Comments on: Tongue Trifecta

By: Roxana

Roxana — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:27:55 +0000

I love making oats in advanced, because whenever I heat them back up I feel like they are so much better! The oatmeal cooks even more so it opens up more and becomes more tender, so I like it a lot
I love it when you take the pictures of your food on the placemat, it always looks effortlessly elegant.

By: Cat

Cat — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:54:41 +0000

Thank you for sharing your thoughts about mindless eating, as well as being so candid about your own struggles. I think it takes a strong person to admit when you stumble. You will get things under control though – you are an amazing person.

By: runjess

runjess — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:36:18 +0000

I have the same problem when I get bored. Even when I’m occupied, if the task I’m doing is boring, I think about food too much.

By: Kath

Kath — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:21:25 +0000

Bear,
The total recipe had:
2 servings of lentils (~340)
Broth (~25?)
Tomato (~15?)
Tomato paste (~60)
= 450 total.
I’d say it makes 3 servings, so about 150 kcal each.

Kath

By: Rhodey

Rhodey — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:04:25 +0000

thank you for this post. i think i should really get that book. i find that lately when i am bored i am mistaking it for hunger, and that is not good!!!!

By: Bear

Bear — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:42:32 +0000

Does anyone know what the the calorie count for the red lentil dal is?

By: Cyclist Kate

Cyclist Kate — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:28:47 +0000

Just wanted to say thanks for sharing your thoughts on mindless eating! I find myself doing a lot more mindless eating when I’m in school, and I think it’s for the same reason that you don’t do as much fun reading–there’s part of us that feels guilty if we’re using spare time for something other than studying! Because of that, I tend to try to get myself to sit down and focus when my time might be better spent doing something else, so I find myself getting up to snack a lot more…maybe the answer really is just structuring in something fun so we don’t feel that deptrivation that needs to be filled in some way! Awesome post!

By: Kath

Kath — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:23:21 +0000

VeggieGirl ,
Welllll I’lllll be! lol.

Marianne ,
I plan out our meals generally (“Sunday = lentil dal and saag”) but I do do a lot of rearranging depending on my mood and hunger and how our days went. The good thing is we always have the ingredients we need, and I usually don’t plan Fridays so we often bump a weeknight meal that got pushed back to Friday. And sometimes we plan something (“Spaghetti”) and it turns into something completely different with the same ingredients. So while we do plan, I’d say cravings + moods dictate the menu.

melissa ,
LOVE that quote!!

ttfn300 ,
Don’t mind at all!

BBQPeach ,
Thanks for the comment!

Miss Tiffie,
I usually make it with the bananas in (when I make rolled oats alone in advance) but since I made steel cut yesterday I’ll add the banana that morning (BEFORE heating so it gets soft!). You can do it either way. But generally all that I add in advance is the oats, milk, banana and vanilla and add the mix-ins the day-of. I don’t take oats for lunch because I almost always have them for breakfast and feel I should have more variety in my diet.

Suzanne ,
I do store them in the fridge, and I think I will be fine by Friday. I’ll let you know!

Biz319 ,
When you wrote:
I used to be a huge reader, but have somehow gotten away from it. I thought you mean of KERF and I thought “I wonder what about the blog turned her off” but then I realized we were talking about BOOKS!

Kath

By: Biz319

Biz319 — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:50:20 +0000

Nice post Kath! I used to be a huge reader, but have somehow gotten away from it.

I am a magazine whore for sure (I subscribe to maybe 15!), but there is nothing like digging into a good book.

I just got David Sedaris’ new book from the library – I need to put it on my nightstand and just spend 1/2 hour before bed reading.

Happy Monday!

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:18:00 +0000

Hey Kath,

Do you store the oatmeal in the fridge or do you freeze them? Will it say good in the fridge until you eat it on Friday?

A hot bowl of oatmeal sounds good right about now – it’s frigid here in jersey! In the 30s! I had to break out my scarf and gloves. Too bad I brough my TJ Greek yogurt instead.

Stay warm!