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supersara2001 · 25th July, 2008

I love the whole idea of cooking and eating properly, but I'm just one of those people who doesn't like wasting/putting time into things. To me food is normally just food, so the idea of putting in hours of work to create a 'taste sensation' just seems like overkill to me, bad Sara

Eg. making cawl, takes 3 hours, lasts 10 minutes

blue_grapefruit · 25th July, 2008

Found this on a veggie forum:

Top Five Non-Vegetarian Ingredients or "Hidden Meat"

1. Gelatin: made from the boiled skin, bones, and hooves of slaughtered animals, gelatin is found in gelatin desserts, marshmallows, many chewy candies (eg, Skittles, gummy bears) and hard-shell chewing gums (eg, Trident Splash), and in a surprising array of other products such as some guacamoles and sour creams, and many brands of yogurt. Also very common in vitamin pills and other capsule or coated medicines.

2. Anchovies: Anchovies are a small fish, found in most Worcestershire sauce, Caesar dressings, some barbecue sauces, and occasionally in seasoned croutons. Some store brands of Worcestershire sauce are anchovy-free.

3. Rennet: An enzyme traditionally taken from the stomach linings of slaughtered calves, rennet is used in making cheese. The good news is, many mainstream cheese makers now produce rennet microbiologically by fermenting yeast in vats. The bad news is, you can't really tell from cheese labels whether the rennet is animal or microbiological in origin-- it usually just says "enzymes."

4. Lard: In case you didn't know, lard is pig fat. Lard rears its ugly head in everything from seasoned beans to pie crusts to Emeril's show.

5. Chicken fat or chicken stock: Like lard, chicken fat/stock is widely used to flavor things like seasoned rice and stuffing mixes, vegetable soups, etc. It can even be found in some really crazy places like Doritos

Mental biscuits! Today has gone very smoothly. Bought a lot of the right foods and started learning how to cook.

For brekkie i had some fruit

Lunch was two grilled giant mushrooms with tomato risotto and salad, including a handful of seeds

Dinner was yesterdays leftovers - so sweet and sour veg stir fry!

2 gold stars for me so far xxx

Kitteh · 25th July, 2008

Well done doll..!! All sounds like its going really well!!!

x x

blue_grapefruit · 26th July, 2008

Aaaah, my housemate made some homemade bugers, added sour cream and lettuce and served them right in front of me..smelt gorgeous, but as oli pointed out i was just hungry and after the pitta bread

Sooooo, decided to make some veggie burgers which were lavely

Kitteh · 26th July, 2008

what burgers? leah.. we need details.. im not gonna read this diary unless you start putting details in.. lol..

x x

Shazpaz · 26th July, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by blue_grapefruit

Aaaah, my housemate made some homemade bugers, added sour cream and lettuce and served them right in front of me..smelt gorgeous, but as oli pointed out i was just hungry and after the pitta bread

Sooooo, decided to make some veggie burgers which were lavely

You're doing fab hun. My mum has just been telling me what her health shop advisor has just said to her about meat. OMGoodness

She went to a seminar and the guy had two patients who both had cancer. One had apricot Kernals (sp?) and cut out all meat from his diet the other had Chemo. They both got rid of their cancer. Basically the whole seminar was telling about our meat and what chemicals are now in it. I'm sure you can buy organic meat, but most of us guys just buy the stuff from the supermarkets.

I'm going to read this thread Leah....maybe you'll be my inspiration to quit meat. (I've just posted on the Lipobind thread that I'm having a BBQ tonight....I might be a tough cookie to crack!!).

blue_grapefruit · 26th July, 2008

Ok kitteh, ok ok

Shaz - it's not about cracking you chick, you'll do whats right you eventually! Perhaps just looking into alternatives is the best place to start. I remember someone saying "you know the red liquid at the bottom of packs of meat? It's not blood it's colouring to keep the meat looking nice. When you see greeny silvery meats in packs, they have forgotten to put enough colouring in!" EWWW!!!

They were my own burgers cat, i made them from quorn mince that i light fryed with marigold boullion instead of oil. Then i added some diced onion, garlic, a huge dollop of mustard and some omega seed mix. I swear to god they were the most amazing thing i've ever made. Even chris, housemate, couldnt tell they were veggie and LOVED the addition of seeds. Added such a nice crunch.

I had my delicious Goji berries for brekkie with some yoghurt but unfortunately forgot to get greek yoghurt so i had two baby petit filous!! Was well tasty but perhaps not too good of me to eat my nieces yoghurt

Also, decided not to have them too much as they are VERY sweet and hurt my head a little. Might substitue for some grapes tomorrow.

I'm looking into having sweet potato mash (made with only sweet potato, and milk) with some carrot strips, asparagus, shredded courgette and cauliflower with some onion gravy

Think oliver will be adding some meat to his, but it's good that he supports me

blue_grapefruit · 28th July, 2008

Grrrr....
My mother invited me over for a veggie sunday dinner yesterday and somehow i ended up with fish! After much guilt, Oli said that it would be wrong to let it go to waste (?) so i ate a little...I'm glad i did cos it reminded me how much I don't like most fish. I like salmon and tuna but thats about it.....

Anyhoo, for brekkie I had an apple, wasn't feeling the breakfast vibe

Lunch was a teeny weeny salad consisting of tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce and some balsamic vinegar avec a sprinkling of seeds. Had a yoghurt with frozen blueberries to top me up then.

So, evening meal was fish, new potatoes, and broccoli (yum) with my mamas homemade white sauce (don't know how she makes it).

My lovely auntie dropped over a veggie meal card set which is divided into starters, mains, soups and deserts so will be sharing these soon

She also gave me a whole basketful of salady things straight from her garden - THE BIGGEST CUCUMBER IN THE WORLD!! *thumbs up and cheesy grin*

xxxx

blue_grapefruit · 29th July, 2008

Yesterday was a disaster - not on the veggie front but on the eating front. I just couldn't be bothered! It's startling how my eating habits depend entirely on my mood.

I skipped brekkie *SMACKED BUM*

For lunch i had a pitta bread, on its own....ROFL

Dinner, i decided to get my act together. I cut up an aubergine, 2 red peppers, 2 courgettes, 2 onions and stir fryed them using some marigold boullion (I've properly stayed away from oil). Meanwhile i whisked 2 eggs, at the very end when the veg had cooked I added the eggs, blasted the heat for 4 mins and was left with a wok of egg covered veg - sounds gross but was SO nice. My 3 housemates had the mix with some chicken and rice, I just had the rice but added Tzatziki straight from the fridge - was delish!

Alternative to Tzatziki is just plain old sour cream or greek yoghurt, but it was so yum having the creamy sauce with the rice and the tasty veg.

Still not weighed myself, but i feel better

blue_grapefruit · 29th July, 2008

Also, I know this thread has been viewed a lot and not many posted, but I want to post these here so that those who are interested can know. Below is a list of companies that test on animals:

Bic Corporation

Church & Dwight - Aim, Arm & Hammer, Arrid, Close-up, Kaboom, Mentadent, Nair, Oxi Clean, Pearl Drops

Clairol - Balsam, Nice ‘n Easy, Natural Instincts, Herbal Essences, Hydrience

Palmolive Co.

Cover Girl

Dial Corporation Dry Idea, Purex, Renuzit, Right Guard, Soft & Dri

Johnson & Johnson Aveeno, Clean & Clear, Listerine, Lubriderm, Neutrogena, Rembrandt, ROC

L'Oreal USA Biotherm, Garnier, Giorgio Armani, Lancôme, Maybelline, Ralph Lauren Fragrances, Redken, Soft Sheen,

Platex Products Brands: Banana Boat, Playtex Tampons, Hawaiian Tropic, Wet Ones

Procter & Gamble Always, Aussie, Cover Girl, Crest, Downey, Eukanuba, Febreze, Head & Shoulders, Iams, Max Factor, Mr. Clean, Olay, Pampers, Pantene,

Reckitt Benckiser Easy Off, Lysol, Resolve, Spray ’N Wash, Veet, Woolite

S.C. Johnson Drano, Edge, Fantastik, Glade, Off, Pledge, Raid, Scrubbing Bubbles, Shout, Skintimate, Windex, Ziploc

Schering-Plough Bain de Soleil, Coppertone, Dr. Scholl’s

Unilever Axe, Dove, Lux, Ponds, Signal, Close-Up, Sunsilk, Vaseline

KD · 30th July, 2008

Okay...so me thinks you need more protein.

I believe that you should have about 30% of your cals from protein (general recommendations from UK sources). So for me that's approx 90g (give or take a bit).

Get yourself some quinoa. It's a complete protein. Very natural and healthy stuff and way more preferable to quorn which is a very processed food and all that.

KD · 31st July, 2008

Porgeous · 31st July, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by blue_grapefruit

Grrrr....
My mother invited me over for a veggie sunday dinner yesterday and somehow i ended up with fish! After much guilt, Oli said that it would be wrong to let it go to waste (?) so i ate a little...I'm glad i did cos it reminded me how much I don't like most fish. I like salmon and tuna but thats about it.....

Anyhoo, for brekkie I had an apple, wasn't feeling the breakfast vibe

Lunch was a teeny weeny salad consisting of tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce and some balsamic vinegar avec a sprinkling of seeds. Had a yoghurt with frozen blueberries to top me up then.

So, evening meal was fish, new potatoes, and broccoli (yum) with my mamas homemade white sauce (don't know how she makes it).

My lovely auntie dropped over a veggie meal card set which is divided into starters, mains, soups and deserts so will be sharing these soon

She also gave me a whole basketful of salady things straight from her garden - THE BIGGEST CUCU

25th July, 2008	#16 (permalink)
supersara2001 Needs a life supersara2001's Profile Albums supersara2001's Photo Gallery Tournaments Won: 4 Join Date: 29th January, 2008 Location: Cardiff Posts: 1,541 My Mood: Blog Entries: 5 Rep Power: 49 Diet: Calorie Counting Supposedly	I love the whole idea of cooking and eating properly, but I'm just one of those people who doesn't like wasting/putting time into things. To me food is normally just food, so the idea of putting in hours of work to create a 'taste sensation' just seems like overkill to me, bad Sara Eg. making cawl, takes 3 hours, lasts 10 minutes __________________ Smile Calorie Counting Back On, um...ish! Between 1275 and 1345 cals a day for me My Calorie Counting Diary http://saraslittleblog.blogspot.com

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blue_grapefruit Im always here! blue_grapefruit's Profile Albums blue_grapefruit's Photo Gallery Join Date: 19th September, 2007 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,022 My Mood: Blog Entries: 8 Rep Power: 169 Diet: Cambridge Diet	Found this on a veggie forum: Top Five Non-Vegetarian Ingredients or "Hidden Meat" 1. Gelatin: made from the boiled skin, bones, and hooves of slaughtered animals, gelatin is found in gelatin desserts, marshmallows, many chewy candies (eg, Skittles, gummy bears) and hard-shell chewing gums (eg, Trident Splash), and in a surprising array of other products such as some guacamoles and sour creams, and many brands of yogurt. Also very common in vitamin pills and other capsule or coated medicines. 2. Anchovies: Anchovies are a small fish, found in most Worcestershire sauce, Caesar dressings, some barbecue sauces, and occasionally in seasoned croutons. Some store brands of Worcestershire sauce are anchovy-free. 3. Rennet: An enzyme traditionally taken from the stomach linings of slaughtered calves, rennet is used in making cheese. The good news is, many mainstream cheese makers now produce rennet microbiologically by fermenting yeast in vats. The bad news is, you can't really tell from cheese labels whether the rennet is animal or microbiological in origin-- it usually just says "enzymes." 4. Lard: In case you didn't know, lard is pig fat. Lard rears its ugly head in everything from seasoned beans to pie crusts to Emeril's show. 5. Chicken fat or chicken stock: Like lard, chicken fat/stock is widely used to flavor things like seasoned rice and stuffing mixes, vegetable soups, etc. It can even be found in some really crazy places like Doritos Mental biscuits! Today has gone very smoothly. Bought a lot of the right foods and started learning how to cook. For brekkie i had some fruit Lunch was two grilled giant mushrooms with tomato risotto and salad, including a handful of seeds Dinner was yesterdays leftovers - so sweet and sour veg stir fry! 2 gold stars for me so far xxx __________________ Reality check: you can never, ever, use weight loss to solve problems that are not related to your weight. At your goal weight or not, you still have to live with yourself and deal with your problems. You will still have the same husband, the same job, the same kids, and the same life. Losing weight is not a cure for life. ~Dr Phil ♥ No matter how strong I'm gonna take you down With one little stone I'm gonna break you down And see what you're worth What you're really worth to me - Rufus Wainwright

25th July, 2008	#18 (permalink)
Kitteh Late night spammer Kitteh's Profile Albums Kitteh's Photo Gallery Tetrix 2 Champion!Tournaments Won: 2 Join Date: 2nd August, 2006 Location: Sunderland Posts: 4,524 My Mood: Rep Power: 197 Diet: SW	Well done doll..!! All sounds like its going really well!!! x x __________________ Week 1 and 2 = -5lbs..

26th July, 2008	#19 (permalink)
blue_grapefruit Im always here! blue_grapefruit's Profile Albums blue_grapefruit's Photo Gallery Join Date: 19th September, 2007 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,022 My Mood: Blog Entries: 8 Rep Power: 169 Diet: Cambridge Diet	Aaaah, my housemate made some homemade bugers, added sour cream and lettuce and served them right in front of me..smelt gorgeous, but as oli pointed out i was just hungry and after the pitta bread Sooooo, decided to make some veggie burgers which were lavely __________________ Reality check: you can never, ever, use weight loss to solve problems that are not related to your weight. At your goal weight or not, you still have to live with yourself and deal with your problems. You will still have the same husband, the same job, the same kids, and the same life. Losing weight is not a cure for life. ~Dr Phil ♥ No matter how strong I'm gonna take you down With one little stone I'm gonna break you down And see what you're worth What you're really worth to me - Rufus Wainwright

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Kitteh Late night spammer Kitteh's Profile Albums Kitteh's Photo Gallery Tetrix 2 Champion!Tournaments Won: 2 Join Date: 2nd August, 2006 Location: Sunderland Posts: 4,524 My Mood: Rep Power: 197 Diet: SW	what burgers? leah.. we need details.. im not gonna read this diary unless you start putting details in.. lol.. x x __________________ Week 1 and 2 = -5lbs..

26th July, 2008	#22 (permalink)
blue_grapefruit Im always here! blue_grapefruit's Profile Albums blue_grapefruit's Photo Gallery Join Date: 19th September, 2007 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,022 My Mood: Blog Entries: 8 Rep Power: 169 Diet: Cambridge Diet	Ok kitteh, ok ok Shaz - it's not about cracking you chick, you'll do whats right you eventually! Perhaps just looking into alternatives is the best place to start. I remember someone saying "you know the red liquid at the bottom of packs of meat? It's not blood it's colouring to keep the meat looking nice. When you see greeny silvery meats in packs, they have forgotten to put enough colouring in!" EWWW!!! They were my own burgers cat, i made them from quorn mince that i light fryed with marigold boullion instead of oil. Then i added some diced onion, garlic, a huge dollop of mustard and some omega seed mix. I swear to god they were the most amazing thing i've ever made. Even chris, housemate, couldnt tell they were veggie and LOVED the addition of seeds. Added such a nice crunch. I had my delicious Goji berries for brekkie with some yoghurt but unfortunately forgot to get greek yoghurt so i had two baby petit filous!! Was well tasty but perhaps not too good of me to eat my nieces yoghurt Also, decided not to have them too much as they are VERY sweet and hurt my head a little. Might substitue for some grapes tomorrow. I'm looking into having sweet potato mash (made with only sweet potato, and milk) with some carrot strips, asparagus, shredded courgette and cauliflower with some onion gravy Think oliver will be adding some meat to his, but it's good that he supports me __________________ Reality check: you can never, ever, use weight loss to solve problems that are not related to your weight. At your goal weight or not, you still have to live with yourself and deal with your problems. You will still have the same husband, the same job, the same kids, and the same life. Losing weight is not a cure for life. ~Dr Phil ♥ No matter how strong I'm gonna take you down With one little stone I'm gonna break you down And see what you're worth What you're really worth to me - Rufus Wainwright

28th July, 2008	#23 (permalink)
blue_grapefruit Im always here! blue_grapefruit's Profile Albums blue_grapefruit's Photo Gallery Join Date: 19th September, 2007 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,022 My Mood: Blog Entries: 8 Rep Power: 169 Diet: Cambridge Diet	Grrrr.... My mother invited me over for a veggie sunday dinner yesterday and somehow i ended up with fish! After much guilt, Oli said that it would be wrong to let it go to waste (?) so i ate a little...I'm glad i did cos it reminded me how much I don't like most fish. I like salmon and tuna but thats about it..... Anyhoo, for brekkie I had an apple, wasn't feeling the breakfast vibe Lunch was a teeny weeny salad consisting of tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce and some balsamic vinegar avec a sprinkling of seeds. Had a yoghurt with frozen blueberries to top me up then. So, evening meal was fish, new potatoes, and broccoli (yum) with my mamas homemade white sauce (don't know how she makes it). My lovely auntie dropped over a veggie meal card set which is divided into starters, mains, soups and deserts so will be sharing these soon She also gave me a whole basketful of salady things straight from her garden - THE BIGGEST CUCUMBER IN THE WORLD!! thumbs up and cheesy grin xxxx __________________ Reality check: you can never, ever, use weight loss to solve problems that are not related to your weight. At your goal weight or not, you still have to live with yourself and deal with your problems. You will still have the same husband, the same job, the same kids, and the same life. Losing weight is not a cure for life. ~Dr Phil ♥ No matter how strong I'm gonna take you down With one little stone I'm gonna break you down And see what you're worth What you're really worth to me - Rufus Wainwright

29th July, 2008	#24 (permalink)
blue_grapefruit Im always here! blue_grapefruit's Profile Albums blue_grapefruit's Photo Gallery Join Date: 19th September, 2007 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,022 My Mood: Blog Entries: 8 Rep Power: 169 Diet: Cambridge Diet	Yesterday was a disaster - not on the veggie front but on the eating front. I just couldn't be bothered! It's startling how my eating habits depend entirely on my mood. I skipped brekkie SMACKED BUM For lunch i had a pitta bread, on its own....ROFL Dinner, i decided to get my act together. I cut up an aubergine, 2 red peppers, 2 courgettes, 2 onions and stir fryed them using some marigold boullion (I've properly stayed away from oil). Meanwhile i whisked 2 eggs, at the very end when the veg had cooked I added the eggs, blasted the heat for 4 mins and was left with a wok of egg covered veg - sounds gross but was SO nice. My 3 housemates had the mix with some chicken and rice, I just had the rice but added Tzatziki straight from the fridge - was delish! Alternative to Tzatziki is just plain old sour cream or greek yoghurt, but it was so yum having the creamy sauce with the rice and the tasty veg. Still not weighed myself, but i feel better __________________ Reality check: you can never, ever, use weight loss to solve problems that are not related to your weight. At your goal weight or not, you still have to live with yourself and deal with your problems. You will still have the same husband, the same job, the same kids, and the same life. Losing weight is not a cure for life. ~Dr Phil ♥ No matter how strong I'm gonna take you down With one little stone I'm gonna break you down And see what you're worth What you're really worth to me - Rufus Wainwright

29th July, 2008	#25 (permalink)
blue_grapefruit Im always here! blue_grapefruit's Profile Albums blue_grapefruit's Photo Gallery Join Date: 19th September, 2007 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,022 My Mood: Blog Entries: 8 Rep Power: 169 Diet: Cambridge Diet	Also, I know this thread has been viewed a lot and not many posted, but I want to post these here so that those who are interested can know. Below is a list of companies that test on animals: Bic Corporation Church & Dwight - Aim, Arm & Hammer, Arrid, Close-up, Kaboom, Mentadent, Nair, Oxi Clean, Pearl Drops Clairol - Balsam, Nice ‘n Easy, Natural Instincts, Herbal Essences, Hydrience Palmolive Co. Cover Girl Dial Corporation Dry Idea, Purex, Renuzit, Right Guard, Soft & Dri Johnson & Johnson Aveeno, Clean & Clear, Listerine, Lubriderm, Neutrogena, Rembrandt, ROC L'Oreal USA Biotherm, Garnier, Giorgio Armani, Lancôme, Maybelline, Ralph Lauren Fragrances, Redken, Soft Sheen, Platex Products Brands: Banana Boat, Playtex Tampons, Hawaiian Tropic, Wet Ones Procter & Gamble Always, Aussie, Cover Girl, Crest, Downey, Eukanuba, Febreze, Head & Shoulders, Iams, Max Factor, Mr. Clean, Olay, Pampers, Pantene, Reckitt Benckiser Easy Off, Lysol, Resolve, Spray ’N Wash, Veet, Woolite S.C. Johnson Drano, Edge, Fantastik, Glade, Off, Pledge, Raid, Scrubbing Bubbles, Shout, Skintimate, Windex, Ziploc Schering-Plough Bain de Soleil, Coppertone, Dr. Scholl’s Unilever Axe, Dove, Lux, Ponds, Signal, Close-Up, Sunsilk, Vaseline __________________ Reality check: you can never, ever, use weight loss to solve problems that are not related to your weight. At your goal weight or not, you still have to live with yourself and deal with your problems. You will still have the same husband, the same job, the same kids, and the same life. Losing weight is not a cure for life. ~Dr Phil ♥ No matter how strong I'm gonna take you down With one little stone I'm gonna break you down And see what you're worth What you're really worth to me - Rufus Wainwright

30th July, 2008	#26 (permalink)
KD Super Moderator KD's Profile Albums KD's Photo Gallery Typing Master Champion! Join Date: 22nd July, 2006 Posts: 11,677 Rep Power: 294	Okay...so me thinks you need more protein. I believe that you should have about 30% of your cals from protein (general recommendations from UK sources). So for me that's approx 90g (give or take a bit). Get yourself some quinoa. It's a complete protein. Very natural and healthy stuff and way more preferable to quorn which is a very processed food and all that. __________________ 8 Stone gone Cambridge Diet Counsellor (Bournemouth) August Wilson, "As my spirit grew bigger, my demons got smaller."

31st July, 2008	#27 (permalink)
KD Super Moderator KD's Profile Albums KD's Photo Gallery Typing Master Champion! Join Date: 22nd July, 2006 Posts: 11,677 Rep Power: 294	__________________ 8 Stone gone Cambridge Diet Counsellor (Bournemouth) August Wilson, "As my spirit grew bigger, my demons got smaller."