Yesterday and today

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Yesterday was a good McDougally day, partly because of you folks, and

partly because I spent any spare time reading the literature. Even

though I have the programs memorized, it helps motivate me to re-read

the stuff. I clicked around Dr. McDougall's website and read the new

McDougall cookbook while I was resting up. (Surgery recovery is going

well, it's just making me tired.)

 

Last night, instead of having the dinner I'd planned, I went out on

short notice to see a concert with a friend. When I got home, I was

pretty starved, and I was so happy to have boiled potatoes in the fridge

to eat; I need to keep those on hand all the time. I poured some

three-bean salad over them and had a little quick potato salad, which

totally satisfied me even though everyone else was having grilled cheese

(and that smelled yummy). :-)

 

Today's food:

 

B: Kashi nuggets with unsweetened soymilk; an orange

L: Sloppy joes on the rest of the dinner rolls (recipe of sorts follows)

D: Sweet-and-sour seitan (recipe of sorts follows, and a recipe for

sweet-and-sour sauce) over rice

S: fruit, frozen strawberries, cereal, three-bean salad, popcorn, corn,

canned split-pea soup, boiled potatoes

 

Sloppy Joes

 

I don't really use a recipe for these. I sautee an onion and a green

pepper in water, then add tomato sauce, a squirt of ketchup, and a dash

of something spicy -- tabasco, horseradish, whatever -- for zing. Then

I add TVP (About a cup of TVP reconstituted with a little less than a

cup of water) and heat it through before serving.

 

Sweet-and-sour Seitan (serves 3-4)

 

1 onion, halved and sliced lengthwise into strips

2 ribs celery, sliced slightly on the bias

1 clove garlic, minced

2-4 cups stir-fry veggies, fresh or frozen

1/2 cup pineapple chunks, optional

3-4 servings worth of seitan

1/4 - 1/2 cup Thai sweet chili sauce or sweet-and-sour sauce, to taste

(my recipe for sweet-and-sour sauce follows)

1 green onion, sliced, for garnish (optional)

cooked rice or noodles to serve it over

 

Saute onion and celery in a little water until the onion starts to be

soft and translucent. Add the garlic and saute another minute or two.

Add remaining veggies and stir- " fry " until everything's cooked through.

Add pineapple (optional) and seitan and sauce; cook until heated

through. Serve over rice; optionally, garnish with scallions.

 

Sweet-and-sour sauce

 

1/3 cup rice vinegar

4 tablespoons brown sugar

1 tablespoon ketchup

1 teaspoon soy sauce or tamari

2 teaspoons cornstarch mixed with 4 teaspoons water (this is called a

" cornstarch slurry " )

 

Bring the first four ingredients to a boil, then add the cornstarch

slurry and stir to thicken. (As soon as it returns to a boil, it's as

thick as it's going to get, so you can thin or thicken it to your liking

at this point.)

 

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Personally, and with all due respect, I'd recommend less starch and more fresh

vegetables. Broccoli, summer squash, salad greens, carrots, cucumbers.... the

day's menu needs more colors and raw. The only " green " food is split-pea soup,

for example.

 

Just an idea... I've found that having a fresh salad every couple of days,

minimum, really helps the body out and counter too much protein or start.

 

Best, Mark

 

 

 

B: Kashi nuggets with unsweetened soymilk; an orange

L: Sloppy joes on the rest of the dinner rolls (recipe of sorts follows)

D: Sweet-and-sour seitan (recipe of sorts follows, and a recipe for

sweet-and-sour sauce) over rice

S: fruit, frozen strawberries, cereal, three-bean salad, popcorn, corn,

canned split-pea soup, boiled potatoes

[Guest guest]

Mark Sutton wrote:

> Personally, and with all due respect, I'd recommend less starch and

> more fresh vegetables.

 

Less starch is never going to happen. :-) My diet is starch-centered,

as Dr. McDougall recommends, and my starches make up the vast majority

of the bulk and calories I eat in this way of eating.

 

> Broccoli, summer squash, salad greens,

> carrots, cucumbers.... the day's menu needs more colors and raw. The

> only " green " food is split-pea soup, for example.

 

Nah, it's just that I don't mention the veggies (lots of fresh stir-fry

veggies with the sweet-and-sour; fat-free coleslaw with the sloppy joes)

because that part always seems obvious to me. :-)

 

Serene

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