Elimination Diet Day 8

Some busy days this week and coming up.

Had the last of the leftover stir-fry veggie for breakfast.

Lunch was a quick fix since someone was coming to the studio in a few minutes.

I opened a can of line-caught (yes, that's important) tuna and mixed it with oil/vinegar/dill.  Then added a slice of chopped onion and two chopped celery stalks.  Threw that on top of some spinach and tada!  Two meals worth of yummy goodness.

  • Spinach, tuna, oil, vinegar, dill, celery, onion

Afternoon snack was...
  • Roasted sweet potato
Dinner was...  
  • Roasted chicken
  • Green beans
Preparing for Friday night (I host dinner for three).  Picked up some frozen flatbread pizza and will add BBQ chicken on top (which hopefully won't dry out when I head the flatbread).  I'll also serve a tomato and cucumber salad (I will make my own merely cucumber).  While they have pizza, I may have cod.  I'll try to cook it earlier in the day so it's ready (easy).

Comments

  1. Rebecca HibitJuly 14, 2018 at 6:17 AM

    I am looking forward to cooking with you today! After all this time I am still apprehensive about making mistakes. For instance, this morning I was making a smoothie for myself and after putting all the fruit in I accidentally grabbed and poured real milk on top. SIGH. I used to not have food I can't eat around.

    This food thing can be HARD!

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    1. Laura BrackenJuly 14, 2018 at 7:00 AM

      I hope my limited diet doesn't drive you batty. There are a lot of things I'm currently avoiding that will probably be fine in a month or two (tomatoes, lemons, pepper, etc). But for now I want to be strict otherwise it's not worth it. I seriously make a terrible houseguest at the moment.

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