What's on your plate?

[lylysa]

Hello there, ladies and gents!

Keeping in line with all the fun and interactive threads asking about your most recent halls, items you have your eyes on, what you're currently wearing, what's your hair routine, and more, I've decide to branch out and ask:

"What's on your plate?"

The beauty world doesn't just stop at skin care and cosmetics, it also goes hand in hand with your overall health and well-being, so with that, I'm curious to see what we're all chowing down and snacking on be it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, or inbetween!

For those with apps that help count calories or to those who just want to keep a log, here's a place to share, possibly find and share some recipes, and even tips on maintaining a balanced diet.

Don't just share food items, but even drinks! I'm a huge fan of tea and at least have a cup of green tea a day (anti-oxidants) and drink plenty of water.

For lunch today, I had:

-Brown rice

-Steamed egg

-Steamed red snapper with green onion, sesame oil, and black pepper

-Gai lan (it's a type of Chinese vegetable/greens)

Now, tell me, Beauty Talk world, what do you have? 😄

[paiute]

Oh man. This looks amazing.

[DiVWA]

That is quite carby but looks good. Do you usually eat lower carb?

[lylysa]

Breakfast and afternoon snack today (as well as the snack for my drive home from work):

Crunchy peanut butter, oatmeal, banana, and chocolate protein shake (my bf made his batch last night and had extra that wouldn't fit into his blender bottles so I got the remainders in mine)

Lunch today:

Salmon, sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper cooked in a pan with garlic butter

Mashed potatoes with mushroom gravy

Steamed broccoli

[Anonymous]

We have been talking boozy breakfast for dinner, it has been a rough week.

[lylysa]

*hugs and good eats*

[Anonymous]

((hugs))

[EvangelineDamon]

Sending you sunshine, TSQ, and many positive thoughts..

[Anonymous]

You are sunshine, glad to see you ED!

[DiVWA]

This is the rest of the grass-fed beef brisket that we got. Today my husband made Texas style barbequed brisket. He grilled this at a low temperature on the BBQ over some hickory wood chips. Very tender and slight smoky flavor.

[Gwenhwyfar]

Oh my. I need this in my life.

[paiute]

Oh my gosh. This looks AMAZING.

[michelleshops]

I don't know which brisket looks better.  They both look amazing and delicious!

[lylysa]

That brisket looks like it's trying to escape the pan!

[4Ali4]

Slow-cooker meal today (no photo, sorry) - Pork Tinga (adapted from Rick Bayless's recipe).

Pork butt, chorizo, potatoes, and onions slow-cooked with tomatoes and chipotles in adobo. Topped with cheese and avocado.

YUM

[lylysa]

Slow-cooker meals are so great!

[DiVWA]

Yesterday we had braised carmelized-onion-crusted beef brisket (grass fed) with broccoli and small potatoes. We like everything in one bowl with gravy over the top so excuse the rather informal plating (or "bowling" LOL). First photo shows the brisket straight out of the oven, before the gravy was strained and reduced. Second one shows the nice onion crust (which came off pretty easily when the roast was sliced, but still looked great and was yummy). Third shows final result in the bowl.

[lyravega]

Today's dinner... Chicken drumsticks sauteed  braised? ( no idea what's the word for this particular method ) with onion, garlic and smoked bacon. With my old nemesis - broccoli! I've found out this to be the most acceptable way of eating it for me. I fried/sauteed it on some butter, with some garlic, salt and pepper... and, it's almost yummy. ( Friggin delish when you're starving! 😄 )

Oopsy! The chicken skin is already gone. It had some urgent business in my stomach, so it couldn't wait for the photo shoot.... Sorry 'bout that. 😉

[DiVWA]

This looks yummy. Even without the skin.

You're too funny with veggies. When I first started eating broccoli (as a grown teenager) I had to have it with melted cheese on it. I haven't eaten it that way in years. You know your trick for eating broccoli would totally work for kale, right? 😉

[lyravega]

Skin is the best part of the chicken!

Kale... Yeahhhh... But, I think I'd rather have it raw ( maybe I should try this massage with olive oil of yours ) , if I really have to have it for some unimaginable reason. When it comes to green leafy veggies, I definitely prefer them raw. There's a chance I'm gonna eat them if they're raw. If you cook them... No chance! No thanks! 😄

I don't mind bitter. I absolutely LOVE dandelion greens, for example! And, I love them when they're bitter. It's just the taste of kale itself that I can't stand....

[vegchililover78]

Ordered out for dinner tonight from my favorite Mexican restaurant! Grilled veggie burrito with rice! 

[DiVWA]

Here's the salad I had for lunch. Took photo just for etscore1 😉

Spoiler

Ingredients: slivered black (dinosaur) kale, slivered radicchio, thinly sliced red onion, chopped baked maple ham, fresh blueberries. Massage kale and radicchio with good extra virgin olive oil. Add rest of ingredients. Toss everything together.