tomato frittata slice, bowl of raspberries and strawberries, one slice raisin toast
S: ate a piece of home made banana bread before a 9k snow shoe. It was hard because of the mushy snow and the fact I was getting a blister. Well, it ended up being a "pre-blister," but I was not happy.
L: cup of vegan squash soup and shared a turkey wrap with DH, a Lara Bar, coffee
S: ate an apple and cheese when I got home, so I wouldn't be starved at the grocery store
D: made chicken Italian sausage meatballs, over zucchini noodles, with marinara, glass of wine, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Crankin]

had some walnuts, half a banana, and a few dried cranberries before boot camp
B: egg whites, kale, lox, blueberries and an orange, coffee
L: finished the left over mu shoo pork, an apple
S: nuts, dried apricots, dried cranberries
D:home made tomato soup from Nom Nom Paleo, turkey burger patty, roasted asparagus, sliced mango for dessert, one square dark chocolate

[Crankin]

rest day
B: 2 eggs over a sweetmpotato waffle, 2 slices of uncured bacon, blueberries
L: left over turkey meatballs (5) and sauce, with zucchini noodles, an apple
S: nuts and cranberries at 2, Lara Bar at 4:30. I work until 7 on Tuesdays and every other Monday
D: left over tomato soup from yesterday, Asian chicken salad from Nom Nom Paleo, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: more multiple veggie/ground pork/sweet potato baked egg casserole. I love how it came out this time, slice bacon and coffee
1 hour group training session followed by a bit of running and then a protein shake
L: chocolate chili over spaghetti squash
S. Small piece of same egg casserole from brekkie
D: very last of the chocolate chili over a big pile of sauteed chard and other greens. 13 grams 85% dark chocolate for dessert

[Crankin]

B:half a sweet potato, turkey burger patty, an orange, coffee
an hour step/sculpt class. hard and I have to concentrate way too much as I hardly do this
S: banana
L: chicken salad with almonds and dried cranberries on butter lettuce
S: an apple
D: "tacos" from Nom Nom Paleo... basically grass fed ground beef with chili and other seasoning on butter lettuce, with grilled scallops, topped with guacamole. side of sliced mango, glass of red wine. The tacos were really filling. The recipe called for shrimp, but I'm allergic, so I used the scallops

[Catrin]

B: more of my current veggie loaded egg casserole, bacon and coffee
hard group training session followed by protein shake
L: roast chicken over greens, a winter veggie soup (basically an assortment of squash and onion)
S: chicken hearts sauteed with leeks, mushrooms, chard, spices, baby kale

This is the first time I've been brave enough to try chicken hearts - much easier to eat than liver! Not bad, I couldn't find a recipe that looked good to me so I just threw it together with things I thought would be good - I did have hot sauce ready just to be safe The chicken hearts were from pastured chicken, and organ meat just has so much nutrition!

Those tacos are great, aren't they Crankin? I love her recipes, I've yet to find one I don't like, her cookbook and Well Fed (1&2) are my go-to cookbooks. I still search NomNom's website as well, they aren't all in her cookbook

[Crankin]

I had all intentions of doing some intervals on my trainer, but I had an email from my boss asking me to write up something for one of my clients who was going in to see the NP, so... then it was time to get ready to leave for a meeting at a school.
B:egg whites, broccoli, 2 turkey sausages bowl of strawberries, coffee
S: handful of almonds
L: salad with lettuce, chicken, tomatoes, dried cranberries
S: an apple with almond butter
D: made the egg fu yung from Nom Nom. It had ham, eggs, spinach, coconut flour. Good and not too hard to make. I ate 2 pancakes, with a salad
S: an orange, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Catrin]

I've made the egg fu yung from Well Fed, will have to check out the NomNom version. Thanks for mentioning it!

[Crankin]

had half a banana before spin class, lots of water
B: when I came home, I used the other half banana in a shake, with 6 oz almond milk, 1/2 scoop of pea protein, blueberries, and one date. Drank that while showering, getting dressed. Then I had eggs whites and spinach, coffee
L: 2 left over egg fu yung pancakes, broccoli
S: walnuts and dried cranberries
D: sigh... we went out to our local gastropub. While I love the idea of this kind of food, I can no longer eat it. I won't go into details of what we ate, just saying it involved lots of cheese and some pate, and cod fish tacos, which did have some batter. Oh and 2 beers. Woke up at 2:30 AM with extreme stomach distress, thought I might actually puke, but I lay down on the bathroom floor for about 20 minutes and I was eventually able to go back to bed. When I got up, DH was having similar, but a little less severe issues. It's mostly better now, had tea, matzah and blueberry jam for breakfast! Off to go hiking in a bit.

[smilingcat]

yesterday: Pfannkuchen (german pancake) with raspberries and blueberries and with coffee. Yumm. my pfannkuchen uses non-fat milk instead of half and half. and only 1/4 of the butter. But it still comes out really really good. Such an easy thing a 12 yo can make it.
turkey chilli with beans more of a soup than the thick pasty chilli.
dinner was steamed salmon with garlic mashed potato and peas and salad.
more decaf coffee. dinner

Today: shredded wheat, banana with non-fat milk. leftover Pfannkuchen. lunch leftover salmon ...
dinner tonight is dinner roll sandwich with organic ham. Carrot rape (carrot salad maybe). oh snack was Japanese pastry daifuku (sweet rice dough wrapped around sweetened azuki bean paste (Japanese red bean).

[Crankin]

B: as stated above, I was suffering from "GI distress" in the AM, so I had 2 cups of green ginger tea, a piece of matzah and blueberry jam, and a couple of pieces of dry chicken.
Went on a pretty strenuous, hilly 5 mile hike on snowy trails, with my microspikes. It wasn't snow shoe type snow, but there were lots of holes from other walkers. We ended up mostly walking on the frozen snow on the trail side, with an occasional "fall" into the looser snow. It was hard.
S: had banana bread Lara bar (mmm)
L: egg whites and low salt ham, 1/4 avocado, an orange and blueberries, coffee
D: green chili pork over cauliflower rice. The recipe was in our newspaper... a little tedious with charring and peeling the peppers, but worth it!

[Catrin]

Crankin - glad you are feeling better!

Yesterday:
B: eggs scrambled with veggies, bacon, butternut squash/apple hash, coffee
1 hour kettlebell training session (different coach) Learned some good things about technique!
L: Last of the roasted chicken hearts and thighs over sauteed chard and other veggies, fermented veggies
D: West African Chicken Stew and Sweet-Salty Brocolli salad from Well Fed 2. This was the BEST chicken stew I've made so far from this recipe and I think it is because I gave up trying to find sugar-free sunbutter. I tried to make my own again, but THIS time it actually worked. Apparently it helps to roast the sunflower seeds first, apparently that helps persuade them to release the oils. I wanted to eat the entire recipe, but I did limit myself to one serving 1 beer

Today
Woke up to news of freezing rain and sleet before snow, so decided to stay home today.

B: made a huge veggie/ground pork/baked egg casserole/frittata (whatever it is), 1 slice nitrate-free bacon, coffee
Kettlebell workout at home - a 500-swing workout broken up with some work on my Jungle Gym
L: more of the West African Chicken Stew and Sweet-Salty Brocolli salad, last of the butternut squash/apple hash from yesterday
D: I've a pastured pork roast braising in the oven, and a couple of sweet potatoes are keeping it company. Will probably have some of both and saute some chard and, perhaps, roast some kale. Perhaps one beer and 1-2 squares of very dark free trade chocolate. I found a local source...which is a bit dangerous!

I want to say again how incredible that homemade fresh sunbutter is - it makes me want to toast some almonds I have and try my hand at almond butter. I won't, however, as I doubt I COULD resist that temptation with fresh almond butter. Sunflower butter isn't my favorite, but it goes SO well in the chicken stew recipe - and who can beat $2 for a huge bag of them? Certainly far less expensive than buying sugar-free sunbutter!

[Crankin]

Send me that recipe. Please.