Before I get into my workout I want to share what I did before my workout, before the crack o dawn! I get up at 4:00am, and with daylight savings stealing an hour away from us last weekend, it's taken a little getting used to getting up at 3:00am! Anyway, nowadays my training starts at 5:30am, in my garage gym, with a special client/training partner for 30 minutes, giving me only about 90 minutes to get my act together! I didn't have time to roast my chickens but I did have time to get a batch of farro in my 4 qt PC and a big batch of blackeyed pea, lentil and sausage soup with cabbage in my 8 qt PC. The farro actually took 10 minutes longer to cook! But the soup did have veg prep that took about 10-15 min. so they were both done around the same time....total time? About 45 minutes.
I posted on facebook this idea of a "mono diet". A diet where you eat only one meal, all day long! I came up with this idea a few months ago because at the time I had three favorite meals that I ate everyday. Each one I loved so much that I just couldn't seem to get enough of either one of them! (all healthy of course!) I thought that maybe if I ate 3-4 meals the same, switching them each day that maybe I'd grow out of my love for them and find something else!
Back to my soup.... I love my soup! (I think it's the homemade stock) I heated up a nice size bowl of it for lunch...and then another! 2 hours later I thought, you know what? I think I'll have another bowl of soup! So I did! Now, at this point, with one meal left for the night...what should I have? Well, it wouldn't kill me to have another bowl for sure, but is that weird?
To give you an idea of how yummy this soup is, I also have two of my other absolute favorite meals at the ready.... I think I'll save those for tomorrow! Soup's on!
PS I'd include a picture, but you all have seen a bowl of soup before!
I feel this way about the Roasted Cauliflower and Curry Soup! I could eat it and only it and be perfectly happy! I'm still trying to remember what the heck Farro is! :)Bring on the soup!
ReplyDeleteTracy,
ReplyDeleteFarro is hard to find and expensive! It's the only other grain I love to eat with pnb next to the 6 grain mix I get at the Japanese market. The only brand I've found is at whole foods, "Bartolini" Umbrian Farro (semi pearled)
I also love it in my homemade tomato soup. You gotta be careful with the serving though. 170 calories per 1/2 c cooked, similar to all grains...not a big serving!
I have a minestrone soup that I love and can eat all day every day. Actually I tweaked it so much that it's really not minestrone soup anymore, more something like a thick soup chuck full of veggies and spices. If one batch is gone I make a new one. It love it and for me it helps to know that it's always there if I want it or when I'm hungry. Good and good for me!
ReplyDeletehanneke,
ReplyDeleteI was serious when I said that soup was underrated.
I would almost put money on the fact that most overweight people do not eat soup on a regular basis.