i haven't posted in a couple days and thought i would catch up this weekend with a few recipe posts of what i've been eating. and since today is my one day off i'll be taking off to a few stores and picking up some new food for the coming week and also hoping to test out some new recipes today and i'll be sure to share some of my favorite finds.
oh, and on a good note i have lost a few pounds over the past couple days. i'm finding it a bit easier to not go over my S/C value per day. i still did a little yesterday because i ate some fruit, but i'm starting to get a feel for this program a little better which keeps me within my daily limit most of the time. also, my aunt was interested and picked up a copy of jorge's book at costco and has been starting to follow the program. she has been low carb from the south beach diet for about a year and so this is a nice complement to her previous program. now i think she's paying a little more attention to her daily sugars since jorge talks so much about the 15 grams of sugars per day. and since she likes to cook as well it will definitely make our weekend meals a little easier and we'll have more S/C friendly foods around the house.
okay enough of that.. now to the FOOD!! friday night my aunt cooked some fish tacos from the recipe it jorge's book. it was altered slightly because we didn't have the same cheese and she also used a magic seasoning salt-free blend my mother sent us from new orleans to cook the fish. it was delicious!! i'm not a huge fan of fish tacos, but these were really good. i must apologize i was too hungry and ate the food before taking pictures. next time ;)
last night's dinner i did take photographs and will be happy to provide recipes :D
the menu: marinated flank steak, hearts of palm salad, acorn squash, asparagus
my aunt found this recipe for marinated flank steak. it was de-lish!! lots of flavor and well, i love my meat still bleeding. i think i ate a little too much of this, but really did enjoy it.
with a happy little S/C value of 0/0
next up.. hearts of palm salad and acorn squash.
the acorn squash was the first time i had ever cooked it. i had it at my best friend's house during the christmas holidays. her dad threw it in a roasting pan with lots of other things and it was so delicious i've been anxious to try it. i think i'm out of season, but it was enjoyable nonetheless. i was thinking to roast it in the oven along with the asparagus and realized how long it took so.. my way... SUPER fast and easy. i cut it in half and put it cut side down in a microwavable dish filled with some water and zapped it for about 8 minutes. it was perfect. i then cut it up in smaller pieces and dumped it in the bowl. drizzled some olive oil and gave it a little bit of salt. i tasted and it was good, but realized what would make it amazing would be a little bit of brown sugar. so, i did a bad thing on the bfc diet, but it's not something i'll do always. so i took a little bit of a splenda brown sugar blend and sprinkled some on top and put it in the microwave for another 30 seconds or so. it was really really warm, sweet, tasty side dish, but i won't be making it a regular vegetable. for 2/3 of a cup of cubed acorn squash it has an S/C value of 2/1. then there was the sprinkle of brown sugar. not bad, but lets not talk about this. if you'd like to forgo the brown sugar it was still good before i made it a "belly bad" food.
final dinner had some roasted asparagas on the side. 4 has an S/C value of 1/0, but since these were so skinny to begin with i think more than four would count as that, but that's just my opinion. we typically drizzle them with a little olive oil and then salt and pepper and roast in the oven.
and then there was dessert... so yummy :) i'll save that one for a little later. i'm ready for my sunday breakfast and to get some grocery shopping done before the day passes me by!
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