The thing I like about WW is all of a sudden I know what I SHOULD eat! I mean before this I had these vague ideas about what I SHOULDN"T eat - stay away from deep fried, two scoops of ice cream is plenty, etc. It used to drive me crazy when doctors etc. would tell me what to avoid. But what weightwatchers has given me is help in understanding what I should be eating. No one every really gave me that information before. I can now confidently fill up on food that I know is good, instead of feeling hungry and confused.
Yesterday I had a bit of an adventure. After watching some masterchef I decided to try to smoke some chicken breasts for dinner. No fat, new flavours. SO I went out to the forest and collected a bag full of pine cones. (Hey, I live in Siberia -there are some advantages!) I put them in the wok just like Gary did, with about a cup of barley kernals instead of rice, and it started smoking up. But I left them in there WAY too long and besides smoking up the whole apartment they were sadly overcooked and tasted horrible :( But all is not lost, I think if I just pulled them out sooner they would have been fine. My husband is unconvinced, he thinks I'm experimenting on him, which I guess I am. I also made an awesome mushroom risotto without the HUGE amounts of butter that George and Gary's had, it tasted great, but took longer than I expected, hence the overcooked chicken :S If only the broccolli had been fresh.
it is really great that you are learning what you can eat! :o)
ReplyDeleteSad about the chicken being overcooked but good on you for trying something new. :o)
LOL at least you TRIED the smoked chicken! Me, I stick with the STGTBT (Symply Too Good To Be True) cookbooks which you get at the newsagents which are written by a former WW'er!
ReplyDeleteAll the nutritional values are there for each recipe and your husband will be VERY happy with the new meals!
Keep up the great work!
Gae oxoxo