2018: A Year In FoodIn 2018, my PureGym manager assigned me to keep a food & exercise blog so that he could track my meals. between January-August 2018, through developing healthy eating habits to satisfy all of my nutritional needs and a rigorous exercise programme, I lost the 21 kg that I had gained on anti-depressants. I wanted it to be somewhere more contained rather than being shoved down people's throats (literally) through Instagram / WhatsApp. Hence I have housed my culinary creations here. Being vegetarian and/or vegan always presents a challenge in terms of hitting the protein target. This was particularly the most interesting challenge for me. I made a conscious decision to stop food blogging in 2019 (due to time restraints). However, it is useful to have a year's diet documented as a reference and a source of inspiration! |
Lunches wrapped for the week!!!! Each sandwich is made from Sainsbury's be good 😊 to yourself wraps and contains: 0.5 ball mozzarella, 1 tomato 🍅, a handful of fresh spinach leaves 🍃 a teaspoon of light green pesto and a knob of butter. 449 kcal per sandwich.
I'm finally finishing off remainder of last week's chilli 🌶 boiled up some quinoa as an accompaniment. That's me done in the kitchen for one week!
Batch cook done ✅ inspired by a deliciously ella recipe, this 'Thai' coconut 🌴 and chickpea curry really packs a punch 🤛! 2 white onions and 2 aubergines 🍆 chopped and fried. 2 tins chickpeas (undrained). Added 0.5 jar Sainsbury's Red Thai curry paste, 200ml koko milk, 40ml Tamari soy sauce and finished with a dusting of ginger, seasoned to taste. 611kcal in total; it'll hopefully last 3 meals, so approx 200kcal per meal. 🤞
Time for a weekend special! 2 quorn sausages, 70g two chicks egg 🍳 whites (substitute smashed tofu if vegan), 100g Spinach, 1 Sainsbury's be good to yourself Wrap = split in 2 = 350kcal!
Lunch packed for the next 3 days! These wraps are made from sweet potato 🍠 and I've used minted beans, red onion and turmeric rolled up with spinach leaves 🍃 and falafel 🥙. Need to work on my clingfilm technique!
Minor criticism: more distance between the egg 🍳 and the beans. I may wish to mix them, but I want that to be my choice.
Use the sausage as a breakwater. |
2018: A Year In FoodIn 2018, my PureGym manager assigned me to keep a food & exercise blog so that he could track my meals. between January-August 2018, through developing healthy eating habits to satisfy all of my nutritional needs and a rigorous exercise programme, I lost the 21 kg that I had gained on anti-depressants. Archives
January 2019
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