~~~~~nutrition nazis 2012~~~~~

still not ready for full nn steez but solidly trying to eat healthy + less + better (also exercise wow)

today I learned that I like cottage cheese! mum used to eat it when she did weight watchers and ugh it was so watery and bland and slimy and gross I swore I would never eat it again

today = rice cakes & cottage cheese with some lemon pepper oh hi yum!

(i didn't know where else to post)

Cottage cheese on baked potatoes is the best (not paleo I know...)

ooh i will try that

don't eat potatoes much these days but come wintertime that might be one to try

cut up cherry tomatoes and green pepper and add it to your cottage cheese

substitute cuke for the pepper if you don't like green pepper

! will try!

prefer green pepper cooked vs raw: cukes otm tho

had free pizza for lunch, ugh

going with a smoothie and hard boiled eggs and spinach for dinner

I need to do some hardboiling of eggs tonight

damn I love hb eggs

What do you eat them with hard-boiled? I should eat more eggs for breakfast but I tend to go for soft-boiled, but then I have to have toast.

soy sauce

yeah something salty

dash of salt or soy

I like them cold, on their own

maybe a bit of salt - if they're super yummy eggs then nothing

I have trouble with the texture of the runny yolk when they're soft-boiled, it kinda skeeves me out for some reason

Tbh I slice one medium-boiled egg and spread it on one bialy and salt it. It's not paleo, but it is delicious.

soft boiled eggs are the best

I've never had a bialy. now I want one

x-post - You're not alone, VG. I can't stomach runny yolk at all. Runny yolk makes me feel sick.

Bialys are really, REALLY good. They're small, and kind of sour like sourdough, and have a more doughy/chewy texture than a bagel or bread. I scrape the mushy onions out of the middles but some people love the onions, so if that's your thing....

I like bialys onions and all.

I also personally find a bialy a reasonable portion size, kind of like an English muffin but denser, whereas a New York bagel is basically two meals at this point.

I'll have to keep my eye out for them, I tend not to eat bagels because there's just too much

Never had them either, wanna try. Googling reveals one (1) place to buy them here.

googling reveals zero (0) places to buy in Sacto

;_;

but maybe I can get some next time I'm in San Francisco, so all is not lost

am going to try almond milk

any brand recommendations? I'm guessing unsweetened is the way to go?

Silk Pure Almond unsweetened!

Sweetened is still only like 60 cals per cup. Ytth likes the trader joe's stuff

Unsweetened Almond Breeze is my usual purchase. The sweetened variety isn't that bad, but the unsweetened kind has more utility for creaming up savory soups, etc.

I'm planning to use it in coffee and I don't really use sweetener at all so I figured unsweetened would be best

you can get unsweetened vanilla if it doesn't grab you.
wanna throw out another vote for VANILLA RICE MILK, underappreciated substitute milk of the substitute milks, but sure try almond why not.

<3 I will bear that in mind schlump

The only veggie milk I can definitely vote against is the kind of soy milk sold fresh in Asian groceries. It really does taste like liquid edamane, which is just odd. Western soy milk is rather different, and way more palatable (to Westerners, at any rate).

western soy milk is undrinkable fwiw

1 head steamed cauli
1 can white beans
a little milk if needed
a little tiny bit of butter (optional)
plenty of salt of and pepper
into the food processor

= super tasty alternative to mashed potatoes

white beans are so good. they pair well with sage.

yah i made a vegan "ricotta" for a lasagne last week

(with white beans, i mean)

almond milk latte this morning - pretty yum! (Silk unsweetened, thanks orbit)

it'll take some getting used to but it's definitely a nice change not feeling quite so sluggish. I think maybe I have some lactose issues that I'd never noticed before? idk. I love the smell of it, it's much more pleasant to drink than I expected.

It's actually good! It takes more of it to dilute coffee to an equivalent point compared to milk but that's more nutty goodness with extra calcium.

Yeah the calcium boost is a nice bonus! I like that it's not as thin and nothing-tasting as nonfat milk

It would be nice if they could cut the salt down in the almond milk, I think one cup has around 10 percent of your daily sodium.

I fixed that problem by increasing my daily sodium intake so it's a smaller percentage.

I haven't found that to be an issue for me, my sodium intake's pretty low anyway

made a ~healthy smoothie~ for breakfast today in lieu of coffee

as it turns out, I need coffee
drinking green tea rn, hoping to turn it around but oh brother, this was a little harder than I expected

smoothie was delicious tho! greek yogurt, spinach, strawberries, flax seed & a little almond milk to grease my sad blender

yah i made a vegan "ricotta" for a lasagne last week

We made some really good vegan cannelloni the other week from tofu and spinach. So nice!

i made this vegan alfredo tonight: http://www.mangiagioia.com/roasted-garlic-alfredo-with-asparagus--penne.html

it clearly doesn't have the cheesy richness of a real alfredo at all, but it does have a great creamy texture, and you could pump it up with nutritional yeast or galaxy brand rice-based parm. i also added smoked salt.

How much stevia should I use to replace half a cup of splenda in a recipe?

i found this: http://www.cookingwithstevia.com/stevia_conversion_chart.html

and this:
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Sucralose
24 packets Stevia Blend
12 tsp. Spoonable Stevia Blend
2.5 tsp. Stevia Extract Liquid
1.5 tsp. PURE Stevia Extract Powder