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catscradle Sep. 14th, 2006 05:30 pm)
catscradle Sep. 14th, 2006 05:30 pm)In honor of Caesar Augustus and that fateful day he bought the farm with a poison fig, today I got the fig salad for lunch (a wilted spinach salad in a balsamic reduction with figs, seasonal friut, polenta encrusted tempeh and feta cheese). If you're ever in Denver, I recommend the Watercourse Cafe (forgive the flash website) for your alternative breakfast and lunch needs. They use all organic foods and have a good deal of meals a vegan could well enjoy if they can stomach the carnivore next to them. Very good food. And the fig salad is - dare I say - the best fucking salad I've ever had in my entire life. The server complimented me on ordering it. Most people look at the list of ingredients and immediately pass it by. Their loss. I was dubious the first time I tried it, but I strive to try new things whenever I can and so pressed forward. Fortunately for me.
But it had me thinking about how I look at food these days and how far I've come from only a few months ago. I've put very little in my mouth without really thinking about it. True, I've eaten some junkfood, but I really thought about it first. As a result, I did it very seldomly and when I thought about what I gained from it versus what I lost, I didn't repeat it. I bought some diabetic candy a few weeks ago and munched on that a little. To my horror I found I started gaining wieght back (8 lbs) - freaked out, threw it away and lost the weight I gained in 10 days. but the imporant lesson there was that I didn't really crave the food and I can't think of a single reason now to ever eat it again. So it's all good. Crisis averted, all's well with the world.
Anyway - gluten-fee-sugar free diets are a little tough to work with. I found it amusing that there's tons of sugar-free shit out there, but getting away from gluten is next to impossible. I've been trying to find more cooking books about eating gluten-free that don't contain ways to substitute for wheat based crap. I'd rather just avoid it than substitute for it. I suppose I just need to look in regular cook books and put my knowledge of sugar-free/gluten-free foods to work, but it'd be nice to have a list of new ideas based on my dietary needs. Over all it's all good though.
But it had me thinking about how I look at food these days and how far I've come from only a few months ago. I've put very little in my mouth without really thinking about it. True, I've eaten some junkfood, but I really thought about it first. As a result, I did it very seldomly and when I thought about what I gained from it versus what I lost, I didn't repeat it. I bought some diabetic candy a few weeks ago and munched on that a little. To my horror I found I started gaining wieght back (8 lbs) - freaked out, threw it away and lost the weight I gained in 10 days. but the imporant lesson there was that I didn't really crave the food and I can't think of a single reason now to ever eat it again. So it's all good. Crisis averted, all's well with the world.
Anyway - gluten-fee-sugar free diets are a little tough to work with. I found it amusing that there's tons of sugar-free shit out there, but getting away from gluten is next to impossible. I've been trying to find more cooking books about eating gluten-free that don't contain ways to substitute for wheat based crap. I'd rather just avoid it than substitute for it. I suppose I just need to look in regular cook books and put my knowledge of sugar-free/gluten-free foods to work, but it'd be nice to have a list of new ideas based on my dietary needs. Over all it's all good though.
