Food Before and After Photos

[GreenTealael 25,173]

2 hours ago, Starwarsandcupcakes said:

Y’all over here posting lavish dishes and I’m excited my groceries cost $82US this week. 😂

oh and also the meal plan for this week which we’ve already veered from and made pudding pies and angel food cake. 🤷‍♀️

I don’t even understand how it’s possible? Coupons?

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2 hours ago, Starwarsandcupcakes said:

Y’all over here posting lavish dishes and I’m excited my groceries cost $82US this week. 😂

all that for $82 ??? my groceries list this week will fit in my purse and cost almost as much as that.

also that is a whole lotta meal prep, am totally impressed! ....remind me again how many people are in your household???

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also ok, one last over the top food order as my road trip has come to an end and i *thought* i was starving and everything sounded so good.

the side garden salad that automatically came with the entree. i had just one forkful cuz i wanted to conserve stomach space.

french onion Soup. this was probably the best tasting broth of a french onion soup i ever had omg. but it was a little oily from the cheese and lardons (! never had lardons in an FOS before and i didn't hate it). drank maybe 1/2 of the broth, with a small bite of a cheese covered crouton and a 2-3 lardon pieces.

a burger and with a side of mushrooms. I did not even try the burger because the height of it put me off and the bread looked like i would be picking pieces out of my braces for days. the mushrooms however were so yum, had maybe 5 of them.

i also ordered an "extra" side of bone marrow...i ate one with a bit of the bread (maybe 1" square?), as again, i wanted to save stomach space.

luckily, i ordered beef tartare with sweet potato fries with the intention to share with the table. since i didn't want the burger, this became my entree. tartare was delicious, ate maybe 2/3 of what is shown here, plus 4-5 sweet potato fries dipped in the the spicy mayo.

....and yes, not to worry, my meal companions ate almost all of what i didn't. i can always count on them!

i have no idea the calorie count, i did not track anything i ate the past few days.

tomorrow morning i'll see if all this food tracking abandon made a diff on the scale....

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9 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

I rarely eat new things but when I do, it’s usually Desserts 🤣

A coconut spritz shortbread cookie

did you make it yourself?! looks yummmmmm...

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22 hours ago, Lilia_90 said:

Not boring at all! They look so yummy.

Du mind sharing the recipe?

This is what I did using two different recipes as a guide.

120g/4.5oz grated zucchini - squeeze well

100g/4ozs other vegetables (I used defrosted frozen corn & peas, but you could use coarse grated cauliflower or broccoli, celery, grated carrot, etc. Could use another zucchini.)

1/4 cup Parmesan (could use feta instead)

1 large egg

bare 1/2 cup plain flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder (I used bicarbonate)

1 clove of garlic

1/4 teaspoon cumin (could use more if you like it and use cauliflower)

salt & pepper

If mix is a little dry & stiff add a little milk though it shouldn’t be very wet at all unlike traditional fritters.

I shallow fried in about 2 tablespoons of oil. Might try air fryer next time though they weren’t oily or greasy at all.

This is probably the recipe I followed most. Recipe Tin has some good recipes. I like how she usually has the facility to select how many portions you want and the recipe will update accordingly.

https://www.recipetineats.com/crispy-zucchini-fritters/

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5 hours ago, Starwarsandcupcakes said:

Y’all over here posting lavish dishes and I’m excited my groceries cost $82US this week. 😂

Nothing excites me more than groceries and a neatly stocked Kitchen. It is truly a privilege