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5 hours ago, Sophie7713 said:

I'm in State College (my hometown) later next week!!! You can bring me over some! Haha. I use to be a big meat and potatoes gal... now a flexitarian with preference for veggies, nuts, Beans and crustaceans. I can only tolerate tiny bites of beef, chicken or pork in less than 2 oz. However, I still do well and enjoy a little tender lamb chop with mint jelly. Maybe Monday's dinner? ! :]

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Those are some amazing looking dishes🤤!

Unfortunately, I don't think I will have any left by next week, at the rate I'm eating this. It's been my main source of Protein since I made it.☺

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7 hours ago, Sophie7713 said:

Will you come on down and cook for us!!! WOW, looks DELISH! BTW, my sister lives in Marblehead - And, there's nothing like a New England steamed lobster! When speaking earlier about simplifying - I can now enjoy a lobster without all the rich dips into warm butter and of course, the johnny cakes to go with it. Or, like here in the South - corn frites or cornbread. Tried a piece of California pizza Kitchen's cauliflower crust slice - it wasn't too bad.

Hahahaha I'd love to!! Yessss omgggg I'm a sucker for a good steamed lobster, or any seafood really! Seafood is the one thing I can eat everyday and never get tired of.

Your sister has some great restaurants near her! I'm currently in RI, close to the city so I'll usually venture out to Galilee for some fresh seafood. And that's great that you're now able to enjoy lobster without the butter! I also find it better that way :)

You know, I've never had Johnny cakes before but I love cornbread so I imagine I'd like it!

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Yesterday’s dinner was salmon and salad. Ate one piece of fish and the whole salad. The other piece will be for today’s dinner. Also has one piece of my bfs crunchy tuna roll.

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salad with leftover Vietnamese take out leftover toppings:

Romaine, cucumber, carrots, 1 oz feta cheese, 1 oz grilled lemongrass chicken, 1/2 oz caramel pork, 2/3 oz spicy grilled beef, 1/2 fried egg & sugar free vinaigrette: 234 calories

Ate almost all of it...rest will be for snack later.

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6 minutes ago, MarvelGirl25 said:

Yesterday’s dinner was salmon and salad. Ate one piece of fish and the whole salad. The other piece will be for today’s dinner. Also has one piece of my bfs crunchy tuna roll.

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Yummmm...i do have to say though that while I don’t miss eating rice, but I do tend to look fondly at maki rolls...

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On 9/9/2020 at 4:59 PM, MarvelGirl25 said:

Making Asian/Asian inspired meals this week. Keeping it going with pork chive and cabbage dumplings. I ate 3 of the steamed and was pretty full. Didn’t touch the fried.

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These make me want dumplings soooo bad!

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Weekend meals!

Taco Truck Al Pastor Mulitas

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Lasagna (no afters)

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Football snack - Crescent Pockets

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Gnocchi

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So tonight involved trying to make something other than leftover ricotta bake or reheating the frozen bariatric shepherd's pie servings my mom made for me. And it also involved trying out two new products to see how I liked them.


Even then, I kept it simple and just heated up some Tyson's grilled chicken strips, mixed it with some tofu Shirataki macaroni elbows I grabbed at my local Asian supermarket, and some Spicy Garlic Parm sauce from Taste. Sprinkled generously with some Parmesan cheese and dug in.

The flavor of the sauce was stellar and had a nice heat to it. The noodles were...odd. There wasn't anything wrong flavor-wise (wasn't really ANY flavor) but the texture was reeeeeeaaaalllllly weird. They're very chewy. It didn't completely turn me off of them, but will take some getting used to.

All told, 18g of Protein packed into 117 calories and it managed to hit the spot.

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1 hour ago, sillykitty said:

Taco Truck Al Pastor Mulitas

I wish we had actual food truck roaming the street here :(

What little food trucks we have are permanently stationed at designated locations...

P.S. Anyone watch the Great Food Truck Race?? One of my fave shows!!!

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4 minutes ago, Pandemonium said:

The noodles were...odd

Shiratake noodles. Yeah, they take some getting used to. I find they are better used for noodle Soups, but I will also eat them when I make regular Pasta for the fam. Better than just eating the sauce by itself, lol

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8 minutes ago, ms.sss said:

I wish we had actual food truck roaming the street here :(

What little food trucks we have are permanently stationed at designated locations...

P.S. Anyone watch the Great Food Truck Race?? One of my fave shows!!!

Even here, food trucks are permanently stationed, or at least a regular rotation of locations. There are two types of food trucks in SoCal, the bougie great Food Truck Race type trucks, with delicious, but pricey food. Then there are OG taco trucks with inexpensive and super tasty food. The plate I posted cost $2!

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Dont feel like eating dinner (I made subs and fries for the fam and it does not interest me)

Soooo...liquid dinner for me, I guess.

Espresso martini: 141 absolutely non-nutritious calories.

Disclaimer: I do not recommend nor endorse this type of “dinner” for anyone in weight loss phase. 😛

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13 minutes ago, Pandemonium said:

So tonight involved trying to make something other than leftover ricotta bake or reheating the frozen bariatric shepherd's pie servings my mom made for me. And it also involved trying out two new products to see how I liked them.


Even then, I kept it simple and just heated up some Tyson's grilled chicken strips, mixed it with some tofu Shirataki macaroni elbows I grabbed at my local Asian supermarket, and some Spicy Garlic Parm sauce from Taste. Sprinkled generously with some Parmesan cheese and dug in.

The flavor of the sauce was stellar and had a nice heat to it. The noodles were...odd. There wasn't anything wrong flavor-wise (wasn't really ANY flavor) but the texture was reeeeeeaaaalllllly weird. They're very chewy. It didn't completely turn me off of them, but will take some getting used to.

All told, 18g of Protein packed into 117 calories and it managed to hit the spot.

Have you tried Protein Pasta? I really like Edamame pasta, tastes good, and high protein.

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2 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

Even here, food trucks are permanently stationed, or at least a regular rotation of locations. There are two types of food trucks in SoCal, the bougie great Food Truck Race type trucks, with delicious, but pricey food. Then there are OG taco trucks with inexpensive and super tasty food. The plate I posted cost $2!

Oh, OG all the way. We were once in Mexico and bought 3 tacos, corn slaw and mangoes for $1 from the back of a pickup truck. Best food we had the entire vacation.

(...though I do love me some bougie food too, lol)

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1 minute ago, sillykitty said:

Have you tried Protein Pasta? I really like Edamame Pasta, tastes good, and high Protein.

I actually have several boxes of Black Bean and Edamame pastas in the cupboard from pre-surgery. I haven't touched them post-op yet. The tofu Shirataki noodles caught my eye due to the low calorie count and figured I'd give them a try. I definitely prefer the protein pastas, but I'm always looking for new options!

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