What I ate March 1 (from Cindi)

[Guest guest]

Let's see:

 

Breakfast:

Banana

 

Lunch:

Leftover Portugese Potato and Kale soup (last leftovers of that!)

 

Afternoon snack:

Small pink lady apple

Small slice of baked tofu ~ Royal Thai flavor

 

Dinner:

Chard Mashed Potatoes

Steamed romenesco broccoli

 

Night time snack:

Skinny Cow vanilla ice cream sandwich

Small pink lady apple

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

>Leftover Portugese Potato and Kale soup (last leftovers of that!)

>. . .

>Chard Mashed Potatoes

>Steamed romenesco broccoli

 

I see we both have the same tendencies to various forms of the

cruciferous veggies Is that a deliberate decision for you, for

perhaps health reasons, or is it a matter of liking them very

much? Just wondering. Myself, I like them very much (although

I didn't used to do so), but I am thrilled that I don't have to feel

apologetic for eating them

 

Know what you mean about the leftovers. It looks as if we will be

munching on our recent cabbage for a while to come. And the

lentils. And the bean pie (red dragon pie) has enough for the two

of us again. Meanwhile, I have cauliflower and broccoli to do

something with - and somehow enough meals in the day to eat

it all up. Cauli for breakfast? Who knows - it might go well with

the oats. (Relax, just kidding.)

 

You are very nicely disciplined, I see, on your slimming diet. I

have to leave certain foods well alone lest I overindulge. As long

as I don't taste them I don't want them.

 

Love, Pat

[Guest guest]

Hi Pat ~

 

Well, it's been a deliberate decision in that we are eating what's being grown

locally, but we do also just enjoy the cruciferous veggies!

 

We get a box of produce delivered from a local organic farm every Monday

evening. Last week's box contained: about 8 adorably small pink lady apples, 2

large oranges, 2 grapefruit, a large yellow onion, a bunch of baby chard, a

bunch of baby kale, a head of romenesco broccoli, about 6-7carrots, a head of

leaf lettuce and some golden beets. The company posts what they're sending a

couple days before so we scour through our books to find compatible recipes and

pick up whatever else we may need over the weekend. This next Monday will

bring: carrots, chard, kale, avocados, lemons, pears, apples, cilantro, leaf

lettuce and one other veggie I can't recall right now! It's nice to know where

the veggies are coming from and support their program. We just started back up

on it a couple weeks ago; we had been getting it from them last year but stopped

due to financial rearranging but the new year has brought a salary increase for

me, so we're back on!

 

Yep, leftovers forever it seems like sometimes! That's one thing about veg

recipes, they tend to yield such a large amount of food! Luckily I like

bringing leftovers to work for lunch; my dear partner Kymberli though, she's

trying to like leftovers, just not as crazy about them as me....yet. I think

with us cooking more healthy meals it's helping. Both our bodies appreciate the

healthier meals and it does make a difference in how we feel (of course!).

 

I try to be disciplined although some days the menu hasn't been so slimming;

but hey, everyday is a new start right? :-)

But overall I'm much happier with our eating habits than I was, say 6 months

ago. And much happier almost 30 pounds lighter.

 

Cindi

 

Pat <drpatsant wrote:

>Leftover Portugese Potato and Kale soup (last leftovers of that!)

>. . .

>Chard Mashed Potatoes

>Steamed romenesco broccoli

 

I see we both have the same tendencies to various forms of the

cruciferous veggies Is that a deliberate decision for you, for

perhaps health reasons, or is it a matter of liking them very

much? Just wondering. Myself, I like them very much (although

I didn't used to do so), but I am thrilled that I don't have to feel

apologetic for eating them

 

Know what you mean about the leftovers. It looks as if we will be

munching on our recent cabbage for a while to come. And the

lentils. And the bean pie (red dragon pie) has enough for the two

of us again. Meanwhile, I have cauliflower and broccoli to do

something with - and somehow enough meals in the day to eat

it all up. Cauli for breakfast? Who knows - it might go well with

the oats. (Relax, just kidding.)

 

You are very nicely disciplined, I see, on your slimming diet. I

have to leave certain foods well alone lest I overindulge. As long

as I don't taste them I don't want them.

 

Love, Pat

 

 

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[Guest guest]

>. . . it's been a deliberate decision in that we are eating what's being grown

locally

>but we do also just enjoy the cruciferous veggies!

 

We're doing more and more of that each year, although it's tricky in the winter

here

(Ontario). So the result is a lot of roots and crucifers. Luckily we like them -

and have

myriad ways of preparing them - so all's well. My downfall is bell peppers,

which of course

have to be shipped a long way. Likewise bananas, of course - don't have many

banana

plantations around here - and oranges. But, fruit aside, we do our best. It's a

sort of

compromise between eating well/healthily/organically and watching not to leave

too heavy

a footprint. A light touch here, a stomp there *sigh*

 

> We get a box of produce delivered from a local organic farm every Monday

evening.

 

We used to get a box delivered too, but the man who ran the operation is no

longer doing

that (not sure what happened - we were away for a little over a year and

everything

changed). In any event, it wasn't all his own farm - he shopped in Toronto to

find what

was available and of course much organic produce is shipped in from all sorts of

places.

Result: good organic food but . . .

 

> I try to be disciplined although some days the menu hasn't been so slimming

.. . .

 

Your menus look pretty good to me

 

> But overall I'm much happier with our eating habits than I was, say 6 months

ago. And

much happier almost 30 pounds lighter.

 

30 pounds - that's fantastic! Good for you!!!!!! Well, obviously, whatever

you're doing is

working - and you have to take full marks for that!

 

I found (as if I hadn't realized all along that it was happening!) that I'd

gained 10 kg./22 lb.

over about 18 months. Couldn't believe it, thought it was _much_ less, until I

checked my

old diary and tried on some spring clothes . . . So at New Year - 2 January

exactly - I

decided to drop it off. I've lost 6.5 kg (14.3 lbs) so a way to go yet, and of

course it gets

slower as one goes along. Nevertheless . . . . LOL Oh well, it took nearly a

year and a half

to put on, I guess I can't expect it to disappear in a few weeks, eh? Meanwhile,

I'm not

suffering over the food.

 

Best love, Pat