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What I Eat - Day Forty-Two

10/11/2013

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Now is a fantastic time to buy fresh, local, incredibly cheap produce.  Tomatoes, potatoes, squash, beets, cranberries, etc..... my preparations for winter continue in this post.  
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Breakfast - Oatmeal with Pears

Only Oats Pure Whole Grain Rolled Oats (available at The Bulk Barn) with cinnamon and an organic pear. 
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Lunch - Chicken Soup

I threw this soup together for someone with a cold with what I had available in the fridge.  

Ingredients
-water
-diced chicken (from an earlier roasted chicken, purchased from a local farm)
-diced carrot
-diced rutabaga
-finely chopped cooking onion
-five bay leaves (removed before serving)
-one tsp. cumin powder

Instructions
I brought the ingredients to a boil, and then I left them to simmer for about an hour.   The soup got to sit in the fridge for a few hours, and then I re-warmed it and served it.   Soup almost always tastes better if it gets to sit for a few hours. 

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Dinner - Roast with Veggies

This was a roast purchased from Sobey's, one of their new line of meat that comes with certification that the farm is humane.  I still haven't checked out the legitimacy of this certification, but I will!  As I've said before, I definitely take it as a good sign that this meat is significantly more delicious than most meats from the grocery store.  This roast was pan roasted with carrots, onions, and potatoes. 
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Beets!

Beets are super cheap right now!  I bought a 10 pound bag for $1.99.   I put about half the bag in a stock pot on top of a steamer basket and steamed them for approximately an hour.  I almost always forget about them and burn the bottom of the pan when the water evaporates..... it's like I never learn.  It always turns out fine, they just have a slightly smokey flavour.  I leave the beets to cool, slice the top and bottom off, and then peel them by pressing the skin off with my hands (see photo below).   The, I pop whatever beets I don't immediately eat into the freezer. 
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Cranberry Sauce!

This was the first time I made cranberry sauce, and I just couldn't believe how easy it was!  I picked up two bags of fresh cranberries for $1.99 a piece, and then I followed the recipe on the back of the bag (though I only used 25% of the recommended sugar).  I combined them with two cups of water and about 1/2 cup of brown sugar.  I brought it to a boil, then reduced to a simmer for about 15 minutes, let it cool, and put it in a jar.  It tastes really great, I'll never buy canned cranberry sauce again (as long as there are fresh cranberries available in the stores)!
2 Comments
Linda Key
10/12/2013 10:45:45 am

Hi Dielle
What a lovely thing to find your blog through Sarah's Facebook.
You have wonderful information to pass along. I hope you have lots of readers.
I too eat mostly gluten free although it is really wheat that is my problem. Most of our food is cooked from scratch and we keep a large organic garden and try to buy ON products . Linda

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Dielle
10/30/2013 02:19:24 am

Thanks, Linda! Sounds like you're eating very well.

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    I want to give you an idea of how to eat healthfully on a restricted diet, without a lot of work, by showing you how I eat!  I eat strictly gluten-free.  You'll find A LOT of veggies in this blog!  I eat both fish and meat a few times a week (local and/or humane, whenever possible), and dairy when I'm visiting family and friends, or eating out.   I hope you find this blog inspiring and interesting!

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