Saturday, February 5, 2011

Member Detox Blog- Day 11 & 12

DAY 11
Today’s dinner was just about the best one I’ve had in awhile and everything was super simple. I made my two favorite veggies – roasted sweet potatoes and pan-cooked brussel sprouts. So easy and SO good. The interesting thing is that I discovered these two veggies in the last couple of years – we never had them growing up. I think I’ve been making up for lost time. I eat them all the time now.

Took a look at the “good” list tonight and realized that it doesn’t say I can eat dried apricots, only fresh ones. They’ve become my go-to snack and I have a feeling I’m not supposed to be eating the. Just a feeling. Damn.

MENU
Monday
Gluten free cereal with bananas and walnuts

Snack
Apple

Lunch
Salad with chicken

Snack
Dried apricots
Almonds

Dinner
Salmon
Roasted sweet potatoes (cut them into half-inch chunks, stir them up with olive oil, salt, pepper and Tony’s creole seasoning. Pop them in the oven at 375 for about 30 or 40 minutes – you need to watch them to make sure they don’t dry up or burn.)
Pan-cooked brussel sprouts (cut them in half, stir them up with olive oil and salt, place them cut-side down in a covered pan until they are golden brown and you can easily cut them with a knife – about 12 min – flip them over, remove cover and let them cook for about 8 more min. The caramelized bits are the best part.)

DAY 12
You’ll notice I eat gluten-free cereal just about every day. Thought I’d share my favorite preparation. First of all, my go-to cereal is Eco-planet Organics Gluten-free Hot Cereal. It’s made with a combination of grains – buckwheat, amaranth, millet, brown rice, etc. – and you can find it at Whole Foods and Martins. Ellwoods sometimes carries it but not regularly, which frustrates me to no end. My usual is the Maple and Brown Sugar – it’s just sweet enough.

Since I’m off sugar, I’ve been making do with the Original flavor, but it needs some sprucing up to be palatable. I use banana – it softens when you add hot water and becomes almost dessert-like – and nuts, either walnuts or almonds. I also doctor it up with A LOT of spice – cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice, which includes nutmeg and other spices. It needs it. You could also cook up some spiced apples to add to the oatmeal but I never have that much time in the morning.

Overall, it’s pretty tasty and it’ll keep you full for a long time. That’s the best part.

MENU
Morning
Gluten-free cereal with bananas and walnuts

Snack
Apple

Lunch
Salad with teriyaki chicken
Gluten-free garlic chips

Snack
Gluten-free banana bread with peanut butter

Dinner
Millet/flax spinach pie with artichoke spread
Dried apricots

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