How Day Seven went

[Guest guest]

Day 7, Friday, 4/18/08

 

Rough evening today. Between a not-great day at work and the commercials

on television, I was really craving something fried. :-) I just ate

more snacks. Making sure I'm not hungry can calm the cravings.

 

Pulse: 75

Took thyroid meds?: Yes

Other meds: None

Walk miles: 1

Symptoms: Mild joint aches; skin is still a little oily; mild heart

palpitations

 

Planned food:

 

B: Sweet potatoes; fruit

L: Hummus sandwich

D: Chili-mac, salad

S: Fruit, cut-up veggies, homemade popsicles, toast

 

Actual food:

 

B: Sweet potatoes w/ketchup, popsicle

L: Sandwich with chana dal spread (recipe below) and tomatoes

D: Rice noodles with spinach, garlic, thai chili sauce, and soy sauce

S: Bananas, oranges, carrots, leftovers from lunch, raw cashews, kavli

with honey mustard, barbecued seitan

 

Chana Dal Spread

 

1 cup cooked chana dal (garbanzos will probably work fine)

juice of 1 lemon

1 garlic clove

1 teaspoon dried parsley (or 1 tablespoon fresh/minced)

 

Blend until the consistency you like. I like mine smooth. Also, this

doesn't have the silkiness that it would if there were tahini or oil in

it, so if you wanted to, you could add something for a chunkier texture,

or add some tahini, or whatever. I'm pretty sure it would taste more

interesting with some salt added, but it's fine without, so I didn't add

any.

[Guest guest]

On 4/18/08, Serene <serene-lists wrote:

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> Chana Dal Spread

 

I make something almost exactly like this but with dill instead of

parsley, about 7 cloves of garlic and I can't get dal here so I use

yellow split peas. It's tasty, but the more I read about dal

(including its unbelievable glycemic index of 8!) the more I want to

try it. So I've located some mail-order sources and will be getting

some. I'm very excited to try it and wanted to tell you that your post

was the inspiration that finally moved me to do something to get some.

 

Sparrow