Jazzberry
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One of my cats is pacing back and forth in front of the kitchen sink throwing dirty looks at me.
I just finished cooking and I only made vegetarian dishes tonight. No meat, chicken or fish tidbits for her. That is what she usually gets when I do my marathon cooking once or twice a week. She is not happy! I gave her some kibble instead, but she is still not happy.
I on the other hand am very happy! I just made a huge pot of something new (hot and smokey black bean stew) and it must have come out to about 12 cups and per the recipe its only 4 servings, of about 350 calories each and a decent amount of protein also (16 grams).
I have to cut back on my calories but I do like to eat a lot. So probably the best solution is to learn how to like fruits and vegetables more.
The food is too hot to really taste now (temperature wise), besides its too late to eat. I'll let you know if it was worth the effort later in the week.
It really was a pain in the neck to make. I wanted a lower salt and less gassy version so I prepared my own beans. I hate gas so I soaked it for a few days, and I brought it to a boil 3 separate times changing the water each time before finally allowing it to finish cooking. (I got the idea from doing all that from this link.) Then I still had to cook it again in the stew. The black beans look more like brown beans right now but I don't care about the color. However, it just hit me that I might have cooked away a lot of protein, vitamins and minerals along with the bean sugars that cause gas.
I might use canned beans next time.
I just finished cooking and I only made vegetarian dishes tonight. No meat, chicken or fish tidbits for her. That is what she usually gets when I do my marathon cooking once or twice a week. She is not happy! I gave her some kibble instead, but she is still not happy.
I on the other hand am very happy! I just made a huge pot of something new (hot and smokey black bean stew) and it must have come out to about 12 cups and per the recipe its only 4 servings, of about 350 calories each and a decent amount of protein also (16 grams).
I have to cut back on my calories but I do like to eat a lot. So probably the best solution is to learn how to like fruits and vegetables more.
The food is too hot to really taste now (temperature wise), besides its too late to eat. I'll let you know if it was worth the effort later in the week.
It really was a pain in the neck to make. I wanted a lower salt and less gassy version so I prepared my own beans. I hate gas so I soaked it for a few days, and I brought it to a boil 3 separate times changing the water each time before finally allowing it to finish cooking. (I got the idea from doing all that from this link.) Then I still had to cook it again in the stew. The black beans look more like brown beans right now but I don't care about the color. However, it just hit me that I might have cooked away a lot of protein, vitamins and minerals along with the bean sugars that cause gas.
I might use canned beans next time.