Lunch Out:At the market, I can choose the ingredients for the stir fry. I leave out the noodles and select red and green peppers, onions, peapods, cabbage, chicken, and a traditional sauce that won't have added carbs. We eat our lunches out on the patio and enjoy more conversation. My selection tastes fine and I don't miss the noodles or rice.
Home again, I work on my web site and I have a snack that's probably not quite right - honey roasted peanuts. A few peanuts are OK, but the added sugar probably not. I finish off the vegetable quiches, they are just delicious. For a late afternoon snack I have a serving of the gazpacho soup from the book.
Dinner: I make the stuffed mushroom recipe from the cookbook. You stuff the mushrooms with spinach and the sauteed stems of the mushrooms. We have some of the leftover steak from the night before. The mushrooms are a real winner with my husband and with me.
Overall: I overcame challenges in eating out but eating correctly. I learned a new dish to make - the mushrooms. My husband is now interested in joining me in the program.
Stuffed Mushrooms
1 package of frozen spinachA dozen large mushrooms
Salt, pepper
Reduced fat cheese
Olive oil
Preparation:
Defrost the spinach and wring out excess water. Place in a bowl, cover, and cook in the microwave for 3 minutes.
Remove the mushroom stems, chop the stems, saute them with a little olive oil. Remove and add to the spinach.
Take the mushroom caps and gently saute them in olive oil for 3-4 minutes.
Add salt and pepper to taste to the spinach and sauteed chopped stems.
Place caps on plate, stuff each with a spoonful of the spinach mixture.
Top each cap with a little shredded cheese
Serve as a side dish with meat entree.
Day Four
Weighing in, I dropped another half pound.This was another walking day - 10 kilometers this time. I made myself a mushroom and red pepper egg scramble for breakfast. Once again our gang decided to have stir fry at the New Seasons Market. This time I had the peanut sauce on it. I know it may have some coconut oil in the sauce, which is not an approved fat. My friend Elaine is thinking of switching over to South Beach Diet from Atkins because her cholesterol has gone up on Atkins. She also misses vegetables, which are very big on the South Beach Diet but kept low on Atkins.
Dinner Out: Having had an early lunch, my husband and I went for an early dinner at the Lakeside Grill. This restaurant features Atkins-friendly dinners. But I noted the ingredients in the Atkins T-Bone steak dinner and decided I would have my usual favorite, the Ribeye Steak with Crawfish. I didn't eat any of the excellent bread, and I had them substitute the Atkins-friendly string beans for the usual mashed potatoes. I was very full by the end of the meal. I didn't like their garlic spinach and only ate a couple spoonfuls. My own spinach dishes at home are so much better! .
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