On Sunday my wife, my sister-in-law, and I headed to the University of Minnesota’s Bell Museum of Natural History to take advantage of their free admission on Sundays and check out the Hungry Planet: What the World Eats exhibit which is on display through May 2010.
The exhibit comes straight from photographer Peter Menzel and writer Faith D’Aluisio’s book and you can check out NPR’s coverage of it from a few years ago on their website here. An interesting look into several families across the world, this book (and exhibit) show everyone just exactly how ridiculous Western cultures are when it comes to what they eat and how they eat it.
Now, we all know that Americans eat like fucking shit. In fact, the majority of people here know that I do a lot to inform people of better choices that exist out there but I am still guilty of plenty of prepackaged foods, eating out too much, and even sneaking things that I really shouldn’t–mostly out of pure laziness. But even with all my failures, I still eat a whole helluva lot better than the Western families displayed in the exhibit we saw at the Bell Museum on Sunday.
Just take a look at some of what The Revis family from North Carolina ate in one week back in 2005:
Fruits, Vegetables & Nuts: $41.07
Dole yellow bananas, 2.9 lb; red seedless grapes, 2.4 lb; green seedless grapes, 2.2 lb; Birds Eye baby broccoli, frozen, 4 lb; yellow onions, 3 lb; Green Giant corn, canned, 1.9 lb; Green Giant green beans, canned, 1.8 lb; Bush’s vegetarian baked beans, canned, 1.8 lb; cucumbers, 1.4 lb; Harris Teeter tomatoes, vine-ripened, 1.2 lb; Del Monte whole leaf spinach, canned, 13.5 oz; garden salad, packaged, 10 oz; Italian salad mix, packaged, 8.8 oz; pickled mushrooms, 7.3 oz; Harris Teeter peanuts, 1 lb.
Fast Food: $71.61
McDonald’s: 10-pc chicken McNuggets, large fries, large Coca-Cola, Filet-o-Fish meal; Taco Bell: 4 nachos Bell Grande, 2 soft tacos, taco supreme, taco pizza, taco, bean burrito, large lemonade; Burger King: double cheeseburger, onion rings, large Coca-Cola; KFC: 2-pc chicken with mashed potatoes, large Coca-Cola; Subway: 6-inch wheat veggie sub, 6-inch wheat seafood crab sub; Milano’s Pizzeria: large sausage pizza, large pepperoni pizza; I Love NY Pizza: 4 pizza slices.
Wow. Simply wow. Let’s take a look at that fruit and vegetables section…mostly just canned foods and a couple of snack fruits. I used to be just like that and probably worse but now I do my best to fill up on fresh organic vegetables more than anything else but I am still guilty of plenty of processed frozen vegetables–at least they’re organic, right? Just looking at what I saw at the exhibit, and again now via the NPR article, I plan to take a look at what I’m eating this week and seeing what I can do to make even better choices than I already do. Starting today (Tuesday) I plan to keep a log below in the comments for the rest of the week. I’m interested in seeing what the rest of you have done for your breakfast, lunch and dinners this week as well. Just a quick and simple list (don’t worry, I’ll start everyone off) and at the end of the week we’ll all vote to determine who ate the best this week. The winner will receive a $15.00 gift certificate to Satay2Go in Apple Valley courtesy of Satay2Go (yes, they will make your food healthily if you ask). We can use what we learn from each other to better our own eating habits–if only for a short time as anything is better than nothing, right?
Contest opens today (Tuesday November 10th) and will run through Friday (November 13th). In order to be eligible you must have four day’s worth of meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) cataloged by Friday November 13th at 11:59:59 CST.
So go ahead and share what you’ve eaten this week and let’s see if we can try and improve our eating habits at least for 4 days but hopefully for good. Do you have any tips that you are willing to share on how you save money, keep packaged and fast food out of your diet all while juggling a busy schedule and enjoying what you eat? If so please share below! Whatever you have to say about the Hungry Planet: What the World Eats exhibit or this small little contest, go ahead and comment on as I’d love to hear what you have to say!
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November 10th, 2009 at 8:02 am
What Are You Eating, Why? Seriously, Make a List. Win a Prize! http://tinyurl.com/ygc7m4m
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November 10th, 2009 at 8:07 am
Reason #12543943 why I love this blog:
“Now, we all know that Americans eat like fucking shit.”
November 10th, 2009 at 8:19 am
Tuesday Breakfast:
Cascade Fresh fat free yogurt (rBGH free!)
Cascadian Farms Vanilla Almond Crunch.
Tuesday lunch:
Leftover Satay2Go (mmmmmmmmmm)
Organic greens salad, cucumbers, baby carrots, Cossetta’s dressing (it’s almost expired!)
November 10th, 2009 at 8:49 am
I’ll comment just to make everyone else feel better about themselves :)
Monday Breakfast:
Strawberry, Banana, Yogurt, Flaxseed smoothie
Maple & Brown Sugar Oatmeal
Extremely large cranberry muffin from Panera that was placed in the kitchen that I couldn’t resist
Monday lunch (very late due to large muffin):
Turkey, Cheese, Lettuce, Mayo Sandwich on whole wheat bread
1% Cottage Cheese
Monday dinner:
1/4 of a quesadilla (chicken, black bean, cheese, red pepper, jalapeno) with salsa and sour cream
Monday post baby class snack:
Raisin Bran Crunch w/ 1% milk
November 10th, 2009 at 8:51 am
tuesday am, sort of. left over fish chowder for brunch.
dinner, left over pork, taters and cream of chicken soup. annnd home made cornbread!! great recipe:)
probably more left overs today. going to start a beef burgundy for dinner tomorrow.
bb
November 10th, 2009 at 9:00 am
I’ll play. This should be fun because I feel like I’ve been eating like total crap lately.
I’m going to be leaving town on Thursday afternoon, so here is my log from yesterday:
Monday Breakfast:
Carnation Instant Breakfast in Silk Soy Milk
16 oz. coffee (organic, fair trade, etc. from Harmony Valley CSA)
10:30ish – peanut butter and crackers at my desk (standard store bought)
Monday Lunch:
Slice of pizza and breadsticks from Sbarro
Diet Coke
One A Day multivitamin
Monday Dinner (Dinner for 5 for $20):
Pork chops from Valley Natural Foods (whatever that “Fresh from Farm” brand is…hormone free, etc.)
Polenta with St. Pete’s Blue Cheese (local…from Faribault).
Sauteed spinach from the CSA
Dessert:
Chocolate custard with peanut sauce from Culver’s
I also drank several glasses of water, a small glass of soy milk, and a very large glass of orange juice.
November 10th, 2009 at 9:12 am
Monday:
breakfast: strawberry, banana, yogurt, flaxseed smoothie
lunch: leftover squash risotto and a campbells “cup of soup” thing
dinner: 1/4 of a quesadilla (chicken, black beans, red peppers, jalepenos, cheese)
November 10th, 2009 at 9:18 am
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November 10th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Lazy Lightning offers a Satay2Go gift certificate in their “Let’s see who eats the best” contest: http://tinyurl.com/ygc7m4m
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November 10th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Awesome! I’m totally on a rabbit food diet right now, so I’m stoked to play! = )~
Tuesday:
Breakfast: banana, apple, 1 cup grapes
Lunch: Spring green salad with raw walnuts and Annie’s Organic Raspberry Vinaigrette, Brown rice w/steamed veggies and Bragg’s Aminos.
November 10th, 2009 at 9:45 am
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November 10th, 2009 at 9:56 am
Tuesday morning:
Starbucks French roast with half-and-half.
Umm, that’s it
November 10th, 2009 at 9:56 am
I’m eating Fritos right now.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Tuesday-
Bfast Wheatabix ceral w/non-fat milk. Half a Trader Joes Honey Greet Yougurt. 3 cups coffee.
No snack
Lunch- Leftover Chicken Curry over jasimne rice.
3:00 English muffin w/marmalade and coffee
Dinner- Butternut sqaush and NF Riccotta and whole wheat macroni baked.
Late- Skinny cow ice cream sandwich- 140 cal and 2 grms fat.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:23 am
I’d do it too, but I start a diet next Monday, so I’m sort of letting my diet go to crap right now. But I’m very impressed so far with everyone.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Just grabbed a 20-ounce Americano with half+half. So mark me down for two so far today.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Who’s in? RT @heavytable Lazy Lightning offers Satay2Go gift certif in “Let’s see who eats the best” contest: http://tinyurl.com/ygc7m4m
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November 10th, 2009 at 10:50 am
RT @MplsFarmMarket: Who’s in? RT @heavytable Lazy Lightning offers Satay2Go gift cert in “who eats best” contest: http://tinyurl.com/ygc7m4m
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November 10th, 2009 at 10:52 am
oh my – the what are you eating & why contest could get interesting… check it out here: http://bit.ly/1Pwn97 (via @MplsFarmMarket)
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November 10th, 2009 at 11:04 am
I already lost, but u can still win. RT @garciasn What Are U Eating? Make a List. Win a Satay2Go gift cert!! http://tinyurl.com/ygc7m4m
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November 10th, 2009 at 11:04 am
I already lost, but u can still win. RT @garciasn What Are U Eating? Make a List. Win a Satay2Go gift cert!! http://tinyurl.com/ygc7m4m
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November 10th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Here’s a pic of my lunch: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_roehl/4093286528/
tofu, chicken, shrimp, noodles, vegetables, and lots of Satay 2 Go’s chili sauce!
November 10th, 2009 at 11:17 am
I’ll play.
Monday: coffee, bowl of mixed fruit (we make a giant container of mixed fruit every sunday out of cantelope, honeydo, pineapple grapes and strawberries and eat it every day through the week), low fat string cheese, heavy table’s Thai Chicken soup recipe from last week.
Today: coffee, fruit, left over thai chicken soup, and something yummy and munchy from Sen Yai Sen Lak on Central, since I have a girls night.
November 10th, 2009 at 11:37 am
so far…
double espresso and green tea
November 10th, 2009 at 11:43 am
Sounds delicious. I’m drinking Coca Cola. Mmmmm!
November 10th, 2009 at 11:50 am
ooh, hold back your envy:
smoked turkey breast on wheat w/Grey Poupon
Honeycrisp apple
Laughing Cow French Onion cheese wedge
Triscuits
20 oz Diet Coke (may or may not have been my second one today)
3 whoppers (leftover Halloween candy)
:)
November 10th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Awesome blog post! RT @SouthMetroNews: What Are You Eating, Why? Seriously, Make a List. Win a Prize! http://tinyurl.com/ygc7m4m
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November 10th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
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November 10th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Tuesday AM:
Smart Start cereal straight out of the box in handfuls & about 12 oz. orange juice
Approximately 3 servings Gardettos
Tuesday Noon:
12 oz. can Coca-Cola
3 Taco John’s hardhsell tacos & small potato ole
1 banana
1 vanilla pudding cup
With all that I look like a total pig and the day’s not over yet.
November 10th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
I’m game. I’ll likely have to do the day post, then the evening one.
Today so far
20oz Diet Mt Dew
12oz Diet Mt Dew
20oz Mt Dew
3 Nature Valley Strawberry Yogurt Chewy Granola Bars
1 package (6 ea) of Kebler Toast and Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers
1 Smoked Turkey Sandwich on white bread, with marine and a slice of cheddar cheese (two slices of turkey)
1 powder sugar coated mini-doughnut.
Some potato chip crumbs from the bottom of a bag.
Tonight is rumored to be home made chicken fajitas but I never can be sure until I get home.
November 10th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
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November 10th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
I’ll try to crank up my memory.
Monday breakfast:
100% whole wheat english muffin with organic egg & grass-fed butter
apple-pear-water smoothie
plain black tea
lunch:
small piece leftover homemade pizza with whole-wheat crust, tomatoes, and red bell pepper
grapes, carrots, walnuts
water
vitamins
naughty snack:
SMALL homemade cinnamon-sugar croissant
more plain black tea
dinner:
Help! It’s 4:30 and I have no idea what’s for dinner. And I’m cleaning the oven. Sigh.
November 10th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
sandy, I was watching some wild turkeys foraging around outside my office while I was on the treadmill earlier. They’re probably still there — I can give you directions if you want to come down and whack one to cook up.
November 10th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Dinner:
M&S happy hour to see my SIL off
1/2 of a 1/2 lb burger
some fries
2 wontons
1/4 of a chicken quesadilla.
2 PBRs
November 10th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
I get Ramy’s for dinner tonight. That’s all that matters.
November 10th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Thanks, MSPD – I would send hubby, but I think his loincloth is at the cleaners!
November 10th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Oh, my list is for Tuesday, not Monday – I’ve lost track of the week already. Not a good sign.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
Much better today.
Tuesday Breakfast:
Carnation Instant Breakfast in Silk Soy Milk
16 oz. coffee (CSA)
Tuesday Early Lunch:
Big salad from the office salad bar (spinach, mushrooms, sunflower seeds, lots of broccoli and cauliflower and a couple tbsp of standard Catalina dressing)
Tuesday Late Lunch:
Cup of standard chili with about 1/4 cup of shredded cheddar
Banana
One a Day Multivitamin
Tuesday Afternoon snack:
Packaged cookies (fairly healthy ones)
Hot chocolate (free Nestle in the break room)
Tuesday Evening snack (while cooking dinner):
Couple crackers, 1/2 pear (CSA – organic, etc) and a few crumbles of St. Pete blue cheese (the Faribault stuff)
Tuesday Dinner:
Hash made from sweet potatoes, potatoes, peppers, onions and garlic from the CSA.
Eggs from chickens in Eagan
Bacon (local…can’t remember the name and package is already in the trash)
Tuesday Dessert:
From-scratch persimmon pudding (made with soy milk since we’re out of regular) made with fresh persimmons from the CSA.
Also had about 80-100 oz of water, did a few miles on the treadmill and lifted weights. All in all, a pretty healthy day.
November 10th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Breakfast: Eight O’Clock Bean half-caf coffee, Egg sandwich on Brownberry Oat Nut Bread
Lunch: Dole Organic banana, small bag of Trader Joe’s nuts & fruit, leftover pasta and Prego
Snack: Cliff Bar – White Chocolate Macadamia
Dinner: Trader Joe’s ground turkey made into burgers, Garden of Eatin’ Multi Grain Chips, Glass of red wine
November 10th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Dinner: Vegetable stew with cashews and garbonzos. Garlic Toast. Sauteed apples. Apple pie with Trader Joe’s ice cream. Not very exciting:-)
But pretty good.
November 10th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Dinner: Two home made Chicken fajitas with shredded cheddar, lettuce, tomato. 12oz can of Diet Dew
November 10th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
OK, here goes. I won’t even mention “Methotrexate Monday” because I have to eat three full meals with my weekly arthritis drugs…
Tuesday wake up: 8oz Silk Chocolate Soy Milk w/ meds.
Tuesday breakfast: two scrambled eggs, 1 toast w/strawberry jam, 1 piece of bacon, soda (1/2 diet, 1/2 cherry coke) from the caf at work. 10 oz apple juice.
Snack: Tostitos scoops, salsa
Lunch: Grilled chicken sandwich, steamed onions, pickle chips, 1 oz bag of Herr’s Ketchup Potato Chips (I order from Amazon…), another 1/2 diet, 1/2 cherry Coke. Then I broke down and went back to the caf for chocolate cake.
Dinner: Salad, pasta salad, potato salad (salad bar), 5 oz. prime rib, 1/2 baked potato with sour cream, roll with butter (Gulden’s Roadhouse)
Dessert (like I needed it LOL!) Archer Farms Monster trail mix, 1 mini Heath bar.
Late night: 10 oz Tropicana Apple juice.
Disclaimer: on Prednisone. Like I’m gonna have a chance…
November 11th, 2009 at 7:37 am
Monday
Breakfast: A bowl of Great Grains Cranberry Cereal with milk, two cups of green tea with Jasmine
Lunch: Turkey and ham sandwich on whole wheat bread with pepper-jack cheese, red onion, tomato, spinach, banana peppers, and mustard, a bowl of Italian Wedding soup
Dinner: Leftover homemade chicken ragout made with local pasture-raised chicken (with carrots from our garden, onion, celery, portabello mushrooms, our homemade tomato sauce, some local white wine) on homemade pasta topped with white truffle oil and freshly grated parmesan cheese.
Tuesday
Breakfast: a slice of homemade No-Knead bread spread with Nutella, two cups of green tea with Jasmine
Lunch: Turkey and ham sandwich on whole wheat bread with pepper-jack cheese, red onion, tomato, spinach, banana peppers, and mustard, a bowl of Chicken Florentine soup
Dinner: Ate out at Hoban Korean Restaurant – had Korean dumplings for an appetizer, main course was a whole grilled Atka Mackeral with sticky rice and an assortment of Korean pickles.
More to come.
November 11th, 2009 at 7:40 am
Day 2! What’s for breakfast? RT @SouthMetroNews What Are You Eating, Why? Seriously, Make a List. Win a Prize! http://tinyurl.com/ygc7m4m
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November 11th, 2009 at 8:09 am
My average breakfast consists of egg beaters with a little cheese and pepper scrambled in, along with whole wheat toast with butter spray, and a glass of organic fat free milk. The exception is Fridays when I get bagel/lox from Einstein by work.
Dinners consist of a sandwich with deli meat on whole wheat bread with pepperjack cheese, lettuce or spinach leaves (organic) and mayo/horseraddish mustard.
Suppers tend to be a meat, either steak or chicken (going to get into some salmon soon) along with organic salad fixings.
Occasionally, we’ll stray and find a take & bake pizza, or Chinese when we aren’t in the mood to cook.
This is a huge change from my past eating habits a few years back of Super America breakfasts, eating at the Cafe at my old job, and eating most suppers from a frozen box in the freezer.
November 11th, 2009 at 8:12 am
Tuesday:
breakfast: strawberry, banana, yogurt, spinach, flaxseed smoothie
lunch: leftover squash risotto
dinner: salad, lasagna, bread, rhubarb cheesecake. 3 glasses of wine and a homebrew
November 11th, 2009 at 8:12 am
Tuesday:
Breakfast: Spinach, Strawberry, Banana, Yogurt, Flaxseed smoothie and a coke classic (I also had coke on Monday, forgot to add that)
Mid-morning snack: Maple & Brown Sugar Oatmeal
Lunch: Turkey, cheese, lettuce, mayo on whole wheat bread
Dinner (had neighbors over): Sausage and Beef Lasagna, Garlic Bread, Caesar Salad
Dessert: Rhubarb Cheesecake
Approximately 14 glasses of water throughout the day
November 11th, 2009 at 8:29 am
Wednesday
Breakfast:
1/4 cup of Cascadian Farms Vanilla Almond Crunch
1 small Granny Smith apple (it was leftover from my wife’s shower)
Lunch:
Leftover cabbage, potatoes, and carrots with hot sauce (from the brisket crock pot adventure last week)
15 tiny baby carrots
And I generally drink about 100+ oz of water a day since others have been including that.
November 11th, 2009 at 8:47 am
Monday:
Breakfast – Last 1/4 of basil-potato frittata, St. Paul Farmers Market Honeycrisp apple, coffee
Lunch – Leftover Vegetable and Chickpea Curry (Cooking Light recipe), Smarties (gotta have some pure sugar!)
Dinner – Baked Greek Chicken (chicken from Prairie Pride), Cauliflower Gratin with Garlic Cheese (cheese & cauliflower both from SPFM)
Tuesday:
Breakfast – Baby Bella frittata, SPFM Honeycrisp apple, coffee
Lunch – Baguette with 2 Love Tree Farm cheeses, SPFM Honeycrisp apple, Smarties
Dinner – Pinto Bean Chili with Squash & Corn (Cooking Light crock pot recipe), homemade roasted squash seeds, Dark Horse Perkulator Dopplebock
Wednesday:
Breakfast – Baby Bella frittata, SPFM Honeycrisp apple, coffee
On tap for lunch – Leftover Spicy-Sweet Peppers with Bar 5 Italian Chicken Sausage
On tap for dinner – Leftover chicken from Monday or chili from Tuesday
November 11th, 2009 at 8:49 am
I just realized I can’t win against you people. I quit.
I’m going to go drink my coffee and quit eating all together noq
November 11th, 2009 at 8:52 am
robin,
The point of the exercise was to catalog what you eat for a few days and decide whether or not you think you need to change. If you feel you do need to make a change in your dietary habits, it’s nice to have a list of items which may be a better fit for you. If you decide not to, at least you can be comfortable in the knowledge that what you’re eating works for you.
In the end, it will be up to a vote. Just because you think that someone else is eating healthier than you doesn’t mean that they’ll win out. On the contrary, someone might feel that they are full of shit or that they just do too much to be realistic for the majority of people’s choices or budgets.
Keep it up :)
November 11th, 2009 at 8:59 am
my problem is less that I”m concerned with my food intake, and more that I want people to be posting their recipes, not just their meals. Seriously, no knead bread, chicken ragout, portabella frittas? Where do I find these?
November 11th, 2009 at 9:25 am
I have a number of cookbooks, use various sources and improvisation, etc. but I highly recommend: http://www.epicurious.com
You can punch in pretty much any ingredient and you’ll get dozens of recipes with user reviews and modifications recommended by users.
And I’m thoroughly impressed with the stuff people are eating. Well..except maybe mikeh’s 50 oz. of Mountain Dew.
November 11th, 2009 at 9:27 am
robin,
Here’s a no-knead bread recipe that I’ve made numerous times:
November 11th, 2009 at 9:44 am
Monday:
Breakfast: Yoplait light fat-free yogurt w/ a sprinkle of flax seed
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Asian pot stickers w/ Trader Joe’s Gyoza sauce
Snack: Haralson apple and Laughing Cow light garlic & herb “cheese”
Dinner: Hockey kick off dinner – burnt lasagna, soggy garlic bread, nasty chicken & broccoli fettuccine, Caesar salad.
Water & 3 cans of Diet Coke with lime
2 glasses red wine
Tuesday:
Breakfast: Yoplait light fat-free yogurt, handful of Trader Joe’s omega trek mix
Lunch: 6 inch Subway Club
Dinner: Trader Joe’s Korean boneless short ribs, Dr. Duke’s anti-cancer slaw (7-8 veggie slaw with Asian type dressing), stir fried veggies, rice.
Water & lost track of diet cokes today. Bad girl.
Wednesday:
Breakfast: whole grain fiber toast topped with low fat cheese, ham slice & poached egg with 2 diet lime cokes.
Taking Mom out for lunch somewhere (probably a dreaded south suburban chain).
I know I need to cut down the processed foods & diet cokes.
November 11th, 2009 at 9:59 am
shitty day tuesday. i’ll make it short.
2 forkfulls of canned spaghetti, my granddaughter and friend ate the meat balls.
some pita chips and dip.
a egg salad bacon wrap for dinner we bought at the co-op, and we split a rhubarb bar and a cream cheese brownie. i did scoff some samples at the co-op tho.
i managed to prep my beef burgundy! some progress. i’ll finish it this pm and cook it all day tomorrow.
today’s not looking so hot either. so far just two cups of coffee and a slice of my good old cornbread!
bb
November 11th, 2009 at 10:03 am
Tuesday dinner:
Chicken breasts stuffed with orange/cranberry cheddar & wrapped in prosciutto
A big mess o’collard greens & kale cooked with ham hock, leeks and garlic
Trader Joe’s milk chocolate squares
Soy egg nog
Wednesday:
Breakfast:
Soy egg nog
Half turkey sandwich with mayo and romaine lettuce
Going to Gandhi Mahal for lunch
November 11th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Oh, why not. :)
Wednesday Breakfast: 2 cups of black coffee and a sausage/egg/cheddar cheese biscuit from the office cafe.
Wednesday Morning: 2 more cups of black coffee, and maybe 20 oz. of water.
Lunch is looking like a salad, most likely.
November 11th, 2009 at 11:53 am
ok, today is planned
breakfast – 1 cup coffee, one bowl fresh mixed fruit, one low fat string cheese
lunch – reheating the heavytable thai soup I made Sunday. I added extra chicken broth and a can of coconut milk and it smells amazing. I can’t wait to eat it.
dinner – I’m making some sort of mexican lasagna concoction of refried beans, wheat tortillas, spinach, shredded cheese, black olives, onions, etc.
dinners could probably be better, but we’re always trying to get the toddler to eat grown up food, so it can be a little adventurous.
November 11th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Wednesday-
Breakfast- whole grain english muffin w/all nat peanut butter. 1/2 Trader Joes Greek Yogurt.
Snack- 2 Kiwi’s right out of the skin California style.
Lunch- Rye Krisp and Turkey, bosc pear, handfull of almonds.
Snack- Special K Cereal Bar.
Dinner- Turkey taco w/ lettuce and no cheese.
Evening- Skinny Cow sam-mich.
November 11th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
I’m trying to have pretty much whatever Sank is having, on a one day delay, because that guy is rocking out the weight loss, and whatever he is doing is obviously working. Congrats! Signed, your diet stalker, Whit.
November 11th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Tuesday Dinner: Spring greens salad w/Annie’s naturals lite Italian dressing, Amy’s Organics Lentil Soup, 1 slice Rudi’s Organic 7 grain w/flax toast (w/all-natural non-dairy butter replacement), Toffuti Cutie for dessert!
Wednesday:
Breakfast: 1 Apple, 1 Banana, Black Coffee (needed a boost!)
Lunch (Same as yesterday): Spring green salad with raw walnuts and Annie’s Natural Raspberry Vinaigrette, Brown rice w/steamed veggies and Bragg’s Aminos.
November 11th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
My take on this is not to try and win anything, but instead to actually further re-enforce how sad my daily diet really is.
So today, Wednesday was
1 20oz Diet Dew
2 12 oz Diet Dew
3 Nature Valley Strawberry Yogurt Chewy Granola Bars
1 4oz package of corn nuts
4 pieces of schwans chicken fingers deep fried at home (Canola oil)
a small handful of french fries deep fried at home (Canola oil)
a plate of quasi home made (a powder mix for the sauce) Swedish meatballs. 5 small homemade meatballs over pasta.
1 Smoked Turkey Sandwich on white bread, with marine and a slice of cheddar cheese (two slices of turkey)
1 powder sugar coated mini-doughnut.
Some potato chip crumbs from the bottom of a bag.
Tonight is rumored to be home made chicken fajitas but I never can be sure until I get home.
November 11th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Wednesday dinner:
1/2 cup of Blue Gentian Farm pulled pork with a tablespoon of Montgomery Inn BBQ sauce
1/2 cup of organic corn with a little organic butter
1 1/2 cups leftover cabbage, potatoes, and carrots (mostly cabbage)
Snack: A handful of blue corn chips with a sprinkling of cheddar and some Bacos with a dollop of fat free sour cream.
November 11th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Wed Breakfast: Whole wheat english muffin, organic egg, butter
apple-pear smoothie
lunch: carrots, celery, grape tomatoes, grapes, walnuts, almonds, Trader Joe’s dark chocolate peanut cluster
snack: homemade popcorn
homemade chocolate chip cookie
dinner: pork tenderloin medallions in mustard cream sauce, steamed asparagus, mushroom risotto, apple tart
black tea
lots of water
November 11th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Bill
just a suggestion, but I use fat free plain yogurt instead of sour cream in cooking and such. I feel like it tastes more like sour cream than the fat free stuff, which to me tastes weirdly sweet.
November 11th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
robin, thanks for the tip. The reason I have the fat free sour cream in the first place was due to using it for some dried dip mix we have that specifically calls for sour cream. It’s been in the fridge for a while and I figured it was time to use it up before it went bad.
November 11th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Wednesday:
Breakfast: Strawberry, banana, spinach, yogurt, flaxseed smoothie
Mid-morning snack: a few strawberries and blueberries and a piece of orange cranberry bread, orange juice (provided for a meeting – I don’t usually have this all lying around)
Lunch: 1/4 of a chicken, black bean, red and jalapeno pepper quesadilla
Afternoon snack: 2 pieces whole wheat toast with peanut butter
Dinner: Lasagna
Dessert: Whatever cookie Ben brings me home from Target
November 11th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Lacking sleep. Lots of work deadlines. Crappy eating on the run. I’m really struggling with the discipline this week.
Breakfast:
Carnation Instant Breakfast in 1% milk (out of soy milk…reaffirmed how much I hate regular milk)
16 oz. coffee (CSA)
Lunch:
Brianno’s Italian beef sandwich
Diet Coke
One A Day Multivitamin
Afternoon snack:
One Lindor Truffle
Diet Coke (I had already forgotton the one I had at lunch…ouch).
Dinner (Pot luck at mother-in-law’s):
Squash soup (squash from CSA)
Beef/vegetable soup (scratch made by mother-in-law…about 1/2 fresh organic, 1/2 canned vegetables. Beef was lean sirloin.)
Few pieces of run-of-the-mill cheese
One cookie
Again, lots of water. Only got 25-minute workout in.
November 11th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Ok today (Wednesday):
Breakfast: Honey Nut Cheerios with milk, two cups of green tea with Jasmine
Lunch: Ate out at Teresa’s in Lakeville – had the Seafood Alambre (tilapia, scallops and shrimp with fried onions and peppers piled on top of flour tortillas and covered with melty cheese)
Dinner: Made crostinis with the No-Knead bread topped with Shephard’s Way Hidden Stream cheese and the leftover Atka mackeral. Had a side of homemade cinnamon apple sauce.
November 12th, 2009 at 7:49 am
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November 12th, 2009 at 8:39 am
11/11,
slice of cornbread between md’s appointments.
hamburger at suzies for lunch. (i’ll go back).
finish making my beef burgundy, it’s in the oven now, 11/12 for 9 hrs.
din din, the rest of the fish chowder, a few slices of left over flank steak and some ‘taters. couple of chunks of milk chocolate with a handful of lorna dunes!
bb
November 12th, 2009 at 8:44 am
Tuesday PM:
1/2 Chicken breast w/garden medley rice
Wednesday AM:
A few handfuls of Smart Start cereal, 1 glass OJ
Wednesday Noon:
Ham sandwich on wheat with cheddar cheese, a bunch of Gardettos snack mix, 1 cup vanilla pudding and a banana w/1 can Coke
Wednesday PM:
Chicken w/Green Giant pasta & vegetable mix, 6 homemade M&M cookies and milk to wash it down
Thursday AM:
A few handfuls of Smart Start cereal, 1 glass OJ
The sad trend is that most every breakfast and lunch are the same.
November 12th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Thursday breakfast:
3/4 cup of Cascadian Farm’s Honey Nut O’s
3/4 of some sort of red apple leftover from my wife’s shower
Thursday lunch:
Mixed green salad with 1/4 apple, cukes, Bacos, some shredded cheddar (leftovers again) and light Catalina dressing
Leftover cabbage from the brisket crock thing. Almost done!
Thursday dinner:
Mixed green salad (veggies to be determined) with Bacos, cheddar, and some sort of unhealthy dressing
Roasted local/organic carrots, red potatoes and brussel sprouts (olive oil, salt and pepper)
Turkey kielbasa
November 12th, 2009 at 11:44 am
today (Thurs)
Breakfast: cup coffee, bowl of fresh mixed fruit
Lunch: still more thai soup
Dinner: fish stew (veggies, pan fish from some lake up north, tomato and lemon juice stock), bagged salad and fresh baked bread
dessert — likely some of Bill’s oatmeal bread if it turns out ok. Waiting to see.
November 12th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Wednesday:
breakfast: strawberry, banana, yogurt, spinach, flaxseed smoothie
lunch: 1/4 of a quesadilla (chicken, black beans, red peppers, jalepenos, cheese)
dinner: piece of leftover lasagna
about 2 quarts of water throughout the day
November 12th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
forgot to mention a cup of coffee on mon, tues, and wed as well
November 12th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Thursday:
Breakfast: banana, strawberry, yogurt, spinach, flaxseed smoothie
Mid-morning: Maple Brown Sugar Oatmeal
Lunch: Amy’s frozen burrito
Snack at a meeting: handful cheese popcorn, handful chex mix
Dinner: Rotisserie chicken from Whole Foods, roasted parsnips and carrots from the CSA, dinner roll
Dessert: peanut butter cookie(s)
and thus completes my 4 days
November 13th, 2009 at 7:29 am
@Robin – the super easy Mushroom Frittata I made is a Cooking Light Recipe http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1924724
Wednesday’s meals played out as planned.
Thursday:
Breakfast – Baby Bella frittata, coffee
Lunch – Honeycrisp apple, Eichten’s Garlic cheese, Love Tree Farm cheese, baguette
Dinner – Buster’s on 28th chili, Benton Harbor blue cheese, Prairie Delight cheddar cheese, Cypress Grove goat cheese, bread from A Baker’s Wife, beer…many good beers
Friday:
Breakfast – final quarter of Baby Bella frittata, coffee, Honeycrisp apple
Lunch – likely leftover pinto bean chili
Dinner – likely something not so good for me (eating out), beer
November 13th, 2009 at 8:43 am
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November 13th, 2009 at 8:45 am
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November 13th, 2009 at 8:50 am
Breakfast:
1/2 cup of honey nut o’s cereal from Cascadian Farms with a splash of 1% organic milk
Handful of pretzels (the downside of working from home are the snacks!)
Hot sauce
Lunch:
leftover kielbasa and roasted veggies
Dinner:
Company party. Dunno.
November 13th, 2009 at 8:59 am
breakfast – cup of coffee, banana, bite of toddler’s toasted oatmeal bread (thanks Bill!) with nutella.
lunch – bagged salad, green olives, blue cheese, anchovies and lemon juice as dressing. Would hit the soups again to finally try and get through one of them, but the salad is two days from expiration and I have 2 bags left, so throwing myself on the grenade today
dinner – probably salad again, and a frozen pizza. We usually do one frozen pizza night a week. But if I have time maybe I’ll cook something. This white bean curry and potato soup looked yummy, but I don’t think yet another soup in my fridge is wise.
http://vegetarianperspective.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/curried-white-bean-and-potato-soup/
November 13th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Rest of Wednesday:
Lunch: Took Mom to Rudy’s Red Eye in Rosemount. I had their tuna salad in a popover with cole slaw and Diet Coke. I have a horrible cold or something and can’t taste much. No idea if it was good or bad.
I did not eat dinner as I was stuffed from lunch.
Thursday:
Breakfast; Lean Cuisine Asian Pot Stickers again as I was on a deadline. (I work from home)
Lunch: Salad of mixed greens, tuna, green olives, tomatoes, carrots, broccoli, feta and hard boiled egg with Cosetta’s dressing (Yummy, right Bill?).
Dinner: Ice arena hot dog kicking off the hockey season (Von Hanson’s – the best). Popcorn and Diet Coke.
Lots of water though.
Friday:
Breakfast: Apple with Laughing Cow cheese. 2 Diet Cokes with lime.
Lunch: I am thinking Chipotle since my son came home for the weekend.
Dinner: ???? Probably something really bad for me and beer.
November 13th, 2009 at 10:01 am
11/12. chicken sandwich for brunch.
supper, finished my beef burgundy and had it over noodles.
gonna make more cornbread this pm!
bb
November 13th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Thursday:
breakfast: strawberry, banana, yogurt, spinach, flaxseed smoothie, 2 cups of coffee
lunch: leftover lasagna
dinner: rotisserie chicken breast, roasted carrots and parsnips, dinner roll
about 2 quarts of water throughout the day
November 13th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Thursday
Breakfast: wh wh eng muffin with organic egg
apple, pear, mango smoothie
Lunch: Leftover mustard cream pork, carrots, celery, grapes, walnuts
Snack: homemade popcorn
Dinner: organic hot dog baked in homemade puff pastry
turnip gratin
baby greens with sunflower seeds, mustard-balsamic-walnut vinaigrette
November 13th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Oh, every day always:
Vitamins
Plain Black Tea
Lots of Water
November 13th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
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November 13th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
I have to modify today’s lunch to two slices of pizza at Ramy’s and 6 chicken wings. Neither were very good and I’m kicking myself for craving them and then walking there and back to get them :(
Once you post it all, I’ll work this weekend to condense all the finalists into a single readable format for a vote next week!
November 13th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Thursday Noon:
Ham sandwich on wheat with cheddar cheese, a bunch of Gardettos snack mix, 1 cup vanilla pudding and a banana w/1 can Coke
Thursday PM
2/3 Freschetta fire baked pizza
Friday AM:
A few handfuls of Smart Start cereal, 1 glass OJ
Friday Noon:
Ham sandwich on wheat with cheddar cheese, a bunch of Gardettos snack mix, 1 cup vanilla pudding and a banana w/1 can Coke
Friday PM:
I’m thinking Lion’s Tap – if so I’ll be having the double burger with bacon, a side of fries and a couple of glasses of Mountain Dew.
Even with eating the way I do and only exercising about 40 minutes/week consistently I’ve stayed the same weight since I was 22.
November 13th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
need to modify my frozen pizza to homemade pizza with lowfat mozz, pasta sauce, sausage and artichoke hearts, since I am very susceptible to guilt.
thank you.
jerks.
November 13th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Friday:
Breakfast: Homemade croissant
Apple, Pear, Mango Smoothie
Lunch: Curried Veggie Soup
Snack: Homemade popcorn
Homemade chocolate chip cookie
Dinner: T-Bone Steak
Garlic Twice-Baked Potato
Roasted Broccoli & Onions w/Red Pepper Flakes
La Brea Sunflower Seed Bread w/Grass Butter
Red Wine
Black Tea
Vitamins
Lots of Water
November 13th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Friday dinner (worst fucking catered meal ever):
2 $6 Fat Tire beers
2 $6 Summits
3/4 of a flask of Bacardi rum
Some sort of miserable coleslaw
Some sort of more miserable chicken salad
A piece of horrendous white bread and later a TERRIBLE piece of olive bread (on accident)
Two pieces of shitty tilapia with vegetables
Two pieces of shitty stuffed pork tenderloin that should have been called tougherloin
A serving spoon sized portion of potatoes that were at least edible
When I got home, a plate of nachos to counteract the booze :)
November 13th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Oh yeah, Wolfgang Puck’s catering at The Walker sucks, bad.
November 13th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Thursday-
Wheatabix and greek yogurt for bfast.
Turkey burger at the local for lunch
almond snack
salmon bites appetizer for dinner.
Friday
English Muffin and peanut butter (natural), banana and Greek yogurt for bfast.
Pot belly deli sandwich for lunch- turkey w/no mayo
Couple slices of toast for dinner. No time to sit down.
Skinny cow sandwich and some dried fruit and kiwi’s for snack.
November 16th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Last time on this-
Saturday was English muffin, whole wheat, nat peanut better and a banana for breakfast. Lunch was at a retreat center- bonless/skinless chicken breast with some weird sauce. Rice and a roll.
Dinner was a bread pizza- piece of french bread with cheese and sauce. Salad.
Sunday breakfast was greek yougurt I brought and a special K bar.
Lunch was spinach salad with straberries and cuc’s. Dinner rotissirie chicken from Valley Foods and a greenbeans in garlic.
That’s my week!
November 17th, 2009 at 8:57 am
I promise to have this going tonight. Sorry for the delay. Life has been busy.
November 18th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
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