Spiralizing Veggies

[reinhard1]

On a vegie/meat type diet for awhile again.  Got this handy dandy spiral type gadget from the "As Seen On TV" section awhile back.  So I bought a few zucchini's and put them through this gadget.  Does a great job except for the end pieces, but I can chop them up and toss them in the dish also.  Nice replacement for regular pasta that I love. I was kind of wondering if this dish or something like it would be a good meal idea for Bobby Bass.  I made a large batch using 8 zucchini's, 2 cans of black olives, 3 cans of diced tomatoe's [oregana, garlic seasoned type], choppped green onions [two bunches] garlic, salt and pepper to taste [not much salt] chile flakes [optional] and parmesan cheese for topping.  Cooked the shredded zucchini's in olive oil until tender, along with the garlic and green onions.  Then put the diced tomatoes with the juices in along with the drained olives and pepper and a little salt.  Let the mix MELD a bit while simmering.  Didn't want to over cook the zucchini but the MELDING is important.  Served in a bowl instead of a plate.  I like the juices.  Sprinkled parmesan cheese on top.  good luck.

 

 

Spiralized zucchini.

 

 

Starting to fry up the zucchini, green onions, and garlic.

 

 

Everything is MELDING.

 

 

My bowl ready to go.

[Coffee118]

Definitely going to try this one. I got one of those as a gift & couldn't find a good use for it except for taking up space in the unwanted/ unusable kitchen gadget pile. As for a meal for Bobby bass the canned olives & tomatoes might have too much sodium if that's an issue for him, can't remember if it was

[reinhard1]

Black olives have a lot less than the green olives but yes that was one of my concerns for Bobby as well.  You can use Mrs. Dash seasonings as a substitute which has no salt and skip the olives and use plain diced tomatoes.  There are recipe's on line for these type of vegie dishes to choose from as well.  It is a tasty way to go on a diet plan.  good luck.

[RebelSS]

Wow....Mr Healthy eating!!! Looks pretty tasty there, RH! 

[reinhard1]

I think next time I'm going to add some sliced up home smoked polish or ring bologna.  Just no carbs for awhile.  I'm going to bake my own bread later as well now that I have my Kitchenaid mixer.  Real butter, and no margarine.  I did some research and found out that the body can't digest all of the things in margarine and is stored as fat in your body along with other processed foods.  Same with some of the artificial sweetners among other things.  good luck.

[RebelSS]

Watch the carbs in the bread, RH.....might be time to make a batch of that  'cukes in sauce" recipe.. 

Edited February 17, 2016 by RebelSS

[reinhard1]

Ya, I know.  Moderation is the key I guess.  I do love good bread and that is why I will make my own.  Multigrain stuff along with making buns from the batch also.  I used to eat bread daily [part of the weight gain].  I'm really not a fan of diets.  Diets only work if you stick with them along with excercise.  I get plenty of excercise.  My problem is moderation LOL.  My plates are larger than they should be.  So we are trimming down [did it before], and moderating our servings while not giving up good food.  We are going to fit it meals like the one above and others with meals that I have posted on here before.  There are going to be days of "splurging".  Like when I make roladen for example on special occations.  The gravy from that is priceless but not exactly diet friendly.

My family history as far as eating habits have been very meat and potato going back to my grandparents.  Meat, dumplings, gravy, and other great stuff that would not make any diet plans.  My great grandfather and grandmother died at 105 and 101.  My grandfather died at 96.  My parents are still alive and are in their late 80's and still living at home and getting along fine.  I grew up that way as well.  What they did was to stay away from processed foods, not because they did it intentually like I'm doing now, but they ate almost all home cooked foods except going out to restaurants on certain special times.  I'm pretty much the same way.  I've said before that if we went to a restaurant it would be once a year at best.  I didn't start making my own sausage for "health" reasons at first.  I did it because I love doing it.  However  when you see some of the junk in the stores I guess it was a great hobby to start.  I'm not a expert on diets, and like I said, I do not care for diets.  But I did let myself go 20 pounds on the heavy side and I'm trying to get back to around 220 where I feel more comfortable.  I want to eat what I like to eat, but I am going to cut down on the plate size.  If you saw some of them, you would think it was a serving tray instead of a plate.

I remember when I was a kid living up in Duluth.  I was at a friends house and his mom was serving noodle soup.  She brought a large bowl to the table and set it near me.  I started to slide it over to me but she said that this was the serving bowl and gave me this small bowl to scoop the soup into it.  I never got fat  in my younger years, ever and also most of my life.  Worked physical most of my life, but when I retired all that ended.  The routine ended.  So I went into walking daily over a mile with my dog and still do to this day and try to keep busy.  Not the same, but it helps.  I walk everywhere during firearms deer season while my son-in laws ride my wheeler LOL.   So in short I'm just going to be doing not much different, but not eat so much I guess.  Part of this gain in weight is eating supper too late.  My wife still works, and get's home around 6 pm.  We eat between 6:30 and 7 pm.  My parents have always eaten supper around 3 pm at the latest.  Small snacks after that.  That is working for them and when my wife retires, we will go on that program as well.  good luck.

[delcecchi]

If they eat supper at 3, is there no lunch or are they on the breakfast at 5, lunch at 10, supper at 3 plan.

What seems to work for me is eat a good mid day meal, lunch, and then not have much for supper.  I don't always do that but it does seem to work. Two good sized meals is too much.

Edited February 17, 2016 by delcecchi

[reinhard1]

Del,  my parents get up very early and have a good breakfast.  I think they nibble on things in-between [their brunch] and then the dinner.  I think your plan is a good one as well.  good luck.

[RebelSS]

12 minutes ago, reinhard1 said:

Del,  my parents get up very early and have a good breakfast.  I think they nibble on things in-between [their brunch] and then the dinner.  I think your plan is a good one as well.  good luck.

The same here. "Normal" sized breakfast, then maybe some cheese stix,  couple of deli type meat slices like ham, turkey, and a piece of fruit with a glass of plain "real" iced tea around 1:00 PM.  Supper around 5:00 PM.  Works for me.... 

Edited February 17, 2016 by RebelSS

[reinhard1]

You could add any meat of your choice to this dish as well by pre grilling, frying, or roasting the beef, pork, or poultry and adding it to the meal's ingredients.  good luck.