It's funny, now that I'm on a highly-restrictive diet -- ok not highly, just no carbs or starchy foods for two weeks -- I'm getting pretty creative with my veggies and proteins.
For example, last night I purchased tofu for the first time in my life! A little weird opening my "meat" substance from a package, but I cubed it and saved it for a big soup in the works.
First I boiled about a cup of lentils -- which I've never done before -- and waited until almost all the water was soaked up. Then I threw in some chopped up raw veggies and the tofu cubes and let that simmer for a while. It was actually super tasty! And the best part is that there's still about a half a pot left for another meal.
While snacks once consisted of a quarter of a Nutella bottle on cookies and crackers, I've now replaced them with nuts and fruit. Yeah, I can't cut fruit out entirely until I clean out all of my fridge. But basically it's pistachios and clementine oranges, the ones I paid 1,25 Euros for the equivalent a 3 lb. bag, along with a cup of my new latest and greatest discovery -- vanilla nut tea!
And there's been a lot of creativity with eggs and meats. Not so much in the omelet form because we don't have any flat pans here, so more of a frittata-type creation. Basically whatever's left in the fridge goes right in. Today it was the rest of my tomato tuna, tomatoes (naturally), bell peppers and broccoli. Mighty tasty.
Yeah after a while eating salads, meats, soups and eggs is going to get a bit old, but I'm not sticking to the diet 100 percent. Four days a week I'm still eating at the school cantines, just NOT consuming their bread. And I'm not helping myself to seconds on the desserts anymore.
I swear though, when I passed on the bread the first time today all the other teachers looked at me like I had committed murder or something. I was telling my sister earlier today that they pass the bread basket around the table at least five times during the meal: with salad, with the meat, the veggies, with cheese obviously, and then after everything's come around to clean up the leftover juices and chunks on the plate. That sounds totally appetizing doesn't it?
It's an art form though. And I can proudly raise my head high today and say that I refrained five times when the bread passed right under my nose.
Time for my night-cap: Caribbean-infusion tea and a little clementine orange!
For example, last night I purchased tofu for the first time in my life! A little weird opening my "meat" substance from a package, but I cubed it and saved it for a big soup in the works.
First I boiled about a cup of lentils -- which I've never done before -- and waited until almost all the water was soaked up. Then I threw in some chopped up raw veggies and the tofu cubes and let that simmer for a while. It was actually super tasty! And the best part is that there's still about a half a pot left for another meal.
While snacks once consisted of a quarter of a Nutella bottle on cookies and crackers, I've now replaced them with nuts and fruit. Yeah, I can't cut fruit out entirely until I clean out all of my fridge. But basically it's pistachios and clementine oranges, the ones I paid 1,25 Euros for the equivalent a 3 lb. bag, along with a cup of my new latest and greatest discovery -- vanilla nut tea!
And there's been a lot of creativity with eggs and meats. Not so much in the omelet form because we don't have any flat pans here, so more of a frittata-type creation. Basically whatever's left in the fridge goes right in. Today it was the rest of my tomato tuna, tomatoes (naturally), bell peppers and broccoli. Mighty tasty.
Yeah after a while eating salads, meats, soups and eggs is going to get a bit old, but I'm not sticking to the diet 100 percent. Four days a week I'm still eating at the school cantines, just NOT consuming their bread. And I'm not helping myself to seconds on the desserts anymore.
I swear though, when I passed on the bread the first time today all the other teachers looked at me like I had committed murder or something. I was telling my sister earlier today that they pass the bread basket around the table at least five times during the meal: with salad, with the meat, the veggies, with cheese obviously, and then after everything's come around to clean up the leftover juices and chunks on the plate. That sounds totally appetizing doesn't it?
It's an art form though. And I can proudly raise my head high today and say that I refrained five times when the bread passed right under my nose.
Time for my night-cap: Caribbean-infusion tea and a little clementine orange!
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