Like weight loss before and after photos but of your new diet !

I'm especially interested in before and after meal photos (take a pic at the point you feel restriction) but it can be of recipe substitutions, your refrigerator/pantry/shopping cart/etc

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10 hours ago, ms.sss said:

i dunno!?!

other than bolognese (which really is only second best to white cream sauces!) and the THIN layer of Tomato sauce on pizzas, i find warm tomato preparations gag-ish lol.

i too love me a nice bowl of Soup, but i lean towards clear-ish broths/consommés/stocks. i also love cream Soups but im lactose-intolerant so i dont eat as much as i would like to, ha!

i can enjoy a nice bowl of gazpacho though!

so we can still be friends!! ??

p.s. further to my tomato quirk, i prefer my salsa on the side when eating nachos, cuz salsa on TOP of nachos get warm ?. same goes for tomato slices on burgers, diced tomatoes in tacos, etc....

Okay, we can be still be friends but only because you like gazpacho. ?

I’m sort of that way with strawberries. Fresh strawberries yum including on a Victoria sponge or in fruit salad but strawberry flavoured things like yoghurt, ice cream, milk shakes, cheesecake, jam, etc. nope can’t do it. Even if they have chunks of strawberry in it it’s still no. Blah!

2 hours ago, Arabesque said:

but strawberry flavoured things like yoghurt, ice cream, milk shakes, cheesecake, jam, etc. nope can’t do it.

???

1/2 a cheese quesadilla and an espresso martini beforehand,

411 calories. Ate/drank it all!

Protein Ramen! Well it was not for me but I did have the broth so I’m counting 30 cals but 1200mg of sodium ?

Okay that’s it. Our friendship is over. How can you not like tomato based soups??? [emoji33] I love all soups as you know but my favourite soup since a child has been tomato. Tomato with lentils, with white beans, using fresh, roasted, or tinned tomatoes, … I’d very happily eat A’s minestrone except for the pasta of course. Mmm now I might make a pastaless minestrone this week (though is it still minestrone without pasta??)
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I am with ms.sss there, detest tomato soups. The smell makes me barf. Like you I find pasta way too dense and stodgy but tiny Orzo in soup is a great addition that I can manage in small amounts.

Okay that’s it. Our friendship is over. How can you not like tomato based soups??? [emoji33] I love all soups as you know but my favourite soup since a child has been tomato. Tomato with lentils, with white beans, using fresh, roasted, or tinned tomatoes, … I’d very happily eat A’s minestrone except for the pasta of course. Mmm now I might make a pastaless minestrone this week (though is it still minestrone without pasta??)
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I am with ms.sss there, detest tomato soups. The smell makes me barf. Like you I find pasta way too dense and stodgy but tiny Orzo in soup is a great addition that I can manage in small amounts.

There are sweet biscuits in my pantry ?. First time in four years. My five younger nieces & nephew (almost 6-13) are having a sleepover this weekend so I bought the biscuits as an afternoon snack. Can’t expect them to eat my snacks - lol! Though I did buy frozen edamame we could also share … if they like it. ?

Supermarket brand: 82 calories & 1g of protein. They’ll be taking them home on Sunday if there are any left (probably won’t be).

Egg salad! It’s been awhile since I’ve had it.

26 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Egg salad! It’s been awhile since I’ve had it.

I love egg salad. I don't make it though. I always end up murdering the eggs when I shell them and all I'm left with are the egg yokes.

Just now, LindsayT said:

I love egg salad. I don't make it though. I always end up murdering the eggs when I shell them and all I'm left with are the egg yokes.

I feel like there’s a trick to remove the shells easily. Does anyone know?

On 8/29/2023 at 5:04 PM, GreenTealael said:

I feel like there’s a trick to remove the shells easily. Does anyone know?

a bit of white vinegar in the boiling water!

On 8/23/2023 at 10:37 PM, Arabesque said:

OMG that pumpkin **** latte has 50g of sugar ? That’s double the daily recommended intake of sugar for an adult. It’s funny how that is so horrifying now but before it wouldn’t even have been a consideration.

What actually is in pumpkin spice? We don’t have it here. Is it just cinnamon & nutmeg?

The back of my pumpkin spice spice bottle

The trick to eggs- baking soda in the water. And then ice bath right away after cooking. Also, I use an egg cooker so I poke a tiny hole in each egg before cooking it. I don’t cook boil them anymore and that seems to help.

Edited August 31, 20232 yr by Starwarsandcupcakes

Veggie fried rice, rice with furikake, and inarizushi (I also ate one full sushi and 2 of the pouches without the rice in them while making them).

Second the plunging your eggs in cold water after boiling them as @Starwarsandcupcakes suggested. Plus I believe tap the egg of the counter bottom side down (just one sharp tap) will break the membrane & allow you to peel the shell off more easily. I used to roll the egg to sort off shatter the shell then peel it off. The fresher the eggs to the easier they are to shell.

So you could add those spices to your coffee or whatever at anytime @Starwarsandcupcakes? So why is pumpkin spice just an Autumn thing? We’re not pumpkin pie eaters in Australia. Pumpkin fruit cake, pumpkin scones, and of course mashed, roasted, in salads, … all good, all year round here.