Take a Chance with Me

Wow, lots of great responses to my “egg addiction” question…Thanks, guys! I agree, I shouldn’t be too concerned about eating too many eggs at least for now since I’m currently a weight-gainer, and need all the protein I can get! And there must be a reason why my body is craving it, right? I definitely need all the protein, fats, iron, and B vitamins I can get from eggs.

But I’m just concerned that maybe it’s just my ED getting too comfortable with one single food…Urgh, I hate fretting about what’s ED and not, it just makes me so confused and frustrated, not to mention feel like a freak.

Anyway I’ve decided that I will eat what I want, but try to come up with different methods and incorporate new dishes as much as I can…starting from today!

Breakfast was a strange but delicious combo: Oats, cooked with corn extract and liberal amounts of cinnamon, topped with corn kernels and a dab of strawberry preserves.

Before you freak out, this was actually really delicious! Who knew cinnamon and sweet corn goes so well together? And that last touch of strawberry preserves really gave the whole bowl an extra oomph with its sweet-sour taste and gentle coolness since it came right out from the fridge. You know what? I suspect a slice of cheese placed on top of this corn-oats mixture and left to melt for a bit would make another terrific combo. Next time…

I still have a lot of the spicy tomato-sardine spread left from yesterday, so was pressured to have leftovers today. But I didn’t want to have the same thing as yesterday on a toast, so instead of the bread as a base, I chose potato.

I first baked a purple potato in the oven, then scooped out the flesh, filled the potato half-way with the sardine spread, then cracked an egg on top, and finally returned the whole thing into the oven to bake until the egg was set.

Another innovative way to eat sardines! And I got my egg-fix! I am in love with this “potato boat” experiments. You’ll probably be seeing this idea recycled over and over again!

Before you lecture me on wasting food, no I did not throw away the potato flesh! I hate wasting food! I dumped the potato flesh into another bowl, and mashed it up with some cucumber-chive cheese spread, some parsley, and salt and pepper to taste.

This was so much fun to eat! This was how I enjoyed this meal: I scooped out the yolk and spread it on top of the mashed potatoes.

For each delicious bite, I would scoop up a forkful of mashed potatoes, dig that fork into the sardines, and put the potato-sardine mixture into my mouth. Can I just say…freaking delicious yum~

I think I hit all senses for the tongue here. There’s the spice and sweetness from the sardines, the tanginess from the cheese, the potatoes as the starchy base, the umami factor from the egg yolk…My tongue was having a party!

On the side I also had a bowl of cooked cabbage and a bowl of yogurt with apples and cinnamon (unpictured):

After lunch I went to the library to borrow some books, and lugged home two cookbooks as well! I’m hoping to find some new interesting recipes I can try as I browse through them. Anyone have any good cookbooks to recommend?

When I got home, I was actually quite a bit hungry for my mid-afternoon snack! I had about 400 gm of baked sweet potatoes. Weighed them this time, just to have an idea about how much I’m consuming, and I think I might have been overestimating my calories all along! But I usually refrain from weighing my food because that can become an obsessive ED thing…But then I might just overestimate my calories. What do you guys think? To weigh or not to weigh? Any advice or suggestions (especially if you’re a recovering anorexic as well) would be much appreciated!

Okay, on to dinner…You’re probably rolling your eyes and thinking, I’ll bet she had eggs again. Well, you’re right. But in my defense, I tried something new with it as well!

I’ve come across baked tofu in many other blogs, and got interested to try it out myself. Now to be honest, I don’t like tofu very much. First of all, I think it tastes bland. Second, I don’t like that slippery soft texture. Third, my mother always used to nag at me for refusing to eat tofu, so in a weird rebellious way my aversion to it increased.

But after viewing all these raves about baked tofu, I decided to challenge my prejudice against tofu and give it another chance. I used Gliding Calm’s Tofu recipe as a base guideline to make the marinade: Basically (without really measuring) I just mixed together soy sauce, sake (Japanese rice wine), a packet of Splenda, minced garlic, and TONS of ginger! I coated my tofu slices with the marinade, then followed Gliding Calm’s instruction and baked them in a 400 degree (225 degree Celsius) oven for about 40 minutes.

I was quite apprehensive as to how it would turn out, but the minute the heavenly fragrance of it hit my nostrils, I started salivating and got pretty excited to try it!

So here’s my dinner from above:

Cooked broccoli and cauliflower, some baked pumpkin skins, an omelette with cheese, mushrooms, green bell pepper and onions, and the baked tofu!

So…the verdict? Freaking holy yum! The tofu was soooo flavorful! The ginger and sake really made the difference! And because it was baked in the oven, it lost that soft wiggly texture that I hate, but got quite nice and chewy. Ooh lala~ I’m so glad I gave tofu a chance! And so overjoyed that I stepped out of my comfort zone, and tried something new! YAY! Another new nutritious food added to my list!

I’m humming that tune from Mamma Mia right now called Take a Chance with me…