Clod - That is my next step. I don't think the dressing was enough. I am going to add some today at lunch and see if it helps.

ashes, gravel and regret

Did you trip and eat asphalt or something?

PS - Yes - the mayo helped immensely. It's still weird just eating it with a fork

Brown rice and cooked veg.
Repeat ad infinitum after Zoloft reset my migraine trigger level to 'hair' and everything except breathing sets one off. Hoping, after getting off the damned stuff, that things reset to 'normal' at some point. In the meantime I'm losing weight so yay, I guess. Brown rice, cooked veg. Lather, rinse, repeat.

I've been eating very badly, interspersed with not eating at all.
Today I ate properly.

Not worth different threads, but Swiss-style muesli (which I usually have with water as it already has milk-powder in it) with skimmed milk for breakfast.
Bagel with reduced fat mature cheddar and an apple for lunch.
This meant I took all my meds after eating - which helps with their efficacy.

Okay, I may have SlimFast for tea, but only because it's easy and has the vitamins in it etc.

Cajun Shrimp Wrap with bacon and remulode. Side salad to make me feel better about buying it.

Oh yes, the good old side salad save. Use that often. ;)

If only I would actually eat the salad....

Hell no, the salad is just to appease the people judging my selections, then when they're not looking I grab two desserts. ;)

LOL

I had sausage, peppers, onions, tomatoes, and shells.

I can't eat for shit anymore.

I tried to have Shakespeare's Pizza for lunch yesterday...a Columbia, Missouri tradition. Now granted, I had gastric bypass a few months back, so the amount of food I can eat is radically reduced. What this means in many cases is that a meal that your kid might eat will last me 2 or 3 meals now.

But what I am discovering is that my body rejects food that it finds to be...too much. Fast food is pretty much out of the question. Of course, this is fine with me, because we know most fast food is shit anyway. But even something that can be less shitty like pizza tends to be a no-go. I'm not sure if it's the fat content in the meat and cheese or the carbs or what. I also still have issues with eating too fast, which can REALLY fuck with you if you've had a bypass.

Having said all this, I've found simpler cravings these days...I can make a mean salad.

That sounds pretty good.

I had Spanish rice with chicken.

The Mrs made dirty rice over the weekend, so I partook in some of that a bit ago...it was quite good.

Thanks Grav - it was good. I have one more serving of it. I was going to eat it today, but had to rearrange things since I ran out of milk for my afternoon shake. So, today is chicken lo mein with extra chicken

Ethiopian food: Lean beef sautéed with fresh rosemary, onions, jalapeno peppers, fresh tomatoes and garlic, sautéed in our special awaze sauce

SOOO GOOD!

Awaze sauce... sounds dangerous. :eyebrow:

I swear, the hottest food I've ever eaten has been African.
And I can eat curries (as in Indian dishes) hot enough to make me cry. Twice - going in and coming out. Not saying I enjoy them that hot, but I can get them down my neck if I've made the wrong choice in ordering.

Lunch today was so bland.
(ties in with Indian theme - haha)


Supermarket white bread - bought because Mum wanted it as comfort food - toasted cheese sandwich.
Okay, the cheese was Tickler, which is a rather nice mature (sharp) cheddar. But not my usual fare when I'm eating.

Mum's was even blander. Egg & soldiers. I made mine and Dad's, but Mum made her lunch herself, as she doesn't trust me with eggs. She's right not to. Despite the complex dishes I can prepare, I've never been proud of my egg cooking abilities. And it's a bit like making tea anyway - everyone has a preference. I can't even cook eggs to my own preference, but if I've gone to the bother of cooking them I close my eyes and scoff them down anyway.

I got the mild. I was safe :D

i can't help but read that as amaze sauce.

Carnitas as a burrito. So good. Pork butt, onion, spices, tomato paste, water, overnight on low in the crockpot. Turn it off in the moring, let it cool, remove much of the fat from the top, shred, enjoy.

Same Curried Chicken Pie as usual.

I had a free lunch yesterday.
I was amazed - it went through the till, then I was told it was free on promotion. I was SO happy.
Chargrill flavour chicken breast, Peri Peri creme fraiche, sliced jalapenos and baby leaf spinach.

The only problem is, I am now convinced every time I go in there I will get free food. I have to disabuse myself of that notion.
The other problem is, when I got back I realised I hadn't completely removed my practice make-up. For Halloween doncha know. So there is a slim possibility that the lady serving saw me as a battered woman and simply cancelled the transaction.

It wasn't as outre as this [Cellar post], which is why I forgot that particular cheek. But it did look like I'd been on the wrong end of a knuckle sandwich.

Made my flipping day though.

Turkey, gravy, asparagus, and boiled potatoes :)

Peanut butter cookies. In the oven as I type.

The old standby:

1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg

Mix, roll, smash, 8-10 @ tree-fiddy.

:jig:

Meat sauce and pasta. Simple, yet awesome.....I hope. I haven't tasted it yet

maters, eggplant, okra. Stewed with 1 can Rotel, mushrooms, leftover cabbage and a bit of pulled pork. Lipton onion soup, with too damn much crushed red pepper for my drink.

Cashew Chicken and rice.

Hey, a square meal. :haha:

I made chicken cordon bleu, We enjoyed it. :)

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/chicken-cordon-bleu

Momdigr's homemade potato soup.

:yum:

Velvet Chicken Lo Mein. Again. Not that I am complaining, I actually really like the recipe. I need to find some more veggies to put in it, though. I just don't know what would work. I only use cabbage since I hate (HATE) mushrooms.

I had some chicken, after a few weeks in the fridge it was velvety as can be. :haha:

A 2-inch thick bacon-wrapped pork chop (yeah, that's pig-wrapped pig, wanna fight about it?:eyebrow:), Spanish rice, and a breadstick w/iced tea.

:yum:

Tomorrow will be stuffing casseroleish dish. I need to add more chicken to it so I am not just eating stuffing with cream of chicken soup ;)

That sounds like cold weather comfort fare. :thumb:

It is tasty. I had some for dinner. I think the stuffing sucked up all the soup, though....

We're all getting cheesesteaks from Steve's 'the prince of steaks' tomorrow.

The very Italian guy that is running the operation swears that they are the best. Head and shoulders above the famous name places....

http://devourandconquer.jigsy.com/fi...b5c3e15df3.jpg

Damn that looks good. Now I don't want my lunch :cry:

There must be slightly more meat than roll. 55-45. That looks about 20-80. Good luck

Yeah, I'm skeptical. I'll update after lunch today.

They were good. Not fantastic. A little different in that they don't chop the steak. Its 3 or 4 slices on a long roll, so the ratio is a tad low. I got a Cheese-steak hoagie, which means there's lettuce and tomato on it.... The lettuce was typical shredded iceberg and the tomatoes was transparently thin and flavorless. Oh well.

It wasn't terrible, but I wouldn't make a special trip to get one. The Plaza Pizza shop next door makes a pretty solid steak when I'm in the mood for it.

Also, that pic I posted was pretty accurate, so I didn't bother photographing mine.

It's always a pleasure to hit some hole in the wall you've never heard of and get a blue ribbon lunch. The "famous" places always disappoint me, maybe because my expectations are too high because they're famous.

There was a Vietnamese guy a block from my old office who owned a place called Lunch Express Deli. He made the best cheesesteak I've ever had.

This was an asian dude in DC. Two hours and a world away from Philly.

You get all wrapped up in what is "authentic" but the real test should be the food.

It was years ago, and I have no pictures to offer you. Place probably doesn't even exist anymore.

Unacceptable. IMO the steak must be chopped, and the cheese integrated. Although the tourist places don't do that.

I agree, chop and mix. :thumb:

I guess it's about what you are first exposed to. In my mind, the very best cheese steak came from Wright's deli in Eagle PA.... Which has been gone for 20 years now.
It was a pizza steak. A regular cheese steak, but with mozzarella and pizza sauce all mixed in. Gooey to the point that chewing was largely unnecessary. I was happy to spend my allowance on one.

Maybe that's partially because we had to ride our bicycles for 45 minutes to get there, and the adventure aspect enhanced the experience.... But I've yet to match the bliss encountered on those summer days.

Is it still lunch if it's 3pm?

Wow, another square meal. ;)

Treated myself to a jacket potato and cheese yesterday.
Not the best example of its kind, but it filled a hole and gave me the energy I needed.

I won't go to that place again though. Should have been suspicious when it was the only one of the many cafes we have in Otley which had a free seat...

MMmm. I haven't had a loaded baked potato in a long time. I may have to add that in soon.

Momdigr's homemade chili!! She's been working on it for about hour now.

This. House. Smells. Wonderful.

:yum:

It was supposed to be bang bang shrimp, but I waited too long to clean the shrimp. Now, I am stuck with just the sauce.....and a trip to the store in the future.

Man Pleasing Chicken.

THANK YOU TWIL, OH GOD, THANK YOU!!!

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Did that turn out for you? I made the same recipe, but it looked nothing like that.

Deep Dish Sausage Pizza.

Turkey Dan Dan Noodles

Fried fish, Mac and cheese, and cauliflower. Sound familiar? It's what I had for dinner yesterday

The cauliflower makes a nice plate decoration... just be careful not to eat it by mistake. :p: