Watcha eating?

[MossflowerWoods]

My wife made an amazing meatloaf, grass fed beef, ital sausage, and a little bit of BACON! Plus baby red taters, boiled and butter & parsley, and broccoli, plus some mushrooms, onions, and garlic that she made a couple days ago.

That was dinner tonight. :licking:

David

 

[IslandTractor]

Now JD quit teasing with us, everyone knows the statins only work on the cholesterol your body makes in the liver, not ingested cholesterol. (That's why you fast before a blood cholesterol test.)

My personal source: Stefano Sdringola, MD ,Weatherhead Distinguished University Chair and Professor of Medicine, University of Texas Medical School/Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute, Weatherhead P.E.T. Center for Preventing and Reversing Atherosclerosis - sat me down in his office and showed me the graph of how ingested cholesterol shoots up your blood cholesterol and then it goes down slowly after the next eight hours. Which by then you will probably ingest more cholesterol repeating the cycle. All animal products have cholesterol.

Now back to our foods, and try to stay on track here. Tell what foods you are enjoying.
Today's late lunch:
Had to eat on the road today, always a challenge. Luckily the SouperSalad had an all plant-based butter bean soup and I also had a salad of 16 different vegetables and greens, with a bit of fat free raspberry vinaigrette.

Sounds like you are on the Dean Ornish diet from the Lifestyle Heart Trial. Hats off to you if you can maintain it. Tough work! Personally I think I would rather accept a shorter but better fed life but I am still impressed with anyone who can maintain that regimen.

 

[txdon]

Sounds like you are on the Dean Ornish diet from the Lifestyle Heart Trial. Hats off to you if you can maintain it. Tough work! Personally I think I would rather accept a shorter but better fed life but I am still impressed with anyone who can maintain that regimen.

Mostly from Caldwell Esselstyn Jr., M.D. among others.....
It's not that big of a deal to be impressed with.
Taste amazingly can change.

Doctors say some foods are addictive. I never though as foods being addictive but with your profound statement: " I would rather accept a shorter but better fed life." I see that they are right. Thanks for sharing and being honest about it.

Come to think of it now, I did go through a withdraw period that was tough.

 

[jinman]

My wife fixes a vegetable only gumbo that I love. It's loaded with garden okra and tomatoes. It's not vegetarian because she uses a container of chicken broth. She makes a big pot for me and we freeze leftovers. She doesn't eat it because it's too spicy for her, but she graciously makes it just for me bacause I love it. Last night I thawed a bowl and heated it up. It was yummy and very filling. Another favorite of mine is a simple guacamole recipe I make and top salads with. With my diet, I don't eat a lot of meat. I've always loved vegetables and don't miss the big slabs of red meat. Of course, in the last six months, I've had barbecue once and roasted chicken several times, but that's over six months. My primary food is almost all vegetables and salads.

 

[IslandTractor]

My wife fixes a vegetable only gumbo that I love. It's loaded with garden okra and tomatoes. It's not vegetarian because she uses a container of chicken broth. She makes a big pot for me and we freeze leftovers. She doesn't eat it because it's too spicy for her, but she graciously makes it just for me bacause I love it. Last night I thawed a bowl and heated it up. It was yummy and very filling. Another favorite of mine is a simple guacamole recipe I make and top salads with. With my diet, I don't eat a lot of meat. I've always loved vegetables and don't miss the big slabs of red meat. Of course, in the last six months, I've had barbecue once and roasted chicken several times, but that's over six months. My primary food is almost all vegetables and salads.

I also have learned to really enjoy vegetable based meals. My wife is a vegetarian and while I do prepare meat dishes a lot, I have also come to appreciate that the lack of meat is hardly ever an issue. More problematic is that my youngest daughter won't eat spicy food so we just add hot at the table.

I made a simple cumin spiced thick lentil soup over the weekend that almost defines comfort food. Lots of similar excellent simple soup and stew recipes are easily found via Internet these days. I like checking the NYTimes as they select fairly easily prepared but quite varied dishes. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/dining/091arex.html?emc=eta1&_r=0

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I also have learned to really enjoy vegetable based meals. My wife is a vegetarian and while I do prepare meat dishes a lot, I have also come to appreciate that the lack of meat is hardly ever an issue. More problematic is that my youngest daughter won't eat spicy food so we just add hot at the table.

I made a simple cumin spiced thick lentil soup over the weekend that almost defines comfort food. Lots of similar excellent simple soup and stew recipes are easily found via Internet these days. I like checking the NYTimes as they select fairly easily prepared but quite varied dishes. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/dining/091arex.html?emc=eta1&_r=0

I particularly like green chili stew:

Green Chile Stew (Pork)”

One small (2 lb) pork roast, cut into 1/2 inch cubes

One can of stewed tomatoes

(stewed tomatoes contain sugar, you may prefer a can of regular diced tomatoes).

One medium yellow onion, chopped

Potatoes, 2 or 3 medium, cubed

Green chile, (to taste, depending on how hot they are).

One clove of garlic, chopped.

Salt and pepper to taste



Put potatoes on to boil with enough water to cover; and begin browning pork in skillet with salt,

pepper, garlic and salt.

When meat is done to a golden brown, put all ingredients into the same pot with the potatoes; simmer

until the potatoes are done.

 

[IslandTractor]

I love stews. I intend to work my way through some of these: International Stew Recipes - Healthy Stews From Around The World Very interesting how stews are part of almost every cuisine from around the world and also how easy they are to make.

 

[brin]

Just all of you fellas be careful what you eat.....regardless of good genes, still be somewhat careful...look at this..

Heart Attack Grill spokesman dies of apparent heart attack | The Lookout - Yahoo! News

 

[sam5570]

well had stir fry i think it had 2 types of squash and green peppers and deer meat all cooked in one of them cast iron skillets with olive oil taste pretty darn good.

 

[big e]

I have several issues of that Cook's Illustrated magazine but not that one, and the paprika I described in an earlier post (#136) is McCormick's Gourmet Collection...will second what 2LaneCruzer says about the brand.

Cooks Illustrated has a cookbook out that has all their recipes from all the years. I think I'm going to buy it for Valentines Days.
The Complete Cook's Country TV Show Cookbook-Cook's Illustrated

And there was conversation about spices and paprika... if you don't have a Penzeys nearby, you can get their excellent spices online.
Penzeys Spices. Over 250 Spices, Herbs and Seasonings.


Having a smoothie this morning: frozen peaches, frozen blueberry, frozen strawberry, rice milk, plain yogurt, half apple, half banana, handful spinach, dollop peanut butter, flax seed oil, pro-biotic powder, whey powder.
Maybe that will atone for the scotch last night.