Beef
Burgers and Pasta (Not Low Carb)
Another meal featuring the pasta I made yesterday, plus three air-fried beef burgers and tzatziki sauce. I could only eat two of the burgers. I am experimenting with this pasta dish to see what happens to my weight. I’m up one pound this morning, but that will be water weight. We’ll see what happens day…
Read MoreHot Dogs, Cheese and Apple
Decided to make a fun summer lunch on a cool, rainy June-uary day in Vancouver! Two foot-long hot dogs, havarti cheese and half an apple. I feel like I just went to a baseball game! LOL [Note: I actually ate the third hot dog that was in the package (no cheese). I am on maintenance,…
Read MoreSteak and Parsnips
My weight is down (I weighed 114.2 pounds this morning, instead of my usual 117 pounds), so I ate up all the carby parsnips that were languishing in the fridge, along with a big steak. Fun! LOL
Read MoreRomaine Lettuce Salad and Sirloin Steak
Another delicious Romaine lettuce salad with cheddar cheese, red pepper, green onions, baby tomatoes, Granny Smith apple, spiced nuts, salsa mayo. Served with a sirloin steak cooked rare! A perfect meal for maintenance, but the cheese, apple and nuts might sabotage weight loss, so, if you’re still in weight loss mode, make your delicious salad…
Read MoreLeftovers
Leftovers! Ground meat “muffins,” cabbage in tomato sauce, half a small sweet potato, parsnips. (Sweet potato and parsnips are carby, so probably not suitable for weight loss.)
Read MoreGround Meat Muffins, Cabbage and Dessert
Four ground meat “muffins,” cabbage cooked in the Instant Pot with diced tomatoes and seasonings. For a very rare dessert I had a sugar-free milk chocolate bar (16 gm of total carbs). Delicious!
Read MoreSteak and Cabbage (Recipe Link)
This meal is great for weight loss or maintenance. Steak (on sale at Walmart) seared in ghee. Cabbage pressure cooked for 6 minutes in the Instant Pot with ghee, chicken stock, garlic, thyme, salt. Such an easy, simple and lovely meal! I don’t often eat cabbage and other cruciferous vegetables because they tend not to…
Read MoreGround Meat Muffins, Potato, Baby Tomatoes (Recipe Link)
Leftovers again: Ground meat muffins, small potato, baby tomatoes. (If you are still in weight loss mode, omit the potato and replace it with a low-carb veggie like steamed broccoli.)
Read MoreGround Beef and Rice (Includes Low Carb Options)
Leftovers: ground beef/pork and rice hash, baby tomatoes, tzatziki. [If you are still in weight loss mode, make the hash with cauliflower rice, steamed cabbage or sautéed diced eggplant… or use Konjac rice. Also, be careful with dairy and sauces.]
Read MoreGround Meat Muffins, Potato, Low-Carb Ketchup (Recipe Link; Low-carb Options)
Ground meat “muffins,” low-carb ketchup, small potato. (If you are still in weight loss mode, omit the potato and add some low-carb veggies or salad instead. My weight is still stable. I weighed 115 pounds this morning.)
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