What Did You Eat And Drink Last?

[Survivor3]

Chicken Madras with mushroom rice. Cherry coke and lemonade.

 

[ms spock]

Jatz biscuits

 

[Tornadic Thoughts]

Thanks for your kind words regarding our meal choices, @ms spock . I, too, still struggle with food addictions and such. It's been an interesting daily learning experience these last several years, thanks to emergent health needs. Having accomplished a 110 lb. weight loss, only to start gaining some of it back during major grief and stress modes, feels like I failed at yet another thing. Winter time adds to the struggle.

Grateful for already having a strong desire to cook, all those home economic classes in junior high school, the good friend who helped me learn how to make plants just as good, if not better, as all the animal based stuff I was strongly addicted to, a green thumb to be able to grow stuff, being taught how to safely forage for the free stuff, and a dear husband who doesn't mind helping out, including doing dishes. lol It's a team effort, for sure.

The biggest key to following/sticking with what I've learned, for me, is to actually enjoy the healthy stuff I learn to make and simply not stock my kitchen with the things I know my body won't benefit from. Similar to why I don't try to put diesel fuel in my car's gas engine - it isn't the most beneficial fuel for that particular engine - and eventually, it'll need to be towed to the shop. But I still buy and eat pints of nice cream, a side of french fries, highly processed snack stuff, etc. and eventually feel the strain and the drain from succumbing to the taste bud and "convenience" addiction fix that my brain convinces me I MUST have. And, of course, not wanting to contribute to the suffering of another living thing to the best of my ability - I can't unsee/unfeel what I chose to peek at behind those particular proverbial curtains.

Going to the grocery store/a restaurant/a gas station/driving down the street passing and smelling all the fast food joints/billboards/tv commercials/radio commercials/etc., to me, is like sending a former crack addict into a crack house. That song with the lyrics, "God damn the pusher man...", always plays in my head space as I navigate those scenes.

Tonight, we had peeled and sliced russet and yukon gold potatoes baked with a little oat milk, shredded vegan block cheddar, topped with earth balance soy free buttery spread - baked until golden brown - and a side of the last of our steamed homegrown beets drizzled with white balsamic vinegar, with the option of a side salad.

 

[Friday]

Espresso & Bourbon
Cabbage, chicken, potatoes.

 

[Survivor3]

Quarter pounder burger with fries, spicy tandoori pizza and a coke.

 

[Teasel]

Ratatouille
Strawberry yogurt

 

[Teasel]

Leftover jerk chicken rice n peas. I’m getting better at the rice n peas.

 

[LuckiLee]

Turkey, Swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato, mayo/mustard on rye bread. Coke.

 

[Survivor3]

Prawn toast, crispy seaweed, capital spare ribs, Cantonese sweet and sour chicken and egg fried rice.

 

[Teasel]

Green smoothie
mince pie by Heston from Waitrose- got carrots in it. Nice enough, I like less mince meat n more pastry so suits me.

 

[Survivor3]

Roast pork with roast potatoes, Brussels sprouts, parsnips, broccoli and Yorkshire puddings. Orange fanta.

 

[LuckiLee]

Pork roast, mashed potatoes, corn/peas, wine and water. Klondike bar for dessert.