I really love this idea Kathryn – I enjoy seeing what people eat, and find I can pick up tips and ideas for my own daily menu.

Yesterday I ate scrambled eggs, brown lentils, greens and tomatos wrapped in gluten free wrap for breakfast, soy mocha for morning tea, red lentil and cabbage dahl with white rice for lunch, some chocolates for afternoon tea (not a good choice, but a customer brought them in for me), and more brown lentil, greens, tomato and cucumber salad for dinner with a small piece of grilled haluomi. Pot of peppermint tea for bed.

Not a bad day, but not a great one either. I really need to work on getting more fruit in my diet, as it is something I do not really enjoy.

I made the soup yesterday too, and it was not a hit. I used a really grainy sourdough instead of a white Italian-style bread which was a bad move. I also couldn’t resist some carraway (my favourite spice with cabbage) and it was too East European for the rest of the Italiany flavours. We might make it again with toast on the side. Giant organic cabbage was super sweet and delicious – handy to have recipes that use up a big chunk.

Oh thanks for the link to the blondies. I am so keen to try them, although I will have to try and find flax seeds first.

I love these posts. I think what brought me to your blog in the first place was those 2 weeks where you recorded what you were eating.

Yesterday was a BAD day for me. Too many biscuits and topped up with red wine and cheese at night. Sigh. Back on the horse we go! I declared a biscuit free zone at my desk and re-joined the gym today.

Yes, I love these posts, too. The source of many new meal ideas for myself and patients/clients.

I hope it’s ok if I tell you what I ate today — it’s evening for me & I’d already eaten two meals & planned dinner before I read this so I don’t think my food record is too biased.

Breakfast: wholegrain bread, toasted, topped with creamy swiss cheese (Laughing Cow brand) and mesclun leaves; 1 small tomato — not a usual breakfast food for me but it was ripe; white tea

Lunch: spicy lentil soup (from freezer stash) with about a dozen leaves of mild baby lettuce/mesclun tossed in; 8 rice crackers; mango-flavoured fruit yogurt; water

Dinner: oven-baked asparagus frittata (leftover from day before); raw veggies (cauliflower, carrots, cucumber); dip (1/2 cup portion) I made for a pot-luck dinner tomorrow (1/2 cup low-fat yogurt, 1 cup low-fat cottage cheese, 3/4 cup finely-chopped parsley, 1 tsp lemon juice, pepper); another ripe tomato; 3 Peek Freans bran crunch biscuits; pot of rooibos tea.

I’m so impressed by your strategy, Kathryn. But it makes so much sense to fuel yourself throughout the day. All those items look so tasty, too.

Oh no Zoe, I can’t believe your soup didn’t work out. I wonder why. Much of the flavour of the final dish comes from the stock and garlic, rubbed on the bread. So it may well be your Chinese stock and the addition of caraway, conflicting with the rest of the meal? You also have to like soggy bread, to like this dish.

Ours was so good I want to make it again over the weekend.

Kelly – thank you for posting your food for the day. I also love hearing what people are eating.

Bells – most health food shops and even some supermarkets stock ground up flaxseeds. They’re often called linseeds. I made my blondies with LSA, which is a mixture of ground up linseeds, sunflower seeds and almonds. Again this is often available from both supermarkets and health food shops.

Sue – biscuits, red wine and cheese . . . sounds like some of my clients! It’s always hard to get back on track after a holiday. Well done for re-joining the gym.

Oh what lovely food Elaine. Are all those greens from your garden? Love the way you’ve snuck them into your soup, on top of your toast and so on. It’s taken me a while to sort out what works for me in clinic. And this idea does rely on me having food in the freezer and cupboard, so I can quickly put together in the morning. But this strategy is working for me.

Tell me this was a good day! :)

OK, let me think… Yesterday…

Breakfast – Two eggs, scrambled with a little blue cheese (goes a long way!) on one slice of toast with rocket on top. Handful of strawberries.

Snack – Small apple, tangerine

Lunch – Bulgar salad

Snack – Yogurt with vanilla

Dinner – Kedgeree & salad

Evening – Two beers & a slice of toast

This is so interesting – both post and comment eating! So I had
Breakfast – brown rice, milk, dried apricots, prunes, earl grey tea
Morning snack – dried apricots, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds
Lunch – more brown rice, broccoli, olives, fetta
Afternoon snack – mug of sustagen, apple
Getting home snack – crystallised ginger, almonds
Dinner and dessert – still being planned…

Hurrah for stickybeak posts like these :)

I was wondering with that scrummy looking cake… almond meal – is that just ground almonds?

Kelly – I should also say I’m a bit off fruit at the moment. Moving into winter and I just can’t get inspired by apples and pears, plus the citrus has only been average. Which is why I bought and poached the dried figs – to top up my fruit intake.

Wendy – yes this was a good day, even with the birthday cake! I wanted to show a clinic day, where I space my eating out.

Arwen – thank you for posting your food diary.

Hello Shauna – yes almond meal is just ground up almonds. It’s often used to replace some of the flour and gives cakes a lovely texture. Were you in Aust for the friand craze? If so, much of their texture and moisture comes from almond meal.

I loved your two weeks of what you ate and love seeing this – that stew looks delicious and inspiring. In fact I was thinking about the two weeks posts yesterday because your combination of tahini and honey inspired me with making sweet apricot balls for a snack. My eating is all over the place at the moment because my lifestyle is so unsettled – seeing your healthy snacks inspires me.

Thanks – so inspiring – both your post and the responses!

I love seeing peoples food logs/pictorials, so I’m happy you’re doing this again! I’ve wanted to a log for a while, but my photos never come out nearly so good(and we have – horrifically – ugly plates).

like your blog and nice food you ate

Great post – I too, got so much out of your blog when I read your series on what you ate. I have just watched the insight programme that you linked to in a later post too, very interesting!

Johanna – your tahini, honey and apricot balls sound lovely. So packed full of nutrition, low GI, and I’m imagining quite sweet and tasty.

Helen and Rebecca – thank you so much.

Jess – I’m not a photographer, have only a very basic understanding of how my digital point-and-shoot works. Plus I realised when posting the last series, I didn’t have the time or inclination to spend ages on the taking photos part. It’s the logging which matters, not the quality of the pics. If you do start posting your series, then let me know as I love seeing what other people eat as well!

Rachel – thanks for the feedback. I thought the Insight programme was fascinating.

Kathryn,

Do you know about FoodFeed.com? You can use it to post a mini food diary via Twtiter by using @having before your post. I’ve been recording everything I’ve eaten since December. It’s really fun to watch it evolve with the seasons!

xoxox
darya

I love this post!
I’ve been away from L&L for a little bit, overwhelmed with non-health related life things but this has given me a subtle reminder to pay a little more attention to what I am really feeding myself!

Love the pics too – they are visually health-inspiring.

Jen.

I’m always curious to see what other people eat, but have never documented my own meals. I think I know I’m incapable of being honest about what I eat, because it’s never as structured as other people’s meals, and therefore, quite embarrassing!

interesting! coincidentally I just started keeping a food diary a few days ago, just to ‘check in’ with what I was eating. Here’s how it looks:

Monday
Granola with oat milk, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, low fat natural yogurt
Two cups of yogi green tea
Salad with rocket, coriander leaves, grated carrot, spring onion, courgette, red pepper, pine nuts, hummus, olives, one small piece spelt and sunflower seed bread
Skinny latte
Poached egg, asparagus, two small pieces spelt and sunflower seed bread with butter
Chamomile and mint tea

Tuesday
Granola with oat milk, blueberries, pear and low fat natural yoghurt
One cup green yogi tea
Skinny latte
One and a half Dr Karg crisp bread (wholegrain, pumpkin seed and emmental) with hummus, olives, tomato and basil; melon; strawberries
New potato salad with coriander, rocket, spring onions, chopped tomatoes and EVOO; poached egg; asparagus
Chamomile and mint tea

I’ve been wondering about swapping my usual skinny latte for a soy latte – I wonder what the health pros / cons of such a swap are, Kathryn? I imagine soy lattes have more calories than skinny, but I do wonder whether my slightly sluggish digestion would improve if I cut the cows milk.

Any advice would be appreciated! I do love your blog :-)