Well, I have almost completed an entire day on South Beach. I only cheated once. As I was cleaning out the fridge to make room for all of the yummy salad fixings that I will be preparing with my new food processor I discovered homemade cookie dough leftover from when I made my secret family recipe Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Pecan cookies last week. I am sad to say that I crumbled (haha) and ate a few bites. It would have been sacrilege to let such good cookie dough go to waste. I am proud to say that the cheating stopped there.
I almost cheated over some flan in a cup that I had gotten to enjoy as part of my "last meal" before SBD. I was unable to enjoy that yummy Spanish confection because I felt terrible yesterday! Saturday and Sunday evening, and for most of today I have felt nauseous. Nothing sounded good to me. I was putting food in my body because I knew that I needed to. I felt a little better this evening and I almost caved and ate it, but my hubby encouraged me to not give in! We looked at the sell by date and it will still be yummy by the time I hit should be hitting my goal weight so I will save it for a celebration.
As I said in a previous posting I spent some time visiting http://www.kalynskitchen.com/. If you haven't checked out her sight you need to. Especially if you are on SBD or another low carb diet. Kalyn is currently posting one Phase 1 SBD recipe everyday this month. All of my meals this week come from her site. Here is the plan: Monday night Chicken nuggets and Cheesy Zucchini, Tuesday night leftovers, Wednesday night Spicy Ground Beef and Bean Soup with Cabbage and Spinach, Thursday night we are eating out with our Sunday School Class, Friday night Leftovers, Saturday night Turkey Lettuce Wrap Tacos, Sunday night Leftovers.
Today I tried the Chicken Nuggets. Here is the link to the recipe, http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2010/03/recipe-for-south-beach-diet-friendly.html. They were amazing. The recipe calls for almond flour instead of bread crumbs which makes the recipe Phase 1 friendly. After doing some research I made my own almond flour. Whole Foods has it for 6.99 a pound. I know. My heart stopped beating too when I heard the employee quote me the price over the phone. I made my own by taking plain, blanched, slivered almonds and pulsing them a few at a time in the blender. After pulsing each batch of nuts I used a sieve colander to sift the flour into a bowl. You can use whole almonds, but I didn't want the skins in my flour. When making almond flour you really need to use the blender. If you use your food processor you will end up with nut butter. This is due to the high power of the food processor. I made some extra and I have put it in a baggy in the freezer to use later.
This recipe is so easy and yummy all you do is cut up 2-3 chicken breasts into nugget style chunks and then flatten them. I didn't flatten mine because I couldn't find my meat mallet. Then you dip each piece into the almond flour mixed with poultry seasoning, paprika, salt, and pepper. You then place the pieces on a pan that you have coated with olive oil and warmed in the oven. I used a little too much olive oil and some of the nuggets were a little soggy. Next time I will just use some cooking spray. Bake the chicken on each side at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes on each side. For dipping, I tried balsamic vinegar, Dijon mustard, and Texas Pete Hot Sauce. I wasn't impressed with the Dijon Mustard, but I loved the vinegar and hot sauce. I actually ended up mixing the two together in a great mixture of sweet and spicy.
I used 3 chicken breasts and have barely enough leftover for tomorrow night. I'll add a big salad and all will be groovy. This recipe turned out so well that I am definitely going to adapt it to make one of my favorite foods, Chicken Parmesan. Served with Spaghetti Squash instead of carb loaded spaghetti will make it SBD Phase 1 friendly.
Food Journal
Sunday
Breakfast
--2 eggs scrambled
--water
Lunch
--Chicken Alfredo
--1 homemade yeast roll
--iced tea sweetened with Splenda
Dinner
--Papa John's Cheesebread--whole order
--2 slices Veggie Pizza with ground beef
--Water
Today
Breakfast
--2 eggs scrambled in the microwave
--2 slices turkey bacon
--cup of decaf cofee with non dairy creamer and Truvia
--Water
Lunch
--6 slices turkey lunch meat
--Cheese stick
--Jello
--Water
Dinner
--Chicken Nuggets
--Cheesy Zucchini Bites
--Water
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