2018: A Year In FoodIn 2018, my PureGym manager assigned me to keep a food & exercise blog so that he could track my meals. between January-August 2018, through developing healthy eating habits to satisfy all of my nutritional needs and a rigorous exercise programme, I lost the 21 kg that I had gained on anti-depressants. I wanted it to be somewhere more contained rather than being shoved down people's throats (literally) through Instagram / WhatsApp. Hence I have housed my culinary creations here. Being vegetarian and/or vegan always presents a challenge in terms of hitting the protein target. This was particularly the most interesting challenge for me. I made a conscious decision to stop food blogging in 2019 (due to time restraints). However, it is useful to have a year's diet documented as a reference and a source of inspiration! |
Butternut squash and chickpea curry recipe - BBC Food
https://www.bbc.com/food/recipes/squash_curry_09269 Next week’s meals - I omitted the curry leaves! Coconut oil Cumin 2 large onions, finely chopped Garlic, grated Ground turmeric Ground coriander 2 packs of ready-chopped butternut squash and sweet potato cubes 2 packs of coconut cream 2 tins of chopped tomatoes 2 tins of chickpeas, dreained and rinsed 2 packs of green beans, chopped Note: the eggs in the 1st 2 images were from a separate meal. Falafel in a spinach, rochet, watercress and cucumber salad. The cheese and coleslaw are optional and used to give it a bit more of a calorific boost (as it’s quite lightweight) but these can easily be substituted with quorn, tofu, cabbage, cauliflower etc. The wraps are a combination of beetroot (pink) and multigrain (white).
Wetherspoons, 1st day of the Christmas hols.
New Year's Day breakfast bagels with scrambled egg, mushrooms, baked beans and veggie sausages. Various baked potato dishes.
Dish 1: Broccoli and crumbled feta topped with chilli. Dish 2: Mushrooms, garlic and feta. Dish 3: Hummus, quorn and peas. |
2018: A Year In FoodIn 2018, my PureGym manager assigned me to keep a food & exercise blog so that he could track my meals. between January-August 2018, through developing healthy eating habits to satisfy all of my nutritional needs and a rigorous exercise programme, I lost the 21 kg that I had gained on anti-depressants. Archives
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