Lovely yeast-control-approved lunch

[cjsmith]

Slices carved from roast turkey (not cold cuts)
Black beans with shredded cheeeeese on top*
Chilled asparagus and almond "salad" with some fresh-ground pepper

I managed to get this at the cafeteria in our building. Yay me! I think it involved every permissible food they had in the whole place except the mushrooms.

I am trying very hard not to think about the group that went out for dosas today. For months I'd tried to get people interested in going for dosas, and now, on day 2 of my being unable to eat pretty much anything South Indian, they all go. Grump. But I'm not thinking of that; I'm eating my yummy asparagus. Right? Right.

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*Most beans are on the "eat in moderation" list

Comments

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

my breakfast every day is eggs cooked like an omelet, cut up, and eaten out of dish while driving to work. i'll add bacon or sausage for variety. Penzeys Mural of Flavor or Sunny Paris make nice seasonings for eggs.

lunch is usually Green Veg (salad, green beans, or broccoli& cauliflower) and Protein (baked/fried chicken breast, meatballs, roast beef, etc). Salad dressing is oil (flax or olive) and vinegar with Penzeys Mural of Flavor or Sandwich Sprinkle thrown in.

dinner is more of the same - green veg and protein. i've done a few stir-fries with good results, and pan-frying chicken breasts in bacon grease was sinfully good.

i'll try to start posting more recipes and ideas. i linked to a poached egg-topped asparagus recipe a while back - would you eat something like that?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Do you cook the omelet every morning? I get up early, but I don't know if I want to get up earlier!

Thanks for the seasoning suggestions, both for eggs and for oil and vinegar! Maybe this is the thing that makes me a rather poor cook: I honestly have no clue what to do with seasonings.

I was going to do a nice bell pepper and steak strips stir fry tonight, but I got invited out to Hobee's. (I should post the menu I printed out. All over it there are cross-out-lines indicating that those options are illegal. On the non-breakfast side, there are exactly seven things I can eat, all of which would require asking for special modifications. It's impressive.) I still have the bell peppers (all three colors) and the steak.

Yes, I'd definitely eat that egg and asparagus thing, although without the bread crumbs. Mmm!

I too will post recipes and ideas as I find them. You are ahead of me on that path (plus you are probably not an awful cook like me) but if I find something scrumptious I will definitely share!

[hopeforyou.livejournal.com]

Now you might have some clue why I've taken to cooking more and eating out less, other than my budget...

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Now if only I could cook. :-( (And if only I had fewer OTHER demands on my time.)

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

yeah, i cook the eggs fresh every morning. i've got a pretty good routine down of cooking eggs, taking meds, packing lunch, putting on shoes&socks, gathering stuff and getting out the door. all w/o any caffeine on board! ;-)

Jimmy Dean makes a frozen omelet that you nuke - i've had the cheese one and it was pretty good, although not "car food" since it was oozy with cheese. check the "breakfast" section of your grocery's freezer, and i bet you'll find one or two things that might work. far too many are sandwiches or contain potatoes. i keep meaning to try my own pre-cooked eggs, but it just hasn't happened yet. perhaps this weekend?

the link i posted yesterday in comments has some recipes, including one for indian-type chicken. it doesn't look hard, but calls for a lot of spices that i'd probably have to acquire.

Eating out is hard if you have ANY sort of dietary restrictions. i wish more places would get a clue. i'm doing lunch out tomorrow with the girls, and i'm excited to eat at this place as a meat-eater, even if it means discarding buns or something. and we're grilling out tomorrow night. YUM.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I will see if I can freeze some scrambled eggs or an omelet this weekend, too, and see if I can stand it. Carting a frozen omelet in to work and nuking it there would be very convenient.

You're so right about the "breakfast" stuff. We Americans are crazy for our high-glycemic carbs, particularly at breakfast! A Japanese breakfast with fish and a raw egg is starting to look attractive (and I can't eat fish)! :-)

Eating out isn't too bad if you need to avoid something that some folks don't like. I usually have no problem avoiding fish and seafood. I have also been able to avoid simple things I dislike, such as mushrooms. Being vegetarian is a lot more difficult, though... being no-wheat is a total nightmare... and being yeast-control is way worse than no-wheat.

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

how do you feel about dinner for breakfast? if you're nuking at work, it could be anything, really. before giving up the carbs, i was doing popcorn chicken in the car on the way to work.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Dinner for breakfast works fine too. Eggs are just so convenient, y'know? Individually wrapped little food packets. I want to hard-boil some this weekend.