MONDAY'S FEED BAG

So....what's everyone eating?  I tried a new recipe for a s/f chocolate cake made with, of all things, black beans!!  Yes!  Black beans.  It wasn't bad, I just need to tweak it a bit before I put it here for all of you to enjoy.  I don't like to post ANYTHING that I haven't already tried myself.  And if it's a flop, or wouldn't work for most of us, chances are, you'll never see it.  So I'll keep you posted.  I think the only adjustment is the baking time.  Beyond that, you could NOT tell it was made with black beans!!!!!  Strange, huh?

This was a strange weekend for me.  I've said before, and it's true - I have NEVER been hungry since wls.  NEVER.  HOWEVER, this weekend, thanks to taking the oral steroids for my shoulder, I actually was ravenous!!!  So I ate a lot more than it seems I have in a long time, but I DID make sure it was high protein.  Discounting the snack sized bag of Doritos I ate on Saturday!!!!!  LOL!!!!

For today, I'm just going to post what I have planned:

B - Protein coffee
      2 poached eggs

L - Chicken noodle soup
      Grapes

S - Greek yogurt with homemade baked cinnamon apples

D - TVP Taco Slop (my normal taco slop, but made with TVP as opposed to ground beef)

All my fluids, all my vits!

NEXT!!!

Ooooo...can't wait to see the recipe for the finished product.  I'm with ya on not posting recipes if I haven't tried it first because some things work and others just don't.

I'm soooo ready to go home so that I can make my own food again!

Yesterday:

Pre-B - chai latte
B - bacon
      raisin oatmeal
S - watermelon
L - cheese enchilada
S - protein shake w/yogurt
D - chili

70 oz. fluids, 90g protein, all my vits


Today:

B - bacon
      biscuit
S - protein shake
L - chili
S - protein bar
D - ???
S - watermelon

NEXT!!!!
    

WAAAAH!!!  IS YOU EBER COMING HOME???? 

The cake was just a little too dry for me - I think all I'll have to do is tweak the temp and/or cooking time.  I wanted it fudgier, and it was more cake-like.  I was going to make a frosting out of light cream cheese and s/f chocolate pudding mix - if it turns out, I'll let you know.

I also made Taco Slop with TVP.  Still not sure about it.

LY!

T

I just e-mailed my boss and asked for permission to come home by Thursday at the latest.  I was nice in asking, but I will next be demanding!!  Enough is enough and I'm actually wasting alot of time by sitting around waiting for parts to be sent out to "try" to fix things.

I'm not sure I can go to straight TVP with no ground meat, at least at first.  I'm going to try adding it to chili whenever I can GET HOME TO MAKE IT!  LOL!!  Have I said how much I want to go home?!?!?!?!

Can't wait to hear about the cake.  It's funny that the Japanese (maybe all asians) make a sweet treat with a bean paste that is quite good.  I never thought about trying to recreate that, hmmmmm.....