Banting legal, but…
Today started off with 40 minutes in the pool doing aquaerobics with my young trainer, my “son by another mother”. I have been visiting my bush town home for twelve days and I have had the pleasure of exercising in the pool for 9 of those days, mostly an hour a session. It is wonderful to feel the way I do afterwards! On the farm I have a spinning bike, a trampoline (rebounder), some weights and a stability ball, so I have no excuse. It is just so nice to exercise with a partner. It takes some discipline to do it by myself, but hey, I am getting better by the day!
This brings me to to my weight today, which is a half kilo up. My trainer says it is muscle:) I have been Banting legal, so it surprised me. However, I shall not be weighing myself every day, but once a week. Next Friday will be the next weigh-in, and measurement day. I shall look forward to that.
The last few days have been spent de-cluttering my recipe files, which is an enormous task. When I owned a restaurant needless to say I collected a zillion recipes of all kinds. They were not all Banting legal. I figured it would be counter-productive if I were to keep all the non-Banting recipes as this is not some short term diet but a permanent lifestyle, so I deleted just about all of them. It is the same with foodstuffs in the pantry. Pastas and grains abound and they will now find new homes. The writers of The Real Meal Revolution suggest that we keep nothing that is not Banting-legal and I see the sense in that. Fail to plan and you plan to fail. I know it is difficult if you have family who eat starches and then you will have to be super disciplined not to eat the potato mash you made for them for dinner! We can do it though. I did the other night, when I made cauli-broli mash for myself and potato mash for my husband. Mine was as delicious as his no doubt was.
Lamb chop and Cauli-Broli Mash
Cauli-Broli Mash Recipe
Half a head of broccoli
Half a head of cauliflower
Half an onion
2 garlic cloves
About 3 Tbs Single cream
Steam the broccoli and cauliflower until tender and refresh with cold water
Sautee the onions and garlic gently in a saucepan until cooked
Put cauliflower and broccoli into saucepan and heat up with onions and garlic
Get out your wand blender (or food processor or jug blender) and blitz all together.
Add cream until you get the consistency you want.
Add salt and black pepper to taste
Eat and enjoy!
