Bounty

[darkemeralds]

I just had a lovely dinner of sautéed chanterelle mushrooms, a bratwurst, and a honeycrisp apple. Fall is here. \o/

My Sunday morning rounds to the grocery stores and my Sunday afternoon cooking-for-the-week extravaganza have netted me a large pot of bœuf bourguignon, a dish of kedgeree made to kis' recipe, a crock of carrot salad, a big jar of thinly sliced cucumber in rice vinegar, two quarts of plain whole milk yogurt (being strained and Greekified into a single quart), dried blueberries, the above-mentioned sausages and apples, and now a lovely pot of tea.

Happy sigh.

I did not bring home any chocolate, any nuts, any butter, or any rice cakes. I just can't seem to have that stuff in the house right now without eating all of it. Cheese is a little iffy, too. And bacon. Bacon's right out.

My weight loss has flatlined for two months, and this time it's no mystery: I've been eating too much to keep losing. I'd like to get it back on the downward slope. So in a moment of renewed discipline at Trader Joe's, I walked past the Aisles of Temptation, squared off against my fear of bored starvation or starved boredom, and came home with the makings of dessert-less meals for the whole week.

We'll see. I feel back-to-schoolish and structured this time of year, and it's a good moment for me to set things to rights.

Comments

[donutsweeper]

You don't need to be dessert-less. I highly recommend this recipe, leaving the chocolate chips out

http://thebeautybean.com/site/nourish/healthy-dessert-recipe-vegan-banana-peanut-butter-ice-cream/

I don't measure, I just let bananas get extremely ripe (almost overripe), then slice and freeze (don't pack the slices together, try to keep them separate). Then use a blender if you have a good one or a potato masher to break it up, add a splash or two of milk/soy milk/almond milk/whatever, mash/mix,blend some more, add some peanut butter (or not) and vanilla (or not). When it's smooth (or smoothish) EAT. It tastes like soft serve ice cream. SO YUMMY

[darkemeralds]

That sounds yummy! Thanks for the link.

I also enjoy a mug of plain old hot chocolate now that the weather has cooled off. If I make it with cocoa powder, it doesn't seem to trigger my chocolate "problem", and it satisfies. I don't like to think of myself as having a bunch of dietary restrictions, but it's true that the sugar-starch-fat combination of most desserty things can set off a cascade that's hard to break into.

[(Anonymous)]

I miss Trader Joe's and the Aisles of Temptation!

Ooops!

[cattraine.livejournal.com]

That was me--darned OpenID.

Re: Ooops!

[darkemeralds]

I love Trader Joe's! The source of many delicious and irresistible things at low prices. I have to proceed with caution.

And I owe you a couple of emails.

[tehomet]

Honeycrisp apples sound just lovely.

[darkemeralds]

They are a wonderful apple. I just looked them up, and it seems that they've only been marketed since 1991. I'm pretty sure I never tasted one prior to about five years ago.

[just_jes]

A carrot salad that requires a crock pot? I am most intrigued.

If you don't mind my asking, where do you stand on the matter of eating back some/none/all calories burned?

[darkemeralds]

Oh, not a crock pot. Just kind of a jar. Nothing special. Cold grated carrots, vinegar and oil. A litttle mustard and dill.

I virtually aways eat my exercise calories. My calorie goal is the net of eaten minus burned.

Put another way, part of the reason I exercise is so that I can eat more. :D

[just_jes]

Oh, that type of carrot salad makes a lot more sense than whatever I was trying to picture! And sounds yummy.