🎨 PAINTING PROGRESS STAGE 2 – Extreme Highlights When I got back from Kroger and started dinner, I worked on the last 3 figures from the Zombies Box Set. I will finish them up tomorrow…
♨️ Steak COOKED IN @ninjakitchen Foodi Air Fryer Oven Preheated – Middle Rack 450° for 12min – (medium)
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🌀 INSTANT POT ARTICHOKE Cooked in @mychefiq 6Q Smart Cooker Trim artichoke stem (and petal tips if needed). Cut off the top inch or so of the artichoke and rinse to remove any dirt between the petals.
Place Artichoke on trivet or in steamer basket face up, squeeze juice of 1 lemon into the crevices (*optional), add lemon halves to pot with 1 cup water.
🌀 INSTANT POT WHOLE SQUASH Cooked in @mychefiq Smart Pressure Cooker
1c water in inner pot + trivet Puncture squash all around High Pressure + Natural Release (I like it to still be firm so I use the lesser times) >1lb = 4-5min 1lb = 8-10min 2lb = 15-20min 3lb = 22-25min 4lb = 28-32min
It will be 🔥 SUPER HOT 🔥 when it comes out… Use a towel or mitts and cut open to cool. Once cool enough to handle, scoop out the seeds with a spoon and enjoy.
* Delicata, Honeynut, Red Kuri and Sweet Dumpling Squash can be enjoyed skin on.
* Small / young Butternut or Kabocha Squash skin can be eaten but may be tougher.
* Large Squash especially including thick skin varieties like Acorn and Spaghetti Squash are not intended to eat the skins.
▪️ Steamed Edamame ▪️ Kinders Salt, Pepper & Garlic Blend ▪️ Pickled Vegetable Bao Bun 🆕 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
* One of the nicest frozen Bao buns I’ve had… ⭐
🌀 COOKED IN @mychefiq 6Q Smart Pressure Cooker Cook 8min on STEAM 1c water + trivet Steamer Basket + parchment steamer sheet
🧮 CALORIES – 594 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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🦐 SURF & TURF – BLUE TIGER SHRIMP & STEAK ▪️ Blue Tiger Shrimp ▪️ Lemon Pepper Seasoning ▪️ Top Round Steak ▪️ Tajin Chili Lime Seasoning ▪️ Worchestershire Sauce ▪️ Artichoke ▪️ Garlic, Parmesan & Basil Butter
♨️ COOKED IN @ninjakitchen Foodi Air Fryer Oven Preheated – Middle Rack 400° for 5min – flip – add 5min
🌀 INSTANT POT ARTICHOKE Cooked in @mychefiq 6Q Smart Cooker Trim artichoke stem (and petal tips if needed). Cut off the top inch or so of the artichoke and rinse to remove any dirt between the petals.
Place Artichoke on trivet or in steamer basket face up, squeeze juice of 1 lemon into the crevices (*optional), add lemon halves to pot with 1 cup water.
🐷 PORK CHOP & VEGGIES ▪️ Bone-In Pork Chop ▪️ Carrot ▪️ Creamed Corn ▪️ German Pickled Red Slaw ▪️ Artichoke ▪️ Lemon Herb Butter ▪️ Tajin Chili Lime Seasoning
♨️ PORK COOKED IN @ninjakitchen Foodi Smart XL Air Fryer Oven Preheated – Middle Rack 400° for 11min
🌀 INSTANT POT ARTICHOKE Cooked in @mychefiq 6Q Smart Cooker https://amzn.to/3SmyCe4 Trim artichoke stem (and petal tips if needed). Cut off the top inch or so of the artichoke and rinse to remove any dirt between the petals.
Place Artichoke on trivet or in steamer basket face up, squeeze juice of 1 lemon into the crevices (*optional), add lemon halves to pot with 1 cup water.
I did too much yesterday and had to reel it in today…
🐔 CHICKEN SALAD ▪️ Chicken Breast ▪️ Green Seedless Grapes ▪️ Pomegranate Arils ▪️ Sliced Almonds ▪️ Green Onion ▪️ Greek Yogurt ▪️ Lemon Juice ▪️ Whole Grain Dijon Mustard ▪️ Little Gem Romaine Hearts ▪️ Multigrain Bread
🧮 CALORIES – 369 ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
👩🏻🍳 COOKING FOR SANDY DAY 3 days a week, I cook meals for a neighbor who had a stroke last year and has limited mobility.
We are going to wait until next week to get together, so I decided to start some batch cooking this week and put her together easy lunches, some freezer meals, some muffins and a big salad she can have as she likes.
🌀 COOKED IN @mychefiq 6Q Smart Pressure Cooker Stage 1 – First 4 ingredients Cook 8min on High Pressure + Natural Release Stage 2 – Add Gnocchi and cornstarch slurry Cook 2min on High Pressure + Quick Release Let cool some before adding Half n Half
🧮 CALORIES – 323 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Seriously THE BEST Chicken & Dumplings I have made – the Gnocchi was a perfect substitute, tender but not mushy, the flavor is absolutely spot on and it ended up making 6 generous servings!
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🥘 KOREAN BBQ BEEF ▪️ Korean BBQ Beef Kit (incl Rice) ▪️ Top Round ▪️ Mini Bell Peppers ▪️ Green Onions ▪️ Sesame Seeds
DAILY MEAL HIGHLIGHTS 🌞 Good morning 🌞 gentle friends! Let’s get this day started…
🎯 DAILY CALORIE TARGET – 1500 🧮 ACTUAL CALORIES CONSUMED – 1508 🌟 ** I generally eat 2 meals a day – brunch/dinner – so my calories per meal will be larger **
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🍜 MUSHROOM LUO SI RICE NOODLE BOWL & CHICKEN SANDWICH ▪️ Mushroom Noodle Kit (½ package) Rice Noodles, Soup Base, Vinegar, Pickled Bamboo Shoots, Pickled Green Beans and Peppers, Chili Mushrooms, Tofu Sticks, Peanuts (also comes with Fried Tofi Skins and Chili Oil but I didn’t use either – calories are adjusted accordingly) ▪️ Crab Flavored Tofu Square ▪️ Kimchi Toasted Seaweed Sheets
DAILY MEAL HIGHLIGHTS 🌞 Good morning 🌞 gentle friends! Let’s get this day started…
🎯 DAILY CALORIE TARGET – 1500 🧮 ACTUAL CALORIES CONSUMED – 1503 🌟 ** I generally eat 2 meals a day – brunch/dinner – so my calories per meal will be larger **
♨️ COOKED IN @ninjakitchen Foodi Smart XL Air Fryer Oven Preheated – Middle Rack 400° for 8min
INSTANT POT ARTICHOKE 🌀 Cooked in @mychefiq 6Q Smart Cooker Trim artichoke stem (and petal tips if needed). Cut off the top inch or so of the artichoke and rinse to remove any dirt between the petals.
Place Artichoke on trivet or in steamer basket face up, squeeze juice of 1 lemon into the crevices (*optional), add lemon halves to pot with 1 cup water.
DAILY MEAL HIGHLIGHTS 🌞 Good morning 🌞 gentle friends! Let’s get this day started…
🎯 DAILY CALORIE TARGET – 1500 🧮 ACTUAL CALORIES CONSUMED – 1498 🌟 ** I generally eat 2 meals a day – brunch/dinner – so my calories per meal will be larger **
It is hot and I’m hurting so I tried the last frozen bowl I bought on sale at Kroger. Nope, nope, nope… Not for me… Texturally it was fine but the sauce was a hard pass. I enjoyed the other 2 chicken bowls but I’ll stick with making my own Beef and Broccoli.
🥣 CHILI MAC BOWL ▪️ Chili w Beans ▪️ Chickpea Casarecce ▪️ Greek Yogurt ▪️ Red/Green Onion
😋😋😋 3/5 🧮 CALORIES – 869
Ooops – I overtracked the yogurt at its original entry – that should be 3tbsp 😁
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👅 RANDOM EXTRAS ▪️ Sourdough English Muffin ▪️ Whipped Cream Cheese ▪️ Green Tomato ▪️ Homemade Everything Seasoning
🥯 HOMEMADE EVERYTHING BAGEL SEASONING You can adjust as you like to suit your tastes. If you want a sodium free version, leave out the salt. I buy the ingredients from my international market or bulk bins and can make 2 huge containers for far less than one bottle of Trader Joe’s or similar. ▪️ Black Sesame Seeds ▪️ White Sesame Seeds ▪️ Poppyseed ▪️ Minced Dried Garlic ▪️ Minced Dried Onion ▪️ Kosher, Pink Himalayan or Coarse Sea Salt
DAILY MEAL HIGHLIGHTS 🌞 Good morning 🌞 gentle friends! Let’s get this day started…
🎯 DAILY CALORIE TARGET – 1500 🧮 ACTUAL CALORIES CONSUMED – 1503 🌟 ** I generally eat 2 meals a day – brunch/dinner – so my calories per meal will be larger **
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🥪 SUBWAY BENISSIMO (VAULT EXCLUSIVE) SUB & SALAD ▪️ Subway 6″ Benissimo Sub Chicken, pepperoni, American cheese, spinach, tomato, onion, olive, cucumber, pickle, Ranch Dressing ▪️ Power Greens Salad Mix ▪️ Raspberries ▪️ Blackberries ▪️ Wasabi Peas ▪️ Dressing/feta cheese from Watermelon Crunch Kit
👎🏻 Sub – not nice – something was off maybe I think – I felt a little queasy after eating – threw the other part away
👍🏻 On the other hand – that Watermelon Vinaigrette dressing is the bomb 💣 @yourtaylorfarms
Chicken, pasta and veggies swimming in a creamy, cheesy sauce – what’s not to love! Surprisingly this is my first time making it though.
I used Konjac Noodles to keep the calorie and carb count down but any pasta will work. I also wanted more saucy goodness so I increased ratios to my own tastes… And had a side salad of course.
▪️ Chicken Breast ▪️ Konjac Spaghetti Noodles ▪️ Mushrooms ▪️ Green Peas ▪️ Garlic ▪️ Chicken Stock ▪️ White Wine ▪️ Cream of Mushroom Soup ▪️ Greek Yogurt ▪️ Italian Style Cheese Blend ▪️ Parmesan Cheese ▪️ Salt, Pepper and Garlic Blend
🥚 PERFECT SOFT BOILED EGGS In small saucepan, bring enough water to completely cover the eggs to a rolling boil. Reduce temperature to med and when the water is at a low simmer, gently add eggs. Avoid dropping them in the pot as they may crack.
Cook chicken eggs for 6 min (or duck eggs for 7 min) uncovered. I like to stir them every few minutes to prevent the yolk cooking more on one side.
If you prefer hard boiled (but not chalky super done yolks), increase time to 9min for chicken eggs and 11min for duck eggs.
Once cooked, drain out the boiling water and fill the pot with cold water. I personally don’t do an ice bath because I don’t want my eggs cold to eat.
Crack the eggs gently all the way around and put in the pot of cold water to allow water to get under the membrane. Leave eggs for 5 min, peel gently under running water and enjoy.
⚡ New product from Weee! – the Noodle texture was brilliant – especially for a 0 carb Noodle! The sauce was good but very similar to a standard Italian sauce which was sort of odd in an otherwise Asian bowl… 🤣 I am going to look to see if I can buy the noodles on their own…
🌀 COOKED IN @mychefiq 6Q Smart Pressure Cooker Cook 60min on High Pressure + Natural Release
ROUGH COOKING GUIDE 20min per lb – thawed 30-35min per lb – frozen
I took out the vegetables when it finished but decided to cook the meat a bit longer while thickening the broth – results will vary on the cut used and your actual pot…
🗓️ DAILY TOTALS 🧮 CALORIES – 1365 of 1585 🥐 CARBS – 101g of 119g 🔵 WW PersonalPoints – 45 of 19 (earned +5 veggie pts)
🎯 2022 HEALTH GOALS 🍎 WHOLE FOOD REFOCUS 🧟♀️ NO FUNKY FOOD FRANKENCHEMICALS 🌏 6 MONTH NEW ZEALAND TRIP – MAY 2023
📊 Calorie Command with the Healthi app 🧮 Calorie Target: 1585 🥐 Carbohydrate Target: 119g (30% – Total, not Net Carbs) [Monitoring carbs for Insulin Resistance]
🔵 I am also tracking on WW PersonalPoints just to show you the difference – I get 19pts/day + 28 Weeklies but since I don’t eat sugar free or most fat free products (food additive intolerances), points based plans don’t usually work well for me. This will be an interesting experiment.
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Many thanks to @krogerco and @misfitsmarket for providing all my gorgeous produce.
Thank you for joining me today. Until tomorrow… In Love ♥ and Light 💫
🗓️ DAILY TOTALS 🧮 CALORIES – 1523 of 1585 🥐 CARBS – 123g of 119g 🔵 WW PersonalPoints – 33 of 19 (earned +2 veggie pts)
🎯 2022 HEALTH GOALS 🍎 WHOLE FOOD REFOCUS 🧟♀️ NO FUNKY FOOD FRANKENCHEMICALS 🌏 6 MONTH NEW ZEALAND TRIP – MAY 2023
📊 Calorie Command with the Healthi app 🧮 Calorie Target: 1585 🥐 Carbohydrate Target: 119g (30% – Total, not Net Carbs) [Monitoring carbs for Insulin Resistance]
🔵 I am also tracking on WW PersonalPoints just to show you the difference – I get 19pts/day + 28 Weeklies but since I don’t eat sugar free or most fat free products (food additive intolerances), points based plans don’t usually work well for me. This will be an interesting experiment.
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Many thanks to @krogerco and @misfitsmarket for providing all my gorgeous produce.
Thank you for joining me today. Until tomorrow… In Love ♥ and Light 💫
DAILY MEAL HIGHLIGHTS 🌞 Good morning 🌞 gentle friends! Let’s get this day started…
🎯 2022 HEALTH GOALS 🍎 WHOLE FOOD REFOCUS 🧟♀️ NO FUNKY FOOD FRANKENCHEMICALS 🌏 6 MONTH NEW ZEALAND TRIP – MAY 2023
📊 Calorie Command with the Healthi app 🧮 Calorie Target: 1447 🥐 Carbohydrate Target: 89g (25%) [Monitoring carbs for Insulin Resistance]
🔵 I am also tracking on WW PersonalPoints just to show you the difference – I would get 21pts/day but since I don’t eat sugar free or most fat free products (food additive intolerances), points based plans don’t usually work well for me. This will be an interesting experiment.
DAILY MEAL HIGHLIGHTS 🌞 Good morning 🌞 gentle friends! Let’s get this day started…
🎯 2022 HEALTH GOAL 🍎 WHOLE FOOD REFOCUS 🧟♀️ NO FUNKY FOOD FRANKENCHEMICALS 📊 Calorie Command with the Healthi app 🧮 Calorie Target: 1447 🥐 Carbohydrate Target: 90g (25%) [Monitoring carbs for Insulin Resistance]
🔵 I am also tracking on WW PersonalPoints just to show you the difference – I would get 22pts/day but since I don’t eat sugar free or most fat free products (food additive intolerances), points based plans don’t usually work well for me. This will be an interesting experiment.
DAILY MEAL HIGHLIGHTS 🌞 Good morning 🌞 gentle friends! Let’s get this day started…
I needed to run afternoon errands that had to be done by today and even though my drive is still snow and icy… We got ’em done.
It just means today was another one meal day… I didn’t feel up to much so leftover roast with a couple of slices of crunchy, crusty, seeded bread was perfect.
DAILY MEAL HIGHLIGHTS 🌞 Good morning 🌞 gentle friends! Let’s get this day started…
I host a Weekly Wellness Meeting on Sundays and I don’t eat before just in case something triggers a reaction… So Sundays are generally a one meal day.
DAILY MEAL HIGHLIGHTS 🌞 Good morning 🌞 gentle friends! Let’s get this day started…
Today I’m feeling much better than the last few days… Which is fantastic however we just got another winter storm advisory so I’m not sure it will last 😁 but let’s make the best of it while I am okay.
I bought some thin cut bottom round steak from Kroger on special because I wanted to do some Beef Jerky.
Not a fault of the recipe but of me completely… I have had the clams in the freezer for ages, I thawed them too quickly/impatiently, I didn’t cook off the wine first and I adjusted the recipe lazily…
I ate the clams, which looked beautiful, but the broth was not nice at all. I adjusted my tracking as I ate the veggies and clams out of it but didn’t eat the broth… Bleh! Again – not the recipes issue – totally on me…
▪️ Littleneck Clams ▪️ White Wine ▪️ Homemade Chicken Bone Broth ▪️ Garlic, Parmesan & Basil Butter ▪️ Lemon Juice ▪️ Garlic ▪️ Green Peas ▪️ Grape Tomatoes
From 🐳 Dumpy to 👑 Diva 