I chop up and boil 2 cauliflowers until soft. Drain and mash. Perfect addition to the chicken soup and lasts the week for dh and I. I add curry powder. He adds hot sauce.

I decided that mashed cauliflower is going to be my Thanksgiving Day treat instead of taters. Then I am taking the chicken soup mix and using it with broccoli and some of the soup mix will be my gravy for my turkey! Now I psyched for Thanksgiving!!!

I have a big pot simmering right now. I added chicken and mushrooms! Oh and a Bay leaf! You always need a bay leaf in soups! (well, in my grand-ma's view)

It's very tasty! Thanks for the recipe!

vvei!!!! OH YUM!!!! sounds wonderful! I can almost smell it simmering

Here are a couple of REAL dressings, that are IP compliant. Whisk the ingredients together.

Caesar Dressing
1 garlic clove, grated
1 squeeze of anchovy paste the size of the garlic clove (find a brand with no carbs/sugars)
1 Tbs lemon juice
2 Tbs EVOO
1 dash Worcestershire sauce

Oriental dressing
(can be used as a marinade)
1/8 cup olive oil
1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
1/3 cup Soy sauce (I use Tamari)
2 tbsp Dijon or hot mustard
1 tbsp garlic
1 tbsp ginger

If it's lettuce you're sick of, try chopped raw cabbage, or use one of the dressings with coleslaw mix.

Dice cucumber and raw onion. Mix with the caesar dressing (or just oil & vinegar). Can add a dash of oregano.

Just two cups of raw salad vegetables without the lettuce, tossed with a dressing: Peppers, cucumber, celery, (sprouts), onions, radishes. You can include raw broccoli, cauliflower and/or zuchinni.

Another option for broccoli, cauliflower & zuchinni is to cook them the day before (stir fried, roasted, microwaved) then chill them. Eat them cold, either on your salad, or by themselves with a salad dressing. Cabbage also works cooked and chilled.

Cooked cauliflower, grated and chilled can serve as a replacement for rice in a cold salad.

You can make "potato" salad with cubed cooked cauliflower and an oil & vinegar dressing in place of mayonnaise. A diced hard boiled egg adds to the impression of a "potato" salad.

Thanks for this! I don't like anchovies at all so the Caesar won't work. I'll have to try your suggestions for the other veggies. My intent tonight was to make kale chips for the first time only to find out my grocery store doesn't carry kale. :mad:

It would also be fine without the anchovies.

I have Kale in my fridge ready for me to make chips with it! Can't wait to try it!

Slow2lose...how is phase 2 going for you?

I hate it!!! I miss the ease and variety of the IP lunches and I never thought I would say that. I'm just SICK TO DEATH of protein and green veggies. I dont know how I'm gonna make it 3 more weeks till I get to Phase 4. :(

Yes, I miss the IP foods at lunch, too. However,I do like chicken so that's been working. I started phase 2 last Friday; today I stepped on the scale & I was up .2 lbs. I sure hope that I don't gain already in this phase! Hang in there...we can do this!

Good heavens, I'd be sick of salads and WF dressing if I ate them every day too. I basically subsisted on roasted veggies -- asparagus is delish if you cut off the ends, throw them on a cookie sheet, add some olive oil and sea salt and stick in an 350 degree oven for 25-30 minutes. Yum. Same goes for red peppers and broccoli.

Well I talked to my Coach last night and am tweaking the non-tweakable program LOL. I can't do meat twice a day. Just can't, not open for discussion. Even my husband, who LOVES meat said he couldn't eat it for lunch and dinner either. So I lamely did one week of Phase 2 (probably had 3 IP lunches), and today I'm doing one week of Phase 1 and then next Tuesday I'm started Phase 3, but I'm still doing IP lunches. It's the only way I can do this. I actually gagged yesterday trying to choke down meat at lunchtime. I did it, but ended up having an IP packet for dinner cause I couldn't stomach more meat.

So that's my plan. I lost again this week, I do my official weigh in at noon, but was down on my scale.

ETA - I started working out again this week too. YIPPIE!!! Felt sooooo good, I missed it SO MUCH!!! I rewarded myself with my first Lululemon outfit. :-)

Sounds like a plan that will work for you. I was used to eating 120 grams of protein awhile ago (when I worked out A LOT, before I gained all of my weight!), so the meat doesn't bother me so much. Congrats on your workout! I will resume working out on December 1st or 2nd...a day or two after my 1st phase 3 breakfast!!! :carrot::carrot: