January 3, 2014

Orange-mango-carrot juice; sprouted wheat bread
with Mom's boursin; fried eggs

Local eggnog (Sheldon Creek Dairy)
with 1% milk and fresh nutmeg

Coffee (milk & sugar); Mom's homemade whole
wheat apple pecan coffee cake

Shared with Wilson: fried chili chicken; stewed eggplant: braised tofu; rice

Shared with Wilson: stir fried green beans

Shared with Wilson: rice, soy sauce chicken, roast pork

+Not pictured: brownies (homemade, not by me) x 2 squares, about 6 Lays chips

January 2, 2014

Yogurt (top only)

Korean side dishes (glass noodles; kim chi; marinated potato & onion;
wakame salad; marinated tofu; zucchini)

Bulgogi bibimbap with egg

Hot roasted milk tea (30% sweet) with tapioca

sprouted grain bread with Mom's homemade boursin

turkey bacon

Orange-mango-carrot juice

Seaweed snacks

+Not pictured: dinner cooked by a friend (lasagne; garlic bread; Caesar salad; chicken fingers; those addictive "assorted European chocolate biscuits" that come in a big tin; green tea)
+Oh man, I had the munchies something fierce tonight, even after that delicious dinner! Tried to stick with healthy-ish options, but I seriously could have kept eating and eating - not sure why I was so ravenous today.

June 18

Rye bread, organic salted butter; medium brown local free-run eggs,
organic salted butter, sea salt, pepper; turkey bacon

Banana, frozen strawberries/wild blueberries, organic baby spinach,
4% plain unsweetened (Balkan) yogurt, organic skim milk, organic agave

Veggie chips (they're mostly made of potato)

Tuna (ate about half this tin)

All Bran Cranberries & Clusters, organic skim milk

Shared Ethiopian dishes (mostly vegetarian), which included a lot of lentils/split peas,
some carrot, cabbage, beans, potato, collard greens, beef, lettuce, and tomato,
plus various spices/sauces

Injera (usually made with teff flour and fermented into a type of sourdough)

Popcorn (which was salted and I think had clarified butter on it)

Freshly roasted coffee (with some sugar - had about 1/3 of this tiny cup)

+the delicious Ethiopian feast was shared with two others (and we had a significant amount of food leftover)
+I ate about half the popcorn pictured

March 10, 2013

This is the last back-logged post, which means... I'm finally caught up!

organic original soy milk (sweetened)

uh, self-explanatory? "granola thin" with "chocolatey" coating 

salad from Hosu (iceberg lettuce, carrot, cucumber, some type of gingery vinaigrette) 

grilled mushroom, meatball (??), chicken, with teriyaki/bbq sauce 

marinated soybeans; kim chi; spicy marinated potato; glass noodles;
salmon sashimi; white tuna (?) sashimi; coleslaw; bean sprouts; zucchini;
carrots; futo maki; avocado roll; grilled bbq/teriyaki shrimp

  

iced latte (sweetened); nutella milkshake, whipped cream (shared with Wilson) 

dark chocolate hazelnut crepe; coffee ice-cream; vanilla ice-cream (all split with Wilson) 

1% milk; chocolately chip Teddy Grahams

veggie medley (broccoli, red and yellow onion, mixed bell peppers, evoo, sea salt, pepper,
Italian seasoning); biscuit*; mac 'n' cheese*; cajun fries*; fried chicken (thigh)*

Bartlett pear

iced sugar cookies; decaf Earl Grey Tea with sweetened condensed milk
(I split the cookies with Wilson and drank about 1/3 of the tea) 

*All from Popeyes

Notes: I was so full from the previous night's buffet disaster that I could barely manage to get down my half glass of soy milk for breakfast! Sunday is almost always an intentional cheat day, so even though I got a late start to the eating it certainly was indulgent. So much sugar!! :o Also, I should note that I was not as scrupulous in documenting everything as usual - I had another piece of chicken (a drumstick) for dinner but didn't take a picture, Wilson shared my bento box at lunch (but I also had a little more of his futo maki), I probably mooched about half his nutella milkshake (for obvious reasons!!) and then he drank most of my iced latte, etc. 

March 9, 2013

Still more catching up...

1% milk

Turkey bacon

Leftover chicken veggie stir-fry (see March 4); smoothie (banana, 4% plain yogurt, 1% milk,
organic honey, frozen fruit: blueberries, strawberries, sour cherries, sweet cherries, currants)

Coconut milkshake (you can see a few trays of meat in the background)

Side dishes (two kinds of marinated bean sprouts; spicy marinated tofu and potato;
daikon (?) picked radish; kim chi); some kind of clean broth; white rice

Meat awaiting the grill: marinated chicken (dark meat); marinated beef;
sausage; white fish; squid; salmon; marinated pork (plus marinated beef short ribs, not pictured)

Kalbi (marinated beef short rib) and sausage, after grilling

Notes: After a day spent deep-cleaning and tidying the condo, we had the (not so) brilliant idea to go for Korean BBQ for dinner. First of all, I forgot my camera (of course). Secondly, I gave up trying to take pictures of everything I ate, because it's the nature of a meal like this that you take a million small bites, and documenting every one of them would have completely destroyed my enjoyment of the meal. Suffice it to say, it was a buffet of (mostly) marinated meat. I ate too much and paid for it by staying up until 3:30 am, while my poor digestive system tried to deal with the landslide of food I consumed, and drinking at least a gallon of water in an attempt to quench my sodium (and probably MSG)-induced thirst. Ugh - no more buffets! The upshot, if there was any, is that I didn't order a bottomless glass of Diet Coke (yup, clutching at any small victory I can find, here!) and that I can't actually eat as much as I used to, so "stuffing myself" now means eating much less food than a couple years ago. It's still way to much to eat in one sitting, however. Especially since the side dishes were the only veggies in sight. 

March 8, 2013

Still catching up...

Leftover baked oatmeal (see March 6); 1% milk; egg,
organic salted butter, sea salt, pepper 

 

2% milk; tap water with ice; 12" ham sub on honey oat bread with swiss cheese,
lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, pickles, green pepper, red onion,
pepper, light mayo, honey mustard

Leftover shepherd's pie (see March 2)

Banana

1% milk; "chocolatey chip" Teddy Graham cookies

Notes: This was a tough day because I had a horrible morning and was totally plotting a lunch trip to McDonald's (I had coupons and everything!). I knew I'd be eating lunch away from home since I was making a trip to the mall, but when it came down to it I opted for something much healthier (and more filling, since I needed it to last me almost 5 hrs to my next meal). I also was planning to crash at home (after doing a couple hours emergency shift coverage at work) but instead decided to go out to our church fellowship. They were having an Iron Chef cooking competition, but I didn't eat a thing! Yes, I did go home and eat milk and cookies afterwards, but considering all the temptations I successfully avoided today, overall I consider the day a good one.

March 6, 2013

Aaaaand, after a one week hiatus, I'm back! So let's get to work catching up on photos, shall we?

Turkey bacon

More turkey bacon; blueberries

1% milk (with our sunny yellow milk jug in the background!)

Baked oatmeal: unsweetened applesauce, organic quick oats, bananas, 1% milk, egg, baking
powder, vanilla, cinnamon, organic honey, frozen wild blueberries, frozen mango

More baked oatmeal

Leftover chicken veggie stir-fry (see March 4)

Half a 4% yogurt cup (non-fruit part only)

Steak fajitas: steak, sea salt, pepper, evoo, onions, mixed bell peppers,
packet of Great Value fajita mix; romaine lettuce, shredded carrots,
purple cabbage; PC white corn and bean salsa
(I ate about 3/4 of amount pictured)

From Swiss Chalet: quarter chicken dark meat with side of coleslaw
(had a little dipping sauce but no bun)

  

1% milk

BBQ-ed chicken thigh; lentil and carmelized onion rice; saffron (?) rice; tomato, onion,
lettuce, parsley (?), garlic sauce (?), hummus, tahini (I think) +/- a few other veggies?

Notes: We had an evening meeting to attend and I was STARVING afterwards. We went to Swiss Chalet with a group of people for a late post-meeting dinner (of course I forgot my camera, so you have these lovely Blackberry shots instead), and I thought getting my usual quarter chicken dinner would be sufficient. WRONG! I was still so hungry after I polished off my chicken (it was totally NOT an actual 1/4 of a whole chicken!!) that we picked up ANOTHER "quarter chicken dinner" (this time from a Middle Eastern/shawarma place) because I couldn't think of anything else that was quick, cheap, and low-carb friendly. I didn't realize the chicken came with a side of rice (oops). Although, as you can see, I caved to the carbs in the end, because I've had their lentil rice before and I know how delicious it it. I only had a few spoonfuls, though, so it wasn't as bad as it could have been. But still not ideal. :(