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August 20, 2006
Vaguely Lasagna-ish, Slightly Cruciferous, Highly Nutritious, Extremely Delicious, Summer Vegetable Layer Cake-Like Lunch
Today for lunch I layered chopped cauliflower, asparagus, fat free cottage cheese mixed with garlic powder and oregano, fresh tomatoes from Christine's garden, and shiitake mushrooms in a large glass dish. Baked at 250 for about half an hour and then left sitting to steam with the oven off for another hour or so. Topped with a teaspoon and a half of olive oil after removing from the oven. MR loved it. He loves the lasagna-ish, even when it's not very ish.
We ate a ton of blueberries this weekend: MR had his in strawberry/blueberry/nonfat ricotta/hazelnut or flax oil/hazelnut and Walden Farms chocolate sauce parfaits. I had mine either plain or with a teaspoon of flax oil.
Tonight's dinner was Quorn dogs rolled in low carb tortillas with fat free singles, and our new favorite mustard, Boars' Head, on the side. I made MR a side dish of yellow organic pear tomatoes steamed with fresh okra and garlic, while I ate a side dish of plain okra. He had a strawberry/blueberry etc. parfait for dessert, I had blueberries with flax oil. Another successful weekend cooking extravaganza. I so miss cooking during the week... cooking is my big stress-reliever and outlet for my creativity. These days I don't even get to eat at home during the week, much less cook.
I head to Scranton for four days tomorrow. Gone Monday - Thursday. I'm packing flax oil, nonfat cheese, green tea, brewers yeast, savory megamuffins, and anything else I might need to sustain my body during the long stay. I'll be meeting with nurses from 7 am till 8:30 pm every day, so I won't have much time to eat, therefore it's essential that I pack things that are easy to store, pop out and eat quick. At least the place where I stay will provide me with a fridge. The other great thing about the place where I stay is that they have a free hot breakfast, complete with omlettes made to order, and they'll make an eggwhite omlette! I plan to throw my own flax oil and nonfat cheese plus brewers yeast over my eggwhite omlette to create a reasonable facsimile of my at home breakfast on the road!
Posted by april at August 20, 2006 8:26 PM