28/04/2011

Breakfast: Plain yogurt with almond granola
Snack: almond butter on rice crackers and strawberries
Lunch: black forest ham on corn bread with broccoli carrot soup
Dinner: Amy's rice pizza with sautéed vegetables

04/27/2011

Breakfast: Saugeen Country unhomogenised yogurt, wild blueberries and Mom's homemade granola
Snack: pear and cheese
Lunch: Bentinck Packers' Black Forest ham (no preservatives, no sugar and we even know whose pig it was!) on gluten-free bread and homemade broccoli carrot soup
Dinner: Pork stew made in Crock Pot with can of lentils, chopped onion and carrot and carton of Imagine's potato leek soup, steamed mixed veggies on side

26/04/2011

Breakfast: Peameal bacon and scrambled eggs
Snack: strawberries and grapes
Lunch: Linda's lovely BBQ chicken (made with BBQ Chicken spices from Gourmet du Village), green salad, Smart Ones bean soup
Dinner: Greek salad with roast chicken
Snack: Mom's date squares

23/04/2011

Breakfast: Rice bread toast with peanut butter and bananas
Snack: Active Greens Organic bar
Lunch: Tuna salad on cucumber slices and Amy's black bean salad
Dinner:  Burgers and rapini

22/04/2011

Breakfast: Corn flakes, soy milk, raisins
Snack: Fruit smoothie from Liquid Nutrition, with added unsweetened almond milk (no sugar)
Lunch: Pate on rice crackers and Habitant Pea soup with chopped steamed broccoli stirred in
Dinner: Splendid lamb curry at local pub, with grilled green and yellow beans a-plenty and spicy tomato cabbage soup for a starter

21/04/2011

Breakfast: Plain yogurt with homemade granola
Snack: Smoothie with cantaloupe, banana, strawberries and orange juice
Lunch: leftover pasta from last night
Dinner: Brown rice sushi!! and steamed broccoli

20/04/2011

Breakfast: Oatmeal with almonds, raisins, cardamom, soy milk and a small drizzle of honey
Lunch: Brie and old cheddar grilled cheese sandwich (1 piece of rice bread) and 2 heaping bowls of leek-pea soup (recipe link given yesterday)
Snack: Smart Food popcorn!!
Dinner: Beef Bolognese pasta sauce with Tinkyada brown rice spaghetti, steamed veggies (peas, carrots, cauliflower)

19/04/2011

Breakfast: Strawberry yogurt (plain yogurt with sugar-free jam from "le fruit") and homemade granola
Snack: fresh raspberries and homemade cookies
Lunch: Duck pate on seed crackers and tarragon leek-pea soup <--- love this soup it's so easy and good.
Dinner: Free range beef meatballs, French green beans, garlic toast on rice bread

18/04/2011

Spring is off to a slow start this year. I need a warm start to my day to combat the cold and wet outside
Breakfast: Nature's Path Fruit-juice sweetened Corn flakes with raisins, chopped banana, spoonful of homemade granola and warm soya milk from Silk, and Nespresso coffee of course!
Lunch: Salmon salad and cream cheese on rice crackers and Amy's lentil vegetable soup
Snack: Homemade oatmeal raisin cookies and winter melon
Dinner: Nachos with chopped chicken, olives, cheese, peppers and tomatoes, with side of avocado salad

17/04/2011

Breakfast: IKEA's $1 special: scrambled eggs (I believe they were eggs but may have been warmed-up pillow stuffing), diced potatoes and sausages which weren't eaten, side of bacon side of fresh fruit
Snack: Grapes and almond butter on banana
Lunch: Salmon salad on slice of rice toast, kale-cauliflower soup
Dinner: Baked chicken in a honey-mustard marinade with asparagus and brie cheese

I'm a Baked Goods Addict

Take a look at this fabulous thing. This is my addiction. The bakery down the street makes huge trayfuls of this bar daily. And sells them in huge portions. I don't even know what it's called. Caramel chocolate nut bar?

I am drawn to this baked goodie like a moth to a flame. And when it's in the house it's all I can think of. I'm going to try and make something like this one day, with almond flour, and other substitutes. It won't hold a candle to this baby though.

For someone like me who has problems digesting flour and sugar, this is the face of evil. But what a gorgeous delicious face it is...

UPDATE: I bought this bar on Saturday and ate it slowly and with passion! It is the last time I will ever eat it. In the next 6 months I will try to recreate its loveliness in a gluten-free version, perhaps with an almond flour crust, sweetener-free carob chips, coconut, walnuts and of course, honey. Not sure how I'll make the caramel however.

16/04/2011

Breakfast: Oatmeal with soy milk, raisins and almonds
Snack: Blackberries
Lunch: Smoked salmon and cream cheese on rice bread, green salad
Dinner: Brochettes (chicken and peppers in greek marinade, beef and tomatoes with tamari and olive oil marinade) and salad, brie and rice crackers

14/04/2011

Breakfast: Strawberry yogurt (plain yogurt and 1 tsp sugar-free strawberry jam) with granola
Lunch: Smoked salmon and cream cheese on red rice bread, kale and cauliflower soup
Snack: Terra Chips and berry smoothie
Dinner: Oven baked salmon with dijon-mayonnaise marinade, orange cauliflower

Toxic Sugar

Got 15 minutes? Read Gary Taubes' most recent article for the NYTimes features in this Sunday's Magazine. It will take you point by point through all the reasons you should be eradicating sugar from your diet. Right now.

Read it: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17Sugar-t.html

13/04/2011

Breakfast: Homemade "Banana nut crunch" cereal with soy milk (I had Nature's Path corn flakes with slices of banana and topped with 1 heaping tablespoon of my own crunchy granola)
Snack: Active Greens bar
Lunch: Jugo juice veggie drink prosciutto on rice bread
Dinner: Greek food from Kojax; their pork kebab has no flour as I found from their very informative website

12/04/2011

Breakfast: Plain yogurt, half a chopped banana, granola
Snack: Fibre bar and fresh pineapple
Lunch: Leftover lamb and homemade butternut squash soup
Dinner: Bacon-wrapped chicken, lentil stew and kale

11/04/11

Breakfast: Plain yogurt with raspberries, rice toast with almond butter and banana
Lunch: McDonald's green salad (with Renee's sugar-free gluten-free dressing!!) with leftover salmon
Snack: Fibre bars and fresh pineapple
Dinner: Roast lamb with rosemary and garlic, roasted potatoes and green salad

10/04/2011

Breakfast: French toast with raspberries and bacon
Snack: fresh organic pineapple
Lunch: Chicken salad with Greek salad side
Dinner: Baked salmon with brown rice and rapini

Ingredient Mystery!

Back in the days when great-great-grandma baked a cake from scratch, it was easy to know what the ingredients were. She had them all in her cupboard. She likely would have made some of them herself: grown and milled the wheat, milked the cow, churned the butter, etc. Now that we buy most of the foods we eat each day from a store, and these foods have been made in large factories with ingredients coming from many other manufacturers, it's a different story altogether.

I really want to recommend the above chips to you. They are SO delicious. But they contain ingredients such as "tomato powder" which are a flavouring, and labelling laws do not require the company who made them to declare what's in those flavours, nor to display them on the package.

The helpful people at President's Choice are investigating for me. They have assured me there is no sugar hiding in those chips. I'm having a hard time believing them as they are so tasty. But I must take their word. We're going to find out soon if they contain any starches which create digestive issues for Celiacs, and I will update here as soon as I know. Fingers crossed!

08/04/2011

Breakfast: Plain cow's milk yogurt (no more goat for me ever) with granola, strawberries
Snack: Peanut butter and bananas on rice bread toast
Lunch: Boiled egg spinach salad and roast chicken leg
Dinner: Roast chicken with broccoli side

06/04/2011

Breakfast: goat yogurt and granola, then trip to bathroom to regurgitate. Kudostonthose of you who can stomach goat yogurt, and Liberté makes one which doesn't smell like goats, but it still tastes - to me - like I'm sucking on a goat's grimy ear. Just. Can't. Do it.
Snack: greens bar
Lunch: leftover "Shake n Bake" chicken and green salad with chopped egg
Dinner: Mac n cheese for the kiddies and an Angus Beef patty for me with soy cheese, mustard and steamed veggies

05/04/2011

Breakfast: Corn flakes, soy milk with chopped banana
Snack: raspberries
Lunch: last night's pasta meal plus a green smoothies
Dinner: "Shake n Bake" chicken: roll chicken breast in olive oil then shake in a baggie containing almond flour, rice flour, garlic and onion powder and pinch of sage. Also, side of asparagus

04/04/2011

Breakfast: Nature's Path corn flakes (fruit juice sweetened) with soy milk, raspberries
Snack: fibre bars, greens drink
Lunch: Salmon salad on oatcakes, green salad
Dinner: rice pasta with tomato meat sauce and Greek salad

Fabulous Fibre Bars

When you can't have sweets, life can be rather dull. These bars are often mistaken for brownies. They are very delicious. They're not something you'd want to eat a lot of if you're looking to lose weight: with honey and dates in them they are still fairly carb-rich. But if you're looking for a dessert to keep in the house that will make your tummy happy, these are IT.

Fibre Bars

3/4 cup ground flax seeds

1/3 cup tahini (sesame butter)

1/3 cup almond butter

1/3 cup mushy dates

1/3 cup protein powder

1/2 cup Cocoa powder

1/4 cup honey

 2 1/2 Tbsp. extra-virgin coconut oil (you can use butter if you cannot find this)

 1 Tsp. vanilla extract.

Blend wet ingredients together first. Ensure all ingredients are at room temperature or coconut oil will get stiff and become difficult to blend. Then add protein powder, fibre, and cocoa last.  Press into a greased 9” x 9” pan and refrigerate, covered. After an hour, slice into squares and store in Tupperware. Will last two weeks in fridge.

02/04/2011

Breakfast: Peanut butter on oatcake and rice bread, fruit salad
Lunch: Tuna salad on rice cakes green salad
Snack: Mandarin orange
Dinner: Roast chicken, lentil soup

01/04/2011

Breakfast: Almond muffin with fresh raspberries
Lunch: Salmon salad, Amy's lentil vegetable soup
Snack: Terra veggie chips, in particular the Sweets & Beets
Dinner: Baked salmon with honey Dijon sauce, brown rice, asparagus