Salad on a Stick

So, I got this great idea I call "salad an a stick"! The "stick" refers to the veggie....carrot stick, celery stick, broccoli stick, etc.... One of my friends loves veggies and dip, usually a mayo/yogurt base with ginger or horseradish, garlic, etc... Too much mayo makes it too calorie dense, so I made my own, and for around 250 cal. I get a whole cup of dressing/dip for my veggie sticks...it's quite a bit of food, and fun to eat.

Lime and Garlic Dip

plain yogurt (Your choice, nonfat, 2%, or full fat, about 8oz. I use one 7oz container of Fage, Greek style yogurt available @ Whole Foods and Trader Joes.)

1 tbl. olive oil

lime juice, 2-3 tbl. (1-2 limes)

1 garlic clove, pressed

salt, a generous pinch

about 225 calories

Cesar Dip

plain yogurt, 8 oz.

1 tbl. olive oil

lemon juice, 1 lemon

anchovy paste, or minced anchovies (2-4 t.)

garlic clove, pressed

parmesean cheese, 1-2 tbl.

about 280 calories

Basil, Tomato Dip

8oz. plain yogurt

1 tbl olive oil

handful of basil, minced

sundried tomatoes, minced ( 2-3, if packed in oil, reduce olive oil)

garlic, 1 clove pressed

salt, generous pinch

about 275 calories

Avocado, Lime Dip

plain yogurt 8oz.

lime juice

garlic, 1 clove pressed

jalapeno, minced

1/2 avocado, mashed

generous pinch of salt

about 280 cal.

Lots of other ideas, like olive tapanade dip, bleu cheese, lemon and capers, salsa, cilantro, etc..

Today I had purple and orange carrot, celery, and broccoli, "sticks", along with french radishes with their greens. Other options like, red bell, green onions, blanched asparagus or green beans, etc..

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Thursday AM weight 134.6

3:00pm 45 min walk

Menu

coffee/cream 120 cal.

oats/milk/almonds 250 cal.

salad on a stick, with lime garlic dip 350 cal.

veg soup 200 cal.

lg pork chop 350 cal.

brown rice w/yam 200 cal.

Total calories 1470 (no sugar, 3rd day!)

I'm going to bed a little hungry tonight, oh well I'm not going to die...I can feel the scale going down though! I had a break between clients this afternoon, and on the way to Whole Foods I decided to go on a walk instead....it's a good thing I live out of my car, like a vagabond, because I had some extra shoes for walking, in the back, next to my bells! 5:30am yoga tomorrow, KB's and then I get to spend the afternoon at the Salon getting pretty!

I mentioned to Mark that we should have one candlelit dinner a week...tomorrow night just might be it!

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CSA Box

Chard

Mustard Greens

Baby Spinach

Baby Salad Greens

Parsnips (more puree!)

Purple carrots

Celery

Cardoons

and flowers!

This was probably my least favorite so far. I don't eat alot of salad greens, and I like to wash my own lg spinach. Although I am excited about the mustard greens and the cardoons, both I have never cooked or eaten. The bright orange, fat, carrots last week were so freakin good and sweet, they made the puple ones this week taste "grassy", now I know not to buy them at the Market.

Life is good, veggies are good.