Monday, August 5, 2013
Dude Food: Dude Food: Jowlenese sauce for pasta
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Dude Food: Dude Food: No more jarred tomato sauce
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Dude Food: Dude Food can be Southern Food: Grits
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Sunday, May 26, 2013
Dude Food vs. Fusion On The Fly
My apologies to those who read regularly.
I have failed to update.
This has become The Food Stamp project and less about food.
I am fine with that as issues are important to me, very important.
New recipes can be found at Dude Food where I am teaching men to cook.
With the classes, now found at FusionontheFly I have had a lot of couples in my class and many men in the kitchen for the first time. I have been shocked at how many men really do not cook.
Jarred sauce and pasta rule, that along with microwaved burritos.
Thus Dude Food was born and the readership grew from day one.
I will get back to more Fusion, as I fuse more food, but for the moment, Dude Food is occupying my time.
Yours,
Chef Karl Wilder
I have failed to update.
This has become The Food Stamp project and less about food.
I am fine with that as issues are important to me, very important.
New recipes can be found at Dude Food where I am teaching men to cook.
With the classes, now found at FusionontheFly I have had a lot of couples in my class and many men in the kitchen for the first time. I have been shocked at how many men really do not cook.
Jarred sauce and pasta rule, that along with microwaved burritos.
Thus Dude Food was born and the readership grew from day one.
I will get back to more Fusion, as I fuse more food, but for the moment, Dude Food is occupying my time.
Yours,
Chef Karl Wilder
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
The Naked Truth about how we treat our Sick and Poor
Badly.
We refuse a few extra dollars in food sustenance and as a result spend that and more in medical care.
I came to this after having done a food stamp diet for two months in the summer in San Francisco to prepare for a benefit for the SF Food Bank. Links to those stories here.
Summer in San Francisco with masses of pasta and rice is a vastly different experience than winter in New York as a diabetic.
I came to this via Harlem Hospital. I was asked by Dr. Leaque Ahmed of Harlem Hospital to quit my job and come 3,000 miles to NY in order to work with the diabetes department on Stirring the Pot. He was the conduit, making me a part of his department via PAGNY.
Thrilled to be here I began working hard and as my kitchen was (supposedly) being built I began shopping tours and did an enormous amount of outreach. I created our Facebook page and our blog and put in some very long hours preparing for the program.
3 months later gross mismanagement and some very bad decision making caused the hospital to let go of the program. Now patients may see a nutritionist like Amrita Persaud, at least she told me she is one...I never saw her degree. Rather than hands on cooking lessons that work for the community and their budgets they get a session in an office.
I continued to run Stirring the Pot as a volunteer, hosting some cooking lessons in my home kitchen.
I felt I had made a commitment to the people of Harlem, not the hospital.
When January came and I looked at my pledge to do the food stamp budget as a diabetic I decided to go ahead with it. I knew that I would learn more, and I did.
At the beginning I was raring to go, I was as creative as I had ever been and I worked it. I made ahead foods to tide me over. I sought out pig tails and other low cost items.
By the end of month 2 I was hungry and tired.
I ate the same thing 3 days in a row, not because I had no other choice but because I was bored and depressed.
It impacted my body.
I lost two inches in my chest, 1 in my arms and close to two in my thighs, muscle loss, not fat.
As my muscle went down my body fat percentage went up. I began at 11% fat and am now at almost 17% fat. Despite a weight loss of more than 8 lbs my waist is slightly bigger.
My cholesterol has risen and the ratio is way off. I have elevated triglycerides, free testosterone levels are low despite normal/high testosterone over all.
My sodium is quite fine despite precious little dietary sodium (I need salt so I took a supplement) my vitamin D levels are still above normal and my Iron shot off the charts.
This tells me that were I to stay on this high meat/low carb what few vegetables I could afford way of eating I would be sick before long.
In America we love to blame poor people for making bad choices but they cannot afford to make good choices.
You can get 4 boxes of off label Macaroni and Cheese for .99 at the .99 store. You can get 6 to 8 top ramen for one dollar. Banquet routinely puts pot pies and 'dinners' on sale for .99 at the beginning of the month.
Garbage food is affordable for most of us.
Soup kitchens and other feeding programs are strained beyond words. They rely on donations (often of cheap carbs) to sustain people. Those cheap carbs are killing them.
On
paper I did okay. My carbs were right in line for what I should have
had over a 2 month period. I was low in certain nutrients but I have
enough stored D from the sun.
I got more fiber than most Americans...
So what went wrong?
I
got way too many calories from fat. Fat is pale blue, carbs purple and
protein yellow. As the time progressed I relied more heavily on butter
to both flavor and get more calories. Costco made butter cheap at about
two bucks a pound.
Even when I made the wrong choices I KNEW I was making the wrong choices but was too hungry and tired to care.
Last night I had an entire head of broccoli, something I could never have afforded on the food stamp budget.
The poor cannot afford good food, Can we afford the health care cost of not providing it.
I would love to hear from you. wilderkj@gmail.com
Respectfully submitted,
Karl Wilder
We refuse a few extra dollars in food sustenance and as a result spend that and more in medical care.
I came to this after having done a food stamp diet for two months in the summer in San Francisco to prepare for a benefit for the SF Food Bank. Links to those stories here.
Summer in San Francisco with masses of pasta and rice is a vastly different experience than winter in New York as a diabetic.
I came to this via Harlem Hospital. I was asked by Dr. Leaque Ahmed of Harlem Hospital to quit my job and come 3,000 miles to NY in order to work with the diabetes department on Stirring the Pot. He was the conduit, making me a part of his department via PAGNY.
Thrilled to be here I began working hard and as my kitchen was (supposedly) being built I began shopping tours and did an enormous amount of outreach. I created our Facebook page and our blog and put in some very long hours preparing for the program.
3 months later gross mismanagement and some very bad decision making caused the hospital to let go of the program. Now patients may see a nutritionist like Amrita Persaud, at least she told me she is one...I never saw her degree. Rather than hands on cooking lessons that work for the community and their budgets they get a session in an office.
I continued to run Stirring the Pot as a volunteer, hosting some cooking lessons in my home kitchen.
I felt I had made a commitment to the people of Harlem, not the hospital.
When January came and I looked at my pledge to do the food stamp budget as a diabetic I decided to go ahead with it. I knew that I would learn more, and I did.
At the beginning I was raring to go, I was as creative as I had ever been and I worked it. I made ahead foods to tide me over. I sought out pig tails and other low cost items.
By the end of month 2 I was hungry and tired.
I ate the same thing 3 days in a row, not because I had no other choice but because I was bored and depressed.
It impacted my body.
I lost two inches in my chest, 1 in my arms and close to two in my thighs, muscle loss, not fat.
As my muscle went down my body fat percentage went up. I began at 11% fat and am now at almost 17% fat. Despite a weight loss of more than 8 lbs my waist is slightly bigger.
My cholesterol has risen and the ratio is way off. I have elevated triglycerides, free testosterone levels are low despite normal/high testosterone over all.
My sodium is quite fine despite precious little dietary sodium (I need salt so I took a supplement) my vitamin D levels are still above normal and my Iron shot off the charts.
This tells me that were I to stay on this high meat/low carb what few vegetables I could afford way of eating I would be sick before long.
In America we love to blame poor people for making bad choices but they cannot afford to make good choices.
You can get 4 boxes of off label Macaroni and Cheese for .99 at the .99 store. You can get 6 to 8 top ramen for one dollar. Banquet routinely puts pot pies and 'dinners' on sale for .99 at the beginning of the month.
Garbage food is affordable for most of us.
Soup kitchens and other feeding programs are strained beyond words. They rely on donations (often of cheap carbs) to sustain people. Those cheap carbs are killing them.
On
paper I did okay. My carbs were right in line for what I should have
had over a 2 month period. I was low in certain nutrients but I have
enough stored D from the sun. I got more fiber than most Americans...
So what went wrong?
I
got way too many calories from fat. Fat is pale blue, carbs purple and
protein yellow. As the time progressed I relied more heavily on butter
to both flavor and get more calories. Costco made butter cheap at about
two bucks a pound. Even when I made the wrong choices I KNEW I was making the wrong choices but was too hungry and tired to care.
Last night I had an entire head of broccoli, something I could never have afforded on the food stamp budget.
The poor cannot afford good food, Can we afford the health care cost of not providing it.
I would love to hear from you. wilderkj@gmail.com
Respectfully submitted,
Karl Wilder
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Monday, March 4, 2013
The Diabetic Food Stamp Project Day 26, 27, 28
I ate exactly the same food for 3 days.
It was not a choice, it was what I had.
Though on a daily basis I show surplus, the reality is that I laid in slightly too much food for the 'end of the month' and the monthly budget was spent.
Because of my skill and planning I was not eating Swanson dinners or frozen pizza as so many others do. I ate well. It may have been a bit dull and monotonous, but there are worse things.
I began each day with...
Peanut Butter .19
Banana .19
Soup with dumplings .66
Coffee with cream .17
Total 1.21
Carbs 47 grams
Lunch was a chili cheese quesadilla, those delicious tender morsels made at the beginning of the month.
Ques .51
Ice tea .03
Total .54
Carbs
Dinner each night was really good. I made a vegie sauce for pasta with cabbage, carrot, and onion ground in the food processor cooked with a can of tomatoes and garlic. Total sauce cost was 1.63. I loaded it with fresh garlic which bumped up the cost slightly but man was it good.
Sauce .54
Pasta .12
Cheese .20
Total .86
Carbs 54 grams
It was pretty lackluster end to the month.
My understanding has grown. I did EVERYTHING that people say food stamp recipients should do. I grew herbs on the windowsill, I shopped the sales, I baked my own bread, made my own dumplings and took every single measure I could to get both the calories and the nutrition I need.
The truth is that on this budget you CANNOT get both the calories and the nutrition needed to sustain healthfully. Those few dollars we take out of food will be paid in health care costs.
I should have my blood work in a few days to share with you.
For those last 3 days I had 1,009 calories per day. While it is true, I had more food in the house, food that was paid for and I could have eaten more. I found I no longer cared. My drive to make effort had been starved out of me.
I lost 8 pounds, two inches in my chest (while working out daily) so a lot of it was muscle loss.
I will tally my nutrition for the two months...but there is no question it suffered.
My first big meal after coming off the project. 3 ounces of ham, 3 flatbread, a small bit of mac and cheese an ENTIRE avocado with two Roma tomatoes and goat Feta. The meal cost over three dollars, 3/4 of what the average food stamp recipient can spend a day.
Respectfully Submitted,
Karl Wilder
It was not a choice, it was what I had.
Though on a daily basis I show surplus, the reality is that I laid in slightly too much food for the 'end of the month' and the monthly budget was spent.
Because of my skill and planning I was not eating Swanson dinners or frozen pizza as so many others do. I ate well. It may have been a bit dull and monotonous, but there are worse things.
I began each day with...
Peanut Butter .19
Banana .19
Soup with dumplings .66
Coffee with cream .17
Total 1.21
Carbs 47 grams
Lunch was a chili cheese quesadilla, those delicious tender morsels made at the beginning of the month.
Ques .51
Ice tea .03
Total .54
Carbs
Dinner each night was really good. I made a vegie sauce for pasta with cabbage, carrot, and onion ground in the food processor cooked with a can of tomatoes and garlic. Total sauce cost was 1.63. I loaded it with fresh garlic which bumped up the cost slightly but man was it good.
Pasta .12
Cheese .20
Total .86
Carbs 54 grams
It was pretty lackluster end to the month.
My understanding has grown. I did EVERYTHING that people say food stamp recipients should do. I grew herbs on the windowsill, I shopped the sales, I baked my own bread, made my own dumplings and took every single measure I could to get both the calories and the nutrition I need.
The truth is that on this budget you CANNOT get both the calories and the nutrition needed to sustain healthfully. Those few dollars we take out of food will be paid in health care costs.
I should have my blood work in a few days to share with you.
For those last 3 days I had 1,009 calories per day. While it is true, I had more food in the house, food that was paid for and I could have eaten more. I found I no longer cared. My drive to make effort had been starved out of me.
I lost 8 pounds, two inches in my chest (while working out daily) so a lot of it was muscle loss.
I will tally my nutrition for the two months...but there is no question it suffered.
My first big meal after coming off the project. 3 ounces of ham, 3 flatbread, a small bit of mac and cheese an ENTIRE avocado with two Roma tomatoes and goat Feta. The meal cost over three dollars, 3/4 of what the average food stamp recipient can spend a day.
Respectfully Submitted,
Karl Wilder
Sunday, March 3, 2013
3 day finale with photos is written
...as soon as google allows pictures again it will be published and quickly followed by my bloodwork post project.
Friday, March 1, 2013
Day 25 The diabetic food stamp project month 2
I had soup for breakfast....
I can't buy any more food. I need to state that. Even while this will show I am coming in under budget and still have 9.50 towards the replacement of oils and seasonings I don't actually have those funds.
I budgeted monthly and daily. My monthly is gone in that I have frozen dumplings, frozen empanadas, some frozen soup and a few other items that used up the funds. I will eat them, so it won't be wasted.
However to be true to the project once your funds are spent they are spent even if you daily totals seem less SNAP won't put up more money.
So...I eat a lot of dumplings.
Congee .02
Dumplings .66
Coffee/cream .17
Total .85
Carbs 30 grams
For lunch a quesadilla with some of the turkey black bean mix.
Quessadilla .50
Iced tea .03
Total .53
Carbs 39 grams
For dinner my tiny pasta portion with broccoli.
Pasta .12
Broccoli .50
Capers .10
Cheese .20
Total .92
Carbs 40 grams
4.25 plus 4.47 is 8.72 ...which is what I had (theoretically if I chose only from pantry items) This leaves me with an extra 6.42 to apply to what is in my pantry.
I spent 2.30 less than any other day so far. I admit I am bored with what has been on my plate and I am tired of this. March 1 I go off the budget.
Keep in mind that millions in America eat on this budget or less and that many poor cannot get assistance due to the paperwork requirements.
I only had 1,191 calories and my nutrition...
I can't buy any more food. I need to state that. Even while this will show I am coming in under budget and still have 9.50 towards the replacement of oils and seasonings I don't actually have those funds.
I budgeted monthly and daily. My monthly is gone in that I have frozen dumplings, frozen empanadas, some frozen soup and a few other items that used up the funds. I will eat them, so it won't be wasted.
However to be true to the project once your funds are spent they are spent even if you daily totals seem less SNAP won't put up more money.
So...I eat a lot of dumplings.
Congee .02
Dumplings .66
Coffee/cream .17
Total .85
Carbs 30 grams
For lunch a quesadilla with some of the turkey black bean mix.
Quessadilla .50
Iced tea .03
Total .53
Carbs 39 grams
For dinner my tiny pasta portion with broccoli.
Broccoli .50
Capers .10
Cheese .20
Total .92
Carbs 40 grams
I spent 2.30 less than any other day so far. I admit I am bored with what has been on my plate and I am tired of this. March 1 I go off the budget.
Keep in mind that millions in America eat on this budget or less and that many poor cannot get assistance due to the paperwork requirements.
I only had 1,191 calories and my nutrition...
March 1 update
The rest of the project will be uploaded as soon as google figures out the problem with posts that have photos.
I have been getting e mail asking me what my first meal was off the diet so I will take a second and answer you.
Whole grain flat bread, fresh goat feta, and a tomato (a really good tomato, not the 4 for a dollar ones but the romas on the stem from Costco at .50 each.) ...and coffee TWO cups.
Karl
I have been getting e mail asking me what my first meal was off the diet so I will take a second and answer you.
Whole grain flat bread, fresh goat feta, and a tomato (a really good tomato, not the 4 for a dollar ones but the romas on the stem from Costco at .50 each.) ...and coffee TWO cups.
Karl
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Day 24, the Diabetic Food Stamp Project Month 2
Sunday is my day to cook.
I made a nice congee base with some rice and water with a lot of seasonings. It comes to .02 a cup for a very nice soup base.
Then I had my tiny breakfast.
Banana .19
Peanut Butter .09
Coffee with cream .17
Total .45
Carbs 27 grams
That was it. Until I began my dumpling making I had nothing else.
Let add up the costs.
Wrapper 1.49
Ham stock 1.00
Ground Turkey 2.25
Onion .10
Green beans .14
Cabbage .20
Ginger .30
Total 5.48
This made 50 dumplings.
.11 each. Excellent price for delicious dumplings.
I used two cups of congee stock and cooked 6 dumplings in it for lunch. These are both the least expensive and the best I have ever made. The jelled stock and vegetable lighten them up and make the moist. I got the super thin wrappers, hard to work with, but tender.
Lunch:
Dumplings .66
Congee .04
Iced tea .07
Pomegranate .50
Total 1.23
Carbs 58 grams
The fruit pushed it a bit high.
I'd an Oscar party to attend so I made hash for dinner.
I browned two small potatoes with some ground beef and a lot of cabbage.
Beef .40
Potatoes .20
Cabbage .20
Total .80
Carbs 40 grams
Ah...but I had to take something to the party. And it comes out of this budget.
I made cheddar corn.
Cheese powder, butter, and popcorn.
Cheese .50
Butter .60
Popcorn .38
Total 1.48 (there goes some surplus)
My carbs 23 grams
It was hard not to eat more but I wanted to keep it in line for the day. Cheddar corn is a gift from the gods.
Day Total 3.96, I had up to 8.43 (in a sense, explanation at end of month) but can carry over 4.47 to tomorrow
I got my fat down...but my calories were way down as well, 1,177.
I made a nice congee base with some rice and water with a lot of seasonings. It comes to .02 a cup for a very nice soup base.
Then I had my tiny breakfast.
Banana .19
Peanut Butter .09
Coffee with cream .17
Total .45
Carbs 27 grams
That was it. Until I began my dumpling making I had nothing else.
Gorgeous hu?
Let add up the costs.
Wrapper 1.49
Ham stock 1.00
Ground Turkey 2.25
Onion .10
Green beans .14
Cabbage .20
Ginger .30
Total 5.48
This made 50 dumplings.
.11 each. Excellent price for delicious dumplings.
I used two cups of congee stock and cooked 6 dumplings in it for lunch. These are both the least expensive and the best I have ever made. The jelled stock and vegetable lighten them up and make the moist. I got the super thin wrappers, hard to work with, but tender.
Lunch:
Dumplings .66
Congee .04
Iced tea .07
Pomegranate .50
Total 1.23
Carbs 58 grams
The fruit pushed it a bit high.
I'd an Oscar party to attend so I made hash for dinner.
I browned two small potatoes with some ground beef and a lot of cabbage.
Beef .40
Potatoes .20
Cabbage .20
Total .80
Carbs 40 grams
Ah...but I had to take something to the party. And it comes out of this budget.
I made cheddar corn.
Cheese powder, butter, and popcorn.
Cheese .50
Butter .60
Popcorn .38
Total 1.48 (there goes some surplus)
My carbs 23 grams
It was hard not to eat more but I wanted to keep it in line for the day. Cheddar corn is a gift from the gods.
Day Total 3.96, I had up to 8.43 (in a sense, explanation at end of month) but can carry over 4.47 to tomorrow
I got my fat down...but my calories were way down as well, 1,177.
Posts have been written
....but google has gone wonky again and won't let me do updates with photos.
As soon as they allow me to publish the rest of the series will go up.
Karl
In the meantime...private classes are starting if you want to check out http://www.chefshomsecrets.com
As soon as they allow me to publish the rest of the series will go up.
Karl
In the meantime...private classes are starting if you want to check out http://www.chefshomsecrets.com
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Day 23 The Diabetic Food Stamp Project Month 2
It is taking all of my energy reserves to keep going right now.
I have to be mentally focused and sharp and get a lot done each day.
As some of you know Harlem Hospital de-funded the program they asked me move 3,000 miles in order to run.
I am currently working with one of the doctors to set up a not for profit in order to move the project forward.
Coffee is my friend.
I had my small bit with cream this morning, followed by a breakfast pizza.
Baked in a cast iron skillet it was crisp and delicious.
Pizza crust (whole wheat and flax) .10
Cheese .30
Bacon .34
2 tomatoes (1 as sauce) .50
Coffee with Cream .17
Total 1.41
Carbs 31 grams
...and then I got to work. I've begun teaching classes since Harlem decided they no longer care about the diabetic and congestive heart failure patients. I did a little work to put forth our most popular, food improvisation. It seems to sell best to tourists and corporate groups. I love it as people learn to think of food in a new way. More information
...and later lunch. It was a late lunch of boiled dumplings in a seasoned water/broth.
6 dumplings 1.08
Iced tea .03
Total 1.11
Carbs 22 grams
This past week I had an interesting experience. I got a call about catering a dinner, last minute for a couple who were getting married/sort of a pre-wedding bachelor party type thing. The food was already at the party site and the caterer had walked out when he learned the party was to be for two men getting married. Two men who had been together for the past 40 years.
In 2013 on the East Side of Manhattan this was shocking. When I read stories about bakeries in podunk towns refusing cakes I always think...well it's because they are in _______ and ________ has not caught up to the rest of the world.
Presumably we have.
I went, took stock and prepared I later learned a vastly different menu than the original, but one that made the hosts and guests very happy.
Thinking about this....back before I went to the Dominican Republic to cook for a year I had done a number of bachelorette parties, from tacky as all get out to very upscale.
Who is doing gay bachelor parties?
Google says no one.
Guess who is doing them now.
I teamed up with a Sketch Comedy Troupe to offer an alternative to a greasy stripper, with off color, off beat sketch comedy. Naughty but not gross (unless requested) and have begun to build a web site for gay bachelors.
To my mind...it does not matter who you love, or how you love, it only matters that you love.
And then very late I was off to the gym.
Despite almost daily workouts I have lost two inches off my chest during this diet. I think it is a combination of poor quality food and my lower energy.
Before I ran off for this workout I had a second pot of coffee with cream.
.17
It was late when I got home and I made my cabbage tacos with two ounces of ground turkey to boost the calories. You use cabbage, onion and tomato and all the same seasonings you would for a taco. Wonderful dish. I had them with half a can of black beans. Fast and good. I only hate half of the cabbage and turkey mix.
Tortillas .30
Beans .47
Tomato .12
Cabbage .14 (whole head was .64)
Onion .05
Turkey .25
Cheese .20
Yogurt .38
Total 1.91
Carbs 84 grams
WOW...I messed up, but not in a dangerous way.
A type I diabetic would take 8 units of insulin. A type II would monitor their blood sugar for signs of crisis.
However when most of the carbs are from fiber and vegetables the changes of them being slow to digest and burn are very good and often crisis is averted.
Those same carbs as cake might have meant hospital. For the entire day I was only a few grams over.
How did I do with Money? 4.60 and I had a potential 8.78 to use. I still have 4.18 to carry over. Calories 1,582, fewer calories from fat, therefore fewer calories.
I have to be mentally focused and sharp and get a lot done each day.
As some of you know Harlem Hospital de-funded the program they asked me move 3,000 miles in order to run.
I am currently working with one of the doctors to set up a not for profit in order to move the project forward.
Coffee is my friend.
I had my small bit with cream this morning, followed by a breakfast pizza.
Pizza crust (whole wheat and flax) .10
Cheese .30
Bacon .34
2 tomatoes (1 as sauce) .50
Coffee with Cream .17
Total 1.41
Carbs 31 grams
...and then I got to work. I've begun teaching classes since Harlem decided they no longer care about the diabetic and congestive heart failure patients. I did a little work to put forth our most popular, food improvisation. It seems to sell best to tourists and corporate groups. I love it as people learn to think of food in a new way. More information
...and later lunch. It was a late lunch of boiled dumplings in a seasoned water/broth.
6 dumplings 1.08
Iced tea .03
Total 1.11
Carbs 22 grams
This past week I had an interesting experience. I got a call about catering a dinner, last minute for a couple who were getting married/sort of a pre-wedding bachelor party type thing. The food was already at the party site and the caterer had walked out when he learned the party was to be for two men getting married. Two men who had been together for the past 40 years.
In 2013 on the East Side of Manhattan this was shocking. When I read stories about bakeries in podunk towns refusing cakes I always think...well it's because they are in _______ and ________ has not caught up to the rest of the world.
Presumably we have.
I went, took stock and prepared I later learned a vastly different menu than the original, but one that made the hosts and guests very happy.
Thinking about this....back before I went to the Dominican Republic to cook for a year I had done a number of bachelorette parties, from tacky as all get out to very upscale.
Who is doing gay bachelor parties?
Google says no one.
Guess who is doing them now.
I teamed up with a Sketch Comedy Troupe to offer an alternative to a greasy stripper, with off color, off beat sketch comedy. Naughty but not gross (unless requested) and have begun to build a web site for gay bachelors.
To my mind...it does not matter who you love, or how you love, it only matters that you love.
And then very late I was off to the gym.
Despite almost daily workouts I have lost two inches off my chest during this diet. I think it is a combination of poor quality food and my lower energy.
Before I ran off for this workout I had a second pot of coffee with cream.
.17
It was late when I got home and I made my cabbage tacos with two ounces of ground turkey to boost the calories. You use cabbage, onion and tomato and all the same seasonings you would for a taco. Wonderful dish. I had them with half a can of black beans. Fast and good. I only hate half of the cabbage and turkey mix.
Tortillas .30
Beans .47
Tomato .12
Cabbage .14 (whole head was .64)
Onion .05
Turkey .25
Cheese .20
Yogurt .38
Total 1.91
Carbs 84 grams
WOW...I messed up, but not in a dangerous way.
A type I diabetic would take 8 units of insulin. A type II would monitor their blood sugar for signs of crisis.
However when most of the carbs are from fiber and vegetables the changes of them being slow to digest and burn are very good and often crisis is averted.
Those same carbs as cake might have meant hospital. For the entire day I was only a few grams over.
How did I do with Money? 4.60 and I had a potential 8.78 to use. I still have 4.18 to carry over. Calories 1,582, fewer calories from fat, therefore fewer calories.
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Day 22, The Diabetic Food Stamp Project
I am ready for this to be over.
At the same time I am mindful that for many it is never over. There are many in this country who can't point to a day on the calendar and say...on that day I can have apples and broccoli and salmon because they simply can't afford it.
Many who can never get food assistance because of the hateful bureaucratic system and mountains of paper required. Paper that often does not exist when you live on the margins.
Many who eat the cheapest food possible to keep going.
My skill, access and time has made me vastly more fortunate than they on a daily basis.
And thus my morning meal. A thin omelet in buttered biscuits.
Biscuits .80
2 eggs .42
Mushrooms .25
Butter .10
Coffee/cream .17
Total 1.74
Carbs 31 grams
...and then there's lunch.
I had a networking event to attend so I had a late lunch and a substantial meal.
I had cured some pancetta with a bit of Chinatown pork belly and used it to make an awesome little portion of spaghetti carbonara. I added mushrooms making it even better.
Pancetta .33
Pasta .12
Cheese .30
Egg .21
Mushrooms .50
Total 1.46
Carbs 35 grams
I had a great time at Social last night (wine helped) and came home late and hungry.
I had mostly green beans with a little 5 spice braised pork belly. Those little flecks of white on the right, that was my miniscule amount of rice. I still hate brown rice with a white hot passion so I have my teensy measured portion of white.
Pork Belly 1.00
Green Beans .58
Ginger .34
White Rice .08
Total 2.00
Carbs 50 grams (including the wine)
Day total 5.20, and despite my opulent spending my nutrition was not great. I had 9.73 to spend and 4.53 to carry over.
2,110 calories 59% from fat.
At the same time I am mindful that for many it is never over. There are many in this country who can't point to a day on the calendar and say...on that day I can have apples and broccoli and salmon because they simply can't afford it.
Many who can never get food assistance because of the hateful bureaucratic system and mountains of paper required. Paper that often does not exist when you live on the margins.
Many who eat the cheapest food possible to keep going.
And thus my morning meal. A thin omelet in buttered biscuits.
Biscuits .80
2 eggs .42
Mushrooms .25
Butter .10
Coffee/cream .17
Total 1.74
Carbs 31 grams
...and then there's lunch.
I had a networking event to attend so I had a late lunch and a substantial meal.
Pancetta .33
Pasta .12
Cheese .30
Egg .21
Mushrooms .50
Total 1.46
Carbs 35 grams
I had a great time at Social last night (wine helped) and came home late and hungry.
Pork Belly 1.00
Green Beans .58
Ginger .34
White Rice .08
Total 2.00
Carbs 50 grams (including the wine)
Day total 5.20, and despite my opulent spending my nutrition was not great. I had 9.73 to spend and 4.53 to carry over.
2,110 calories 59% from fat.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Day 21 The Diabetic Food Stamp Project
I crave fat and salt. I was asked what had changed since I began this and that is the biggest change.
I crave fat and salt and am getting many more calories from fat than I used to.
When I began I was craving salad and vegetables, even a few weeks into it I wanted nothing more than a head of crisp broccoli and now if it isn't fatty and salty I have less desire for it.
I had my usual coffee with cream this morning along with a flat bread and a serving of soup.
Soup .19
Coffee/cream .17
Flatbread .10
Total 1.06
Carbs 36 grams
I checked on twitter afterwards...everyone is talking about Oprah Winfrey and her T-Fal Fryer giving her crisp french fries with little oil.
I was already craving fat and salt and Oprah Winfrey threw me over the edge. Witness lunch.
2 potatoes FRIED .20
2 Eggs FRIED .42
Bacon Fried .51
Tea .03
Total 1.16
Carbs 40 grams
Not a good trend.
...dinner did not veer into health food either.
I had a show. I was meeting a friend to go see Proof, a Pulitzer prize winner I had never seen, playing at the Gene Frankel Theatre down on 24 Bond.
Biscuits .80
Tomato .25
Cheese .30
Butter .20
Iced Tea .03
Total 1.58
Carbs 43 grams
I thought the play very well written, despite the amateur performances, with the exception of Andrew J. Langton as the father...great job, which stood out strongly against our two incredibly bad female leads. 2 of the actors were also producers and I am thinking this is the only way they could get cast.
Getting home at close to midnight I am happy to say I resisted the temptation to eat more food.
So why do the poor eat so much fat?
We ask it over and over again. What is wrong with 'those people' don't they know better?
Now that I am one of 'those people' I can tell you. Fat satiates, more than fiber, more than anything. Those days I have more than 50% of my calories from fat I am not hungry.
I know better, I say I am going to try and again and again I am drawn to the butter.
Let's look at my total. 3.80 out of a potential 9.28, leaving me 5.48 to carry over.
Nutrition and fiber....not good.
I crave fat and salt and am getting many more calories from fat than I used to.
When I began I was craving salad and vegetables, even a few weeks into it I wanted nothing more than a head of crisp broccoli and now if it isn't fatty and salty I have less desire for it.
I had my usual coffee with cream this morning along with a flat bread and a serving of soup.
Soup .19
Coffee/cream .17
Flatbread .10
Total 1.06
Carbs 36 grams
I checked on twitter afterwards...everyone is talking about Oprah Winfrey and her T-Fal Fryer giving her crisp french fries with little oil.
I was already craving fat and salt and Oprah Winfrey threw me over the edge. Witness lunch.
2 Eggs FRIED .42
Bacon Fried .51
Tea .03
Total 1.16
Carbs 40 grams
Not a good trend.
...dinner did not veer into health food either.
I had a show. I was meeting a friend to go see Proof, a Pulitzer prize winner I had never seen, playing at the Gene Frankel Theatre down on 24 Bond.
Tomato .25
Cheese .30
Butter .20
Iced Tea .03
Total 1.58
Carbs 43 grams
I thought the play very well written, despite the amateur performances, with the exception of Andrew J. Langton as the father...great job, which stood out strongly against our two incredibly bad female leads. 2 of the actors were also producers and I am thinking this is the only way they could get cast.
Getting home at close to midnight I am happy to say I resisted the temptation to eat more food.
So why do the poor eat so much fat?
We ask it over and over again. What is wrong with 'those people' don't they know better?
Now that I am one of 'those people' I can tell you. Fat satiates, more than fiber, more than anything. Those days I have more than 50% of my calories from fat I am not hungry.
I know better, I say I am going to try and again and again I am drawn to the butter.
Let's look at my total. 3.80 out of a potential 9.28, leaving me 5.48 to carry over.
Nutrition and fiber....not good.
Day 20, the Diabetic Food Stamp Project.
I had yesterday's lunch as today's breakfast.
Chicken mix 1.45
Cheese .74
Crackers .07
Coffee with cream .17
Total 2.43
Carbs 44 grams
It was plenty of food and the red pepper and onion get a vegetable in me before noon.
A few hours later I tried one of my salted eggs. The recipe said they take 30 days, but these are almost done. I hard boiled one and I think with another two or three days of cure they will be congee ready.
Egg .21
Apple .50
Peanut butter .19
Second coffee/cream .17
Total 1.07
Carbs 22 grams
I went to the gym and to a friends where we caught up a bit and finally home.
I had pork belly ready to go, all seasoned and could not abide the idea of eating meat.
I wanted my sugar pea sprouts. I made my ration of 1.5 ounces of pasta with a lot of garlic, a touch of butter and oil and the pea shoots.
Totally delicious...a couple of hours later...popcorn with more butter.
I've the feeling it will be too many calories from fat again.
Pasta .12
Butter .10
Cheese .20
Pea shoots .70
Total 1.12
Carbs 37 grams
Later
Popcorn .19
Butter .30
Total .49
Carbs 37 grams
Carbs were okay (a touch high) for the day but again, more than half of my calories from fat. Bad trend. 1, 726 calories, consistently higher for the wrong reason.
Day Total 5.11 out of a potential 10.14 leaving me 5.03 to carry over.
Chicken mix 1.45
Cheese .74
Crackers .07
Coffee with cream .17
Total 2.43
Carbs 44 grams
It was plenty of food and the red pepper and onion get a vegetable in me before noon.
A few hours later I tried one of my salted eggs. The recipe said they take 30 days, but these are almost done. I hard boiled one and I think with another two or three days of cure they will be congee ready.
Egg .21
Apple .50
Peanut butter .19
Second coffee/cream .17
Total 1.07
Carbs 22 grams
I went to the gym and to a friends where we caught up a bit and finally home.
I had pork belly ready to go, all seasoned and could not abide the idea of eating meat.
I wanted my sugar pea sprouts. I made my ration of 1.5 ounces of pasta with a lot of garlic, a touch of butter and oil and the pea shoots.
Totally delicious...a couple of hours later...popcorn with more butter.
I've the feeling it will be too many calories from fat again.
Pasta .12
Butter .10
Cheese .20
Pea shoots .70
Total 1.12
Carbs 37 grams
Popcorn .19
Butter .30
Total .49
Carbs 37 grams
Carbs were okay (a touch high) for the day but again, more than half of my calories from fat. Bad trend. 1, 726 calories, consistently higher for the wrong reason.
Day Total 5.11 out of a potential 10.14 leaving me 5.03 to carry over.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Day 19 the Diabetic Food Stamp project
I had soup for breakfast followed by coffee with cream. I had to run out and pick up some more venison for the cats. Remember that venison...the stuff I can't eat until March? The cats are loving the trimmings cut into cat sized bites.
Anyway...breakfast
Coffee with cream .17
Bowl of Stone soup .29
Total .46
14 grams of carb
It was a bit of a run around day and my foot (The one smashed at NYSC) was particularly painful today.
I've a class tonight and will be making enchiladas with the kids and they will be having rice. I have had rice on my brain all day so I had a dish at lunch with some rice, but not much.
1/2 cup rice .08
3 chicken legs shredded 1.50
1 red pepper .70
2 onions .20
Butter .30
Garlic .02 (4 cloves)
Capers .10
Total 2.90 (I ate half)
I shredded the chicken (pre-roasted) sauteed the whole chopped pepper, two onions and the garlic in butter. I added in the chicken and rice and toasted the rice, hit it with some oregano and capers. Added a cup of water and brought it to a boil, turned low, put on the lid and let it simmer for 20 minutes, turned off the heat and let rest and then I ate half with some crackers and cheese alongside.
Bliss.
Chicken mix 1.45
Cheese .74
Crackers .07
Total 2.26
Carbs 44 grams
...and I went to Trinity and we worked on cheese and roast pepper enchiladas. While there I had a bit of cheese leftover from a meeting. No cost, no carbs, but more fat.
I got home a little after 9 and needed to eat something.
A little puffy flat bread with bacon, tomato, and feta seasoned with garlic and oregano. Awesome little meal.
Tomato .25
1 oz of feta .24
4 slices of bacon 68
Flat Bread .10
Total 1.27
Carbs 27 grams
1,108 calories, 50% from fat. I hereby declare tomorrow vegetable day.
Total cost 3.99. I had 9.88 I could have used so I now carry 5.89 over.
I am better at budgeting but worse at taking care of myself and balancing meals.
Anyway...breakfast
Coffee with cream .17
Bowl of Stone soup .29
Total .46
14 grams of carb
It was a bit of a run around day and my foot (The one smashed at NYSC) was particularly painful today.
I've a class tonight and will be making enchiladas with the kids and they will be having rice. I have had rice on my brain all day so I had a dish at lunch with some rice, but not much.
1/2 cup rice .08
3 chicken legs shredded 1.50
1 red pepper .70
2 onions .20
Butter .30
Garlic .02 (4 cloves)
Capers .10
Total 2.90 (I ate half)
I shredded the chicken (pre-roasted) sauteed the whole chopped pepper, two onions and the garlic in butter. I added in the chicken and rice and toasted the rice, hit it with some oregano and capers. Added a cup of water and brought it to a boil, turned low, put on the lid and let it simmer for 20 minutes, turned off the heat and let rest and then I ate half with some crackers and cheese alongside.
Chicken mix 1.45
Cheese .74
Crackers .07
Total 2.26
Carbs 44 grams
...and I went to Trinity and we worked on cheese and roast pepper enchiladas. While there I had a bit of cheese leftover from a meeting. No cost, no carbs, but more fat.
I got home a little after 9 and needed to eat something.
Tomato .25
1 oz of feta .24
4 slices of bacon 68
Flat Bread .10
Total 1.27
Carbs 27 grams
1,108 calories, 50% from fat. I hereby declare tomorrow vegetable day.
Total cost 3.99. I had 9.88 I could have used so I now carry 5.89 over.
I am better at budgeting but worse at taking care of myself and balancing meals.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The Diabetic Food Stamp Project Day 18
I had an enormous breakfast. The enormity of it may be party due to my perception since most of the time I am eating little.
I had an entire apple with peanut butter followed by two chicken legs cooked in the leftover tomato sauce from my students stuffed peppers AND a flax filled flat bread.
Good Eats. I used torn bits of bread to tear the chicken and soak the sauce. Not a traditional breakfast, but an excellent one.
Apple (chinatown shopping) .50
Peanut butter .19
Flatbread .10
Chicken (Trader Joe's organic legs) 1.00
Coffee with cream .17
Total 1.96
Carbs 53 grams
...and did I stop eating. No. I had a great lunch. 4 chicken feet reheated and 6 dumplings in broth.
Chicken Feet Leftover from Dim Sum
1 dumpling leftover from Dim Sum
5 dumpling .90
Broth .25
Iced tea .03
Total 1.18
Carbs 22 grams
I got a workout in and came home and made stone soup and more bread dough last night.
Have you never made Stone Soup?
Same principal as the book, you find bits of what you have and put them in a soup pot. I pureed this one. I find it best if you have onion, garlic and potato for texture and flavor.
Stone Soup
8 cloves of garlic .03
2 potatoes .22
3 onions .30
1 carrot .12
Mustard green stems .18
Butter .30
Poblano chilies leftover (2)
Total 1.15
Carbs 16 grams per serving.
Cut all the vegetables into small pieces and saute in butter (or oil) until soft, remove to blender or processor and add 1 cup water and puree. Add an additional 5 cups water and season with salt and pepper and bring back to a boil. Serve.
It makes 4 nice servings and comes to .29 per serving.
I had one serving as my first course for dinner.
Then....
A small plate of mustard greens. I love those slightly bitter greens with garlic.
Then a little pasta with a hot sausage and Poblano chili sauce topped with a touch of cheese. Massively delicious.
Awesome 3 course meal.
Soup .29
Mustard green .32 (I love Chinatown prices)
Pasta .12
Garlic .03
Chilies leftover
Tomato .25
Sausage .70
Cheese .20
Total 1.91
An expensive but filling and delicious meal.
Let's look at the day total, 505.00 way more than I could spend if I did not have a cash reserve built up. I could have spent an entire 10.68 but I can carry 5.63 into tomorrow.
I managed 1,779 calories and decent nutrition.
I had an entire apple with peanut butter followed by two chicken legs cooked in the leftover tomato sauce from my students stuffed peppers AND a flax filled flat bread.
Apple (chinatown shopping) .50
Peanut butter .19
Flatbread .10
Chicken (Trader Joe's organic legs) 1.00
Coffee with cream .17
Total 1.96
Carbs 53 grams
...and did I stop eating. No. I had a great lunch. 4 chicken feet reheated and 6 dumplings in broth.
1 dumpling leftover from Dim Sum
5 dumpling .90
Broth .25
Iced tea .03
Total 1.18
Carbs 22 grams
I got a workout in and came home and made stone soup and more bread dough last night.
Have you never made Stone Soup?
Same principal as the book, you find bits of what you have and put them in a soup pot. I pureed this one. I find it best if you have onion, garlic and potato for texture and flavor.
Stone Soup
8 cloves of garlic .03
2 potatoes .22
3 onions .30
1 carrot .12
Mustard green stems .18
Butter .30
Poblano chilies leftover (2)
Total 1.15
Carbs 16 grams per serving.
Cut all the vegetables into small pieces and saute in butter (or oil) until soft, remove to blender or processor and add 1 cup water and puree. Add an additional 5 cups water and season with salt and pepper and bring back to a boil. Serve.
It makes 4 nice servings and comes to .29 per serving.
I had one serving as my first course for dinner.
Then....
Then a little pasta with a hot sausage and Poblano chili sauce topped with a touch of cheese. Massively delicious.
Soup .29
Mustard green .32 (I love Chinatown prices)
Pasta .12
Garlic .03
Chilies leftover
Tomato .25
Sausage .70
Cheese .20
Total 1.91
An expensive but filling and delicious meal.
Let's look at the day total, 505.00 way more than I could spend if I did not have a cash reserve built up. I could have spent an entire 10.68 but I can carry 5.63 into tomorrow.
I managed 1,779 calories and decent nutrition.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Month 2 day 17 the diabetic food stamp project
Today was a party.
A party to be all parties. It was the Chinese New Year annual dim sum event.
I ate like I had never been fed before in my life, and brought home some chicken feet.
I counted each bite and tried to be careful as I had had a banana with Peanut butter and coffee before leaving the house.
Coffee/Cream .17
Banana .19
Peanut butter .19
Dim Sum including roast duck and beef ribs and turnip cake. .NA
Total .55
Carbs 65 grams
My head count had me at 60 but when I added up the bites by bite at home I was over my limit again. Damn. Not in the danger zone, but still too many carbs.
I do have to say every bite was bliss.
I love Dim Sum. I tried not to overdo on the dumplings because of the wrappers, but had rib tips and roast duck with impunity. This is approximate but I had at least 1,000 calories.
That was pretty much it for the day.
I taught a food improvisation class last night. These are the most popular and most fun class taught. So had had a few tastes, but the dim sum had me so full, other than to make sure the food was excellent (it was) I did not eat.
One great recipe came out of the mix I will share today.
Mushroom Coconut Soup
1 cup dried mixed mushroom
3 cups water
Rehydrate by putting mushrooms in water, bring to a boil then simmer
Add in
Stalks from 1 lb mustard greens (swiss chard or any other stalk would work just as well)
1 quart beef stock
Puree
1 small can coconut milk
4 large canned poblano chilies
Mix with mushroom mix
Scoop out mushroom and mustard solids
Puree solids
Add freshly ground pepper and about a teaspoon of beef concentrate, let simmer for approximately 30 minutes.
This is what the class ate.
Venison medallions in a butter and caper sauce
Beef mushroom soup with a coconut base and Poblano peppers
Mustard greens with Ma Po sauce and pomegranate
Pasta with chorizo and fresh tomato sauce
Buffalo stuffed peppers in a Spanish style tomato sauce
Chocolates made with fresh pomegranate sunflower seeds and dried cherries
Along with two wines, a California and a Spanish.
After I cleaned up for about an hour I had some popcorn with plenty of butter.
Popcorn .19
Butter .30
Total .49
Carbs 42 grams
As stuffed as I was my calories for the day were only 1,528. This will not be as accurate as when I cook, because when I cook I enter every ingredient separately. With Dim sum I put the number of pieces and the estimate of ounces of duck etc.
Estimates and counts are not as accurate as a food scale.
In other words the count could easily be off by a couple hundred calories.
Let's add up the day. I know I didn't spend much on myself; 1.04 out of a potential 7.47, leaving me 6.43 to carry over.
A party to be all parties. It was the Chinese New Year annual dim sum event.
I counted each bite and tried to be careful as I had had a banana with Peanut butter and coffee before leaving the house.
Coffee/Cream .17
Banana .19
Peanut butter .19
Dim Sum including roast duck and beef ribs and turnip cake. .NA
Total .55
Carbs 65 grams
My head count had me at 60 but when I added up the bites by bite at home I was over my limit again. Damn. Not in the danger zone, but still too many carbs.
I do have to say every bite was bliss.
I love Dim Sum. I tried not to overdo on the dumplings because of the wrappers, but had rib tips and roast duck with impunity. This is approximate but I had at least 1,000 calories.
That was pretty much it for the day.
I taught a food improvisation class last night. These are the most popular and most fun class taught. So had had a few tastes, but the dim sum had me so full, other than to make sure the food was excellent (it was) I did not eat.
One great recipe came out of the mix I will share today.
Mushroom Coconut Soup
1 cup dried mixed mushroom
3 cups water
Rehydrate by putting mushrooms in water, bring to a boil then simmer
Add in
Stalks from 1 lb mustard greens (swiss chard or any other stalk would work just as well)
1 quart beef stock
Puree
1 small can coconut milk
4 large canned poblano chilies
Mix with mushroom mix
Scoop out mushroom and mustard solids
Puree solids
Add freshly ground pepper and about a teaspoon of beef concentrate, let simmer for approximately 30 minutes.
This is what the class ate.
Venison medallions in a butter and caper sauce
Beef mushroom soup with a coconut base and Poblano peppers
Mustard greens with Ma Po sauce and pomegranate
Pasta with chorizo and fresh tomato sauce
Buffalo stuffed peppers in a Spanish style tomato sauce
Chocolates made with fresh pomegranate sunflower seeds and dried cherries
Along with two wines, a California and a Spanish.
After I cleaned up for about an hour I had some popcorn with plenty of butter.
Popcorn .19
Butter .30
Total .49
Carbs 42 grams
As stuffed as I was my calories for the day were only 1,528. This will not be as accurate as when I cook, because when I cook I enter every ingredient separately. With Dim sum I put the number of pieces and the estimate of ounces of duck etc.
Estimates and counts are not as accurate as a food scale.
In other words the count could easily be off by a couple hundred calories.
Let's add up the day. I know I didn't spend much on myself; 1.04 out of a potential 7.47, leaving me 6.43 to carry over.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Day 16, Month 2, The Diabetic Food Stamp Project
I started my day with peanut butter and banana, a new favorite combination. What is it about peanut butter that pairs so beautifully with both bananas and apples?
Then I had last night's leftover pudding thing, which was great re-heated and spread with soft butter.
Banana .19
Peanut butter .19
Leftovers .58
Coffee with Cream .17
Butter .20
Total 1.33
Carbs 84 grams, danger territory.
I really messed up with this meal. I was not paying attention to how many carbs the banana would add to the total and I should have remembered how many carbs were in last night's dinner.
Lunch was two of the quesadilla I had made the other day, with an iced tea.
2 quesadilla 1.10
Iced tea .03
Total 1.13
Carbs 42 grams
To pretend that dinner was anything but odd would be wrong.
I was just eating stuff I had in the house. I knew today would bring a Chinatown trip and more vegetables so I ate what I had left.
1 carrot .12
1 kohlrabi .50
6 dumplings 1.08
Pork/Ham broth .25
Total 1.95
Carbs 35 grams
I am keeping my calories up with butter and ham fat, which is not healthy. I need to cut the fat. With the fat I am not hungry all the time, without....hunger.
Today's calories 1,887.
Total 4.41 out of a potential 7.63 leaving me 3.22.
Then I had last night's leftover pudding thing, which was great re-heated and spread with soft butter.
Banana .19
Peanut butter .19
Leftovers .58
Coffee with Cream .17
Butter .20
Total 1.33
Carbs 84 grams, danger territory.
I really messed up with this meal. I was not paying attention to how many carbs the banana would add to the total and I should have remembered how many carbs were in last night's dinner.
Lunch was two of the quesadilla I had made the other day, with an iced tea.
2 quesadilla 1.10
Iced tea .03
Total 1.13
Carbs 42 grams
To pretend that dinner was anything but odd would be wrong.
I was just eating stuff I had in the house. I knew today would bring a Chinatown trip and more vegetables so I ate what I had left.
1 carrot .12
1 kohlrabi .50
6 dumplings 1.08
Pork/Ham broth .25
Total 1.95
Carbs 35 grams
Today's calories 1,887.
Total 4.41 out of a potential 7.63 leaving me 3.22.
Day 15, the diabetic foods stamp diet
I just had an entire apple.
With some bad coffee (more on that later). It was so satisfying, so delicious with a touch of peanut butter so expensive.
I knew I was building up a surplus and with last night's dinner invite could afford an apple.
It was .69 cents, so a good value for an apple, but you can see how food like that can burn up your budget pretty quickly.
I was given a bag of Starbucks blond as a gift yesterday. Starbucks dark has never appealed to me and the blond less so. It was like warm water overwhelmed by the teaspoon of cream. I may have to have some real coffee later.
About an hour later I had a large bit of ham mayonnaise with some of the remaining tortilla chips and some REAL coffee with cream.
Fake Coffee with cream .05
Real Coffee with cream .17
Apple .69
Peanut butter .19
6 ounces of ham .60
1 cup of chips .50
Total 2.50 a walloping sum of money for one meal.
Carbs
I decided to make ham and cheese quesadillas. I finely chopped 16 ounce of ham@1.60, added in one can of beans@.88, 3 onions@.30, 8 ounces of cheddar@2.00 and 10 tortillas @2.29.
The filling comes to .29 a serving divided by 11 (leftover) and the quesadillas are then 25 for the tortilla and .29 for the filling making them 55 each if we round up.
I didn't eat one, but I have them to eat. I also made a stock with the ham bone.
While this was going on I heated one of the turkey empanadas from the freezer. It made a nice little lunch.
Empanada .71
Iced tea .03
Total .74
Carbs 12 grams
I had 1/11 of the filling leftover when I came home for dinner so I made this thing.
I chopped up the remaining broccoli finely and tossed it with the ham, bean, cheese onion mix with 1/2 cup flour and 3 eggs along with a cup of water I made a pudding.
It was somewhere between a pancake and a Yorkshire pudding or a spoon bread. Awesome with butter.
Broccoli .25
Leftover ham mix .29
3 eggs . 63
Total 1.17, However I only ate half making my dinner .58 plus
Butter .20
Total .78
Carbs 55 grams
Day Total 4.02 I had a potential 7.24 so I can carry over 3.22.
Calories 1,906,again way too many calories from fat.
I knew I was building up a surplus and with last night's dinner invite could afford an apple.
It was .69 cents, so a good value for an apple, but you can see how food like that can burn up your budget pretty quickly.
I was given a bag of Starbucks blond as a gift yesterday. Starbucks dark has never appealed to me and the blond less so. It was like warm water overwhelmed by the teaspoon of cream. I may have to have some real coffee later.
About an hour later I had a large bit of ham mayonnaise with some of the remaining tortilla chips and some REAL coffee with cream.
Fake Coffee with cream .05
Real Coffee with cream .17
Apple .69
Peanut butter .19
6 ounces of ham .60
1 cup of chips .50
Total 2.50 a walloping sum of money for one meal.
Carbs
I decided to make ham and cheese quesadillas. I finely chopped 16 ounce of ham@1.60, added in one can of beans@.88, 3 onions@.30, 8 ounces of cheddar@2.00 and 10 tortillas @2.29.
The filling comes to .29 a serving divided by 11 (leftover) and the quesadillas are then 25 for the tortilla and .29 for the filling making them 55 each if we round up.
I didn't eat one, but I have them to eat. I also made a stock with the ham bone.
While this was going on I heated one of the turkey empanadas from the freezer. It made a nice little lunch.
Empanada .71
Iced tea .03
Total .74
Carbs 12 grams
I had 1/11 of the filling leftover when I came home for dinner so I made this thing.
I chopped up the remaining broccoli finely and tossed it with the ham, bean, cheese onion mix with 1/2 cup flour and 3 eggs along with a cup of water I made a pudding.
It was somewhere between a pancake and a Yorkshire pudding or a spoon bread. Awesome with butter.
Broccoli .25
Leftover ham mix .29
3 eggs . 63
Total 1.17, However I only ate half making my dinner .58 plus
Butter .20
Total .78
Carbs 55 grams
Day Total 4.02 I had a potential 7.24 so I can carry over 3.22.
Calories 1,906,again way too many calories from fat.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
More google issues
google is not allowing me to publish posts with pictures.
This is not the first time that function has failed.
Updates are done daily and will show up as soon as google fixes their issues.
This is not the first time that function has failed.
Updates are done daily and will show up as soon as google fixes their issues.
Friday, February 15, 2013
Day 14, the Diabetic Food Stamp Diet
To say I have no Valentine would be untrue, however that is not who I will be dining with tonight.
Before I realized what day today is my Uncle Carl had invited me for dinner on Thursday, a Thursday like any other I assumed. I wake up and the world is awash in red sweaters, and since I knew Christmas was over I knew it must be V.D. day.
What could I do...I had a presentation as a Senior Center to prepare for so I made a good breakfast.
Not pictured peanut butter and crackers. This was major, house cured ham, two eggs, one ounce of cheddar. Awesome meal.
Crackers .07
Peanut butter .19
Ham .40
Eggs .42
Cheese .25
Coffee w/cream .17
Total 1.50
Carbs 23 grams
Peanut butter, eggs with cheese and ham can sock your calories up. I am glad of that.
I was here doing paperwork...we are in the process of setting up a new 501C3 Corporation, not for profit. (If anyone has a line on an accountant who would be willing to work with us for no money, let us know)
...eventually it got to be lunchtime.
I had an exact duplicate of last night's dinner.
Broth .25
Broccoli .25
6 dumplings 1.08
Total 1.58
Carbs 34 grams
I then proceeded to my Uncle Carl's to make an amazing dinner.
I brought some of the flat bread dough to bak off and he had taken care of the rest of the meal.
I cooked but we had a amazing repast.
Atlantic char, a pasta made with only a few noodles containing Swiss Chard, tomatoes, olives, fresh basil feta cheese.
As a first course I baked off the flat bread and we had it with an awesome goat brie, and a little extra sharp cheddar.
I am almost afraid to add up the carbs.
Dinner; Courtesy of Uncle Carl
Flatbread .40
Total .40
Carbs 58 grams, still in the safe zone
Before I get into the day total etc...look at what more food of better quality did to my nutrition for the day.
I did not topple my carb count yet I went way higher with everything, even getting E and D which I rarely do.
Because the meal was a Valentine's gift my budget was unharmed. I also managed 2,253 calories without a lot of cheap carbs. Carl spent about 16.00 for the ingredients for that meal, making one amazing meal an extra 8 dollars per day.
Something to think about.
Day Total 3.48 out of a potential 6. 47 leaving me with 2.99 to carry over.
Before I realized what day today is my Uncle Carl had invited me for dinner on Thursday, a Thursday like any other I assumed. I wake up and the world is awash in red sweaters, and since I knew Christmas was over I knew it must be V.D. day.
What could I do...I had a presentation as a Senior Center to prepare for so I made a good breakfast.
Crackers .07
Peanut butter .19
Ham .40
Eggs .42
Cheese .25
Coffee w/cream .17
Total 1.50
Carbs 23 grams
Peanut butter, eggs with cheese and ham can sock your calories up. I am glad of that.
I was here doing paperwork...we are in the process of setting up a new 501C3 Corporation, not for profit. (If anyone has a line on an accountant who would be willing to work with us for no money, let us know)
...eventually it got to be lunchtime.
I had an exact duplicate of last night's dinner.
Broth .25
Broccoli .25
6 dumplings 1.08
Total 1.58
Carbs 34 grams
I then proceeded to my Uncle Carl's to make an amazing dinner.
I brought some of the flat bread dough to bak off and he had taken care of the rest of the meal.
I cooked but we had a amazing repast.
As a first course I baked off the flat bread and we had it with an awesome goat brie, and a little extra sharp cheddar.
I am almost afraid to add up the carbs.
Dinner; Courtesy of Uncle Carl
Flatbread .40
Total .40
Carbs 58 grams, still in the safe zone
Before I get into the day total etc...look at what more food of better quality did to my nutrition for the day.
I did not topple my carb count yet I went way higher with everything, even getting E and D which I rarely do.
Because the meal was a Valentine's gift my budget was unharmed. I also managed 2,253 calories without a lot of cheap carbs. Carl spent about 16.00 for the ingredients for that meal, making one amazing meal an extra 8 dollars per day.
Something to think about.
Day Total 3.48 out of a potential 6. 47 leaving me with 2.99 to carry over.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Month 2, Day 13, The Diabetic Food Stamp Project
I came up with a newish one. I used the very dense dough from yesterday, rolled it as thin as I could and put 3 ounces of the ham I cured along with one ounce of shredded cheddar. I brushed with butter and baked in a hot oven.
It was a very good meal.
The bread might have been too dense for some as it was all whole grain, with oats, flax and stone ground whole wheat. However I lvoed it and the fiber kick is a very good thing.
I also had my coffee and a banana with peanut butter.
Coffee with cream .17
Banana .19
Peanut butter .19
Bread dough .10
Ham .30
Cheese .25
Total 1.20
Carbs 55 grams
I had a nice lunch of pasta...again.
Even though the portions are small I am finding I can't do this without pasta. It keeps the budget in line and gives me energy for the afternoon.
1.5 ounce of pasta .12
Sauce .58
Sausage .70
Iced Tea .03
Total 1.43
Carbs 46 grams
My workout today was pitiful. My energy dropping about 20 minutes into it. Looking back at my diet I see that I need more vegetables...
I made a point to have some for dinner.
Broth .25
Broccoli .25
6 dumplings 1.08
Total 1.58
Carbs 34 grams
....but I download tv shows and rarely watch them, but my I was really achey from a fall that I had in November (NY Sports still has not dealt with it)and I wanted to sit in a chair and do little. So I started to watch Copper and got hooked. Somewhere in the middle of episode 2 I made popcorn.
Organic Corn .19
Butter .30
Iced Tea .03
Total .52
Carbs 38 grams of carb
Ah...but I did get my calories up, unfortunately they were 47% from fat, but I got a rare 2,144.
Day Total 4.73 I had the potential to spend 6.95. I can carry over 2.22 into tomorrow.
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