Thought I'd get us started for a new week. Hope we all have a good week.
Sunlover-maybe you can make one of your husband's favorites every week and then try to make other things for the rest of the week. I don't have a husband so I don't have this problem.

Hey girls,

Haha, Mary you're so right about the rocket!! Like yourself I mostly prepare my meals for one because of the strange hours I work, So I buy one bag of rucola and it ends up as a side dish to almost everything I really like your idea about buying the individual bottles of wine. I can't believe that it's never occurred to me once to do that instead of buying the normal bottles.. and 9 times out of 10 lacing my way through a normal bottle. I will definitely be doing that on my next grocery shop.

Breakfast - Bowl of oatmeal made with honey and sultanas, & 1 satsuma
Lunch - Brown rice and salmon in olive oil
Dinner - Salad of rocket (lol) cherry tomatoes and feta cheese
Snacks - Some of the free fruit we get at work. Prob a banana and a plum and a satsuma

Drinking - Green tea and still water throughout the day. Need to rehydrate after the weekend alcohol. This week I want to be really good.

Have a great day

Sarah

I had a pretty good day. I've noticed that I've reached the point where I am hungry when it is meal time and comfortably satisfied when I finish eating which I suspect is the goal.

B: Shredded Wheat n Bran, Banana, 1% milk, sugar free latte
L: Beef Barley soup, 1/2 pita, hummus
D: tossed salad with feta, raspberry vinagrette, beef stew, slice of crusty rye, and a glass of pinot noir.

A little heavy on the beef today. I intended to eat something different for dinner but it was cold and damp here today and I just wanted the warm comfort of that beef stew for dinner. I could technically still hav another serving of fruit today but I'm a little high on the calories so don't know if I will do that or not.

Well, pretty good day.
B:shredded wheat with fresh raspberries (yummy)
L:grilled chicken caesar salad w/balsamic vinagrette
S:apple, orange, grapes
D:eggplant parm with whole grain shell pasta, healthy whole grain bread and olive oil

Husband also had grilled chicken for lunch, with nary a complaint. I did fix him a chicken breast for his parm. instead of eggplant-- baby steps

What is this rocket that you are putting in your salads, Sarah?

Hey Sunlover!
It's also called rucola and arugula.. its a green leaf salad vegetable with quite a strong taste.. I use it instead of lettuce in most of my salads because I prefer the flavor.. its also gorgeous with spaghetti aglio olio & peperoncino (spaghetti with chili olive oil, and fresh tomato and rocket through it)
Just got to work and had a satsuma.. will update with menu shortly!

Here's my 27/10/2009 :

Breakfast - Bowl oatmeal with raisins and sultanas, teaspoon of honey
Lunch - Lunchbox of boiled zucchini with balsamic vinegar, 1 satsuma
Dinner - Fillet of mackerel in olive oil, side salad of rucola and tomato, bowl of banana slices topped with pure almond butter

Snacking on fruit during the day, apple, banana, raisin


Drinking - Green tea and water throughout the day

Have a great day!!

Sarah

Sarah-what are sultanas? Do we know them by a different name?

Here is my menu from yesterday.
B: 2 eggs scrambled with canadian bacon, green onions, cheddar cheese, in 1/2 a pita, sugar free latte
L: beef stew, slice of crusty rye bread, grapes
S: trail mix
D: halibut in a balsamic glaze, bulgur pilaf with pine nuts, brussel sprouts with a glass of chardonnay.

My calories have been a little high this week. I think I need to try to cut out the snacking.

Hey Mary, sultanas are similar to raisins just smaller.. dunno if theyre named anything else

Ok heres my menu for today -

B: Bowl oatmeal with raisins, currants, tsp of honey
L: Large greek salad (Tomato lettuce cucumber onion and feta) with Olive oil
D: Bowl oatmeal with raisins, currants, tsp of honey
S: Apple, satsuma

Hoping not to get hungry later although hopefully I'll manage an early night

Have a great evening!

Sarah

Sarah-how do they differ from currants? I don't think I've ever seen them

No snacking for me today which was a big improvement.
B-smoothie made with greek yogurt, whey protein, frozen raspberries, banana, and sugar free davinci syrup, sugar free latte
L: beef stew, garden salad with raspberry vinagrette, grapes
D: halibut in balasamic glaze, bulgur pilaf with pine nuts, brussel sprouts, Skipped the wine tonight too to try to keep my calories down.

I've got a lot of cooking planned for the next few days. Stay tuned for some interesting meals.

Petra-Aren't the SF Davinci syrups wonderful?
Well- I did okay today-- slept in till almost noon as I was up writing into the wee hours last night/early morning, so no breakfast.

L:whole grain white bread w/turkey and cheese sandwich
D:turkey ham and potatoes from the crockpot (yummy) healthy whole grain bread
S: vanilla yogurt with fresh raspberries, apple

Sunlover-don't know what I would do without my SF davinci syrups. I order them online about once a year. I buy about 2 cases of them, LOL What do you think I put in those lattes every morning?

B: 2 eggs scrambled with canadian bacon, green onions, shredded cheddar in 1/2 pita, sugar free latte
L: last of the beef stew, slice of crusty rye, 2 clementines
D: Balsamic pork chop, bulgur pilaf with pine nuts, brussel sprouts, glass of white zinfindel.

Hey Mary,

A little sweeter and theyre brown rather than black. Same kinda thing though.
Yesterday my menu was abysmal.. shockingly bad.. scarier than Halloween. I'm putting it down to pms and the fact that yesterday and today were my weekend, 2 days off. It started so well but...
B: Bowl oatmeal with raisins and honey
L: Hard rock cafe Veggie burger with fries, then a packet of rolos afterwards.
D: 3 or 4 slices of margarita pizza
Drinks (was at a work organised pub quiz night) Four pints of beer, then got home and had 2 glasses of red.

Terrible behaviour!!!!!!!!!!!!

Todays menu
L: 2 wholewheat wraps with quorn and onions fried in olive oil and curry powder with a tbsp coconut cream and a tbsp chopped tomatoes
D: Boyfriend is cooking but it seems to be wholewheat pasta and a sauce he is making with soya cream, mushrooms and peas. 2 persimmon fruit for after.
Have bought two shandies to drink as I'm up very early tomorrow so didn't want to open a bottle of wine.

Have a great weekend girls! Oh and Happy Halloween!!

I had a disappointing experience. I made something I was hoping I was going to really like and it turns out I don't like it at all. It's the Pineapple-teriyaki beef. It's the recipe out of the Sonoma Cookbook if any of the rest of you have it. It is one of the few from those books that I have tried and really disliked. Unfortunately, I now have several servings of it and I have to figure out what I'm going to do about it. I think I can stand to eat it a few more days. I think most of the other stuff I have planned for this week I know I like so I shouldn't have this problem again for at least a few days, LOL

B: shredded wheat n bran, banana, sugar free latte
L: balsamic pork chop, bulgur and pine nut pilaf, broccoli
D: pineapple-teriyaki beef, millet and quinoa with sunflower seeds, tossed salad with ginger sesame dressing. Skipped the wine since I was going to yoga.

yoga class tonight.......aaaah that was a nice treat after a stressful week.

Hey! Did everyone desert me on Halloween? No trick-or-treaters so far but I didn't buy much candy either. I'll take the left overs to work. I've had a quiet day but I think I needed that. Took my doggies out for a nice long walk which we all enjoyed.

B: Smoothie with greek yogurt, frozen mixed berries, banana, whey protein, and SF davinci syrup, sugar free latte
L: Pineapple-teriyaki beef, last of the bulgur pinenut pilaf, broccoli
S: trail mix
D: Tandoori chicken, millet and quinoa with sunflower seeds, tossed salad with ginger sesame dressing, glass of pinot grigio.

Hey hey.. I slept through Halloween. Was exhausted after a sleepless night the night before and I managed to sleep right through my alarm this morning too! Whats wrong with me! lol Anyway, here's yesterdays -
B - Bowl oatmeal made with honey and oatmeal
mid morning - Wholemeal roll with homemade chickpea burger
L - Salmon in olive oil, salad of mixed greens and balsamic vinegar.
D - Way too tired to cook, Prawns in curry and some rice/noodles
Slice of cake in a cafe with a cup of tea!! No excuse. Will make up for it over the next couple of days.

Today's menu is
B - Bowl oatmeal with honey and sultanas
S - Sunflower seeds and sultanas
L - Wholemeal roll & homemade chickpea burger
D - Will probably be the same, will update later

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Sarah