This weekend was what I would call a ‘bad weekend’.
‘Kay, to put this in perspective, it was actually a GREAT weekend. I had family in visiting from out of town, I got to hold my baby niece a lot, and I went out to eat…A LOT. I worked out NEVER.
I had a lot of gluten free baked goods. Gluten free baked goods are marvelous for the wheat sensitive, but not so good from a Calorie / Glycemic Index / Nutrient Density perspective. Actually they are horrible from this perspective – let’s be honest. Take a bunch of rice and butter, and throw in some chocolate and eggs, and call it a cookie. Nine out of ten, they’re worse for your waistline than regular old glutastic baked goods.
This weekend also featured wine and ice cream and a bunch of other stuff. So in case you can’t tell – I’m laying the groundwork right now to explain why I probably will have gained weight this week. We shall see what the scale sayeth on Wednesday. I’m not going to get all worked up about it yet, I have a whole 48 hours of potentially good behavior to offset the weekend. Right? Right!
I had a bit of a funny thing happen to me the other day. In an earlier post I believe I mentioned the fact that my teeth aren’t that great, and that the trail mix I made was a challenge to chew.
Well, that may have been because I had mistaken dehydrated soybeans for dry roasted edamame. Mmmm…yes. That’s right. I had been eating soybeans that, in the words of the helpful friend who actually uncovered my error: “are intended to be rehydrated and then pressure cooked for an hour before resembling something that can be consumed.” I was eating them raw. It was like eating pebbles. I was just trying to troop it out, figuring my horrible eating habits for the first 27 years of my life had simply left me with weak teeth. The only thing I can equate this to, if you haven’t tried eating dehydrated soybeans (which I suggest you DON’T), would be eating little chunks of sidewalk.
So, let this be a lesson to you. When you are making your trail mix (which is actually quite tasty now that I know how to make it sans rock), be SURE you get dry roasted edamame. It should look like THIS:
It should NOT look like this:
DON’T GET THIS ONE. THIS ONE IS THE WRONG ONE. This one is not good. I promise. Your dentist will thank you.
So I’m on week three, and the adzuki bean casserole with dates is fantabulous, as is the breakfast bake. The breakfast bake is SUPER filling, by the way, and you can have it “on the go” so if you’re like me (rolling out of bed 20 minutes before you need to be looking reasonably human behind your desk) it’s great. And super tasty. It’s like a great big chicken oatmeal broccoli omlette. You definitely need to WATCH while it’s cooking, though, as the bulk cooking guide tells you. I peeked in at 6 minutes and it was looking good, by 8 minutes, this had happened:
Oops. It should be fine, though, just a little singed. I continue to demonstrate why IT IS IMPORTANT TO READ ALL THE COOKING TIPS. In case you didn’t get that, I’ll say again: IT IS IMPORTANT TO READ ALL THE COOKING TIPS. Get it?
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