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

VSG2017 HW 249 SW 238 CW 167

I’ve eaten pretty much the same dinner for the last couple nights. A spinach, potato, and asparagus soup and an asparagus tart (used this recipe for inspiration). Added nutritional yeast to the top of the soup both days as well.

Brunch date. Milk oolong tea (SF) and a Cinnamon roll, probably 1000 cals but I ate one bite before I decided it was a terrible choice (so much sugar) and didn’t eat anymore.

Yum @Starwarsandcupcakes. Just yum. As a lover of asparagus (eat them several times a week) I’m going to look into the soup & the tart. The tart maybe another opportunity to use Boursin cheese if I’m feeling too lazy to make the custard - lol!

And yes, I’ll gnaw on the snapped off end of the raw asparagus unless it’s too woody.

On 3/12/2024 at 10:57 PM, Arabesque said:

Yum @Starwarsandcupcakes. Just yum. As a lover of asparagus (eat them several times a week) I’m going to look into the Soup & the tart. The tart maybe another opportunity to use Boursin cheese if I’m feeling too lazy to make the custard - lol!

And yes, I’ll gnaw on the snapped off end of the raw asparagus unless it’s too woody.

The way I did the tart was with vegan cream cheese and mixed in the spices. I opted to forgo the pine nuts as I don’t like them and I was the only one eating it.

On 3/12/2024 at 10:57 PM, Arabesque said:

And yes, I’ll gnaw on the snapped off end of the raw asparagus unless it’s too woody.

use the ends for cream soup! boil, puree and strain! add cream and seasonings or whatever and voila!

Amusingly Jamie Oliver posted a joint recipe for asparagus quiche & asparagus soup yesterday. Started with a kilo of asparagus used the top half of the spears for the quiche & bottom half for the soup too. Obviously is asparagus season.

salad!

greens, cucumber, avocado, cherry tomatoes, leftover roast chicken, homemade vinaigrette and seasonings.

285 calories, shared with Mr., estimating i ate maybe 2/3 of it.

had some leftover roasted chicken and pork belly. not enough for a meal for the "regulars", so i fried em up all crispy to use as salad toppings:

...which leads me to:

this fine looking salad i prepared for lunch. greens, cucumbers, tomatoes, avocado, feta cheese, broccoli, mushrooms and the fried up leftover protein from earlier.

logged as 503 calories for the whole thing.

i ate...nothing (yet).

as often happens, the excitement of eating and prep has waned by the time i was done, and now i no longer feel like eating it. i'll want it later fo sure tho! so for now it will wait for me patiently in the fridge

Roasted chicken, mashed potatoes and peas. I’ve switched from buying premade rotisserie chicken to scratch made and everyone agrees it’s much better.

Dupe

Edited March 15, 20242 yr by GreenTealael

8 hours ago, ms.sss said:

salad!

greens, cucumber, avocado, cherry tomatoes, leftover roast chicken, homemade vinaigrette and seasonings.

285 calories, shared with Mr., estimating i ate maybe 2/3 of it.

4 hours ago, ms.sss said:

...which leads me to:

this fine looking salad i prepared for lunch. greens, cucumbers, tomatoes, avocado, feta cheese, broccoli, mushrooms and the fried up leftover Protein from earlier.

logged as 503 calories for the whole thing.

i ate...nothing (yet).

as often happens, the excitement of eating and prep has waned by the time i was done, and now i no longer feel like eating it. i'll want it later fo sure tho! so for now it will wait for me patiently in the fridge

Very colorful salads ?

I've missed your salads ms.sss!

Southern Indian Chole Batura (my favorite), What’s everyone’s favorite regional food?

I had Vietnamese last night for the first time since my surgery. I had forgotten how much I like viet food - the clean, fresh flavours. I had prawn salad which I always enjoyed. I ate 5 prawns & the very small disappointing amount of cucumber, carrot & lettuce & a little of the mint. Bought home a bowl 2/3 filled with 2 leftover prawns & all the noodles.

My brother & his family eat far too much takeaway. Eating with them twice in the last two weeks is why I’ve eaten takeaway twice too which I rarely normally do.