DAY 5 - TGIF!

Last day of the week, I was helping someone in another building today so instead of making an omelet, I had to pack breakfast and go. 

Breakfast was a Greek yogurt with vanilla stevia and cinnamon and also 2 egg whites.  That was all I had left in the carton, surprisingly it held up great in the microwave making sold style egg whites.  I added sea salt, not bad!

Lunch, a banana muffin and black bean soup. 
Another great ph 1 friendly recipe and so simple to make!

Drain 2 cans of black beans, adding 1 can of beans to boiling water (seasoned with cumin, taco seasoning, garlic powder and black pepper).  Cook for maybe 20 minutes, letting the water reduce some then mash or puree the beans in either a blender or with a hand blender (a boat motor as Emeril calls it). 

Once its pureed, add the second can, some frozen corn and a jar of salsa.  Mix to combine, re season to your liking and serve.  A couple extra protein options are add some Quorn crumbles or tenders or even some edamame, I added edamame and tenders. 

Afternoon snack was another banana muffin, every time i have one its a mental note, cook them at a lower temp so they're not as dry!

Dinner.. Shepherd's Pie!! 

Phase 1 recipes are so simple to make, because most recipes call for soy and tofu which is cooked already.  This is a simple to do just make sweet potatoes as you would mashed white potatoes (boil them in water, season with savory spices like pepper, thyme, garlic, onion powder, etc).  Add the Quorn crumbles to the casserole dish with spices and a few drops of water to let them steam, Add frozen corn niblets on top of it then top with the mashed sweet potatoes.  Add slits with a knife so the meat and corn can steam properly.

Cook at 350 for 35 minutes.  For a semi browned top, spray potatoes when there are 5 minutes left with PAM, turn to broil and watch carefully.  Here's the outcome...
DELISH!

Late night snack - yup, still on that kick!  Roasted soy nuts.  They're very good, but the ones I got are SUPER salted, I mean, I think they dumped a cup of sea salt in the container then added more.. The crunch helped, it was movie night, so it was a good alternative to buttered popcorn (we can have airpopped popcorn mind you, it can be salted, but no butter.. not sure its worth the effort if no butter is involved.. lol)

today's wrap up
water - Almost NONE! = (    I need to correct this ASAP!
exercise - a peaceful walk through the city, 30 minutes, not really any hills and it wasn't a speed walk but it was refreshing.  Summer is here and the smile from ear to ear my entire walk proved it!
mood - fantastic, its the weekend, time to relax and re coop from the week :)
food - I didn't cheat, felt my foods were great  but those 365 yogurt covered raisins have been calling my name all day!  If they keep it up, their time out will be in the trash barrel! lol