What are you eating for lunch?

[walkonby]

what an incredibly delicious sounding lunch @lizzie bargain ! Ikwym about the size of the portions. Many, many times we bring 1/2 of our restaurant
entrees home, that is another complete meal the next day.

Today I prepped a Tortellini Cold Pasta Salad. DH loves tortellini warm as a pasta meal, but he also loves making cold pasta salads so I thought this could
scratch both his itches.
Just to be funny I mixed the some of the dressing ( EVOO, lemon juice, white wine vinegar, dried herbs, S & p and a smidge of pure maple syrup ) into a
portion of the mixture to have for dinner. I labelled it in the fridge as such.
The remainder of the mixture I labelled " Naked and Afraid " with the bottle of dressing beside it.

[lizzie bargain]

Fish and chips again! Time to leave London tomorrow before I gain 10 lbs.

[walkonby]

I keep forgetting how delicious spaghetti squash is. Versatile, inexpensive ( when on sale) and yields quite a bit when cooked.
The mixture that I ate at lunch on both Wednesday and Thursday consisted of just 1 cup of the scraped insides of a squash,
3 oz. extra lean gr. chx., sauteed and mixed with diced onions and mushrooms. De-glazed the pan with 2 Tblsp red wine, mixed
in chopped cilantro and basil leaves.
It came out to more than enough of a serving! Only costs me 210 calories and was very filing.

[walkonby]

made a homemade mushroom soup. Cooked everything, then pureed it adding coconut milk into it at the end.

[walkonby]

Tried Dumpling squash. ( see pic ) today . Considered a sweet squash, I've never seen these before.
Baked on a pan at 415 for about an hour. It was delicious, but I could only eat one half. I'l grab a few

of these for our Thanksgiving meal, they're similar to the Delicata squash in that you can eat the skins.

[lizzie bargain]

Smokies on baguettes.

[crafter]

A friend gave me a leek so I tried making leek and potato soup using this recipe. I only had one leek but with the onion added as well it turned out fine.
It was absolutely delicious..we were both shocked that we'd never tried potato leek soup before.
https://pinchandswirl.com/potato-lee...container-7781

Life is always full of new discoveries

[walkonby]

@crafter Strange but true ...I have never bought Leeks. Ever. So of course have never cleaned any, heard it can be a sandy nightmare if not done thoroughly.
Your soup recipe sounds dreamy! I love blended soups.

[crafter]

[QUOTE=walkonby;7260685]@crafter Strange but true ...I have never bought Leeks. Ever. So of course have never cleaned any, heard it can be a sandy nightmare if not done thoroughly.
Your soup recipe sounds dream Yes the sand scared me too...as well as the price, I've frequently had a bunch of 3 leeks in my hand ($3.99) and then put them back. No probs buying a bag of pretzels for $4.99 though lol..go figure. Well it's about time you tried to use them. They taste like mild onions...just think of a big green onion. They are honestly beautiful to cut up..Cut in lengthwise and then thinly crosswise. A youtube video showed to shake them in a bowl of water to remove the sandy grit. I had no issues..here's one that shows what to do.
How To Cut Leeks - YouTube

[walkonby]

I was feeling edgy today, REALLY wanted some of the Extreme Ranch Hard Taco shells. They are really not on my weight loss
diet BUT, I mixed 40 grams of Lemon Pepper Rio Mare tuna with 2 tablespoons of plain Greek yogurt ( instead of mayo ), added
fine diced apple and spread it over3 flat pieces ( 22 grams total ) of the crunchy delicious shells. For a laugh I placed some of my
homemade spicy oven roasted chickpeas on the top of the mixture. How tasty was it? Amazing!
Tea time now.

[crafter]

I was feeling edgy today, REALLY wanted some of the Extreme Ranch Hard Taco shells. They are really not on my weight loss
diet BUT, I mixed 40 grams of Lemon Pepper Rio Mare tuna with 2 tablespoons of plain Greek yogurt ( instead of mayo ), added
fine diced apple and spread it over3 flat pieces ( 22 grams total ) of the crunchy delicious shells. For a laugh I placed some of my
homemade spicy oven roasted chickpeas on the top of the mixture. How tasty was it? Amazing!
Tea time now.

Awesome! I've been meaning to roast some chickpeas. How do you make yours? Do you use canned or dried to start? DH has been bugging me for some

[walkonby]

@crafter This spicy roasted chickpea recipe was part of a baked sweet potato topping.

Here is JUST the Spicy Chickpea recipe

Crispy Spiced Chickpea: Position racks in top and bottom thirds of oven;
preheat to 425°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
Toss the contents of a 540 ml can of chickpeas that were drained,
rinsed and patted dry with 2 Tblsp. EVOO to coat. Arrange them in a single layer
on the parchment; bake in top third of oven, stirring halfway through, until crisp,
about 45 minutes.
Stir together 2 tsp. garam masala, 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper and 1/4 tsp. salt;
sprinkle over chickpeas and stir to coat. Return the pan to the oven; bake for
5 minutes. ( I baked mine a bit longer for extra crunch )

[crafter]

Thanks so much for the recipe!!

[lizzie bargain]

We ate in a Chinese restaurant in Hong Kong that our guide took us too-quite delicious.

[lizzie bargain]

Fish and chips aboard the lovely Westerdam in Thailand.