August 8, 2019

Cold zones popping up all over

August 7, 2019

August 6, 2019

The snow-based (mini) theme park is almost open at DFC

August 5, 2019

Ooooooooooooohkay – so, in my defense, this looked in focus in the dark while walking the pups.

Quality picture taking, there. 😆

August 4, 2019

Another sleepy babe

FODMAP Diet – Week 7

This was my seventh week on the FODMAP diet.

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
An explanation

Proposed Meal Plan

Breakfasts

  • Overnight Oats with blueberries

Lunches/Dinners

  • Chirashi bowls
  • Crab salad with zoodles

Snacks

  • Finish those fairly joyless oat crackers

Actual Meal Plan

Breakfasts

  • Overnight Oats with blueberries
  • Açaí bowl out with semi-compliant ingredients
  • Leftover deviled shrimp with rice

Lunches/Dinners

  • The last of the miso orange orange things with rotisserie chicken from last week
  • Chirashi bowls, both home and out
  • Lemon pepper tuna + Kewpie mayo + cucumber + pickled ginger bowls
  • Game night at a friends’ – beef roast, shrimp deviled eggs and definitely non-compliant dessert
  • Chicken & rice out at the wings place one night

Snacks

  • I didn’t really snack much this week
Monday: The last of the orange miso veggies from last week & dinner out – chicken + rice
Tuesday: I love it when a plan comes together. I don’t know if dinner (right) is quite worth a recipe post, but it was delicious. 1 small can lemon pepper tuna + 1 Tbsp. Kewpie mayonnaise + 1 small cucumber + 1 Tbsp. chopped pickled ginger + togarishi seasoning or salt & pepper = yum for a light dinner or lunch
Wednesday: Banana peanut butter açaí bowl out, a repeat of that tuna bowl for lunch, and Chirashi at home
Thursday: Chirashi bowl out for lunch – Skipped dinner
Friday: Game night out with friends – shrimp deviled eggs, Dutch-style pot roast, desserts that weren’t compliant but were worth it
Saturday: Today was a ‘clean the fridge’ day full of rice and seafood

What did I learn this week?

Having 1 thing you batch cooked that can be switched up a ton of different ways makes every meal feel full of possibilities.

Sure, I only had a set number of toppings to choose from, but I could load my bowl down with a couple bites of a ton of different tastes and textures.

I think this is the key to batch cooking – good thing, since I love me a good dinner/Buddha/nourish/whatever the Pinterest kids are calling it this week bowl.

August 3, 2019

Salmon Fried Rice

This FODMAP-friendly recipe is full of flavor, simple to prepare, and makes enough servings for a batch cook.

gluten-free, pescatarian, FODMAP

Salmon Fried Rice

1 medium red pepper, chopped
1 large carrot, chopped
1/2 cup green onion, sliced (tops only if FODMAP)
3/4 cup frozen chopped green beans
2 tsp. or a few squirts (if spray) garlic oil
1 Tbsp. sesame oil
2 tsp. fresh ginger, crushed
195g. canned salmon
65g. canned tuna
2 large eggs
1 Tbsp. fish sauce
2 Tbsp. soy sauce or tamari
2 cups leftover white rice

In your largest skillet, heat the garlic oil over medium-high heat. Add the carrots and stir-fry until just browning. Add the peppers and green beans and stir-fry until carrots are softened and the rest are just starting to brown.

Add the rice, fish, sauces, sesame oil & ginger. Stir to combine and push to the sides to create a well in the center.

Crack the eggs into the well, stir, and let sit a couple minutes to create some curds.

Stir all together to combine.

When the eggs are solid, split into fourths and serve.

Serves 4

August 2, 2019

Game night

August 1, 2019

Y’all make it hard to catch a nap.