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reddiva May 6th 2018 8:05 pm

Re: What is your menu like during a typical week?
 

Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH (Post 12495403)
I don't do takeaways either. For me lunches are yogurts (plain), lunches during the work week is steamed broccoli and a carrot and lentil dish I make on Saturdays and portion out and I now add a diced egg to it. Weeknight dinners, if I remember to eat, is just a salad, bit of oil and vinegar and diced eggs. I recently increased to two diced eggs as I want to increase the protein intake.

Do eat out on weekends. It varies. Saturday nights I usually have a cracking good burger and chips made by my hotel bar, it's surprisingly right on the money. I'm not trying to save money on cooking more (to the contrary I don't think it's possible for me to spend even less on food) but I'm working out more and the workout is becoming more intense, which implies I need to increase the food intake. And therein lies the problem.

Reddiva and Shed's menus do have me salivating but they're very meat oriented and I don't necessarily want to increase the meat intake (I'm meat free Sunday-Thursday). But we'll see how that works out as I can feel the body starting to crave more meat.

These are meat free and you can batch cook. Having a food processor helps cut down on chopping veg and i hate chopping onions

https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/...d-lentil-soup/ You can take out the bacon and add more chillis depending on your taste. This freezes well and is filling.

https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/...veggie-chilli/ The peanut butter and cocoa powder give it a lovely smoky taste. This is also meat free and freezes well

Taz786 May 6th 2018 10:01 pm

Re: What is your menu like during a typical week?
 
lol, guess it did sound like it. But nah, she was awesome and genuinely hope she gets happiness and things work out well for her.

Need to get a health check completed soon. Hopefully I won't have to change my routine :(

Millhouse May 6th 2018 10:25 pm

Re: What is your menu like during a typical week?
 

Originally Posted by Taz786 (Post 12495455)
lol, guess it did sound like it. But nah, she was awesome and genuinely hope she gets happiness and things work out well for her.
(

Good positive outlook, well done.

You can't just trade her in for a cook anyway - man also needs a cleaner.

scrubbedexpat141 May 7th 2018 12:38 am

Re: What is your menu like during a typical week?
 

Originally Posted by UKCityGent (Post 12495398)
Breakfast - usually black coffee and 5 cigs

You're my spirit animal.

Generally:
Brekkie - nothing, just coffee and water in the office.
Lunch (12ish) - sandwich, small pasta pot and a bag of crisps.
Dinner - recently, mostly takeaways but going to get back to cooking which is normally along the lines of: lasagna / bolognese / steak and veg / stuffed chicken breast and veg / steak or chicken salad / pork chops and veg / simple curry / stir fry / something from a cookery book.

Pica May 7th 2018 3:03 am

Re: What is your menu like during a typical week?
 
Breakfast-2 cups black coffee and a few cigarettes
Lunch- nothing
Evening- currently watercress, tomato and salty crackers
Whisky & coke while watching films in evening

Bahtatboy May 7th 2018 3:40 am

Re: What is your menu like during a typical week?
 

Originally Posted by Pica (Post 12495603)
Breakfast-2 cups black coffee and a few cigarettes
Lunch- nothing
Evening- currently watercress, tomato and salty crackers
Whisky & coke while watching films in evening

Mama Mia!

co durham boy May 7th 2018 4:31 pm

Re: What is your menu like during a typical week?
 
No red meat during the week

Everything batch cooked and prepped

Calorie specific macros to training plans

Slack off Friday / Saturday

Tip to kill drab food is the fat-vinegar-herb combo- use it well and you'll transform grains and other boring shite that's good for you

ExpatAl May 7th 2018 6:03 pm

Re: What is your menu like during a typical week?
 
Haha some people are just showing off.

Breakfast - Granola with yoghurt, topped with fruit (usually banana, blueberries)
Lunch - Either a prawn biriyani from the Indian place across the road, chicken quesadilla wrap from the canteen or lamb kofte wrap/makanek wrap from downstairs
Dinner - mixture of delivery, eating out or if I do cook... (thai curry, easy - chicken, sweetcorn, red/green curry paste and coconut milk. If I'm feeling arabic, lamb meatballs with harissa couscous, pine nuts and fresh salad)

jam25mack May 8th 2018 5:17 pm

Re: What is your menu like during a typical week?
 
Weekdays

Healthy phase

Brekkie - Water, fruit
Lunch - Some kind of sandwhich
Dinner - Scallops followed by marinated sea bass / sea breem / tiger prawns and rocket salad

Non - healthy phase

Brekkie - Water and a small plain chocky bar, possibly a packet of crisps
Lunch - Subway or an Elevation burger, fries and a Coke (zero)
Dinner - Take away (Curry and chips, Doner and chips or possibly a pizza)

Weekend

Either phase

Brekkie - Nothing
Lunch - Takeaway + 10 pints
Dinner - Nothing


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