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! |
Tonight I couldn't resist a bit of my guilty pleasure: Spinach and ricotta tortellini pasta 🍝 😋so I blended it with 1 bag of spinach, 1 bunch of spring onions, added 1 box of Quorn mince (protein!) and 1 tin of chopped tomatoes 🍅 boiled it all up together, tipped in 100ml coconut milk to thicken the sauce (you could use any milk), chucked in a load of basil 🌿 and Italian herb seasoning 🇮🇹salt and pepper and served it up with a relish of peppery baby leaf 🍃salad 🥗each 3rd = just 472 calories so just under the 500 mark for a light Wetherspoons 🙂
Quorn, mushrooms 🍄 bean sprouts and veggies 🍲👨🍳💪before and after... (started afternoon, came back to it in the evening). Quorn chicken style, veggies and udon noodles. Testing 2/4 blue dragon sauces (currently on special offer in Tesco). On the left in green we have chow mein. On the right in blue we have oyster and spring onion. Needless to say I've matched the sachet colours to the Tupperware...
This week's batch cook: red, yellow and green peppers, fresh green chilli 🌶 , quorn mince, mixed and baked beans in tomato 🍅 sauce with coriander leaf, cayenne and mint seasoning. This evening served on a bed of cauliflower couscous, relished with sweet and crunchy salad 🥗 and topped with 2 slices of crumbled cheddar. Only 445 calories!
Tonight's batch cook: Singapore noodles, mushroom stir fry and broccoli in a Nasi goreng paste with lime and extra soy sauce. Under £3 and only 167 calories per serving! Gave the reduced bean sprouts a wide berth...
Volcanoes 🌋 in Hawaii, chilli 🌶 in the pans. 2 tins red kidney beans, 1 bag quorn mince, 2 avocados 🥑, 1 onion and a jar of jalapeños in a spicy sauce made from passata, coconut 🌴 milk, chilli, cayenne and tomato 🍅 purée. 2 saucepans batch cooking to last me a week.
Batch cooking for the week ahead...lentils, butter beans, quinoa, 1 box of mushrooms 🍄 3 peppers, 1 onion, tomato, soya, cheddar and chilli sauce, Oregano and basil. And all important Nando's sauce!!
I'm also going to do kale frittatas for my lunches, instant protein! |
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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