TTC pink food thread for November

[Out of the Blue]

Mocha, I love the menu for your girls' night in!!!

Here's today:

* half-caf coffee w/rice milk

* BIG salad & BIG bowl of popcorn with parm cheese

* BIG salad w/goat cheese, Girl Sway smoothie, Trader J's seaweed strips, coconut H2O

* 4 C. Pep Tea, 2 C. RRL Tea

[Out of the Blue]

Tomorrow is our Thanksgiving so it'll be a bit crazy diet-wise...

[GeCon]

Can anyone recommend some meals for dinner? I currently have Spaghetti-Cauliflower-Parmesan or Rice-Courgettes-Mushrooms-Parmesan most nights... I need some inspiration please.

[Mochagirl]

Hi GeCon - I eat a lot of pasta too, but there are definitely ways to eat other things on this diet. In the past I've made veggie quesadillas/burritos by combining and heating no salt added black beans, a can of no salt added tomatoes a bit of chli powder and cilantro, spreading it on salt-free corn tortillas and adding 30g of cheese, then eating them with fresh low sodium salsa and fat-free yogurt. I've also made cannelloni stuffed with ricotta and spinach with low sodium pasta sauce and parmesan on top. Tonight I made pizzas on low sodium pita with low sodium sauce and 30g of mozzarella (I could have added lots of veggies too but I didn't have anything on hand).

[Mochagirl]

So...last night was a bit of a wash. I did really well all day:

9am: coffee
12pm: spinach salad with beans and balsamic, pineapple, 2 sugar free cookies
5pm: apple
8pm: Greek food takeout - veggie pita with tzatziki, Greek salad

Before dinner my intake was:
Calories: 294
Protein: 11g
Sodium: 98mg

But I'm sure that Greek food tipped me waaaaay over the edge with sodium (that salad dressing was gloriously salty and so was the feta). I might have been ok with calories and protein, though.

Today so far I've had:

7am: coffee
12pm: 1/2 cup mixed beans with balsamic, banana (this was tough - IG taught me bananas were evil and I've had trouble eating them while swaying since, even though they're fine on the LE diet)
5:30pm: 1 1/2 pizza made on low sodium middle eastern pita, with low sodium tomato sauce and 30g mozzarella, 1 cup steamed broccoli
8:30: ice cream, red wine

As of now, 8:30 I'm at
Calories: 748
Protein: 34.4g
Sodium 801mg

This always happens to me when I stray away from calorie-heavy pasta - I have trouble getting enough calories without getting too much sodium and protein. I think I may eat some candy and drink some cranberry juice to try to get myself at least to 1000 calories - I'm aiming for at least 1500 each day, so today was not very successful. Back to pasta tomorrow.

[amari]

Hey, girls! Have you tried the raspberry vinaigrette dressing from trader joes? It has about 30 cal 30 g sodium, maybe 2 g of fat and maybe 1 g of protein? This is from memory. It's pretty good!

[Mochagirl]

Sounds great! I'm in Canada, so we don't have Trader Joes, or I'd give it a try!

[Out of the Blue]

Hey, girls! Have you tried the raspberry vinaigrette dressing from trader joes? It has about 30 cal 30 g sodium, maybe 2 g of fat and maybe 1 g of protein? This is from memory. It's pretty good!

Hey, Amari...I just picked some up on Sunday. I haven't tried it yet but I'm excited to! I've been using Trader Joe's Ranch Dressing (in the refridgerated section). It's not too bad for girl swayers either...For 2 T., 30 cals, 1.5g fat, sodium 130, protein 2. It's not as flavorful as other brands of Ranch but it's not bad.

[Out of the Blue]

I've been MIA due to all the Thanksgiving craziness. I was pretty good w/the diet, even on T.G.(although I was a bit over in all catagories). I've been skipping breakkie for over 2 wks now and honestly, it's really easy. Here's yesterday's menu:

- 2 C. half-caf coffee w/ricemilk

- Smoothie (froz rasp., psyllium husks, coconut H2O), BIG bowl of airpopped pop-corn

- BIG salad w/a bit of goat cheese and dressing, coco pops (like rice cakes but w/corn instead, confusing name since theres' no chocolate in there at all) & strawberry jam mixed w/lite cool whip and a T. of low fat cream cheese.

- 4 C. Peppermint Tea, 2 C. Raspberry Leaf Tea (throughout the day)

I'm thinking today, I'll grill some portobellos and zucchinis (courgettes). Not sure about the rest of the day but I suspect there'll be a BIG salad in there somewhere!

[Mochagirl]

I've been MIA too - it wasn't Thanksgiving here, but I was at my Mom's house and cheated quite a bit. Both of my days there I had yummy cheesy vegetarian lasagna and quite a bit of curd cheese, so I'm sure I was over for protein and sodium...though it could have been worse.

Yesterday was my first day back fully on the diet again.

7am: coffee
12pm: spinach salad with 1/4 cup white kidney beans and balsamic vinegar, 2 sugar free cookies
5pm: pasta with creme fraiche and parmesan, 2 sugar free cookies
8:30pm: raspberries, Sour Patch Kids, Skittles

Calories: 1441
Protein: 39g
Sodium: 523mg