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January 1, 2008
New Year's CR Fun with Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas
It is a tradition in the South that you must eat collard greens and black-eyed peas on New Year's for good luck. It would be most traditional to eat hoppin' john, but that has rice and fat back, so we weren't exactly going to eat that. Add to that that MR doesn't like any greens cooked, and I decided to make a New Year's salad with raw collards, chopped, as the green base and a black eyed-pea topping.
First, I marinated a half cup of black-eyed peas in a sauce of cider vinegar, Texas Pete (made in Winston-Salem, NC!) and lemon juice. Then I covered a plate in 100 g chopped collard greens, raw, and put down a layer of Quorn tenders and grounds, plus a few eggwhites to bump up the protein. Next, for MR, came a layer of lightly steamed diced yellow squash. Topping: the black beans in the marinade, plus a teaspoon of olive oil. He had a brownie sundae on the side with his MegaBrownie cut into chunks over non-fat ricotta and hazelnut oil with hazelnuts. I modified my dish to get some more calcium in there by using black-eyed peas on top of cottage cheese instead of Quorn, and no squash for me because I can barely handle the volume of my salad as it is. I had blueberries and almonds for dessert.
Here is my ostensible crunch for today, assuming that I manage to eat a small cup of brewers yeast soup with mushrooms tonight in addition to my salad with yogurt. I am feeling less than hungry, no doubt responding the the unusual level of inactivity I've had since I've been sick, and a few days of heavy holiday eating. I finally made it back to the gym today and did thirty minutes worth of treadmill, though none too fast as I don't want to shock my body with a return to sudden exercise. The calories are a bit lower than average due to the aforementioned lower level of activity than usual and recent holiday eating out festivities. My weight is up so I feel fairly safe going a bit low for awhile. I monitor my weight every day, so if I start to lose too fast I'll know it and eat more. Very important!
Report generated by CRON-o-Meter v0.9.3
Nutrition Summary for January 1, 2008
General (69%)
Energy 1282.9 kcal 53%
Protein 90.3 g 161%
Carbs 88.5 g 68%
Fiber 24.6 g 65%
Fat 37.4 g 58%
Vitamins (90%)
Vitamin A 13066.1 IU 436%
Folate 431.5 µg 108%
B1 (Thiamine) 1.8 mg 151%
B2 (Riboflavin) 3.9 mg 300%
B3 (Niacin) 17.0 mg 106%
B5 (Pantothenic Acid) 4.0 mg 80%
B6 (Pyridoxine) 1.6 mg 121%
B12 (Cyanocobalamin) 2.5 µg 102%
Vitamin C 111.5 mg 124%
Vitamin D 0.0 IU 0%
Vitamin E 17.4 mg 116%
Vitamin K 805.6 µg 671%
Minerals (91%)
Calcium 1346.1 mg 135%
Copper 2.1 mg 228%
Iron 7.5 mg 94%
Magnesium 318.0 mg 76%
Manganese 3.6 mg 155%
Phosphorus 1204.7 mg 172%
Potassium 2845.6 mg 61%
Selenium 119.6 µg 218%
Sodium 1228.1 mg 82%
Zinc 12.5 mg 114%
Lipids (88%)
Saturated 3.5 g
Omega-3 5.1 g 256%
Omega-6 7.6 g 76%
Trans-Fats 0.0 g
Cholesterol 15.6 mg
In other news, I vacuumed the floors, took down the Christmas decorations, changed the sheets, cleaned the bathroom, and scrubbed the kitchen floor. I'm still planning to put in a load of laundry before dinner. Was hoping to try my new Pilates video for the first time but may run out of energy.
Tomorrow is back to work, promptly leaving the house at 6:30 am. I am actually entertaining the thought of hitting the treadmill at 5:30 am when the gym opens and then showering there and heading straight out to work. That way I'll make sure I get a workout in. It's a long day, with my last meeting beginning at 7:30 pm. Danny called this afternoon to say that he's sick so I told him to take the day off. So I'll be alone in my meetings: whine. Sad. Oh well. At least Susie and Edward will be at work, as far as I know. Funny to say back to work, as I was at the hospital at 6:30 am on New Year's Day, doing literature drops and meetings, and I spent most of this morning working on an editorial for the Scranton paper. Do I ever stop working? Nope, not for long.
We had a very nice Christmas with my mom and the parents of MR. They also gave us truly amazing presents, my favorite of which is a really pretty dress that I've already worn twice! They also gave me an orange scarf and matching gloves, so that I may match my boyfriend when I am bundled up against the cold. I was very happy that they liked the Christmas cooking, especially the shrimp and artichoke dish.
Okay, off to finish the cleaning before time to cook dinner. This is the most industrious I've been in a week, so cheer me on please... the temptation to crawl back into bed might overwhelm me!
Posted by april at January 1, 2008 4:23 PM
Comments
Go April! Go April! Go April!
Hurray for clean floors, Pilates and impeccable nutrition!
Posted by: Robin at January 1, 2008 9:08 PM
Hoppin' John from Cooking Light (oh so delicious)
2 C water
2 T whole grain dijon mustard
1 t salt
1/4 t dried thyme
2 T olive oil
3-1/2 C chopped onion
1 C uncooked long grain rice
2/3 C finely chopped ham
4 garlic cloves, minced
4 C cooked black eyed peas
4 C chopped trimmed mustard greens
Combine first 4 ingredients, stirring with a whisk; set aside.
Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium high heat. Add onion to pan, saute 6 minutes. Add rice, ham, and garlic, saute 2 minutes. Stir in water mixture, bring to boil. Cover, reduce heat, simmer 15 minutes. Add peas and greens, cover and cook 5 minutes. Stir, then cover and cook and additional 5 minutes or until greens and rice are tender.
6 servings.
Calories 389, Fat7g (1.4 sat), protein 18.2, carb 63.6, fiber 11g, chol 14mg, iron 5.1, sodium 502mg, calc 109mg.
Posted by: Elizabeth at January 2, 2008 9:28 AM