Get Set!

Yesterday I was getting ready and now I am set.

It was kind of funny yesterday.  One, I succumbed to the "last time" temptation.  The last time I get to eat bread for who knows how long.  The last hamburger.  The last cinnamon roll (very gooey, warm, and delicious).  The last of a lot of things.  At the same time, I was thinking about possible meals.  Let's see, salad with turkey strips.  As a change, maybe baked turkey with salad.  And just for some variety, I think I'll have turkey on a bed of lettuce with a variety of vegetables.

Hm.

Then I started thinking.  Seriously thinking.  I can have stir fry.  There are a lot of stir fry vegetables that are not on the okay list (like snow peas and peppers), but I can have broccoli, carrots, onions, and cauliflower.  Add a little zucchini and I've got a decent stir fry.  I can't season it with soy sauce.  In fact, anything you buy in a liquid form is pretty much off limits.  But I can make a sauce.  Maybe a little reduction of ginger or something similar?  That might make a good addition to the stir fry.  Maybe some ginger-infused olive oil.  Or I can cook it in coconut oil for a change of pace.  Anyone know where I can buy coconut oil?

I can make a turkey salad.  You know, like chicken salad.  A little chopped turkey, a little celery, a tiny bit of onion, preferably green onion. I know mayo is on the no list, but avocado is approved.  Take a few avocado slices, mash them up, and I have a nice creamy substance, guaranteed to hold my turkey salad together.  Now that sounds good on a bed of lettuce, or maybe rolled in a lettuce leaf, like a wrap.

So I am feeling much more hopeful.  I'm going to write up some recipes and see how well they work.

Yesterday was also shopping day.  I have learned a lot about "basic" ingredients.  Did you know ground turkey has flavoring added?  Yep.  They say all natural, but they don't say what.  Which means I can't have it because I don't know what I'm getting.  Milk substitutes have a lot of additional ingredients.  I am pretty much learning that if I want something plain and simple, it isn't going to come from the supermarket.  I'll be doing a lot more shopping at the local butcher's shop and the fruit and vegetable stand.

By the way, anyone have a suggestion for breakfast?  I have found a recipe for sausage seasoning, and as soon as I find my meat grinder I can start making turkey sausage.  Maybe I can try sweet potato hash browns.  Surely somewhere there's a recipe for that.  I'll keep you posted.

You know, if I can find enough tasty options on this diet, maybe I can get my husband to try it.  Now that's an idea.