new low

down to 119.2 at the lowest! still running (slowly). new recipe - a slaw with pear, napa cabbage, red cabbage, carrot, green onion. new spread - black beans and chipotle pepper in adobo - maybe some garlic too, can't remember.

new york trip; trying to be good...

firsts

back to running! tuesday i did my first 3 mile run. going to keep it going now. walked wed a.m., then a hike (patterson) in the afternoon. now thurs am, a run planned - and weighing 121.4 this a.m. - progress.

food - made a salad of black beans, tomato, cilantro, red onion, greens, with lime (or was it lemon?) juice. dinner a "scramble" of veggie chipotle sausage (seitan), potatoes, pablano peppers, onions, mushrooms. excellent!

gaining...

dang. didn't sleep, so i ate. back to 122.2. but... and this is a biggie - my first real 3 mile run in months! and it worked.

dropping

120.8 today. bp still needs meds, 128/80. ran .75 mile.
hot.

sunday

weight is stable, but bp is way down, and energy way up since starting thyroid med.

made the green rice bowl from "refresh" with loads of greens - next time use less of the "simple sauce" and less of the tamari sauce, but both were great.

made vcon's black beans in chipotle sauce with mexican millet - ok, but nothing to write home about.

wt still around 122.4 at best.

mother's day pasta

wanted to report the menu for mother's day:
ezekiel ziti
capers
calamatas
fresh basil
anchovies
spag sauce
LOTS of garlic
onion
good stuff!

burgers!

we finally tried veggie burgers - ground walnuts, grated carrots, grated beets, minced onion (sauteed), lentils cooked soft, a bit of rolled oats (should have ground them), mix together - bake at 400. about 15 minutes (turn once)

some recipes

wanted to include the latest recipes

korean millet and rice from vegan fire and spice with white beans and kale from mediterranean vegan cooking. leftovers stir fryed with sliced seitan sausage and a few leaves of chard.

broccoli and parsnip and potato soup - mediterranean vegan cooking

homemade bean spread - cannelini, lemon, garlic, basil, turmeric, water

weight going the wrong way - have been eating quantities of salad slaw with tofu. (trying to reach e2l quantities). will return to "our" way.

more deliciousness

dinner: grated in the food processor cabbage, apple, carrot, and one big red beet (raw), and i chopped up walnuts. i took two cups of each (put the rest in ziplocs for other salads) and mixed together with apple vinegar, horseradish, dijon, and tamari. then i chopped up romaine, arugula, and spinach, and mixed with broccoli and alfalfa sprouts. added the "slaw" to the greens - and it was yummy. baked marinated tofu (i love tofu!) for my protein.

lunch: low carb, low fat whole grain tortillas spread with bean spread (cannelini, garlic, basil, lemon) and yesterdays yummy salad on top. rolled up...

good eating

cooked white beans (canellini) on saturday. made white beans in lime dressing from fire and spice p. 46 and asparagus soup p. 39 from mediterranean vegan kitchen. both worth repeating.

today - made the soba noodle salad from ny times (martha shulman). added grated carrot, served on arugula, watercress and spinach bed. excellent.

also made bean spread - lemon, canellini, garlic, basil.

back on track

121.6 today! that's 15 lbs since we started. 5 lbs a month; if i can keep at it, that means 116 at the end of this month!

deliciousdinner - snow peas and soba noodles from nytimes health series. yum! going to try the salad based on similar recipe.