Day 237: A bag o’ tomatoes

31 August 2008 at 2:09 pm (food diary, photo)

Posted by Paola

2pm  Courgettes and mushroom with cottage cheese + plum + pint of fizzy squash

I knew I was going to be out in the afternoon and didn’t have any bread but had twice the amount of cottage cheese (200g) I’d usually have.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
spray oil 8 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
mushrooms 9 1.3 1.4 0.1 0.5
sweet chilli sauce 37 0.1 9.1 0.0 0.0
courgette 58 4.5 12.3 0.7 4.1
plum 62 1.0 15.6 0.4 1.9
cottage cheese 150 23.2 9.0 1.0 0.0
Total 324 30 47 3 6

5:30pm  BBQ

8 months into my diet

At Matthew Cashmore’s leaving do for his Journey to Russia.

I had a white bread roll with a slice of Gouda cheese, some salad veg and a spoon of Matt’s wonderful potato salad (ah, REAL mayonnaise).

I then had half a thin piece of cake and a little champagne.

However, I felt like eating a lot more. I wanted a second cheese salad roll and a big slice of cake.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
red pepper 2 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0
mushrooms 4 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.2
tomato 9 0.4 1.6 0.2 0.6
potato 26 0.6 6.0 0.0 0.5
champagne 33 1.5 0.6 0.0 0.0
mayonnaise 69 0.0 0.0 7.7 0.0
gouda cheese slice 113 7.2 0.0 9.5 0.0
white bread roll 160 7.3 24.0 3.5 5.1
cake 250 3.3 37.1 9.8 0.5
Total estimated 667 21 71 31 7

After the guys left and people were clearing up, I overheard Matt’s wife say she didn’t know what to do with all the salad that was left over. I don’t think she remembered me from a year ago when I last met her but I tentatively asked if I could help off-load some by taking it home. She said I could have it all.

I separated it out when I got home.

I have a lot of tomatoes! I will likely make a tomato and bean soup. I’m wondering if baking them first (without oil) will make them taste better.

8:10pm  Croissant + tea @ Ikea

Not actually hungry but felt like eating. :-/ Frank had fish, chips and peas and a big almond croissant he left behind.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
margarine 62 0.0 0.1 7.0 0.0
croissant* 272 5.5 30.7 14.1 1.7
Total 334 6 31 21 2

00:30am  Tomatoes and cucumber + Thin Crisps

Hungry later on, though.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
cucumber 17 0.6 4.1 0.2 0.6
fat-free yoghurt 21 3.6 1.2 0.1 0.0
sweet chilli sauce 39 0.1 9.6 0.0 0.0
Thin Crisp 42 1.4 8.2 0.3 2.5
tomato 46 1.8 7.9 0.8 3.0
Total 164 8 31 1 6

The day’s totals:

Day 237 calories protein carbs fat fibre
Brunch 324 30 47 3 6
Dinner 667 21 71 31 7
Snack 334 6 31 21 2
Snack 164 8 31 1 6
Other drinks 100
Total 1,589 64 180 56 21
17% 48% 34%
Allowance 1,200 75 – 105g
25 – 35%		 120 – 165g
40 – 55%		 33 – 40g
25 – 30%

2 Comments

  1. ginnik said,

    31 August 2008 at 9:18 pm

    Roasted tomatoes are fantastic in soup and pasta sauces. I have been slow roasting them, or cooking them on high heat on the griddle by spraying a very very minute amount of oil mixed with water. You can stuff a piece of garlic in the middle of the tomato if you are roasting for added flavour and sprinkle with some oregano… or some fresh basil. Then, you can freeze them too.

  2. Matthew said,

    16 September 2008 at 9:08 am

    Hey there! Glad someone got to use the silly amount of salad I bought :-)

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