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November 21, 2005
Proposed Menus for Thanksgiving Week
Well, I'm taking my Orange One home to meet the parents for the first time. He's met my mom already... she is quite convinced that he is actually her other baby, since she always wanted to have a boy too. He actually looks quite a bit like her, as they are both redheads, though she is not (yet) Orange. She lives nearby, so they go on frequent outings to BJ's to buy bulk eggwhites and cottage cheese together... but he's never met my dad and step-mother who live in North Carolina. To make life easier for all, I suggested that I cook the meals, so that I can take care of MR and my calorie needs while not making everyone crazy. My dad and step-mother will be doing the actual Thanksgiving dinner (MR and I will just weigh our serving of turkey and such, and I'll manage the side dishes to make sure we're Zoned), but I'm doing the rest.
Here are my proposed menus:
Tuesday dinner:
cream of fire roasted tomato soup
scallops in white wine with garlic and cilantro
broccoli with flax oil and fresh lemon
wine (my dad provides excellent selections of this)
Wednesday lunch:
half servings of MR's breakfast salad for lunch (my quotidian lunch)
asparagus and mushroom eggwhite fritatta
Wednesday dinner:
cauliflower soup
pasta-less CR friendly lasagna
wine
Friday we're going to meet the grandparents and also to my favorite store in the world, A Southern Season, where the baby measuring cup that I presented MR as a moving-in gift was procured. MR will pack one of his lunches: Dad, step-mother and I will eat at the restaurant. They actually have very good choices, like grilled shrimp salad and such. Then we'll most likely be stopping by a Whole Foods on the way home, so I figure I'll pick up supplies for that night's dinner. We're going to bring Quorn, and I might make one of our classic vegetable stir-fry dishes with Quorn tenders, just like the one that MR made me my first night in Canada.
My father and step-mother are both very good cooks and healthy eaters. They have long made meals that are de facto Zoned. My step-mother gave up bread ages ago, and a typical meal at their house would be a grilled fish served with steamed vegetables and olive oil with lemon and pepper. Over the years we've had some conflict about food, especially in the years when I was vegan, but they've always made me something that I would eat. My parents used to go to extraordinary lengths to create sugar-free birthday desserts back when I couldn't eat sugar for health reasons in college. They suffered through years when I wouldn't eat much of anything. Nowadays, it seems we eat more alike than ever before, so I'm really looking forward to cooking for the whole family. They've been very supportive of my CR from day one.
Who knows... maybe we'll get them hooked on Quorn!
Posted by april at November 21, 2005 9:37 AM
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Hi April-
It is wonderful to be supported by family members when practicing CR. My birthday was a few weeks ago, and my parents made a birthday dinner for me. They had a great assortment of steamed vegetables, and for dessert, my mom had made a big fresh fruit salad. She even placed a floaty candle in my fruit salad so I could make a wish! I was so touched! My kids, hubby and my parents all support me in my CR endeavour, and I feel very lucky. However, I can't help but wonder if they will continue to support me once I am at my ideal CR weight. I'll have to wait and see...
Posted by: Shauna at November 21, 2005 11:50 AM
I got a whole load of comments from family on my weight, all negative comments of course, but my friends are fine with me :)
this is a cr'd me ( 2 pics )
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v141/whoa182/matt_small.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v141/whoa182/test1.jpg
skinny? lol
Posted by: Matt at November 21, 2005 6:14 PM
Cute pics Matt!!!!
When you're forty, you'll probably still look about 18.
Posted by: April at November 22, 2005 7:23 AM