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Plenty of Fun Facts

by Eating Bird Food on May 12, 2010

Thanks for all the great feedback on my mention about trying out a gluten free diet. I really enjoyed reading the comments and hearing from many of you that adhering to a g-free diet has helped with your tummy issues. As I mentioned, I’m not eating totally gluten free yet, but I’m getting there. Small steps.

First up, Bob’s Red Mill (BRM) gluten free steel cut oats for breakfast. Fun Fact: I have the same initials as Bob’s Red Mill.

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I cooked 1/2 cup oats with 1 cup water, cinnamon and vanilla bean for about 15 minutes. I topped the oats with a sliced banana and some better n pb, which btw is g-free. I ate about 3/4 the oats I cooked and saved the rest for a mid-afternoon snack. I don’t eat steel cut oats very often but they’re super chewy and hearty – a fun change from old fashioned rolled oats.

Fun Fact: Steel cut oats are less processed than both instant and rolled oats, which means the have a lower the glycemic index and absorb more slowly into your bloodstream.

I had a webinar to attend during lunch so I thought ahead and packed a yummy salad to eat at my desk.

It was delish- and most of the components were from local companies – CSA salad mix and arugula, roasted beets, onions, and garlic; carrots, herbed tofu, and jicama.

Fun Fact: Don’t be alarmed after eating beets – they definitely turn your pee pink/purple.

I topped the salad with most favorite dressing:

I used to only buy fat free dressing until I realized that fats aren’t what make you fat. Now I know what I was missing out on all this time- delicious dressings like the TJ’s Goddess Dressing.

Fun Fact: Everyone needs healthy fats – they’re actually super important for good health. If there’s one thing I remember from the nutrition courses I took last summer, it’s that the human body uses fatty acids to do everything from building cell membranes to performing key functions in the brain, eyes, and lungs.

Fat is particularly important when eating salads because it slows down the digestion process so the body has more time to absorb nutrients and fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K) can only be absorbed if fat is present. Fats also help provide a constant level of energy and also keep the body satiated for longer periods of time.

And dinner was a winner as well.

Sauteed CSA baby bok choy, shrooms, and red onion in a little coconut oil (bring on the fat).

And locally made pasta that Isaac purchased at the farmer’s market this past weekend.

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We made a batch of the whole grain pasta

as well as a pot of the squid ink (crazy!!)

Both varieties were super tasty. I liked the heartiness of the whole wheat, but also enjoyed the soft, flat squid ink noodles as well. The squid ink pasta supposedly has a salty, yet slightly sweet flavor but with the sauce I didn’t really taste a particularly unique flavor – it was pretty though.

Fun Fact – After perusing the Bombolini Pasta website I found they sell black bean, cinnamon, carrot, cucumber, beet, and even chocolate pasta!! I totally have to check for those flavors next time!!

That’s all I have for you this evening. I’m off to enjoy the best show eva- Mod Fam. Please tell me you’ve watched it?

-Brittany

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Thinking Cap

by eatingbirdfood on July 5, 2009

Today was a lazy Sunday, minus the sun. We went to bed quite late, but I still woke up early- I got the whole internal clock thing going on and even on weekends when I go to bed later than normal I still wake up early. It was rainy out- no morning run in sight and I didn’t want to make a lot of noise so I postponed eating breakfast and got started on some school work. Once the house was bustling and it was safe to run the juicer I juiced a chunk of beet, 4 carrots, 1 fuji apple, and some cucumber.

Here’s the magic potion…

I shared a wee bit with Isaac and enjoyed the rest. I definitely dig this combo. With the juice I had a banana with some AB and thought that would be my full breakfast, but then Isaac got out the Kashi Go Lean waffles. I took a bite of his and decided I wanted one for myself. So I had one. With syrup.

My friend headed back north mid-morning and Isaac and I settled into school work. I broke for lunch around 12:30.

A salad of spring mix, corn off the cob, carrots, avocado, bell peppers, broccoli, grape tomatoes, cucumber and TJ’s Goddess dressing… since I’m a goddess and all (totally kidding).

Post lunch I ran out to do some errands and to workout. After a unsuccessful shopping trip and a successful workout I came home showered and started making dinner, which strangely resembled dessert. I’d seen this recipe featured by both the G’s- Gena and Gina and had been wanting to try it.

Natalia Rose’s Pumpkin Pie in a Bowl

Oh man this chilly soup lived up to it’s name and each bite was filled with pure deliciousness. It’s amazing how much it tasted like pumpkin pie without having a speck of actual pumpkin in it. Besides the fact that my juicer got a little clogged from the boat load of carrot pulp, the recipe was really easy and fast. Unfortunately I can’t post the recipe because it is published and I followed it exactly. But I will let you in a little secret, some folks don’t seem to care about copyright so you can easily find it with a little goggling.

With the soup I had a salad, which was very much similar to the salad I had for lunch. I’m loving sweet corn right now- especially in salads!

So dinner was amazing, and it was pretty much love at first bite with the soup. That is until my stomach almost instantly started to feel really bloated and painful. OUCH! I’ve had stomach issues before and at one point thought that it was caused from eating the skin of a baked sweet potato. There was sweet potato in the soup, but no skin so now I don’t know. Maybe I ate the soup too fast or maybe I’m actually allergic to sweet potatoes. It would be rare because it’s not something people are often allergic to, however definitely still possible and it’s the only thing in dinner that I can link to the pain – especially after having the same problem occur before with sweet potatoes. Now I’m scared to even eat the leftovers tomorrow. :/

Plus, I’m sad because I simply LOVE sweet potatoes. The good news is that the soup can be made with a sub for the sweet potato. I’m actually certain that Gena subs the sweet potato with b-nut squash. I didn’t even think about it because my stomach hasn’t acted up in a long while, but had I been using my thinking cap I would have just used Gena’s sub from the get-go. Oh well, ya live, ya learn. I’m off to lay down, as that’s the only thing that makes my stomach feel semi-better.

Hope everyone had a lovely holiday weekend! I know I surely did.

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Told ya so

April 27, 2009

I told you guys it wouldn’t be long until I made some more bean burgers. Less than a week later and I’m whipping up another batch. This Sunday I decided to make some for later use. I used the same recipe but there were some changes including two beans instead of one, basil, and some shrooms. I used [...]