…that I’ve kept a food diary every day, since October 2008? Bet you didn’t 😀 I only bring it up cos I just read Kath’s post about her old food journals, and it reminded me 🙂 I adore reading over them sometimes, and seeing how I used to eat. It’s so fascinating! I was thinking it’d be fun (fun – yes, I use the term loosely :P) to start putting at the end of each post a random day of how I used to be. It’d be interesting to see how far I’ve come – would anyone else be interested? Do you think it’s a good idea? Let me know your thoughts 🙂
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Mondeeeee, I hate Mondeee. It’s been weird and damp and overcast here today – er, where did June go?? Seriously?? It’s actually not funny. Yet it’s still muggy… though when I got up this morning, I was boiling hot; I touched the radiator and it was blasting!?? So I went to go turn it off, but the heating was already set to off..yet the radiators were on…I’m obviously very dim, but this confused me massively. Am I missing something? Any heating experts/plumbers who read my blog who’d care to shed some light on this weird phenomenon?? Hm. Anyway! I ate powdered through the tropical temperatures, ate an apple, a square of chocolate and 2 tsp wheatgerm and then did some DVDs. Theeen I had a big EGM:
It was gooood today; I used a smaller banana, and less spinach, but added in a very soft, juicy pear – it created a whole new flavour! DELIGHTFUL!
I have actually finished my Lizzi’s Chocolate Granola (one of my toppings) now *sob* – but FEAR NOT! I replenished my stock today was some Maple & Treacle granola, so there’s no need to panic folks 🙂
After breakfast I went into town to pick up some food, pay in some cheques for my mamma, and buy a bargain:
Yes, that’s SIX [crappy chick lit] books for £4.99! Reduced from £42!! I actually could not believe my luck – I’m a huge chick lit fan 😛 Although I have read the book on the top right – but still, 5 books for less than the price of one. Can you say cheap!?
When I got back, I tucked into lunch. I actually had it all packed up cos I thought I’d be out over lunch, but I obviously had my Wonder Woman wings on today, and so was far quicker. Lunch conseeesteeed of: aubergine, carrot, courgette and cherry tomatoes, coated in apple sauce and cinnamon:
Apple sauce + tomatoes – a slightly strange combination…but nevertheless, it went down the hatch.
The other part of lunch was a delightful basil tofu, grated beetroot, salad leaves, flaked almonds and tomato puree sandwich:
A beauty of a sandwich! I enjoyed every bit 😀 Dessert was a few squares this skanky chocolate:
I’ve had dairy free chocolate before, and normally it’s lovely – but this was GROSS. Remind me NEVER to buy that stuff again :s
After lunch, I pretended to be a good housewife, and whipped up some dinner for my mum and me (well, I prepped it anyway – I didn’t have dinner at 3pm…). I made (AT LAST!) Emily’s famous black bean burgers! I have been DYING to try these out for soooo long! The only changes I made was to use red kidney beans instead of black beans (black beans are so hard to get hold of!), and garlic instead of onion powder (as I had none :/). Oh, and I had to use the blender, not a food processor (cos we don’t have one). Not ideal, it must be said :s
I also made some Fakd bars for my mum – a blend of dried blueberries/cranberries, dates and almonds. Here everything is, all wrapped up and ready to be viciously eaten:
Good stuff 🙂
Theeen I went for a 1 mile run – I almost took Poppy and then at the last minute decided against it (it was about to rain) – thank goodness I didn’t! I almost got mauled by a nasty hideous dog, the same one that scared Chika the other day! It was running about loose, and charged me barking and growling :s I actually thought it was going to bite me, so I just stood there and tried to look a bit angry (you don’t want to look weak and scared do ya!?). After a few minutes of grrrr-ness, the owner came running after it and dragged it away. BAH. One of my pet hates: PEOPLE WHO DON’T CONTROL THEIR DARN DOGS!!!
Moving swiftly on….
For afternoon snacks, I had some cereal and peach yogurt:
My appetite was in Coventry somewhere, which was a shame 😦 but weirdly, when I’m not hungry, cereal and yogurt is the easiest, nicest thing to eat…very odd!
Dinner was oblioblously (I like saying that word like that :)) the burgers, along with red quinoa, toasted for a few minutes first to ‘bring out the flavour’ [apparently], along with beetroot, squash and parsnip. All together now:
Hurrah! The bean burgers were DELICIOUS! So full of flavour, and I loved how the outside was crispy, but the inside was all soft and plump. Delish 😀 Even my mum loved them, and she doesn’t care for red kidney beans 🙂
RIGHT. I think my mum and I are going to take Poppy for a walk now, so I best dash 🙂 I’ll be back for my dessert though :p
Have a good evening!
It sounds like you’ve had a great day, all of your eats look lovely and nutritious. You got such a good deal on those books, I love a good trashy chick-lit book! Your mum is so spoilt by you, what a great dinner you prepared!
Haha I know right!? I’d make such a good housewife…!
Loving your eats – I MUST get more adventurous with my sandwiches, you have inspired me 🙂 What is with this weather, damp and sticky… I woke feeling ick enough this morning, can’t imagine what it would be like with the heating full blast! Hope you have a lovely walk. Jx
PS. Almost forgot… it would definitely be interesting to look at your past food journal, but I’m not sure if the ultimate effect would be a positive or negative one on your lovely upbeat blog. Sorry I can’t be more decisive, but I will continue reading in any case 😀
Oh, I’ve been dying to make those bean burgers too!!! I’m going to have to get on that, stat! 🙂
I think you should definitely post from your food diary! It would be really interesting!
Sorry about the dog– I hate that!! Dogs need to be on leashes!
Dogs which aren’t kept under control are my pet hate (pun kind of intended). I’ve been chased so many times by dogs when I’m running and I really want to smack the owners across the face when they don’t even bother to apologise. It’s so dangerous both for the dogs and for me (err, tripping over etc…I don’t think any poor pooch needs to have me landing on top of them!). I don’t resent the dogs as there are no ‘bad’ canines, only bad owners.
I would love to see some comparative food entries ~ it would be so interesting and very inspiring for others to see how you transformed your eating into the uber, uber healthy yet yummy menu you have today…I don’t see how it could be anything other than positive 😀
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I was just blogging today about keeping a food diary, so yes, I would be interested… only if you are okay with it though!
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Agh I’m so sorry that you keep having run-ins with that dog! I agree with Jessica– bad owners! Very rude. I’ve been “attacked” by a few dogs in my apartment complex– the owners just let them run outside to do their business. Last week I was changing a headlight in my car, and one walked over and peed on my car manual! I told the dog’s owner and she just laughed! Terrible. I wish I’d told her what I thought about that, but I just muttered under my breath
I like the idea of a food diary, I think they’re interesting! I also need to try those Black bean burgers, yum. People seem to either love or hate that carob chocolate; I haven’t tried any myself. What did it taste like, to you?
Oh my gosh, that’s a horrible story!
The carob stuff – it was..hm..kinda dusty!? And had a very plain, slightly bitter flavour – and not good bitter, like 85% Lindt or something, like skanky nasty bitter 😦 I wouldn’t recommend it!
I have kept a food diary for YEARS upon years as well! I really enjoy it, but sometimes I worry that it makes me stress about food too much. Last summer I had a really intense job and didn’t have time to record everything and I think that ended up being good for me, but of course once my job ended I was back at it. I’ve decided just to keep doing it unless it seems like it’s holding me back in any way!
I know what you mean; I went through a phase of being a little obsessive with mine, but now I jsut have it so I can remember when I cook something extra tasty, that kinda thing 🙂 It’s interesting!
I think posting old journal entries would be great! I would be very interested in seeing a them. With regards to the dog, I always carry some humane society certified pepper spray with me on my runs and bike rides just in case…
Ooh that’s a good idea! I might google some and see how exspensive it is..I really don’t want to be mauled to death by a ratty little dog every time I run :s
Basil tofu?!?! Where has that been all my life??
Haha – waiting patiently in the Waitrose isle for you!! :p
I have never made bean burgers, but they seems easier to make than veggie burgers so maybe I should give them a try. Glad they turned out so well!
They are very easy to make – and quick too!
Haha I was just reading Kath’s blog as well!
I totes need to give those bean burgers a whirl! They sound really really good.
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I’ve never kept a food journal but I think it would be interesting to see a comparison of where you used to eat vs. what you eat today.
And I need to try those bean burgers! I’m always looking for new veggie burger recipes and those look great!
Ooh a food journal sounds fun, much more interesting than a regular journal… i always founf ones tht id started as a child and it would say such ‘fascinating’ stuff as… “went to school today, had double maths. hate maths, and mr clarke made us do fractions….” blah blah BLAH! id quite like to look back over the things ive eaten, i read a book that did just that but photojournalled it. think his name was tucker sumthing, which i thought was hilarious cos its like tucker really tucked into his lunch…. ahh, im a simple little thing :-p
sorry to hear about the big bad dog… i hd an incident with a brute of a dog the other day when i wwas walking the poochums. luckily since she’s a little pug i could scoop her up out of harms way, but big dogs jumping u at you is NOT fun…
keep up the tasty cooking, i cant wait to see whats up next!!
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Haha totally! I have about 10 regular journals I started as a kid. Each time it was all ‘I WILL keep this one up!’ – 5 days later, it’s empty 😛
I used to keep a food diary too but that was more to figure out my IBS, which I’m still trying to do. I think I may start one again actually…. It must be so interesting to see how your eating habits have changed. x
I think the food diary thing would be interesting. Shame about that dairy free chocolate and that dog!
the burgers look like cookies!!! (nothing wrong with that 😉 they look delicious though!
it would be so interseting to look back to see what I ate if I kept a food journal!
I’ve been DYING to try those burgers too.. It’s on my list of things for when I come back from Ireland. And I sure do hope the weather gets better!!!! We’re only going to be one country away from each other VERY SOON!! Excitement! Ok maybe that sounds weird… moving on..
Ahhhh so jealous of those books! I’m looking for some good ones to keep me entertained on the flights over and in airports.
And to answer your question about tubing, it’s hard to describe.. it’s basically getting in this huge inner tube type thing and going down a river. Sometimes the rivers will have rapids and sometimes they don’t. The one I went in had rapids at first but then it turned into this slow-moving lazy river… SO relaxing. If that makes any sense?
Love ya!
Stuck in a tube, with the possibility of rapids and a lot of water?? Relaxing? That sounds TERRIFYING!!
Haha I know, it’s mad how close you’ll be! Where abouts in Ireland are you going? And why Ireland? England is way cooler 😛 xxx
I know it sounds so NOT fun but it IS!! I can’t explain it, you just have to do it at some point in your life.. trust me!
Haha I would LOVE to go to England too!! But Ireland is where it’s at 😉 I kid, I kid. I went to England back when I went to Ireland too but this time we are only able to go to Ireland 😦
LOL I always think about breakfast the night before; heck, I look forward to the next one as soonas I’ve finished the current one!
hello fellow south-east-uk-er!
found you randomly when searching for uk running/health blogs – very pleased to see all the lovely pictures of your food – I’ll definitely be reading back to find some yummy recipes to try 🙂
:O there’s more than one of us!? Good gracious! I have to go check out your blog now 😀
I tried this bean burger recipe today and grilled mine but they weren’t really cripsy on the outside, though – did you fry yours? 🙂
Noo, I baked them – baked for 40mins 🙂 on Emily’s page, she says if you want to grill them, bake them for 1/2 hour first. Did you bake?