What Are We Eating For 2014 ..

For tonight (Wednesday) I am looking at a stir fry in the wok..
I took out of the freezer one large chicken breast that I will cube and marinate..
Onions, garlic, broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms, and carrots will go into the stir fry..
For liquid, it will be a bit of chicken stock, some white wine, and some VH garlic sauce (the marinate)..
This will be served with some brown rice.......

A yonanas for dessert using bananas and raspberries....

Breakfast;... scrambled eggs on sourdough toast..

Lunch;... Grilled cheese for Princess and nothing for me..
 

Yesterday's meals:

breakfast...nothing
lunch........nothing
supper......nothing

With the weather being so cold I haven't been out getting any exercise. Instead I've been stuck in the house doing what I do best....eating.

So I need to lose about 12 pounds and I decided to jump start that by a day of fasting.

This morning for breakfast I had one egg and one piece of whole grain 100% whole wheat toast
 
rk..
Are you sure that is the way to go to lose weight ????
In my opinion, starving isn't the answer..
 

I think one day of fasting is a great way to start. I'm not starving. When I got hungry I'd fill up with a cup of herb tea or coffee.

Eating small amounts more often is better than two or three regular meals. Of course I need to start walking again too.
 
The latest diet in the UK is the 5:2 diet. 5 days of eating normally, 2 days of 500 calories. What I was wondering was; could those 2 days of 500 calories consist of red wine only?
 
Dang, that reminds me, I'm completely out of wine. We're in a dry county so I can't get it at the grocery. But not to fear there are 4 wineries within 15 miles of my house. Roads are slick today though so I;ll just have coffee and tea. I do have some Irish cream I can put in the coffee.:lol:
 
rkunsaw said:
Dang, that reminds me, I'm completely out of wine. We're in a dry county so I can't get it at the grocery. But not to fear there are 4 wineries within 15 miles of my house. Roads are slick today though so I;ll just have coffee and tea. I do have some Irish cream I can put in the coffee.:lol:
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Only 15 miles !! I would walk that far for my daily fix .... I think. :)
 
For supper tonight (Friday) I made a tuna casserole.. I put in it all kinds of veggies as well as tuna and some elbows and cheese....
It turned out pretty good.....

Breakfast was an omelette with some pumpernickel toast..
 
Pork roast slow cooked in home made BBQ sauce, cole slaw and broccoli rice casserole. Cut the roast in half before cooking and made pork carnitas with the other half. Dinner for tomorrow is cooked, just add tortillas, home made salsa, lettuce and tomatoes.
 

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For tonight (Saturday) I took out of the freezer a 450g package (one pound) of minced chicken..

BURGERS ON THE BBQ FOR SUPPER !!!!!!!

The wether has improved a bit so I will take advantage of outdoor cooking..
I don't have any buns so I will use the pumpernickel bread instead.. Tasts better anyway..

I have a lovely cauliflower and thickly sliced red onions that I will put on the BBQ as well..
A salad as well..

A S/F jello mould (strawberry) with yonanas fruit (strawberries) in the middle for dessert..

Cup of fresh brewed decaf (or Latte) from our "Tassimo" machine...
 
For supper tonight, I made chicken drumsticks on the BBQ..
It might be snowing but it isn't windy or very cold.. Only -18c which is acceptable..

Steamed broccoli with a butter garlic sauce..
 
Supper tonight (Friday) was chicken breasts with the skin & bone on baked in the oven in a sauce..
Steamed sliced carrots with caraway seeds..
Steamed mini potatoes with butter and parsley flakes..
 
Yesterday we went food shopping..
Chicken was on special.. I think I went a bit crazy !!!
I bought :
24 chicken breasts B/S to be frozen in packages of 2.. About 6-7 ozs each breast ..
24 breasts with the skin and bone in to be frozen in packages of 2 .. Almost a pound each..
4 packages of drumsticks (10 per package) to be frozen in packages of 4 ..
8 packages of minced chicken packaged in 450g ...

They had legs but they didn't look good.. They looked like pigeon legs.. Way too small ...
 
In 2014 this granny is going to a more plant-based diet, not for save-the-animals reasons, but for a granny reason. According to an ultrasound on my carotid arties two weeks ago, while I'm not at death's door, I'm darned close to it unless I change my ways. Boo and hiss. No more red meat. That's fine. I can live without red meat (literally!). And no more BACON or ham. EVER. No bacon? No ham? And nothing fried.

From 20g of fat/day down to 10 or less; from 200 mg cholesterol/day to 100 or less.

Lucky for me that I really like veggies and fruits. I even tried soy milk this week, and it's good! Good in coffee and good on cereal. And DS has me convinced that juicing is a grand idea. Even with spinach in it, the juicer makes some odd-sounding combinations of fruits and veggies taste good.

What I'm going to cheat on is butter and cheese. Not a lot of butter, just a pat a day, and not a lot of cheese, but life without manicotti or enchiladas? Sorry, Doc, but those just can't go! I'll learn to cope without bacon:(
 
Supper tonight (Saturday) was chicken thighs with the skin & bone in seared in a skillet and then cooked over a low heat in a white wine sauce..

Brown rice made with stock instead of water..
Steamed cauliflower with a garlicky cheese sauce over it..
Pot of decaf coffee..

It was delicious.. Chicken was very tender and tasty......
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
In 2014 this granny is going to a more plant-based diet, not for save-the-animals reasons, but for a granny reason. According to an ultrasound on my carotid arties two weeks ago, while I'm not at death's door, I'm darned close to it unless I change my ways. Boo and hiss. No more red meat. That's fine. I can live without red meat (literally!). And no more BACON or ham. EVER. No bacon? No ham? And nothing fried.

From 20g of fat/day down to 10 or less; from 200 mg cholesterol/day to 100 or less.

Lucky for me that I really like veggies and fruits. I even tried soy milk this week, and it's good! Good in coffee and good on cereal. And DS has me convinced that juicing is a grand idea. Even with spinach in it, the juicer makes some odd-sounding combinations of fruits and veggies taste good.

What I'm going to cheat on is butter and cheese. Not a lot of butter, just a pat a day, and not a lot of cheese, but life without manicotti or enchiladas? Sorry, Doc, but those just can't go! I'll learn to cope without bacon:(
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Same here, GeorgiaXPlant; but the dr didn't say a word about diet, just that I'd smoked all those years. I am taking the green juice stuff, and eating somewhat healthier for a start.
I would really miss meat on occasion, but can do with more veggies and fruits, and I guess less butter, too; darn. :( I adore bacon, but we rarely have that anymore cuz of the price, so I know I can live without it, too. We've cut back on red meat and pork, just that it's more expensive now.

ETA: Steve, that meal sounds just yummy!!! :)
 
I disagree about fat and fried foods being the problem, but to each his own.For many years now we have gone back to real foods. We eat butter, whole milk, all kinds of meat,sugar, honey, and foods fried in oil or lard.

What we have excluded from our diet (as much as possible) is margarine ( oleo), crisco, artificial sweeteners, any processed food that says "fat free", "low fat", etc. We rarely drink sodas but when we do it will never be diet sodas.

We do try to eat smaller amounts more often. We also try to eat a well balanced diet with a wide variety of fruits vegetables and meats. We have done a much better job of keeping our weight under control by eating real food rather than man made chemicals.
 
rkunsaw, I am in agreement about eating 'real' foods vs. chemical-laden foods. We don't eat margerine or skim milk or any artificial sweeteners. I don't think meats are a huge problem; just what the animals are fed, etc. Lack of exercise is a major problem too, with so many people.
 
Tonight for supper I made a tuna casserole as we were out shopping and I had nothing taken out in advance..
Just happens that I can whip up a tuna casserole pretty fast and we both loved it seeing how cold it was outside..
The thermometer in my truck read a balmy -33c while we were driving and that was during the daytime..
 

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