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December 28, 2005
Calorie Counted Holiday Party
I think MR's mom almost died of shock when I told her that he was going to eat the party food. She had carefully crunched the calorie and macronutrient info on Nutrition Data, so there was no reason why we couldn't figure out a calorie-counted, Zoned, 629 dinner for MR made of party appetizers, veggies from the crudite and fruits from the fruit tray. It took me about an hour to do the calculations, and I have three pages of scratch paper to show for it, plus the last few items crunched into DWIDP, but I did it, and everyone was happy. Here's what MR ate at the holiday party:
1 crab vegetable wrap
1 mango chicken cup
6 chili lime shrimp
3 tablespoons antipasto
100 g asparagus
100 g cantaloupe
137 g honeydew
14.3 g spiced hazelnut mix
1 teaspoon flax oil
260 g eggwhites (we will bring from home)
3 oz. pinot noir
The crab vegetable wraps were my favorite: made with ribbons of zucchini, they were very healthy little appetizer bites. I'll get the recipe from MoMR and post it. The mango chicken cups in baked wantons were also amazing, but higher calorie at 60 each. All we had to bring from home was the eggwhites to balance out the protein. The chili lime shrimp were also fantastic, and we're going to get the sauce recipe so we can make it as a sauce for eggwhites and get the same delicious taste without the cholesterol in the shrimp.
I took one of MoMR's calculators and just walked around filling my plate until I hit my calorie target for the day: 1300. I got to try lots of yummy things! She had the calorie counts and macronutrient info on little print outs next to every dish... it looked a lot like my birthday/housewarming party! The house was beautifully decorated for Christmas, and all the food was presented on gorgeous plates and arranged prettily. The only minor disaster of the night was when the heel of my shoe got caught in the kitchen heat vent, but MR rescued it. Then it happened again, and he rescued it... again! But all had a wonderful time, and I left with both shoes firmly attached to my feet.
Tonight is my last night in Calgary for awhile, as I am flying out tomorrow in the early evening to go to a friend's wedding reception in Miami before heading home to Philly. MR is staying here for a few weeks to pack up his condo to sell. Needless to say, I'm going to miss him terribly, but I'm making a special dinner tonight with a variation on one of his favorites, CR-friendly pasta-less lasagna, so that he'll be sure to come rushing home to me and my cooking.
Posted by april at December 28, 2005 10:09 AM
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Hey April!
Any chance you could you post a recipe for that CR-friendly pasta-less Lasagna when you have some time? I'd be interested to see it and perhaps try it out..
Thanks!
Posted by: Gregg M. at December 28, 2005 12:42 PM