| food |
[Feb. 9th, 2012|08:54 am] |
I tried to update my blog the other day and I got locked out because I tried the wrong password too many times. which makes me feel a) incompetent, and b) like I don't blog very often.
I am now officially gluten free. but I'm 'low' dairy (depends on the week), low sugar (eh), low beans and soy (that's fine). I think it's easier to see the results of gluten when it's the only difference in my diet. I also started eating (local, organic, free range) chicken again.
occasionally.
I'm having a REALLY hard time consistently preparing meals for myself. and it's not even due to diet restrictions. I'm just really bad at consistently making and eating food. I know some people like having meal plans and some people like to make food in advance. I'm not that organised. or whatever. what do you do, internets?
um...also I really miss skittles. |
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| cheats and recipes |
[Sep. 26th, 2011|06:07 pm] |
being motivated AND being harvest time- I've been making stuff like crazy. to wit:
~tons of salsa (which is delish!)
~zucchini chips (slice zucch, cover in grapeseed oils, parm cheese and or nutritional yeast, chili powder and garlic salt and almond flour, and place in dehydrator for 12+ hours)
~canned peaches and pears (YUM)
~tomato soup
...wait I think I already wrote about some of this, boring!
also, last week, this woman at our community group brought homemade pumpkin cheesecake, and she made it specifically gluten free just for me. what's a girl to do?
yeah. I ate two pieces. and I have no regrets. |
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| food day |
[Sep. 17th, 2011|10:46 pm] |
I went ahead and wrote down what I was eating all day, and then counted up the calories. This is partly for my sake, to make sure I’m doing okay, and partly to be able to show those who have expressed concern over my diet (that means you, Rachel and Jason, and while we’re at it, when I don’t eat enough I hear Luke Hotchkiss’s voice in my head telling me to eat more.)
So: today:
Breakfast: 2 eggs scrambled with butter, parm cheese and some pesto sauce. About 300 calories.
Lunch: 1 cup veggie fried rice, 2 cups of kale and a glass of almond milk. 550 calories. ish.
Snack: two servings of (corn) tortilla chips, an avocado and some roasted tomato salsa. 530 calories (yay avo!)
Dinner: fingerling potatoes with rosemary, parmesan and garlic on them (YUM, by the way): 220
So that’s like…1500 calories. And I’ll probably have juice and popcorn and fruit leather before I go to bed. (and yeah...I know there is sugar in some of that stuff. I'm not being SO strict on the sugar.)
Oh, by the way, I am a rock star. Today I babysat for 12 hours AND ate three full freaking meals AND took the kids to the library (I love the library) AND, while the kids were watching Mulan, I made the following things. From scratch:
~refrigerator pickles with fresh dill (locally grown cucumber, locally grown, organic dill)
~tomato soup using handed-off-to-me locally grown tomatoes, onions and squash (and basil from my balcony!)
~pumpkin spice granola (sooooooooooooo good- the house smelled like a cookie. All day.)
And now I’m going to…work on auction spreadsheets! Woohoo! (the kids are in bed). |
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| just what the internets need: another food blog. |
[Sep. 14th, 2011|03:36 pm] |
I don't know how many people still read this/have it in their feed, but that's okay- at this point I am mostly blogging for myself. I have a hand written journal, and I have my Kenya/work blog, and I have facebook...and I have a Tumblr...sheesh, Ash. talk much?
anywho: I am now going to get real boring/interesting, depending on how you see it. and I don't really care too much if people stop reading, although if you DO keep reading, I'd like to know!
I have made some drastic life changes, internets. it might sound like I'm being overdramatic (shocking, I know) but most people I've talked to have described it as life changing. so I kind of think it's a big deal.
I'm giving up gluten.
and dairy.
and sugar.
and processed foods.
and beans.
in that order.
I'm going real real strict with the gluten for the next six weeks. I'm totally cheating on the dairy: I cannot live without parmesan cheese or butter, people. but hopefully I"ll stick to the rest of it. and I am not swearing off, like, all things sugar: just dessoit.
which, as you know, is a HUGE HUGE addiction of mine.
oh, speaking of addiction, I'm weaning myself (slowly, slowly) off coffee....
WHICH MEANS THERE IS BASICALLY NOTHING LEFT!
I would still like to stay as veg as possible; today I had (organic, local, free-range) chicken for lunch. so what am I eating, you ask?
rice. quinoa. potatoes. vegetables. fruit. eggs. chicken if I must. almonds. cashews. more vegetables. fruit fruit fruit!
I promise you, internet, that I will do my best to get enough calories and enough protein. I'm not looking to lose weight. I'm looking to quit feeling like shit all the time.
in an effort to stay motivated, I'm planning to post here from time to time with ideas, recipes (ha. recipes.) and complaints about what I can, cannot, and accidentally eat/ate.
ideas? lemme know. |
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| dusk. |
[Aug. 4th, 2010|08:40 pm] |
so I'm sitting on my balcony with my laptop and some water. it wasn't hot today, which I shouted about earlier, but it's not quite cold yet, and it's comfortable and peaceful out here. I'm supposed to be revising/finishing my newsletter.
and I'm staring at my plants, which are hanging in there (some of them are not too happy with me, but they're still alive, which counts for...something) and I'm thinking about how much I love summer time, and how I wish it could stay light till 10 or 11 year round.
I love it.
and I'm trying really hard not to be a basket case. mostly because i don't have any reason to BE a basket case. I live a pretty good life. people believe in me and support me (financially) so that I can life fairly comfortably. I have fun, kind, considerate roommates. I have incredibly generous parents and kind and loving friends.
I am deeply loved by God.
but sometimes, and I'm just going to chalk it up to chemicals and genetics (and spare you the gritty family history)- I feel like I can't breathe. like it's all too much. as if forcing myself to go through my daily tasks- getting out of bed. paying the bills. answering my phone- is just. too. much.
and I can't explain it, and I've tried. it's not a God thing. it's not a doubt issue. it's not...I don't know what it is.
my doctor calls it 'anxiety'.
anywho,
there are days when it's overwhelming just to get through the day. just to THINK about passing the time. which is so confusing because I never cease to love life- there's so much to do, so many people to love. I love being.
I feel conflicted and I feel ridiculous.
life can be so good, and I wish I didn't feel like bursting into tears at any given moment. regardless, what I'm trying to say is-
tonight, I'm trying. |
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| new travel blog/newsletter |
[Apr. 29th, 2010|02:40 pm] |
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the latest VisiGrace newsletter is up on my travel blog. (click here.) find out what's going on- and keep checking back there to read up on my trip. |
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| the best thing that has ever happened to me |
[Apr. 6th, 2010|10:48 pm] |
after I spent a day trying to teach Wilson the days of the week, Wilson proceeded to leave this voice mail for Cade:
hello?
it's me, wilson
cade hi!
where are you going?
i don't know today-
monday, tuesday, wednesday,
I don't know,
using my phone,
I don't know, where go you?
is it to move? is you friend? i don't know
(singing)
la la la la la
me me me me me
hi cade
me wilson
I don't see my phone
bye
see
I don't see
uh oh
Cade
HEE HEE HEE HA
it's so funny cade
so
it's so
upate (swahili for 'pick up' or get) (I think that's what he said?)
hahaha
oh, Cade
me wilson
I don't know where go you?
please sit
go to my phone me?
is you my friend?
I don't know, okay?
I don't know
oh
no no sorry sorry sorry
shh shh shh shh...
(chanting/scat)
'P', PIG. PA PA PA PA PA
(in rhythm)
boom boom boom
boom boom boom
bye!
cade!
(still in rhythm)
hahahahaha
hehehehehe
oh
peleka (?- swahili for get it out?) (not sure if that's what he's saying)
why
cade
when is it school
wednesday, tuesday? sure
yeah. |
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| proof that Jesus is coming back |
[Mar. 8th, 2010|04:51 pm] |
seriously:
it's snowing (and was 65 on Saturday)
earthquakes
everything sucks.
as you can see, IT IS THE END OF THE WORLD. |
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