New Foods

Okay - so I have started a new diet - I know I know - Another ONE???? But I figured with walking 3 miles in the mornings and eating this type of food I have to lose weight right?????? Anyway, my neighbor gave me this book after she got preggers because all diets are off when you are preggers, so I thought I would give it a try (sort of part of my Lent give ups as I always stick to that, and yes I gave up chocolate as well). (btw - Livy gave up cauliflower)

The first 4 days of this diet are brutal.......Very limited calories but the best part was the "Sassy Water" that you drink. It is yummy and makes drinking the water easier. It is just 2 liters of water, a lemon sliced thin, 12 mint leaves, teaspoon of grated ginger and a cucumber peeled and sliced thin. Let it all steep over night and start drinking first thing in the morning. It is very refreshing - I may tweak it a bit, the cucumber is a bit overpowering. So I survived the first 4 days and now am on to 4 - 400 calorie meals a day. This is where it gets fun!

Breakfast yesterday - Whole Wheat with flax english muffin with 2 egg whites, a piece of canadian bacon and babybella low fat cheese - it was quite yummy. My lunch yesterday was boring - turkey lunch meat with mixed greens and red bell peppers wrapped in a whole wheat tortilla and a side salad of grape tomoatoes and cashews. But dinner last night - OH WOWIE!!! The recipe in the book was a vegetarian recipe and called for chick peas, but I did not have that so subbed chicken - not sure if this is allowed - but it was super yummy and I know it was still relatively low in calories. Here it is.

2 Chicken breasts - cubed into bite size chunks
1 onion - diced
2 cloves of garlic - minced
1 orange bell pepper - diced
1 tbs curry powder
can of pineapple in own juice - chunks
can of diced tomatoes
a few handfuls of fresh spinach - roughly chopped
1/2 cup cashews

Saute the chicken, onion, garlic and curry powder until the chicken is almost done, add the bell pepper and saute another 5 minutes or so. Pour in the can of tomatoes and pineapple (juice and all) and let simmer for 10 minutes. Add the spinach and cook just until the spinach is wilted and cooked through. Stir in the cashews and serve over brown rice. It was so yummy and made a ton. I fed 3 adults and 4 kids (neighbors were there last night) plus had enough to bring for lunch today. I cannot wait to make it in a few weeks for Amanda and Daniel!

So on for breakfast today - Livy thought I was wierd, but it was a whole wheat with flax seed English Muffin, with just enough peanut butter to spread on top, 2 slices of turkey bacon and a couple of slices of apple - it was delish!