Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Not Starving!!!

 Whole Wheat Pumpkin Bread

1 cup Pureed Pumpkin
1 1/2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
2 Tablespoons ground flax seed soaked in 1/4 cup water
1/2 cup Wheat Bran
1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp pure vanilla
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
1 tsp cinammon
 
This recipe makes one loaf. I baked and pureed a pumpkin pie pumpkin a few days ago and refrigerated the pumpkin until I was ready to bake the bread. Mix all the ingriedients together, spread a bit of maple syrup or honey on the bottom of the glass bread dish and pour in the batter. Bake at 350 degrees until raised and a toothpick comes out clean. My oven temp varies (we need a new thermostat for it) and it baked in about 30 minutes. drizzle a bit of honey or maple syrup on top...

 Black Bean Quinoa
1 cup Quinoa cooked in 2 cups water for 20 minutes. Add cilantro, tomatoes, a rinsed can of black beans, green bell pepper, lemon pepper, cook for a few minutes on low until warm through :)

My dinner, Romaine salad with cilantro, peppers,carrots, tomatoes, Black Bean Quinoa and pumpkin Bread... yep... I'm not starving, I'm enjoying my food and the extra weight is dropping off! I am so amazed...

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Poor Planning = TOTAL FAIL

Learning,... ever learning from mistakes... I had no snacks yesterday and totally blew it, chest pains in the evening as a result. I must plan for being out and have snacks with me. I must plan or I will fail... But on the cheerful side, good day today and no pain :) I will work on making snack bags and things that I can take everywhere with me... I need to have things that I like to eat with me or I won't eat them. It sounds so obvious... and yet, I fail....