Football Epilogue

  Healthy frozen lunches for the week. For this healthier me journey to work for me, I require simplicity. As on top of things as it sounds to cook meals at the start of the week, that's actually luxury talk for those who have time and don't mind the cooking and the dishes.  I don't mind the cooking, but I abhor the dishes. I also don't think there's much actual cost savings and, for me, there's diminished value in taking the extra time that I could be using to jump start my week at the gym or do the laundry. In addition the same thing all week can be kind of droll.  Now I shouldn't be all down on fresh meal prep. A home cooked meal is awesome, but as I mention it's more of a luxury than I can regularly handle on a sustainable program. The flip side is to brave the restaurants over lunch. This lacks preparation, is super expensive and adds a ton of Calories; even if you're trying to eat conscientiously. Subconsciously, I believe I also interpret thes...

Another home cooked meal. I might be getting the hang of this again. Last night it was some stir fried chicken and veggies with some "General Tso's" sauce over rice. The meal was rather tasty. For some reason it feels weird to eat these sorts of meals with a fork any more so I keep a supply of chopsticks handy.  Oh, and the Strawberries were good too :)

It seems beer may have peaked.  These are some interesting charts to peruse while you enjoy a chardonnay, or a Miller High Life in a champagne flute. http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2017/06/daily-chart-8

One of my favorite all-time morning foods is oatmeal . They have a lot of nutritional benefits  and are just delicious with minimal modification, e.g. a little cinnamon and milk.  Recently, and somewhat on a whim, I bought a Costco-sized bag of steel cut oats. I finally found a quiet morning to try them. For those wondering, a steel cut oat is just where the grain is cut/chopped into pieces. This is different from the typical rolled oat where the grains are moistened and flattened. There's really no difference in nutritional value. The steel cut oats, however, require some actual cooking time on the stove.  I usually prepare my rolled oatmeal in the microwave and get a mush of sorts. The more three dimensional aspect of the steel cut grains require simmering for water penetration and the result is distinctly different. A grittier, more textured oatmeal results. It is something akin to rice and oatmeal mating.  It was a great change from the rolled oats...

Chicken breast, pre-cooked wild rice, 1 cup water, poultry seasoning, parsley, minced onion, garlic salt, white and black pepper and some corn on the cobb. Delicious.

I'm liking this new crock pot. Tonight's dastardly concoction: an ad hoc Sun-dried tomato pesto chicken. Crock and shred 2 lbs boneless/skinless chicken breast Add 1/3 cup balsamic vinaigrette dressing/marinade 1/4 cup sun-dried tomato basil pesto  (I'll figure out with actual homemade tomatoes and pesto later) 6 to 10 fresh basil leaves 1 tbsp oregano mix it in, let it simmer, part it out, feed a nibble of chicken to your begging cat and voila! I think I'll have mine over veggies or cold on a salad, but would go well over pasta. Delicious.

Salsa from my garden anyone?  I loosely followed this recipe .