I made a bunch of steamed potatoes for potato salad today. Last week we picked up a food steamer at a yard sale for $5.00. Super easy, and super perfect potatoes! They were cooked but firm.
Over the weekend we had a grand visit from one of my oldest friends, Baba. Baba lost 66 pounds by exercising. She is so full of joy and energy. "If I can do it, you can do it," she told me.
She did the San Diego half-marathon and I saw her pictures and video. Amazing change! What an inspiration. It's always great to be inspired by someone who know you!
So today I went back to the treadmill for over an hour. I watched a show and went at a good pace for my short legs. It was great!
I know I will sleep well tonight.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Chips
The other day while looking at recipes I saw an ad for a gizmo at http://topchips.com . I went over to Amazon to look for one and ordered it.
It arrived yesterday morning and so we've been having fun making fat free chips. They are great! You can season them a bit before zapping them - I use garlic powder and sea salt.
These ones were made with small red potatoes. Lots of crunch and once again, that virtuous eatin' feeling.
Otherwise, dinner was pasta with tomato sauce and nutritional yeast instead of parmesan. Lunch was a Boca Burger on an English muffin with ketchup. Breakfast was fruit and fiber cereal with almond milk.
It's an easy way to eat, lots of variety, two little rules. Nothing from animal sources and under 20 grams of fat a day.
So far, so good. Great blood sugar today!
Tomorrow I'm seeing one of my OLDEST friends. We were seatmates in 1969. Math class. I couldn't do math drills. She could. She saved me again and again. She's taking all of us out to dinner and we will be at the Waterfront Grille and I'll blog about eating successfully at a restaurant.
GOOD NIGHT!
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Open Sesame
What a fun food day! Perfect blood sugar. Banana and two slices of fiber toast spread with local honey and cinnamon for breakfast. Beans and tortillas with salsa for lunch, and for dinner one of my favorite dishes, defatted and tweaked.
This is such a great dish. I love peanuts and sesame oil. Both foods are high in fat. There is a terrific product from Bell Plantation in Georgia. http://bellplantation.com
They make PB2, low fat peanut butter powder. It is THE thing to use to reduce fat in a peanut dish. It mixes up smoothly with water.
For this dish I made a sauce out of:
4 T PB2
1 T brown sugar
1 T soy sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 16 oz. package of whole wheat noodles - cooked.
1 package of green peas- cooked
I also had the leftover bits of plain steamed vegetables from last night, so I added that in. Get creative. It is hard to break this recipe.
It was so good. It's really good with hot sauce. Lots of texture, lots of flavor, protein, fiber. It's a highly virtuous dish! Makes me remember when I was in my twenties and cold peanut sesame noodles were waking up palates everywhere.
This is such a great dish. I love peanuts and sesame oil. Both foods are high in fat. There is a terrific product from Bell Plantation in Georgia. http://bellplantation.com
They make PB2, low fat peanut butter powder. It is THE thing to use to reduce fat in a peanut dish. It mixes up smoothly with water.
For this dish I made a sauce out of:
4 T PB2
1 T brown sugar
1 T soy sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 16 oz. package of whole wheat noodles - cooked.
1 package of green peas- cooked
I also had the leftover bits of plain steamed vegetables from last night, so I added that in. Get creative. It is hard to break this recipe.
It was so good. It's really good with hot sauce. Lots of texture, lots of flavor, protein, fiber. It's a highly virtuous dish! Makes me remember when I was in my twenties and cold peanut sesame noodles were waking up palates everywhere.
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