Diet Stuff

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Breakfast: Cheddar Bratwurst (2)
Lunch: Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese Dip with Pork Rinds
Dinner: Bacon, Vegetable Sauce/Soup? More details below...
LATE-NIGHT SNACKS: The bottom-third of a quart of Dryers Slow Churned No Sugar Added Vanilla Ice Cream, Too Many Peanuts

Gym: None, 30.5 miles total

Clean: 20/10 x3

Yesterday, Molly slept till some time past 6pm - and when she woke up, she was ready to be awake! As I am the guy for late-night companionship in our family dynamic, I stayed up with Molly feeding her Macaroni & Cheese, Ice Cream, Popsicles and as much juice as she could drink - which was GREAT because since her operation on Thursday she just hasn't eaten or drank much of anything.

Unfortunately, this sent me foraging for late-night munchies. VICTORY in that I stuck with low-carb and low sugar treats, UNFORTUNATE that I over-ate those low-carb treats. I'll consider it a draw :)

But the BIG TRIUMPH of the night (IMHO) was my crazy-awesome SOUP-SAUCE! It was inspired by a recipe I read in a Jamie Oliver book once, it's a 7-Vegetable Sauce that he uses as a base for pretty much anything - add some cumin and beans, it's Chili. Add some oregano and pasta, it's Spaghetti. Add some cream and it's a hearty soup. It's INCREDIBLE, and i followed NO ACTUAL RECIPE... it was all just *technique*

In my biggest roasting pan, I chopped up:

2 Large Zucchini
• 5 Large Tomatoes ("Beefsteak")
• 2 Onions
• A large fist-full of fresh Basil from the garden
• 8 cloves of peeled garlic, crushed
• Drizzle of Olive Oil (Fo Shizzle, mah Nizzle)
• Salt and Pepper

Roasted that at 300-degrees till everything was melty, soft and beginning to brown on the top just slightly. I then put it all in the blender (took two loads) and blitzed it up in to the most delicious soup/sauce in all of forever!

Comments

[sasjhwa.livejournal.com]

Every winter I make a huge pot of vegetable soup with whatever veggies I can find. When we get done with it I blend the remainder and freeze it to use just as you suggest. I often use it as the basis for my chili. It adds a lot of nutrition without people turning up their noses because they don't like THAT vegetable. My vegetarian friends also appreciate that it has no meat.

Whatever little bit is left in the freezer when I make vegetable soup the following winter goes into the vegetable soup pot as well.

[aurora77]

It's so easy to make a good stock or soup and freeze it. I'm a fan of a simple chicken soup, with all of 7 ingredients. The usual mirepoix, chicken, salt & pepper, and parsley. It's even better if you saute the veggies first, but it's good enough without, so long as the ingredients are fresh and good quality. Just toss it all in the pot and simmer for a while. Healthy, easy, tasty, and it avoids all the major allergies.

It's not vegetarian, though. What would you put in a veggie stock? I haven't made one that tastes great yet. I must be missing something.

[aurora77]

We really should book a Sentinels of the Multiverse game at your place. We just picked up the mini-expansions we were missing, so there's lots of options. I could make my low-carb almond-cheese "crackers" to share. Mmm. Not something that is made in small batches, but also not something I should eat a lot of at a time, so I only make them when I can share. They're primarily cheddar, almond flour and spices, baked. You know how cheese gets when it's baked? Imagine that with almond flour and just the right spices, rolled thin. Crispy edges, slightly chewy middle. Perfect balance of spices... YUM!

I know its difficult right now since Molly is healing and you have to keep things open to make sure you can take care of her, but let me know if you're holding any game nights or if you have another time you want to play.