weight off week 11

[cornerofmadness]

I made it home. How fared everyone? I'm still sitting on my fat plateau.

too tired for doing more than flinging up a place for us to gloat or whine and oh have a soup recipe. It'll probably be the last one until fall. Unless it's cold soup, I don't do soup when it warms up.


Bok Choy Noodle Soup
Serves 6
4 ounces rice noodles
2 14 ½ oz cans of chicken broth (or veggie stock if you want a vegetarian friendly version)
1 (12 oz) package of low fat extra firm tofu cut into ½” cubes
½ pound of baby bok choy (or about ½ - 1 full grown one)
½ bunch watercress (frankly, this is hard to find so feel free to skip)
2 scallions thinly sliced
1 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
½ teaspoon pepper

1. cook rice noodles as it says on the package, leave al dente and set aside (cut if desired into smaller pieces)

2. bring broth to boil. Add tofu, bok choy and watercress, simmer covered until tender @ 5 minutes. Add noodles, scallions, soy sauce, sesame oil and pepper and cook until heated through @ 2 minutes.

123 calories, Pointplus value 3


Frankly, I found this to be fairly close to Pho so I played with the ingredients and it came out better and should not really add to the calorie count. I added ginger to the broth and some dried Thai peppers along with basil. Now, if you have fresh basil (preferably Thai) and limes, you can add that to the individual bowls like they would at a Pho restaurant. You could add other proteins to this, which naturally would add to the calorie count or omit the noodles if you want.

Comments

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

OOOOOO, Thai noodle bowl recipe. *is excited at that idea*

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

I've been losing weight lately even though I'm not strictly dieting just because Spring has made me more active. Mostly with projects around the house, as opposed to getting outside and exercising proper, which I loathe.

Also? Hot flashes, good for taking off the water weight, lol.

[caffeinified.livejournal.com]

Glad you got home okay.

Yay! New recipe. Thanks.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks

enjoy if you make it

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

being active really helps. Right now with my shoulder, I'm so limited. another reason to consider not going to this conference. sigh

snort, yeah all th at sweating

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

it came out pretty good. play with the spices. mom and dad both liked it.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Very cool.

[likeabulldozer.livejournal.com]

This sounds really good. I'm not a big tofu person but this sounds good enough I might make an exception

[ishte.livejournal.com]

Hmm... this sounds like it might be good. I like Bok Choy much better than celery. I'd have to leave out the noodles though. Honestly all they do is put weight on me or prevent me from loosing because I'm insulin resistant.

I did a little yoyo this week. Gained a couple of pounds for cheating and then took them back off. However, in my defense I also got a visit from aunt ruby today which I suspected was bout to happen due to my craving sweets (but until today was VERY VERY good about. So I popped over 150 for a day, and then today was back down to 148.6. I had sushi today and was tempted by a little cupcake. That might not be so bad, because it was whippy frosting instead of real icing. I got some Breyer's Carb Smart chocolate ice cream at Kroger to help me fight off those cravings. Wish they had more flavors than just chocolate and vanilla. Can't find anyone who carries Pierre's any more. Bleh. Even with the splurge, I'm not over on calories. Just on carbs. Meh....

So for tomorrow, I expect I'll do another hop up, but will get back on track and continue to loose as long as I stay away from all that starchy stuff that I don't need.

Another thing I'll note here, and this comment is based soley on taste, but Japanese branded soy sauce seems to be a hell of a lot less salty than Chinese branded soy sauce. I can't say as far as the numbers, but it's something that bears checking out. Does reduced sodium soy sauce have less salty taste?

[enemytosleep]

Away from home, so no weigh in, though we've been walking everywhere like woah between the con and Philly itself (plus I did some jogging all last week before coming out). Will pick up my weigh ins next weekend. :D

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

out having fun is a great excuse for no weigh in, keep enjoying your trip

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

good luck with it

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

and you could also omit the tofu and use thinly sliced chicken or pork though the calorie count would rise