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09 May 2008

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For breakfast I had muesli with berry compote and Greek yoghurt.

For lunch I had fat-free cottage cheese and a banana.

My dinner is cooking as we speak. Pork fillet, sliced and marinated in soy sauce, a splash of balsamic vinegar, a little sunflower oil, a teaspoon of Chinese Five Spice powder, a teaspoon of honey, two teaspoons of garlic & ginger (which I buy in the Indian shops in east London, it's fab stuff) and salt and pepper. I left it for at least an hour for the flavours to meld.

Then I stir-fried a crushed clove of garlic in a little sunflower oil in a hot wok, added the pork, cooked it for a while and then added broccoli, sugar snap peas, a sliced courgette and a green pepper. I put the lid on to let it cook properly. I'm just about to stir in some spinach. Brown meat and green veggies. It smells wonderful.

And I'm going to watch The Barefoot Contessa (Ina Garten, not the old movie) while I eat. Food pr0n!

post by: essexjan at: 13:31 | 38 comments

A boring diet shake, a not-as-boring diet peanut butter bar, am REALLY looking forward to the real food/munchies they'll be serving at the annual all-company reception in an hour.

posted by Melismata 09 May | 13:35

Milk, 2 apples, some unsalted peanuts, a yucky turkey sandwich, raspberry snapple.

posted by gaspode 09 May | 13:39

Popcorn.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 09 May | 13:40

young coconut- dried and sugared- from Vietnam. I really really wish they'd sell it here, but apparently it rots when they try to ship it. Addictive. Completely addictive.

posted by small_ruminant 09 May | 13:41

For breakfast I had some prosciutto and fresh mozzarella on bread. For lunch I had an Italian sausage sandwich with provolone. Dinner I am going out. EJ, your dinner sounds delicious. I envy your eating habits. I have eating habit envy.

posted by msali 09 May | 13:41

Breakfast: Wheat Chex w/ soy milk.
Lunch: Boca Burger on whole wheat bread.

For dinner, I'm thinking either garden salad or whole roasted suckling pig.

posted by Atom Eyes 09 May | 13:46

I mentioned this in the 3-point update, but:

Breakfast (brunch, really) was burritos. Diced potatoes sauted with cumin and cayenne, eggs scrambled with steamed broc and salsa, sauteed mushrooms, and chunks of perfectly ripe avocado, all wrapped in whole-wheat tortillas. Mine had cheese, his did not.

Each of us had a glass of cranberry juice which we promptly poured out --- it had fermented in the fridge. Guess it's been a while since we drank cranberry juice. Blarf. I had an iced espresso, too.

I'm about to go make a smoothie: frozen blueberries and strawberries blended with orange juice and maybe some yogurt.

I think dinner will be blanched snowpeas and edamame over brown rice, with a sesame oil sauce. We'll see.

posted by Elsa 09 May | 13:46

Breakfast: Couscous, 3 Ryvita, a tiny piece of red leicester cheese.

Lunch: Sausage and mash in a pub. Also some beer.

Supper: Tinned ravioli with a chopped-up chilli mixed in, bread, another piece of red leicester. Ice cream snickers.

Snacks: 2 bananas, one apple.

posted by TheophileEscargot 09 May | 13:47

Breakfast: Granola and milk, and coffee

Not-Quite-Lunch: Egg & cheese sandwich, with diced peppers and ham

I'm having a starving day. I don't know what kicked on, but I am hungry! I am currently joyously plotting a bigger lunch for later.

Hungry!

posted by occhiblu 09 May | 13:49

slept in (I deserve it). Then coffee, eggs, hashbrowns, coffee, coffee. Now to shower and go to work, then late lunch.

posted by special-k 09 May | 13:53

Nothing so far.

posted by dersins 09 May | 13:58

I had some Revithia (chickpea soup) for lunch, and so far no supper (though it's after 10 pm). There's a good chance I might have a toasted cheese sandwich before I go to bed. (not doing as excellently as I would like in the food department lately.)

posted by taz 09 May | 14:05

Breakfast: The same as every day: Yogurt (rasberry this time!) mixed with bran flakes, followed by diet coke. Yum!

Lunch: Turkey sandwich and some chips, home-made by MuddDude.

Dinner: I don't know yet, although we'll probably eat out as our A/C is still broken.

posted by muddgirl 09 May | 14:14

Toasted coconut Dunkin Donut. Baby greens with grannysmith apple, walnuts and balsamic vinegar. Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee!

posted by crush-onastick 09 May | 14:14

Breakfast: scrambled egg & tomato & feta cheese sandwich on whole wheat toast. I was hungry this morning.

Lunch: half a really nasty frozen weight watchers chicken enchilada thing; I gave up & threw it away halfway through. A pink lady apple.

What dinner will be, I have no idea. Cabbage in some form.

posted by mygothlaundry 09 May | 14:15

Breakfast: Saisnbury's Shreddies. Chocolate Pop Tarts.
Lunch: Sandwiches, Crunchie McFlurry.
Dinner: Pizza Express margharita oven pizza, Paula The Cow chocolate mousse.

Leave me alone, I have a hangover.

posted by cillit bang 09 May | 14:20

1cup Raisin Bran Crunch, with
1cup 2% milk

About to have a small slice of pizza provided by the office before we start cleaning up our block for Spring Clean Up Day.

Then I will drive to Homer and have the biggest, baddest, bestest burger known to Alaska along with a chocolate peanut butter milkshake, completely blowing any idea of staying within my calorie range today. And I will love every bite of it.

posted by rhapsodie 09 May | 14:20

I had a tangelo in the morning, and, closer to lunchtime, some fake Buffalo wings with sriracha. Also a cup of coffee in the morning, and several cups of tea and water throughout the day.

posted by box 09 May | 14:21

Breakfast - a bowl of Cheerios
Lunch - two granola bars and a half-pint container of skim milk mixed with a scoop of "chocolate royale" SlimFast
Dinner - ???

posted by syntax 09 May | 14:30

Breakfast: cup of tea. lomo on toast.
lunch, cup-a-soup cajun spicy something
Dinner Calzone due gusti, rose wine and limoncello for dessert at the seafront with Killian & Scott. Heavenly!

posted by Wilder 09 May | 14:32

Cold leftover pounded chicken breast sauteed in olive oil.

Some sunflower seeds with the seeds on, so you just suck salt and oil and spit out stuff in a charming manner.

2 Laughing Cow cheeze wedges and about 12 slices of pepperoni.

A meal replacement frozen thing that was chicken and broccoli and sauce - 180 calories.

Gum gum gum gum gum gum gum.

Diet Coke, Diet Coke, Diet Coke, Diet Coke.

posted by rainbaby 09 May | 14:37

Coffee
Garlic Naan
Grilled hotdogs
Brownies
Chocolate
Iced tea

posted by Stewriffic 09 May | 14:42

Weetabix with milk.
Bread with quince jam.
A so-called 'Club' sandwich from the vending machine at work.
Strawberry yoghurt.
Some Greek salad.
Grilled hot dogs with more salad.

posted by misteraitch 09 May | 14:54

Oy. Skipped breakfast because I was running late for work. About 10:30, couldn't take it any more (for a regular breakfast eater, skipping really hurts) so I went to the Hippie Bakery and got a piece of broccoli, cheddar, and ham quiche with a slice of wheat bread, chocolate cookie, and coffee. Brunch if you will.

Since then, I have eaten 2 pieces of cake - 1 intensely rich, fudgy, buttery-chocolate birthday cake that a co-worker brought in, and 1 intensely sweet-tart homemade lemon cake that another coworker brought in. Not so good.

posted by Miko 09 May | 15:02

I just had two soyrizo* tacos and a coconut date roll, along with a pint of iced tea.

*All of the flavor, none of the salivary glands!

posted by mudpuppie 09 May | 15:06

Oh, Miko, do I miss Hippie Bakery. When I lived in Town Redacted, our bookkeeper was involved in Hippie Bakery, and would bring us cookies or pastry or savories along with my paperwork.

posted by Elsa 09 May | 15:09

Breakfast was cucumber and tomato with a bit of olive oil and rice vinegar and pepper.

Lunch, steamed sugar snap peas, red onion, red pepper, cauliflower, sliced carrots, and noodles left over from another dish with a little salt and a nice slathering of hot sauce.

I just had a girlguide cookie.

posted by arse_hat 09 May | 15:21

pulled pork sandwich with La Victoria hot sauce
romaine lettuce, carrots, red cabbage w/ raspberry viniagrette
oatmeal raisin cookie

posted by netbros 09 May | 15:28

For breakfast I had a zucchini raspberry muffin and for lunch I had pasta that I made with roasted cauliflower, caramelized onions, and gouda. For a snack I had a pear that was disappointingly mealy.
Now I am hungry again and I think I'll have some chips. I likey the carbs.

posted by rmless2 09 May | 15:33

Special K with a banana for breakfast.

OMG LUNCH DATE Indian Buffet for lunch! (mine is an evil tummygurgle!!)

posted by Ambrosia Voyeur 09 May | 15:54

One Werther's Original candy. This is a perk of working with the elderly. They're always slipping you a Werther's.

One cup of plain instant oatmeal.

Two cups fresh fruit salad (watermelon, honeydew, cantaloupe, grapes, pineapple, strawberries)

One salad with chicken, romaine, a little shredded cheese, corn, chicken, and a "southwest" salad dressing. I leave the tortilla chips off that come with it. It's from the produce section in the grocery store. They call it a "bistro" salad.

Tonight I'm going on a date with my husband. I'll probably have a steak, baked potato, salad, wine.

posted by LoriFLA 09 May | 16:07

2 slices of pepperoni pizza, Pepsi, Sprite, wee piece of chicken, few slices of boiled potatoes, and some nasty macaroni and cheese.

posted by sperose 09 May | 16:30

Pancakes this morning, (I'm off today), an energy bar, and Mr. V is making a pasta dinner with sausage. Currently I'm drinking a strawberry margarita.

Ooo, LoriFla, is that the "Fiesta" version? I know those salads come in several varieties, including "Chicken Ceasar", and "Cob", and a walnut thingy. But the "Fiesta" one is my favorite - and I leave the tortilla chips off, too.

posted by redvixen 09 May | 16:44

I've always wanted to live in Redacted.

Among other things, for breakfast I ate a big handful of dandelion greens, fresh from the field. Hopefully healthy. At least they had no pesticides.

posted by DarkForest 09 May | 17:12

Dorset cereals muesli with fat-free yoghurt, orange juice, coffee

small can dulce de leche (impulse buy on way back from gym)

chicken, broccoli, green beans, onion, stir fried in minuscule amount of oil with black bean and garlic sauce (YUM)

still on gallbladder diet, but it ain't so bad.

posted by altolinguistic 09 May | 17:57

Gritty gnocchi, mediocre salmon and cranberry bread pudding garnished with a Pepperidge farm flute--I'd sent back one dish because they'd dumped raspberry coulis over it when there was no mention of it on the menu. I still wanted the vanilla sauce and blueberries, but they left that off even though I had just said "no raspberry".

posted by brujita 10 May | 01:48

First, i made sure to make some pretty costly urine, then had a few bites of chocolate cake.
Fed people fresh snickerdoodles.
Finally got fud, attacking seaweed salad, ginger dressed salad, miso soup, and tempura scallops. Sushi for the first time in ages. i could eat yellowtail all day.
Finished last quarter of cake with coffee.
Just had pesto pasta as i readied a pasta bake for tomorrow.
A pretty ok food day.

posted by ethylene 10 May | 02:08

Ooo, LoriFla, is that the "Fiesta" version?

Yes. I like it too. My favorite grocery used to make fresh salads (some stores still do). This "Fiesta" salad is the next best thing. I have them all the time when I'm working.

posted by LoriFLA 10 May | 08:06

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