Each day of the challenge we receive breakfast, lunch, a daytime snack, dinner and a nighttime snack. Thursday's menu included: (p.s. we got lazy with pictures today, most dishes were repeats, anyway)
Blackberry yogurt parfait breakfast...again. Ughh...I think this is the last heaping serving of Greek yogurt, though.
Black bean chili with carrots. This chili is left over from from Friday's dinner, and again, was delicious. This will become a common meal in our household.
 |
| Original Buzzfeed Photo |
A pear with 2 T raw, unsalted peanuts at lunch. I have been eating peanuts my entire life - all types, in all sorts of dishes (and drinks!) and by the handful; I even went to the ER when I was two because I'd stuck a peanut up my nose. But, I've never really eaten plain, unsalted ones. And they weren't half bad. I don't think I could eat these with the same compulsive inability to stop shoveling them into my mouth the way I can with salted, dry or honey roasted nuts; but maybe that's a good thing. I ate my pear and peanuts separately in two mini-snacks, but J ate them together and said they paired together really well. I will say though, that something was up with my pear - the skin made my teeth almost feel furry, it was really bitter and had a crazy texture.
 |
| Original Buzzfeed photo |
Asian-style cod in parchment with bok choy. This meal was interesting, and probably flawed. First, it is supposed to contain six (!!) baby bok choy in each parchment packet. But we couldn't find baby bok choy at any local grocery store, so we tried using regular bok choy. That may have contributed to the weirdness in texture and that it wasn't incredibly filling. The flavor from the "spicy tamari dipping sauce" were great and worked really well with the chopped peanuts. However, even with the very flavorful sauce and peanuts, the fish didn't really absorb much flavor. We don't cook fish often, so this may just be a "cod thing" we aren't aware or or a taste preference we haven't developed, but the fish tasted more like fish than any seasonings; almost bland. It was juicy and tender and cooked with perfect technique, but the flavor was off. With some tweaking, this could be a really good dish.
.JPG)
"Hot cocoa" was listed as our evening snack. But, as we learned on Day 3, this doesn't make for the dreamiest hot cocoa. So instead, we drank our milk and savored our chocolate separately. Since I don't normally eat dark chocolate and my tastebuds are aching for sugar, I can't be a real expert on this, but I must say that the chocolate bars we bought are delicious. I don't know if they are any better or different than your standard 70% cocoa bar, but I have thoroughly enjoyed our choice. We got them at Harris Teeter and they are a fair trade product called Divine, 70% Dark Chocolate Intensely Rich. At Harris Teeter, a favorite grocer from college, they were on sale for less than $2.50 apiece and worth every penny. I highly suggest looking them up if you're seeking a clean choco fix.
 |
| Original Buzzfeed photo |
Day 12 synopsis: Now, I don't know what this says about me, or J for that matter, but on Day 1 he started to feel the urges and cravings for cookie cake and coffee, but for the most part, I've been pretty satisfied. Other than my Sunday musings about how good a family dinner would be, I've willingly done without our "old food." Maybe it's because yesterday's meals weren't filling, we had to eat more shitty yogurt and I watched my mother eat from Taco Bell in front of me (Cinnabon puffs... *drools*), but I wanted to junk food. We are two days away from completion and this part of me was screaming "FORGET IT! BUY DORITOS!!" I don't know if that means that I have a really strong will and I've been able to hold out for so long, if junk food isn't incredibly dear to me or if that I'm just PMS'ing, but man, I can't wait until Sunday. Actually, J thinks that the challenge ends when we eat our last snack Saturday and the page says "Congratulations!," ergo, we can immediately go to the casino and drink and eat donuts. I'm not so sure; but Sunday will be a junk food fest.
Quoteth Buzzfeed: "Two More Days! TWO MORE DAYS!"
No comments:
Post a Comment