Check in: 100 days of real food

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As promised, for those who are interested in trying this with me!

Today I am starting the 100 days of real food. In preparation, I cleaned out my fridge/cupboards this weekend as much as possible. I didn't throw stuff out but I put it in the basement to make it harder for me to get at

For the fridge - I put condiments that I "shouldn't" be using on the right, and stuff thats ok on the left. LOL. That should work.

I wanted to stock up on some produce, dairy and meat today, but the baby is cranky and I'm insanely busy at work so its not going to happen.

I decided given my crazy stress level that this week I will focus on meals and adapt snacks next week. So if I still want a prepackaged granola bar this week I'm going to eat it!!

For lunch today I'm having a Mexican bean salad, recipe here:

allrecipes.com/recipe/mexican-bean-salad/detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Title&e11=mexican%20bean%20salad&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Home%20Page

And for dinner, I'm doing pork and pineapple kebabs with a side salad. The pork is local, the pineapple is definitely not The lettuce for the salad is from my container garden.

Some other things I will probably have on the menu this week include quiche (home made crust, vegetarian); rice salad, and barbequed chicken. Any other ideas would be fabulous!

Oh and I discovered that for breakfast I can still do Shredded Wheat, which I have with a banana and almond milk. YUM!

[SusanBAnthony]

Well, today started great for me- fruit and veggies smoothie which I have almost every morning. The plan was to get popcorn at target after ds's OT, which probably has more bad ingredients than it should, but still. Anyway, their popcorn machine was broken, so I had a sugar cookie and a small bag of caramels instead. Fail!!!!!

So I obviously need to be more mindful about snacks, which is hard for me. I should probably keep a bag of almonds or something like that that wouldn't spoil, in the car

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Snacks are really the tricky thing for me too. I am so used to grabbing a granola bar, or a muffin, or having peanut butter and jam sandwich. And I hate natural peanut butter, i much prefer the stuff with lots of icing sugar in it And of course the bread.

I meant to add that I pulled out my breadmaker and I'm going to make the whole wheat honey bread on the 100daysofrealfood website.

[msmerymac]

I'm still cleaning things out, but I did throw out some leftovers I really didn't want and some old condiments in the fridge. I'm making my own salad dressings (homemade ranch and vinaigrette) this week. I'm also making this pasta dish tonight that I got from that blog: www.100daysofrealfood.com/2012/07/27/recipes-maras-peanut-thai-pasta-and-feta-pasta-salad/#more-2868

I'm adding pea shoots, and I do have natural peanut butter.

Things I'm eating for lunch/snacks during the day this week: organic cottage cheese w/ fruit, organic wheat crackers w/ nut butter (not sure if the crackers are okay), baby carrots and homemade hummus. I still need to work on breakfast.

[livinitup]

I'll do it with you. I've been focused on eating real food for a while, so this will be a good check in and good for ideas. I'll have to do some catch-up on learning the system. Did you learn it online?

Today, I ate oatmeal with raisins and raw almonds for breakfast and a Greek salad and hummus for lunch. So I guess it's a god day to start.

[emilyj]

I'm checking in to say I am still planning to do this, but one day post-op I'm too limited on what I'm allowed to eat right now (and I have no appetite).

The painkillers are awesome though.

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Aug 7, 2012 14:21:50 GMT -5 emilyj said:

I'm checking in to say I am still planning to do this, but one day post-op I'm too limited on what I'm allowed to eat right now (and I have no appetite).

The painkillers are awesome though.

Hope your recovery goes well

I'm pretty sure you get a pass for at LEAST a week!!

[laladypoet]

Aug 7, 2012 11:33:25 GMT -5 @lauriergirl28 said:

Snacks are really the tricky thing for me too. I am so used to grabbing a granola bar, or a muffin, or having peanut butter and jam sandwich. And I hate natural peanut butter, i much prefer the stuff with lots of icing sugar in it And of course the bread.

I meant to add that I pulled out my breadmaker and I'm going to make the whole wheat honey bread on the 100daysofrealfood website.

I'm kinda-sorta doing this anyway. I recently bought a breadmaker and tried the recipe, and it was a giant fail. I've never used a breadmaker before, and half the bread rose ok, but the other half was flat and hard as a rock. if you have any advice, help a lady out!

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Aug 7, 2012 15:23:07 GMT -5 laladypoet said:

Aug 7, 2012 11:33:25 GMT -5 @lauriergirl28 said:

Snacks are really the tricky thing for me too. I am so used to grabbing a granola bar, or a muffin, or having peanut butter and jam sandwich. And I hate natural peanut butter, i much prefer the stuff with lots of icing sugar in it And of course the bread.

I meant to add that I pulled out my breadmaker and I'm going to make the whole wheat honey bread on the 100daysofrealfood website.

I'm kinda-sorta doing this anyway. I recently bought a breadmaker and tried the recipe, and it was a giant fail. I've never used a breadmaker before, and half the bread rose ok, but the other half was flat and hard as a rock. if you have any advice, help a lady out!

Do you have a breadmaker book? Usually it tells you what you're doing wrong in there. It sounds like it didn't mix well.

I actually just do the breadmaker up to the knead stage, then I pull it out, let it rise and bake it in the oven.

Maybe try google. It could also have something to do with the yeast?

[JLN]

I'll be starting this tomorrow. I've already ruined today with bagels my boss brought in and a cranky baby giving me no time to prepare food.

[SusanBAnthony]

Whether we start a new thread weekly, or whatever, I hope people will keep checking in daily because weekly posts are not enough to keep me on track!

I had a good lunch (beans and rice + guacamole and salsa) failed again for afternoon snack (cookie and chocolate at grocery store- total impulse buy) and had a good dinner (miso soup and homemade pickles).

Tomorrow will be veggie smoothie for breakfast, almonds for morning snack, lunch will be curry stir fry I think, dinner we will grill zucchini and have brown rice. Or something like that.

[Deleted]

Well, I was doing SOOOOO well until the baby had a freak-out. I ate the remainder of a container of ice cream To be fair, there was only scraps left. And now its out of the house

I must say, the pork and pineapple kebabs I did for dinner were great. For the marinate, I did olive oil, honey, lime and garlic. Delicious.

Can I ask what people do for the green smoothie? I usually do fruit (banana, strawberry), almond milk, flax seed. But I'd love to try veggies.

[SusanBAnthony]

What I do, honestly, doesn't really taste good. But I am used to it, so I don't notice it anymore.

Half a cucumber
One carrot
A handful or two of spinach or whatever other leafy greens I have around, but spinach tastes the best.
One celery stalk
One banana
2 cups frozen fruit, usually strawberries from Costco as they are cheap.
About 1.5 cups water.

I sometimes add a spoonful of peanut or almond butter, or some yogurt or tofu. That much stuff makes about 4 cups of smoothie, so usually I have 2 cups, and the kids each have 1 cup. It's about 150 calories for 2 cups if you don't add any protein.

[pamela]

Aug 7, 2012 12:31:57 GMT -5 mr+ms said:

I thought I should do something challenging to me for this 100 days thing so it will be giving up caffeinated coffee. Again I'm on day 6. Not too bad. I hope I can feel mentally sharper eventually without depending on caffeine. I feel like it has too many bad side effects on me to be having it daily.

It's hard to find a good substitute. Tea is alright but sometimes makes me nauseous on an empty stomach I don't like to eat first thing in the a.m. I used to use a roasted grain beverage which tastes really nice but is sky high in acrylamide so I don't want to start my day with a load of carcinogen. The coffee maker is taken up by mr's coffee so I guess could do instant decaf at times, though the taste is pretty gross and I read questionable things about decaf. Maybe I need to search for a better one.

I heard an interview once with a coffee maker about how most decaf is heavily chemically processed. Apparently their decaf was not, but I can't remember what the company was. It was something out of Houston though.

[livinitup]

Is there a list of do's and don't's for the 100 Days of Real Food?

[onomatopoeia]

I just want to add that this might seem overwhelming at first, but it does get so much easier. I started figuring out new "staples" to have in the fridge and on my grocery list, and easy (but good) fall-back meals for those rushed mornings and evenings. The longer you eat this way, the easier it is to say no to those foods you shouldn't eat and not even miss them.

To add some easy dinner ideas, last night was pork chops with crushed fennel, kosher salt and pepper, with a carrot salad (grated carrots, pistacchios, dill, lemon juice and olive oil).

The night before we had grilled chicken on top of salad greens, with blueberries, walnuts, and feta cheese with raspberry vinagrette. If you'd told me 6 months ago that that would fill me up I'd call you a liar, but it was very satisfying.

For lunch today I'm having a cabbage leaf wrap (sliced turkey, hummus, green pepper, cucumber, and grated carrots).

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Aug 8, 2012 9:33:30 GMT -5 livinitup said:

Is there a list of do's and don't's for the 100 Days of Real Food?

I'm using the website 100daysofrealfood.com as a guideline.

[aurora]

Thanks for the reminder! I am at a work conference so I failed completely today.

[decemberwedding07]

Trying to upload a picture from the app for the first time. This was last nights dinner. It's from the Jamie Oliver App under his "Easy Tray Bakes" recipe pack. Scallops and jumbo shrimp with tomatoes, couscous, green onions, and jarred roasted red peppers all cooked in a baking dish, topped with chopped up parsley, cilantro, and lemon zest after it was cooked. The salad is just arugula with lemon and EVOO. It was really good! I highly recommend his App. 99% of what we make for dinner is a Jamie Oliver recipe. I love him!
ETA: There was probably 20 minutes of active work involved, and the dish just sat in the oven cooking for another 30. So, 50 minutes total, but only about 20 of that involved actual work.

ETA #@: I forgot to mention an awesome caffeine free tea recipe! From "The Sweet Life," which is a diabetic diet cookbook. Boil some water. Steep 4T hibiscus flowers (or rose), 1/4 C of goji berries, 1 or 2 sticks of cinnamon, and a bit of fennel seeds (not called for in the recipe, but I think it makes tea sweeter without adding sugar) for at least 25 min. Whisk together for 30 seconds. Strain with a fine strainer. Serve chilled with a optional wedge of orange or lemon. SO good.

[SusanBAnthony]

We made homemade lara bars for the first time yesterday. Easier than I expected, and DS loved it. DD, not so much, even though I added chocolate chips. I think we will make them again though, and try some different flavors.

Today has been good, I have dinner halfway cooked (curried chickpeas and veggies over brown rice), and we had leftovers for lunch (rice and beans and grilled zucchini).

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Aug 9, 2012 11:27:56 GMT -5 decemberwedding07 said:

Trying to upload a picture from the app for the first time. This was last nights dinner. It's from the Jamie Oliver App under his "Easy Tray Bakes" recipe pack. Scallops and jumbo shrimp with tomatoes, couscous, green onions, and jarred roasted red peppers all cooked in a baking dish, topped with chopped up parsley, cilantro, and lemon zest after it was cooked. The salad is just arugula with lemon and EVOO. It was really good! I highly recommend his App. 99% of what we make for dinner is a Jamie Oliver recipe. I love him!
ETA: There was probably 20 minutes of active work involved, and the dish just sat in the oven cooking for another 30. So, 50 minutes total, but only about 20 of that involved actual work.

I am salivating here. SALIVATING.

I just made zucchini-blueberry bread. I modified an Allrecipe one to make it suitable, although I didn't find a good sub for white sugar.

What does everyone else use in lieu of white/brown sugar in baking recipes?

[decemberwedding07]

Aug 9, 2012 11:32:40 GMT -5 @lauriergirl28 said:

What does everyone else use in lieu of white/brown sugar in baking recipes?

Almond flour! It's awesome. DH is diabetic and cannot have foods make with flour. We make a lot of things on this woman's blog, but we are particularly fond of this quick breakfast type bread. www.elanaspantry.com/paleo-bread/
We use 3 whole eggs + 3 egg whites instead of 5 whole eggs.
I like to toast a thin slice and top it with a little natural almond butter. Making the bread itself takes no time at all. I actually think that cleaning the food processor takes almost as much time as making the bread. It takes not more than 10 minutes. Maybe more like 5. Use the almond flour she suggests though! The Bob's Red Mill stuff doesn't work. We have to our the flour she uses online.
ETA: We also make these power bars a lot. The picture isn't too appetizing, but they're really good. They're held together with coconut oil, which melts at something like 75*, so they don't really travel, unless it's really cold outside. You take them out of the fridge and eat them right away so they don't melt. We like it because DH can really only have 85%+ dark chocolate, and you just cannot find power bars that are made with that.

ETA#2: And really, when I say Jamie Oliver is amazing and that I love him, I mean it. His recipes are seriously awesome.