Day 83: Net meet

30 March 2008 at 1:08 pm (food diary, photo)

Posted by Paola

We spent most of the day with friends we met online over 10 years ago who’d we lost touch with but re-found each other on Facebook. We have been meeting monthly again since November – this and last time at people’s houses and we each bring food and drink.

8:50am Fruit croissant + freshly-brewed coffee

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
jam-filled croissant 316 5.8 43.0 13.4 0.0

11:45am Mixed vegetable soup

260g portion calories protein carbs fat fibre
carrots 22 0.0 4.7 0.0 1.6
red onion 10 0.2 2.4 0.0 0.3
celery 4 0.2 0.8 0.0 0.4
vegetable stock 9 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.1
fennel 10 0.4 2.5 0.1 1.0
garlic 2 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0
tomato puree 3 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.1
Total 60 1.2 11.9 0.6 3.7

My contribution food-wise to the afternoon gathering was various bags of savoury snacks and sweets, none of which I would eat. They included the wonderful-sounding white chocolate and strawberry-crumb covered freeze-dried strawberries.

I decided to take my own food – two wraps and filling (tangy chickpeas and broccoli). I figured that people would be too pre-occupied with enjoying themselves and their own food to notice or care that I was eating something else.

Drink: tea

4:35pm Pizza with salad

The host baked pizza and so I chose the pizza with no cheese on. The salad dressing was made with balsamic, chilli jam and oil and was very yum. The hostess also included chunks of apple in the salad, which was interesting.

(Except for the pizza, I have estimated the other nutritional info, based on similar items on calorie-count.com)

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
tomato & roast garlic pizza bread 376 9.6 48.4 16.0 3.8
salad 30 1.5 4.5 0.0 3.0
dressing 53 0.0 6.0 3.3 0.0
Total 459 11.1 58.9 19.3 6.8

6:20pm Vegetable wrap + bread and butter pudding

I made one of my wraps. The hostess had made ‘bread and butter’ pudding but it was more delish than I expected. It turned out to be a Jamie Oliver’s recipe which includes hot cross buns with jam, baked with custard! That’s why it was so wonderful!

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
red pepper 2 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0
red onion 13 0.3 3.0 0.0 0.4
balsamic vinegar 10 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0
chickpeas 37 2.2 5.2 0.8 1.6
dried mint 1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1
wholemeal tortilla 109 3.7 16.2 3.3 2.6
steamed broccoli 6 0.2 1.5 0.0 0.6
hot cross bun pudding 388 8.0 42.0 18.0 0.0
Total 565 14.6 70.8 22.1 5.4

8:15pm Cheese, biscuits and grapes

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
stilton with apricots 100 5.0 3.0 8.0 1.0
brie 114 7.0 0.2 9.4 0.0
poppy seed biscuit 54 1.1 5.3 3.0 0.2
cheese biscuits 91 2.7 10.0 4.5 0.5
grapes 24 0.0 7.2 0.0 0.0
Total 383 15.8 25.7 24.9 1.7

Evening drink: coffee

12:20am Vegetable soup with sun-dried tomatoes

Back home, I had a cup of soup even though it was late.

260g portion calories protein carbs fat fibre
carrots 22 0.0 4.7 0.0 1.6
red onion 10 0.2 2.4 0.0 0.3
celery 4 0.2 0.8 0.0 0.4
vegetable stock 9 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.1
fennel 10 0.4 2.5 0.1 1.0
garlic 2 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0
tomato puree 3 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.1
sun-dried tomatoes 57 3.1 12.3 0.7 2.7
Total 117 4.3 24.2 1.3 6.4

The day’s totals:

Day 83 calories protein carbs fat fibre
Breakfast 316 5.8 43.0 13.4  
Snack (soup) 60 1.2 11.9 0.6 3.7
Lunch 459 11.1 58.9 19.3 6.8
Dinner 565 14.6 70.8 22.1 5.4
Snack (cheese w/biscuits) 383 15.8 25.7 24.9 1.7
Snack (soup) 117 4.3 24.2 1.3 6.4
Other drinks 100        
Total 1,999 52.8 234.6 81.8 23.9
  11% 50% 39%  
Allowance 1,200 75 – 105g
25 – 35%		 120 – 165g
40 – 55%		 33 – 40g
25 – 30%

Well, what can I say except that I should have stuck to my original plan of only eating the food I’d brought for myself.

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