98%, Salad Challenge Clarifications, Baking Question.

Well, I’m slowly getting back into the habit of taking photos of everything that I eat. I may have missed a couple here and there, but I think I succeeded to photograph 98% of everything.

I’ve come to the recent realization that I was not clear with the “rules” that were posted for the Salad Challenge.

I’ll just write what I wrote in a previous email.

“Not everyone is able to stick with it and be perfect ALL OF THE TIME. We are all human. I also know the rules can be a bit challenging to follow, but that’s the fun part right? haha. In fact, the last challenge I messed up a couple of days. So, just try and stick to the rules as best you can, if you can’t that day(s) it’s no biggie.”

If you forget to eat salad that day, start again the next day. You won’t be “kicked out” or anything.

Here are some clarifications regarding the Salad Challenge Rules:

Salads should fill each of these requirements below. Examples are included.

1. Include RAW leafy greens, but not necessarily in it’s natural state. For instance, the salads can be blended or eaten straight off a plate.

2. Contain at least one serving from each of these food categories (these can be cooked or eaten raw):

• PROTIEN: legumes, tofu, seitan, tempeh, gluten, nuts, dairy
• VEGETABLE (and/or fruit) of different color: carrots, beets, zucchini, sweet potatoes, radishes, bell peppers, red/green onions, herbs,
• CARBOHYDRATES: croutons, pasta,

3. Include something you consider fun (can be anything, but leafy greens):

chocolate	candy	more veggies
Ice cream	pizza	repeat what falls under item #2 above.
cake	dried/fresh fruit	anything else…

 

4. Dressing is optional.

Braggs Amino Acids	EVOO	Lemon Juice (yummy)
Ranch/Italian/Honey Dijon…

Things to keep in mind….

Some items will count more in more than one category.

Example: chickpeas/garbanzo beans will count as protein, vegetable, and carbohydrate.

The carbohydrates portion do not necessarily need to be super filling.

They could include things like croutons, which as you know are common in salads, or anything you can think of.

The protein portion could be either

nuts (one serving is a tiny 3 oz), eggs, legumes (which double counts as a carb and protein).

The something fun part is not really a dessert on top of your salad. It’s just so salad eaters do not get bored with the salad.

It could be dessert or just anything, from processed sweets to fresh fruit.

Sign Up Sheet

Sign Up Date Deadline: Sunday, August 9th

Challenge Begins: Monday, August 10th

If anyone has any questions, please email me at chhaylengtouch@gmail.com or comment. I love receiving emails.

Monday, 08.03.09

Lunch:

Green Beans & Tomatoes

 

Snacks Throughout the day….

StoneyField’s Plain yogurt. It was too good that I had to have two of these 1/4 cup servings.

 

I believe these are concord grapes

 

and red grapes

 

Sushi. The rice I made was a bit soggy, so this meal was super duper filling. Combos included: avocado, pickled relish, cucumber, & green onions.

I later found out that I bought sweet rice instead of sushi rice. doh!!

Bi Chay is a Vegan Pork dish. They are normally found as a filling in vegetarian Vietnamese sandwiches. I couldn’t pinpoint what were all of the ingredients, but from the taste and look of it this is what I came up with:

noodles, carrots, black fungus, “fish” sauce or soy sauce, tofu sheets,

 

I ate the entire thing myself even though I wasn’t the least bit hungry.

08.04.09

Breakfast:

Instead of doing the salt and pepper on top of a boiled egg, I subbed the salt for fermented soybean—lots of salt there. Turned out decent.

 

Whole Wheat fig. bars. SOOOOOOOOO GOOD!!!

Snacks:

A very flavorful and yummy nectarine with Miss Dottie in the bkgd.

Dinner:

Pho, but this time with the thick rice noodles. Sorry for the bad photos.

Off to make Angel Food Cake!! It’s my first time making it. Wish me luck!

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I just finished making the Angel food cake…..As odd as it sounds, I don’t know how Angel Food Cake should taste like….this one came out sweet. The recipe I was using called for 1 3/4 cups of sugar. Is Angel food cake normally sweet? Did I use too much sugar?