I feel so blessed. I have wonderful, supportive friends and family who gets this journey. In the last few days since starting the blog, I have received positive feedback through texts, facebook messages and comments and face to face praise. Let me tell you that's just the tip of the iceberg.
I had a lovely playdate today with my friend M a devoted foodie but incredibly, healthy cook. She herself has dealt with issues in the past and lost 70 pounds many years ago and successfully kept it off for over a decade. That truly fascinates me. She went through her many cookbooks and helped me find tasty & healthy ways to enjoy the food I CAN have. I found myself apologizing over and over because I can't have legumes yet or certain grains in the 1st cycle. She said to stop apologizing and instead focus on the food I CAN have and make it into an adventure. In addition she cooked a delicious meal from scratch just by grabbing ingredients out of her fridge. She made me a wonderful grilled chicken and vegetable medley with tomatoes, shallots, garlic, green pepper, broccoli, fresh herbs and seasonings. It was wonderful! Reminded me of the way Tim at the Schoolhouse must cook at home. Delicious, simple and satisfying.
I also had a friend J offer to come show me simple exercises to do with resistance bands and my friend A offer to go walking/running on the trail near my house. I have to say I feel a bit overwhelmed by the thought of adding exercise to my plan as it is. I do NOT feel comfortable choosing all of the foods I am supposed to have and darn it, if I am going to do this I am going to do it all the way. There will be no half as*ing it. It's not an option. Plus my knee just started bugging me today. Could be the rain, but you know what, I can't risk it being a stay at home mom. There are no sick or vacation days. I am on call 24 hours a day 7 days a week. So I need to make sure this goes away before I think about adding anything high impact into the routine. Also, I've been told by many reliable sources such as my friend J (a zumba instructor) that diet is 80% of it. That's the reason you can work out like a fiend and not really lose weight. Because in the end it's calories in vs calories out. And though I am not counting calories I know exactly what's going into my mouth. The other day I grabbed a veggie stick out of habit started chewing and then spit it into the bushes. I simply have to change my mindset. It's not about what I can't have it's about enjoying what I can have one meal and one day at a time.
Love,
S
I forgot to mention my friends E & F offered to host a free yoga class for the MOMS club several times a month. The support never ends!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliment. Here's a yummy sounding recipe which I've adapted for your needs (when you can add grains back in, you can use toritillas for the real deal, but until then...bib lettuce is a great substitute!)
ReplyDeleteCarnitas, carmelized shallot, and mushroom enchiladas with tomatillo, green apple and avocado sauce and lime creme fratche....READY? THat's one big long name!!!
Creme Frachiche: (make night before)
1 batch vegan creme fraiche (1/3 cup buttermilk, 1 cup yogurt_you can do real milk products if you can,otherwise use soy or coconut products) Mix together and leave out for 12 hours. I promise it won't hurt you. :)
Carnitas:
Pork Chops (or chicken or shrimp or turkey, you get the idea)
3 cups broth cooled
3 tbs evoo
1 tbs ground coriander
1 tbs ground cumin
juice 1/2 lemon
2 tsp kosher salt
___Marinate for at least 2 hours
Sauce:
6-7 tomatillos husked and rinsed (if not at S&S then go to CTown in Danbury off exit 5)
1 Granny Smith apple, cored and diced
2 small avocados, pitte dand peeled
1/2 cup fresh cilantro sprigs
1-2 cloves garlic
1 tsp ground cumin
1/4 cup apple juice
1 tbs lime juice
1 tbs agave
s/p to taste
Place the tomatillos and 3-4 cups of water in a sauce pan. Boil for 8-10 mins stirring occasionally. Once soft, remove with a slotted spoon and drain in colandr til cool for about 15 mins. Onc ecool, place all ingredients for sauce in food processor or blender and beat into submission (puree)
Enchiladas:
2 tb margarine
1 clove garlic, minced
1 shallot, minced
2 cups mushrooms
1 bell pepper chopped coursely
2 cups carnitas
1 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp cayenne
Bib Lettuce for Wrapping
__Melt margarine over med high heat. Once melted, add garlic to pan and saute for 15 secons. Add shallots, and sute until translucent and starting to brown. Add the musrhrooms and bell peppers til the start to sweat. Then add protein of choice,k cumin, cayenne, salt and pepper and cook until protein of choice is done. Add sauce and simmer til reduced and thick looking and yummy smelling.
Roll filling inside Bibb lettuce and enjoy!!!
Sounds amazing!The only thing I can't have is the avacado right now. But even without sounds incredible. This might need to be a weekend dish. Sounds a little time consuming with 2 nutty kids hanging on me at dinner time.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your help again my friend!