Week 1’s batch cooking video was a disaster. We’re still learning how to be film makers, and the film we had might have been usable… if we had days to edit it. So, for the first week, you get recipes and commentary, and we’ll save the cooking shows for later. Look forward to it, we have cute little aprons and everything! And pictures. For now, just imagine with your minds eye. Pretend we’re the dudes from the Game of Thrones describing the feast. Or whatever.
MEALS:
meatloaf, cauli-taters, and green beans
Parmesan encrusted chicken with rice pasta, light alfredo, peas, and broccoli (next time I’ll make sure I get either corn, quinoa, or whole wheat as rice means white rice which means refined carbs, oops)
The tortilla soup, which is usually Leah’s specialty, was off. It was ALRIGHT, but we think it just had too much broth in it and not enough STUFF and it needed to be made on the stove, not the crock pot. Everything else was phenomenal. The chicken alfredo was about 350 calories and definitely killed our cravings for the full fat stuff. The meatloaf was a wonderful dinner. The cauli-taters just tasted like mashed potatoes. Those will definitely be staples. We ate turkey wraps or sandwiches with the soups.
To fill in the holes, one day we had fish, quinoa/brown rice, and a salad, and one day we had a micro meal (chicken korma and basamati rice) and some other various munchies. For breakfast, Leah had fage 0% w/granola and some fruit, or a sprouted grain english muffin and cream cheese w/morningstar veggie patties. Joel had Jimmy Dean Ham and cheese omelets or Jimmy Dean Delights pancake and turkey sausage.
Snacks for snacks sake became really non-essential most workout days since we were way full with the fueling (snacks != pre/post workout fueling), but Leah dug into some carrots and tzatziki and/or fruit at times. For Monday/Wednesday snacks (workout after work) Leah is eating an english muffin w/jelly and some fruit and dried mango and finding 100g carbs not hard to get in (essentially meal #4 instead of a snack), though my diet quality score (we’ll talk about that soon) seems to go up when Leah fuels with whole foods and fruits and veggies, so that’s good. Joel had gels and whole grain crackers as snacks.
Onward and upward for week 2!
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