Tuesday, June 29, 2021

My Quest Part 2

 Continued from Prior Post yesterday


I mentioned Tapioca Flour yesterday. Collage above is my new favorite Breakfast, A crepe made from Tapioca flour, 350 Calories.
1/4 cup flour in large measuring cup
Break 2 small eggs into another cup, add a few drops of olive oil, 2 tablespoons of Lactaid milk
and a sprinkle of salt. 
Whip the egg mixture with a fork, dump in Flour, whip with fork until blended. ( I have no blender)
preheat pan to medium heat for 2 minutes, pour batter and have fun flipping it over.
1 table spoon natural peanut butter, spread on while hot and a spoon of Apple butter.
You can use what ever topping you want.
I have a ceramic 2 egg pan that was working fine, and yesterday bought the large pan because I LOVE the little pan. 
Photo above is a crepe the size of pan, cut in half.
This amount of crepe and I am full until lunch time, Egg and Peanut Butter is Protein,
Protein kills the desire to eat.


Lunch was meatless, low fat, low carbs, gluten free
TACOS!
Bob had requested Tacos for this week, I made enough of REAL taco mix for 4 days, and enough of MY tacos for 4 days.
One day cook, 4 day left overs.
 Yellow Corn Gluten Free Tortilla, also low calorie. Picante or Salsa is good to.
I steamed a pot of
Dark Kidney beans drained
Frozen Peas
Frozen Mexican Corn with red peppers
Heat tortilla in non greased pan, few seconds on each side, and fill with veggies, cheese, lettuce, tomato and Picante on top.
Delicious and this can be made from any veggie you like, I will be using chicken or fish once in a while and change up to Salsa.
the tortillas can be used a thousand ways.
Low calorie, low sodium, low carbs, lot fat

I used about a 3rd of the bag on the frozen veggies and save the rest to use that in egg omelets or stir fry.
Word of Warning! Gluten Free does NOT mean diet food. READ THE LABEL
Walmart was out of the bread i bought two weeks ago, and after reading the labels, I found sugar, SALT, Calories, Cholesterol in high amounts. 
I went to the frozen gluten and found Glutino English Muffins.
 I LOVE THEM.
Then I read the label. One muffin has half a days quota of salt. YIKES!
I will eat them but not buy them again.
NOTE: someone said love is the wrong word to use unless it can love you back, it works here because they love making my stomach feel better.

I had one for breakfast to TEST them with Peanut Butter and YUM.I will use an egg, or cheese on one and it is the same calories as the crepe.
Other muffins found were full of sugar and almost all gluten free products are HIGH in sodium
Here is a link to Mission Products with tons of healthy recipes

BTW, the black cup in the photo above is sitting there to remind me to tell you, I filled it with coffee to take it in the car. I shop at 6 am and I drink one cup of coffee at wake up, and have been drinking TWO.
this causes me to walk in the door and go straight to the rest room
I stopped drinking the 2nd cup, and can ignore the rest room, but on the way home  I am dying for coffee. I walked out the door into the garage, saw the sheets were ready for the dryer, sat my STUFF down on work bench and transferred the sheets. Half the way to WM I realized the cup of coffee remained on the work bench. I picked up Keys and missed the 7 inch CUP.
so sorry guys, I just can't condense.





17 comments:

Ginny Hartzler said...

This is so interesting to me, I love knowing what people eat,since I can't eat much myself! Guess I get my vicarious kicks this way. I am allergic to tapioca,so will try this omelet with regular flour. I have never heard of putting fluor in an omelet, and am wondering what it does to it.

DeniseinVA said...

I enjoyed seeing these. I will give them a try.

easyweimaraner said...

we are fans of leftover kitchen too... during this time we were locked at home, we became leftover eggs-perts ;O)

CheerfulMonk said...

Thank you for the details. ❤️

Ann said...

I like hearing about what types of food you eat. I don't know if I would have the willpower to do something like this because although I like vegetables I probably eat more meat

eileeninmd said...

Hello,

Your crepes sounds yummy. I would like to try the gluten free muffins.
The tacos sound good too. You have some great choices on your diet.
Have a great day!

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari OM
You are making good choices - albeit the ready-made stuff is salted and sugared. Everything is these days which is the key problem for society as a whole. YAM xx

Hootin Anni said...

Altho this works for you, I'm one who would use only the lactose free milk (and do) from your menu. The rest would be just the omelet with salsa & cheese...no crepes, no tortilla or especially no coffee for breakfast.

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

I have to read the labels but I don't get many things that aren't my normal fare! I've been wanting to go and look at the KETO options though and see what's at the store. Meat makes me feel more satisfied and I need the protein. But we all have to figure out what works best! Everything has calories! lol

Chatty Crone said...

I am learning from you - I enjoy seeing your finds. I am going to dee if our Walmart carries the English muffins. Thanks.

Mevely317 said...

I LOVE crepes! They sound elegant and are actually good. I took at cooking class at this upscale restaurant in Tampa and learned how to make them in this special pan. Ha. Not sure now why I quit.
Yes, that's all capital letters 'love.' Unsuccessfully trying to wrap my mind around what the person said about not using that word.

So much misleading info on packaging; thanks for pointing all this out.

Martha said...

These posts are making it sound like you enjoy cooking, and I know you hate it lol. Thanks for sharing what's working for you. I could definitely eat like you're eating, I love my veggies and eat more of them than anything else.

My Mind's Eye said...

I love how you have made dieting interesting and tasty...
Hugs Cecilia

photowannabe said...

This really sounds like it is working for you. I'm glad you found some answers for your tummy troubles too.
I am guilty of not reading the labels like I should..everything has too much sodium and sugar.
Tonight it's leftovers for us.. probably some "interesting" tacos...but they will be filling and not too bad on the "do not eat" scale.
Working on eBay and finances today..whoo Hoo...I can hardly wait.

Debby@Just Breathe said...

Thank you for the recipes. You have shared some great ideas that I need to try. I am down 5 pounds and trying hard to stay away from the carbs.

Debby@Just Breathe said...

Also, from you last post about moving around a lot. I've been doing that like crazy since you mentioned it to me a few months ago and I was able to do the treadmill without ankle pain. Hope that continues. Still need to talk myself into the recumbent bike. I don't know why I haven't used it. I can go a mile in 5 minutes which is a simple thing to do. I have started doing squats because I read about that for some back pain I was having.

Linda said...

You are such a creative thinker - even when it comes to food! You are making it work for you! I am guilty of not reading labels other than the calorie count...