Eating Explorations

      Well, it finally arrived. The final week of my first of 8 installments of diets this year. Granted, this last one was slightly longer (by about two weeks) than the rest will be, but it was so far, a great success. I have to admit though, by the end of the week I was ready to get started with my next diet - which you will have to stay tuned for the next post to read all about! But let's get to all the great creations I came up with during the week. Sunday, as per usual, I spent my entire afternoon cooking and prepping for the week. Below are the incredible recipes I came up with, and would say that I really knocked it out of the park in my final week of "The Jesus Diet"! "If Jesus were Hungarian: Husleves - Meat Soup" Not much was altered in the making of this classic Hungarian dish, and I was so excited that it came out perfectly. The only ingredient I did not add were noodles. Traditionally the soup has them, and if you're not following this specific ...

  Well, we made it to the end of the 30 days, and I was feeling really great. Truly. By the end of week 4 I was finally able to fit into a skirt someone had given me months ago (see picture above), but it was too small for me at the time. I rewarded myself that day with a cheat meal. Ha ha - but that was the only one for a while. I have been proud of myself for staying consistent and disciplined throughout this diet, and I still have just one more week to go! So let's talk about how well Week 5 went, and all the fun recipes I came up with. Recipes for Week 5:   If Jesus were American: The Healthy Hot Dog Who doesn't love hot dogs? I know I do. But hot dogs are not exactly the healthiest things to be eating, and as many of us probably know what's in a hot dog is hardly appetizing to hear about. But they still somehow taste amazing, don't they? Here is a healthier version of a hot dog, and all the ingredients were available in Biblical days which is also very exciting. At...

Well, I'd made it to the start of what was supposed to be my last week. But, I had no plan after that. Where was I going from here? Would I just stay on "The Jesus Diet" forever? I didn't even know how I would do a "cheat day",  or if I was supposed to even have one. But then again, I realized, this was my diet. I could make up my own rules and do whatever I wanted. If I wanted to have one cheat day a week I could do that. If I wanted to have 1 cheat day a year I could do that too. But the likelihood that I could survive an entire year (mentally) without something decadent (e.g. chocolate, cheeseburgers, burritos...) seemed minor. I also didn't think it was a good idea to have an entire cheat day, let alone doing that once a week. Especially if I wasn't exercising that much - which I really hadn't been. I'd only been to the gym twice, and after catching a cold there and feeling sick for several days, my body was screaming in pain for half of...

  Week 3 started off nicely.  Breakfast was simple: grapes. Lunch was only slightly less humble: arugula & baby spinach with some sheep cheese and walnuts. Dinner was lovely.  A very, very small helping of chicken breast sauteed in half & half and spinach. On the side, some hummus-pesto, with baby carrots, a little bit of chopped up romaine lettuce and sauteed chickpeas.     On the second day of the week when I got home from work I tried going for a walk... But that didn't happen. See above video for reason. This was another delicious creation I came up with during the week and might I say, super easy to make as well. Sliced cucumber is the vegetable of choice for this dish; sauteed chickpeas; and the main star of the show, scrambled eggs with spinach, garlic, half & half and a little bit of sheep cheese on top. Week 3 went by just as quickly as week 2, with my standard fruits for breakfast and salads for lunch. The dinners were what you have al...