Watch this journal for pictures that make me happy from my everyday life, proof of my commitment to a healthier and happier life, plus pictures and links to recipes that are food-allergy safe.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Snack I should have SKIPPED

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I was cleaning the fridge and saw these and thought OOOH I THOUGHT I FINISHED ALL THAT.

What an AWFUL REASON TO HAVE A SNACK.

Anyway it is allergen-free pepperoni and sticks of marbled cheese.

Dinner = Yum and BAD FOR YOU

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There were actually two pickles...

These are organic pickles, if you wanted to know. I actually ate two of them. I brought in three, and offered them around, and this guy who I don't know took one and then held it up as though we were toasting, so I didn't want to be a total goober and be like "wait, wait I need to take a picture of it first", but as you can see, I totally snapped a shot as soon as he left.

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Meh Salad

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Huge snack!

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Rice Cakes and Cream Cheese and Extra-Frothy Coffee

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The coffee is not nearly as creamy as it looks!

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Beef and Rice and Gorgonzola

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The beef wasn't very good. My idea to cook it in the crock pot with it's marinade was a bad, bad idea and will not be tried again. After knowing how good those tips grill up, I will never cook them another way again! The jasmine rice was delicious, though. The gorgonzola paste I have eaten so much the thought of it is making me sick to my stomach. Thank goodness I am done with it! There was leftover beef which I will probably have for lunch, only because I have very very little food left until I can grocery shop on payday.

Afternoon Snack

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Today I really tried to take the advice given to me that I should drink a lot of water when I am hungry. Well, this afternoon I downed 2/3 of a 1.5L bottle of water, and I was still starving by 3:30pm. My lunch, which I ate at about 1:00pm, was pretty big, so I don't know what my deal is.

Leftovers, again!

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Pototoes and Carrots from last night, my cranberry-gorgonzola "paste" from the other night, and leftover steak from Wednesday night. It was the only meat I have that isn't frozen! I'll be dining on steak again tonight.

Applesauce and Fig

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Rice Cakes and Cream Cheese

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If anyone is wondering, the cream cheese is organic and seems to be allergen free, unlike the Philadelphia and Temptee brands at the grocery store. Also there are a few cranberries on the plate, but it is too dark to see them, at least on my monitor.

Monday, July 14, 2008

There's a Cookie Under There

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There is one of those gluten-free chocolate cookies under there. They are only good with cream because they are dry. I think that my sweet-tooth is mostly gone, because this time I didn't notice that it isn't as good as "real" desserts like I did before. I just thought it was a great treat.

Why have I been SO hungry today??

Dinner from the Crock Pot

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Thanks to Mer for reminding me that I even HAVE a crockpot. I used it maybe ONCE since I bought it. I can already tell that I will be eating stuff from it a lot more often. This was just potatoes, carrots, and turkey. The turkey was a tiny bit dry but at the same time literally fell apart as I tried to pick it up. It was great. I cooked it with just water, a tiny bit of oil, and sea salt, ground pepper, chilli powder, and garlic powder.

I am DIRT POOR right now, so for the rest of the week I will be eating "creatively"... eating up what I have left in the house, no money to buy groceries. If I don't eat a lot of veggies, please forgive me!

ANOTHER Snack

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I don't know what was wrong with me today. I was just famished!!

Snack of Dried Fruits

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Lunch

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Rice-Cakes with a light layer of cream cheese (jalapeno and the other is chive and garlic), carrots and dip, marinated mushrooms.

Morning snack

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Breakfast!

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Coffee and two rice cakes - one with cottage cheese and organic fruit spread, the other with garlic chives cream cheese. I just found out that I can no longer eat cottage cheese... modified food starch. Boo!

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Carrots and Dip!

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I had another large-ish serving when I got home, which I didn't bother to take a picture of since it is exactly the same. That dip is SOOO good... organic Parmesan spinach.

Snack Time

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