What's for Dinner, Fri., July 5, 2024

[NJCher]

Couscous salad with cherry tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, radishes, and feta cheese. Lots of herbs, such as basil, parsley, and chives.

Lemon juice and olive oil dressing.

Pink Lady apple kombucha.

For dessert: watermelon.

[Emile]

1. Cheeseburger and onion rings.

Bowl of strawberry ice cream for dessert.

Good Evening

[chowmama]

2. I'm roasting a large (4.5#) chicken

hoping that the meat will get us through a good percentage of the week ahead. Sandwiches, topping for salads, etc. I'd love to do a pot pie, but DH is still on his diet. No refined carbs allowed. I'd kill for a plate of pasta and a slice of pie right now.

I went through the garden and trimmed down the runaway thyme and cut back the basil that was beginning to flower. The chicken is smeared over and under the skin and in the cavity with thyme butter and the side dish is going to be sauteed string beans with pesto. Maybe some plain steamed broccoli, as well.

I have balls of thyme butter and a half pint jar of pesto for the freezer. Both of these are a slight diet cheat, but I overlook anything that's essentially a seasoning rather than a major ingredient.

[NJCher]

4. how about trying this pasta?

No refined carbs allowed. I'd kill for a plate of pasta and a slice of pie right now.

I have some chickpea pasta in my cupboard, but I haven't tried it yet. I understand it is not necessarily low carb, but it's a different kind of carb--the kind that burns slowly and where there is no blood sugar spike from the carbs. It is, after all, made from chickpeas, which is a legume.

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Although chickpea pasta may not have the same nutrient profile of the kind made with wheat, it offers plenty of health benefits of its own. With high protein and fiber, plus plenty of micronutrients, these unorthodox noodles are definitely a healthy stand-in for your favorite spaghetti, penne, or lasagna. Plus, many people find it cooks and tastes almost exactly like traditional pasta.
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source: https://www.verywellfit.com/chickpea-pasta-nutrition-facts-4774288

[chowmama]

6. I will try that, when the second phase of the diet begins

At that point, I can add starchier veggies like dried beans and carrots. I love chickpeas as hummus, or cooked whole.

I've already cheated, though, by using mung bean threads (cellophane noodles) in a stuffed pepper filling. I'm still working out the recipe, but it's basically a Vietnamese egg roll filling in a pepper case. It's pretty good now, but I'm still using too little veg in proportion to the meat. There's not much noodles, just enough to help the texture. And next time, I'm going to try some poblanos or anaheims instead of red bells. If they're smaller, it just means 2 per serving.

[Marthe48]

3. My daughter had a low country boil last night

I stopped by today and got a lot of leftovers: shrimp anjouli sausage, 3 kinds of baby potatoes, smoked tofu, and corn on the cob. Also smoker chicken. Yum!

I was supposed to get some g.f. lemon dessert but their new dog got up on the counter and 'got into it'. so humans were not served

[happybird]

5. Red Beans and Rice

With spicy sausage. Salad. Sweet tea.

[pansypoo53219]

7. baked chicked, steamed sugar snap peas buttered + steamed broccoli w/ browned butter.

[AKwannabe]

8. Lentils and cauliflower

Started with veggie broth. Added rinsed lentils and cooked about 20 minutes adding minced onion, garlic and cumin to the broth.

Once the lentils cooked 20 minutes I added the chopped cauliflower and put a lid on for another 15.

At the end added the curry powder and salt to taste. Got some naan this afternoon so had that to soak the broth up with.

This was delish, simple and cheap!
I used about 1 cup of lentils and 1/3 head cauliflower. Had two servings and have another for tomorrow.

MmmmmMmmmm