Sushi and the curse of lunch

I was thinking about it the other day. Sushi is really a great lunchtime foodgroup. Why? Because it is versatile and really sushi is rice and therefore blandish. Seems a bit odd I know but there are fridge benefits to being bland.

For example, I made sushi and took it to work for lunch yesterday. 2 rolls of four pieces because I have always felt that 6 is just not quite enough. Its a little bit like subway 6 inch is too small, 12 inch always leaves me feeling bloated.

So I made this sushi. 2 cups of rice worth or about 8 rolls. But I just had the rice in the nori, with no flavour. That might sound gross but think about it. Sushi is just that with another usually subtle flavour added in. So I had plain rice. Cheap, efficient and easily transportable. I spiced it up with a nice tube of wasabi, some homemade sushi ginger and a jar of gardiner. Pickled vegetables to the common man. A mix of capsicum, carrots, cauliflower and pearl onions. A mild flavour but when all added together with a permium soy sauce, lunchw as about 2 points max, very filling, easy to make, tasty and a great trial for the future.

I will have to consult with the Larousse about how to make my own Gardiner and will figure a recipe and post here. But it is one fantastic lunchtime feed hat will be staying.

Mall food

I went up to the mall yesterday and got some food for lunch as I had forgotten to take mine. There was the sushi bar, but I figured I would be having anough of that in the future. But apart from that, there was very little other food on offer at the mall that would suit someone looking for a quick feed.

SO I settled on asian takeaways. Full of flavour, and full of grease. And tasting great I might add. But will have to forgo it all as it is not good fatbastards.

Feta-and-olive-stuffed chicken breasts

Creamy filling and a whole chicken breast. Num-num.

Ingredients
Serves 4
Ww points = 4

4 chicken breasts, skin removed and slit to form a pocket
1/4 cup crumbled feta
2 tablespoons fat-free cream cheese
1 tablespoon chopped fresh herbs such as basil, oregano, chives or a mix.
12 pitted black olives, finely chopped.
1 teaspoon bran oil
lemon quarters to serve

Preheat oven to 175 degrees. Pocket the chicken breasts. Mix the feta, cream cheese, herbs and olives. Force the cheese mix into the pocket of the chicken breast. Secure if necessary with a toothpick.

Brown the outside of the chicken breast in the oil in a frypan for a few minutes then put on a tray and place in the oven. Bake for 20 minutes or until the chicken breast is cooked.

Serve with the lemon quarters ready to squeeze over.

11 06 06 - the begining.

I have created this blog to help me vocalise my thought processes and should I decide to embark on a reduction of girth my goals and progress.

This came about when I weighed myself this morning. The first time I have become intimate with a set of scales since I threw in the last diet (sucessful) and quit smoking (also sucessful). Since life is a trade off, I allowed myself to eat with gusto and without reservation. I have cooked some fantastic food and am writing a cook book.

And I am back to where I started when I first decided to loose my weight and lost 28 kilos over about 6 months. Can I do it? Again? If i commit. And there is no point starting if I am not prepared to commit. Once I do commit it will be an all out war on food. Or at least the consumption of it in heroic (pro)portions. Thats the amazing thing about smoking. I would give up food to have a fag, so when I was smoking and dieting it worked well for me. Instead of another portion it was another puff of a fag. This time I dont have that crutch so will have to develop a strategy.

I found that the last time preperation was the key. I looked at all the different diets and what a crock of shit most of them are. Who thinks that copious amounts of bacon would be better in the long run than eggs and greens. Thats why I settled on the Weight Watchers system. Eat what you like, when you like, how you like, just be aware of what you are eating. Everything has a value and stick within that value. Somewhere on here I will post my version of the points guide if you, dear reader, wish to donload and print it. I made this up a few years ago and found it invaluable because it is credit-card sized it fits in my wallet.

The best thing for me is routine. Pre-measure breakfast cereals. Take lunches to work, premade of course. Make time for snacks even if i dont want them. And above all, heaps of veges and a 30 minutes walk at night. That walk is good for 2 points at least.

So, dear reader, I will keep you all informed of how things go. Should be a great journey.