Another busy day, with more of us at the dinner table too. My daughter got creative with a beautiful cheesecake for dessert, and I made a mistake, and also learned some things.
Breakfast: Coco-nutty granola & organic milk
Lunch: We made an impromptu decision to go to the movies and meet up with our son who was taking a break there on a long drive, and needed a respite driver to get him the rest of the way home. So we quickly cooked up bacon and eggs for lunch, and hit the road.
Snacks: I didn't really need to snack yesterday, though I did eat about 6-10 natural corn chips (corn, salt, oil), mostly to see what they were like.
Breakfast: Coco-nutty granola & organic milk
Lunch: We made an impromptu decision to go to the movies and meet up with our son who was taking a break there on a long drive, and needed a respite driver to get him the rest of the way home. So we quickly cooked up bacon and eggs for lunch, and hit the road.
Snacks: I didn't really need to snack yesterday, though I did eat about 6-10 natural corn chips (corn, salt, oil), mostly to see what they were like.
Dinner: With more of the gang home for dinner, I decided to cook a roast chicken and veges - potatoes, buttercup squash from the garden, and broccoli. I thought I'd try out a method of seasoning mentioned in the Trim Healthy Mama book - they suggest sprinkling the chicken generously with salt & nutritional yeast, then squirting wiggly lines of mustard on it, before slowly baking in the oven. I forgot to get the chicken out to defrost the night before, and between that and going to the movies, the slow cooking was out. Plus it was still pretty frozen when I started cooking it. The mustard kind of started to burn on the skin, so I removed it. Chicken tasted fine, though I thought slightly odd. Wasn't until this morning that I realised the "nutritional yeast" I'd sprinkled it with was actually whey protein powder. ROFL! New ingredients to me, both, and I forgot I hadn't bought yeast yet, and grabbed the bucket of whey thinking that's what it was. Ah well, just as well I can laugh at myself! My daughter made gravy with the pan drippings while I carved the chicken. |
Dessert: When we got back from the movies it was to find that when my eldest daughter got home from work, she had decided to make a cheesecake as she was craving it. She used ideas from two recipes she found online, then modified them to suit what she wanted to do. The result was delicious! Sam's recipe HERE. |
However: This meal and dessert do something that is advised against in the THM book for those who want to lose weight - it has both carbohydrates (potatoes, sweetener in the cheesecake) AND fats (chicken skin, gravy, sour cream and cream cheese). Both are primary fuel sources - and when you have both in the same meal, according to THM, the body deals with the glucose from the carbs first, and then has no real use for the fats, so stores them. I haven't been too worried about conforming exactly to this idea so far, but last night's meal was a bit over the top (though yummy and very satisfying!!), and I can see that reflected in the bathroom scales. I also think we need to limit dessert to one night a week - this week we've had both the Rich Chocolate Mousse and this Raspberry Cheesecake. But it's just the first week, so I'm ok with that. :-)
Other food prep: Continuing to rinse my buckwheat sprouts. They should be ready to use tomorrow. Since we happened to go to town for the movie, I was able to visit my favourite vege store and stock up on spinach, celery, broccoli, mushrooms, avocados, onions, brussel sprouts and leeks, since my winter garden isn't terribly exciting at the moment due to lack of time. I also put 750g of Chana Dahl in to soak in a big bowl of water with about 1/2 tsp of baking soda overnight to use in tomorrow's crockpot soup dinner.
How I feel: Excellent! A couple of small pimples have appeared, which I don't commonly get, but I reckon probably part of the detox process. But I'm not hungry, my mind is clear, and I feel good.