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May 6, 2006
Gumbo-esque
Today fresh okra was on sale at Whole Foods, so I picked up a bunch and was inspired to make a gumbo for dinner. Back in my vegan days, I used to make a tofu gumbo that I learned from a Dean Ornish book, so I figured I'd adapt that to make it with eggwhites. Like tofu, eggwhites take on the flavor of whatever you marinate them in. However, as I was keeping the carbs low, I didn't want to use all the old ingredients. So here's how I made a gumbo-esque dish that turned out very well:
I simmered the bottom of one leek, sliced and diced, in a cup of boiling veggie broth. Added green peppers and two tablespoons no salt tomato paste. Allowed that to boil up, and then threw in the okra and the eggwhites. Spiced with cumin, garlic powder, and Tabasco sauce. Allowed to simmer for about an hour and then drizzled a teaspoon of olive oil on top after removing from heat, just before serving. MR loved it. Next time I may do it with whole peeled canned tomatoes, or fire-roasteds.
For dessert, I served 250 grams of the organic ripe strawberries I bought on sale this morning, topped with a fourth cup of fat free ricotta whipped with a baby sea-monkey spoon of sucralose, for a berries and cream flavor and drizzled with a teaspoon of flax oil just before serving. Flax oil goes very well on fruit or dairy, and fat free ricotta really is a miracle food.
All in all, dinner was delicious and nutritious. Hazelnuts on the side of MR's dish to up the fat, lots of eggwhites for a neutral tasting protein, and delicious okra. Our fridge is so packed now that I fear an avalanche, but there was a great sale on organic grape tomatoes -- $1.99 a pint! -- that I bought ten. As I can easily eat four pints or more a day, I figured I may as well. Today I ate three pints of grape tomatoes, all within about an hour with my lunch. We weighed them and found that the average calories in a pint of grape tomatoes is 60. Not too bad, for what appears to be a bizarre obsession. 180 calories of grape tomatoes is a whole lot healthier than 180 calories of the things most people pig out on!
Posted by april at May 6, 2006 8:22 PM
Comments
This is in response to your previous blog post april...
In my opinion I think that occasionally eating something that isn't exactly CRON friendly wouldn't result in much harm.
The reason I say this is because if you look at centenarians and super centenarians, one thing in common is that most of them have the ability to deal with toxins from everyday life. Some centenarians smoked most of their life for example, or never ate a diet much different from the average person and STILL made it to extreme ages.
As CR puts a person in this protective state and can resist toxins and all sorts of things, then consuming 'junk food' once in a while shouldnt really affect us at all. Our ability to deal with these is similar to how Jeanne Calment made it to 122 while smoking! Maybe she could of made it past that if she didnt smoke? but the point is, consuming some junk food on occasions will probably not harm us as much as it does the regular ad lib person :)
I hope!... lol
Posted by: Matt - uk at May 6, 2006 7:32 PM