Spaghetti Bolognese with Mushrooms

Posted by Sylvia

Hurray, it’s …. OK, it’s not actually only 400 calories for the meal. But at under 600 with plentiful parmesan, it fits within my “small lunch, big dinner” planning system.

I added random chopped veg which I fried with the onions in the oil (left over from stirfry) and chopped up mushrooms to bulk it out and add flavour.

Bolognese Sauce	1 tablespoon oil	119
	120g chopped onion	38
	100g mixed veg	35
	2 tins tomato 19 cal/100g	296
	700g ground beef	1,778
	2 stock cubes	50
	2 tablespoon sugar	100
	Fried tomato	158
	Mushrooms	19
	Tomato sauce @64 cal	179
Total Calories		2,772

It tastes nice and is really thick!

Weight: 2115 grams
Calories: 2772 calories

1.3 calories per gram

This made for a large serving – as much as I’d eat not on a diet. If I needed to keep calories under 500, I think that’d be pretty easy to do just by cutting down the spaghetti and leaving it with extra sauce.

150g Bolognese Sauce	195
100g Spaghetti	338
5g parmesan	22
Total Calories	555

Now, if only I could justify some garlic bread….

Really Thinking I’d like some Red Wine in the Sauce

Posted by Sylvia

Lunch was chaos. I defrosted a Pork Thai Curry of 290 calories which has been sitting in the freezer for, uh, quite some time. It was horrid. I don’t know if my curry making skills have increased tremendously (thanks also to my experimentation with the great Indian spices that you two have introduced me to) or freezing totally ruined this dish, but it was foul. I ate a few mouthfuls, thinking I should just force it down and have something nice for dinner. Then I decided that was silly and defrosted the bean dish instead and ate that.

Breakfast	3 milky coffees	100
	Sub-total	100
Lunch	Small portion of Pork Thai Curry	100
	Pork and beans	190
	Sub-total	290
Dinner	Dressing	30
	Cottage Cheese	180
	Mixed lettuce	60
	Sub-total	270
Dessert	Yogurt	152
	30g Muesli @357/100g	107
	Tiny drizzle of honey	10
	Sub-total	269
Snack	Options Hot Chocolate	37
Sub-total		37
Total Calories		966

At the supermarket, I noticed they had a spaghetti bolognese readymeal that was only 410 calories. I don’t know if that’s doable at home with fresh ingredients but I decided to try. Mine is heavy on the mushrooms to bulk it out and keep the calories down. I’ll post the calorie count when I’m sure I’m not going to add anything else.

Current weight: 81 kilos, down 1.5 from the beginning of the month. I don’t think I’m going to make 80 before the guests come, though :(

Just another Manic Monday

Posted by Sylvia

We have company arriving Thursday so I’m not sticking to this but I thought I may as well work on my calorie counting while I can.

Breakfast	Yogurt	152
	Muesli	100
	1/2 mango	70
	Coffee with milk	50
	Sub-total	372
Lunch	200g baby asparagus	40
	2 eggs	140
	Olive oil	50
	slug of milk	10
	Sub-total	240
Dinner	salad	30
	cottage cheese	180
	salad dressing	100
	Sub-total	310
Snack	Hot chocolate	37
	Hot chocolate	37
Sub-total		74
Total Calories		996