Big ol' salad
#239053 - 01/16/06 08:55 PM
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atomic rose
Reged: 06/01/04
Posts: 7013
Loc: Maine (IBS-A stable since July '05!)
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First of all, I'm lazy, so I buy bagged salad greens... one bag of an iceberg-lettuce-carrots-red-cabbage mix, and one bag of a baby-lettuce mix. I combine the two. So a big ol' salad is usually...
3 cups or so of the lettuce mix - I just pile the plate high
a handful of cucumber slices
a hard-boiled egg, minus the yolk
6 or 7 slices of turkey pepperoni
a whole bunch of raw mushrooms
*sometimes* a few Spanish olives
And then I do a lite/ff dressing of some kind... so it's really mostly lettuce that I'm eating. I was always a weird-salad person... there's not a whole lot of veggies that I really like to eat raw in salads.
And yeah, I lost 5lbs... but my clothes are still just as tight, and a friend of mine who did Tae Bo in the past said that I should be feeling more energetic by now, and I'm not. But I'm keeping at it. I'm also PMSing right now  so I'm sure that has a lot to do with my lack of energy, at least.
Thanks for all the encouragement! I need all the help I can get!
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apple crumb cobbler w/ vanilla soy ice cream
oatmeal
toast
Luna Bar
corn tortilla
slice of Italian "table" bread
baked salmon
cremini crumbles sauteed w/ spinach and garlic (Kate! Thank you! I never knew how good mushrooms + spinach tasted! WOW!  )
steamed carrots
white and brown rice
apple crumb cobbler
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Breakfast: Weetabix, soy milk, grapes
Lunch: Vegetable curry and rice (small portion)
Dinner: Fish casserole with ratatouille and pasta
Snacks: Rice Krispie Square (bad) Pear (good) 2 mini time out bars, mint tea, snack sized can of pineapple in juice, luna bar
I was in work from 8.45am to 8pm so I was exhausted when I got home and had to snack to keep my tummy in check, plus I rewarded myself with food for working so late 
Have abour 350 calories to spare but goal is 500 (I really don't deserve it after all the junk I ate) I also got no exercise because I worked so late, and then when I got home we had a gas leak in the house (yet to be fixed) so I couldn't leave to go walking until the Gas Board guy came.
Will do better tomorrow.
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S.
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That is one of my favourite combinations of all time. Mushrooms are wonderful paired with asparagus & broccoli, too!
But, spinach & mushrooms rules!
What did you think of the crumbles?
Kate.
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I like putting cooked veggies on top of "Big ol' salads." Mushrooms are my favourite. Beets, carrots, spaghetti squash, zucchini are neat, too. Green & yellow beans are fun. Even mini potatoes are fun. Asparagus is lovely.
Like Atomic Rose, I tend to use bagged greens. I favour field greens & romaine, when in salad mode. I also love baby arugula, mache, boston lettuce & red leaf lettuces. Iceburg is the only lettuce that really despises me, even when stable--I don't know why!!!
Often, I wilt greens as well.
AND YES, I've been known to make "salad smoothies," i.e. put raw greens in blended creations.
Kate.
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I think this is the only way I'm going to eat crimini and portobellos from now on. I think I'll continue to slice shiitake mushrooms, but for the rest it crumbles all the way. I just like how well it mixed with the spinach. I'm going to try it with broccoli next, as you suggested.
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you food process them, right? i've got a thing of mushrooms in my fridge waiting for me tonight - think a blender'd work? (these are destined to go with tofu, though, so sizeable slices might be better.)
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jaime
ibs-a (mostly d) // vegetarian
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Well, I didn't feel like using my blender so I chopped them myself. I just kept chopping the mushrooms until they were crumbly.
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what are these mushroom crumbles i keep reading about? what did I miss?
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Inspired by Kate's reports and her spinach and portabellini crumble blend, I tried finely chopping mushrooms (creminis) yesterday and sauteeing them with spinach and garlic. (I'm pretty sure Kate uses a food processor or blender, which would probably be faster and give you finer crumbles.) It tasted GREAT! I loved the texture and the combination of flavors.
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