What I eat: Wednesday
Posted by kathryn in Blogging
7.30 Breakfast: muesli
- 0.5 cups muesli + combination rice milk and cow’s milk
10.30 Morning coffee
- Soy latte – no picture
12.00 Lunch: tempeh & salad
- 1 cup lettuce
- 0.5 cups parsley
- 0.5 cups red capsicum
- 0.5 tomato
- 1 tablespoon pepitas
- 100g tempeh
Dressing
- 1 teaspoon capers
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon shoyu
- 1 teaspoon mustard
15.00 Coffee
- Soy latte
17.00 Snack: apricots
- 2 apricots
19.00 Dinner: pumpkin & lentil stew
Loosely based on this recipe. But as per usual I changed the recipe to include more vegetable and I also added some wild rice. My portion contained:
- 0.25 cups red lentils
- 0.25 onions
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 130g pumpkin (about 0.75 cups)
- 0.25 tins tomato
- 0.5 tablespoons wild rice
- 1 cup gai lan (Chinese broccoli)
- spices
- Plus a piece of Afghan bread
- Plus 1 small glass of red wine
Dessert
- 1 orange
- 0.5 Mango Weis bar
What’s this?
This week on Limes & Lycopene I’m blogging about what I eat – a series of photos, showing what I’ve eaten the day before.
Let me know your reactions and comments – I’m intrigued to know what you think.
29 November, 2007
Comments
I think you’re a legend! This food looks great. Your portion sizes spin me out – just because they are moderate. I love your special weekly eating-out night too. This is a great segment – Cheers.
Bathsheba – thanks so much for your comment and enthusiasm. I’m glad you’re enjoying the segment. I’m finding it really interesting too.
Oh jeez…so far, your week’s food looks consistently healthier than how my family eats. No meat, more raw ingredients, lower fat and much smaller portions too!
I don’t think I hang out with slobs or have the worst diet, but I haven’t seen many people consistently eat so healthily. I would love to know what a “break-out” meal would look like for you Kathryn. Maybe on a day next week you could show us how a “bad” day would look like for you? You know…the binge day you loose all control and eat junk/alcohol/chocolate/wine/chips/excess quantities etc. A typical indulgent festive season day that is common this time of year!?
I don’t mean to sound cruel or punishing, but I am genuinely interested in what constitutes a bad diet day for you…I am guessing it would shock my perception of my own diet a little more.
HI there Andrew. Firstly I’m vegetarian – so there won’t be any meat. I’m not one of those people who has the uber-fast metabolism, I can put on weight easily – so yes I do keep a handle on the fat and portion sizes. I also deliberately pick foods that I know will keep me going.
I do eat better during the week, then relax a bit on the weekend – so things will change over the next few days.
You’re comment about a break-out made me laugh. I’m happy to post a bad day, when the next one comes up!
OH KATHRYN i am in awe of your ability to walk away from half a Weiss bar. I had almost forgotten about them but now i’ll think of nothing else for months :)
Well I only bought one and the other half was eaten by Richard – so no temptation or walking away required. That’s my strategy with “treat” foods- buy small quantities of really good stuff.
I love Weis bars – find them such a satisfying little treat. And they don’t break the kilojoule bank.
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