The **Now Eating** Thread

[FrenchTart]

Just had roasted pork belly for dinner. Am way under my calorie allowance today. Hmm, perhaps I'll have ice cream and some chocolate for dessert?

Pork belly sounds pretty tasty. Ice cream and chocolate dessert sounds even better

I just spent about a billion hours (slight exaggeration) trimming some beef ribs so they can go in the sous-vide for 48 hours before smoking for eventual eating on Saturday. As much as I love it I'm starting to feel I spend far too much time cooking food.

 

[DirtyJester]

Homemade King Kebab, nice ribeye steak

 

[MisChief]

I'm starting to feel I spend far too much time cooking food.

That's how I feel. I normally get home around 6.30, start cooking at 7 and finish around 10. But that's cooking dinner and preparing next day's breakfast and lunch.

FrenchTart and pinkowl, what's your myfitnesspal username? Can I add you on there? Curious to see what other people eat and see if I can get some ideas for my meals. I'm getting kinda sick of chicken and veg all the time

 

[FrenchTart]

That's how I feel. I normally get home around 6.30, start cooking at 7 and finish around 10. But that's cooking dinner and preparing next day's breakfast and lunch.

FrenchTart and pinkowl, what's your myfitnesspal username? Can I add you on there? Curious to see what other people eat and see if I can get some ideas for my meals. I'm getting kinda sick of chicken and veg all the time

Aekeron is my MFP username. More than welcome to add

That said, as I mentioned in the other post, my logging is sometimes a little rubbish. If you add me I'll try and include some more detailed stuff for at least a while so there's something interesting/useful in there.

edit: My exercise logging may look a little odd but a lot of the time I log my cycling as 1 minute per mile and 40 kcal per mile. This is due to my attempts to use automatic kcal calculation failing. I've just taken a fairly basic approach to that side of things. Clearly I'm being a bit paranoid about how my data looks

 

[pinkowl]

That's how I feel. I normally get home around 6.30, start cooking at 7 and finish around 10. But that's cooking dinner and preparing next day's breakfast and lunch.

FrenchTart and pinkowl, what's your myfitnesspal username? Can I add you on there? Curious to see what other people eat and see if I can get some ideas for my meals. I'm getting kinda sick of chicken and veg all the time

Im not actually using it as I found my website easier to use as its what Ive used before but I will more than happily post more of what I do for dinners on here! And the calories per portion.

 

[MisChief]

Aekeron is my MFP username. More than welcome to add

That said, as I mentioned in the other post, my logging is sometimes a little rubbish. If you add me I'll try and include some more detailed stuff for at least a while so there's something interesting/useful in there.

edit: My exercise logging may look a little odd but a lot of the time I log my cycling as 1 minute per mile and 40 kcal per mile. This is due to my attempts to use automatic kcal calculation failing. I've just taken a fairly basic approach to that side of things. Clearly I'm being a bit paranoid about how my data looks

MFP fweiinndds! don't worry about the data, I won't/try not to judge you my diary looks a bit messy as I like to weigh and add each ingredient separately to ensure my calorie intake is as accurate as possible.

Im not actually using it as I found my website easier to use as its what Ive used before but I will more than happily post more of what I do for dinners on here! And the calories per portion.

Ahh ok! Yes please post more of your meals so I can steal some ideas

 

[FrenchTart]

MFP fweiinndds! don't worry about the data, I won't/try not to judge you my diary looks a bit messy as I like to weigh and add each ingredient separately to ensure my calorie intake is as accurate as possible.

You won't try not to judge me? I'll consider myself judged

I completely understand your approach and that's exactly what I used to do. It's only utter laziness that has moved me to be more..well..lazy I'll probably do something similar to pinkowl and post some recipes regularly - with some equivalent logging in MFP matched alongside.

 

[Wizzfizz]

I'm going to have to ask kindly to invite MisChief round to cook, her meals are fantastic!

 

[Wizzfizz]

That must have really stung your teeth

Just wait until it comes out, it'll be like cement

 

[randomshenans]

I drooled at Benny's meal. HNNNG.

I'm on MFP as randomshenans. I average things a lot, so might estimate a cup etc (damn US measurements) bla but mostly try and work it out.

I don't go properly weighing though, it's more of a guide to make me think, don't eat that fatty.

We had these the other day. Courgette noodles! They were awesome and obviously better choice than noodles.

 

[FrenchTart]

Gawd. I really need to pay attention to my alcohol intake when I'm stuck cooking in the kitchen for two hours...

Confirmed your friend request randomshenans

Also, courgette noodles are pretty awesome. Courgette anything is awesome as long as you don't boil it to death like my friend seems to like to :s

edit: Definitely hungover. Might have some greasy bacon breakfast...

 

[pinkowl]

Had my dinner at lunch time so here is a picture Stuffed pepper and tomato with rice and bolognese type sauce in them (and cucumber because I love cucumber). About 433Kcal or 317kcal without the cheese on top. Very boring but tasty.

 

[MisChief]

Currently nomming these (so yummy!! ) while I try and figure out what to make for dinner tonight. I'm restricted to eating soft/mushy/liquidy foods today. Don't really fancy soup or porridge though

 

[pinkowl]

I love those! Haven't had them in ages which is good because I would just end up eating too much of them

 

[FrenchTart]

Currently nomming these (so yummy!! ) while I try and figure out what to make for dinner tonight. I'm restricted to eating soft/mushy/liquidy foods today. Don't really fancy soup or porridge though

How about something like sautéed/puréed sweet potato with (currently I'm a bit obsessed) roasted balsamic vine tomatoes and perhaps some kind of fish, assuming that would be soft enough?

 

[Rich_L]

Noted. I will try all of these things. Kale is awesome

Kale pizza also! Seem to recall Kenji has a good recipe

 

[FrenchTart]

Kale pizza also! Seem to recall Kenji has a good recipe

I (well, a friend) actually tried that recently and wasn't that impressed. They didn't really stick to Kenji's recipe though and I think that was their downfall.

I will get round to it myself sometime, probably after I make the SeriousEats spinach lasagne which I guess means it falls into the category of "one day"

 

[MisChief]

I'm going to have to ask kindly to invite MisChief round to cook, her meals are fantastic!

Umm thanks but I'm really not that great a cook!

How about something like sautéed/puréed sweet potato with (currently I'm a bit obsessed) roasted balsamic vine tomatoes and perhaps some kind of fish, assuming that would be soft enough?

I was going to have mashed sweet potato, but I've just had a microwaved sweet potato as a snack so I'm not going to have it again tonight!

I'm thinking of making this - but make it my own way and change some of the ingredients.

Spoiler

 

[pinkowl]

As I had dinner at lunch time I'm now having lunch at dinner time. 2 slices of rye bread with a lot of salad, cucumber and tomato + ham and egg.
Fromage frais with blueberries as a pudding, no extra sugar

 

[randomshenans]

I had soup. Hardly the most innovative or exciting. And a slice of cake. Mmmm cake.