AMY - Day 5

Day 5 was really good, I ate well today! I had oatmeal with blueberries and milk for breakfast, (which was all food groups again), and I am learning that not every food group has to be separate, for example quinoa (not that I found it locally but in general), has a lot of great things for you like protein and it's more of a carb as well! Anyways, for lunch I again had snack foods, apples, cheese, peppers, roasted chestnuts. I find with the dense buns that I only need a little bit of grains to be full, like 2 or 3 buns with dinner maybe and that fills me right up. For dinner I had a thick stew, I put beans, chicken, potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, a splash of wine, rosemary and water in a croc pot this morning and it cooked while I was away all day, the perfect solution! Today was probably my favourite meal yet! (Although those chicken skewers were pretty good as well). I made the same style of buns when I got home, but cooked them on a lower heat, and rolled them in oats before putting them in the oven! They were really good! My dinner came out a lot more flavourful than I expected, usually I see chicken broth and spices in this kind of recipe but since I made mine up it didn't include these things. Which means my goal of the day can be checked off! Also, since I lacked with bread at lunch, but had extra cheese and vice-versa in dinner I would say that my meals today did pretty well in relation to the Canadian Food Guide! This weekend I want to try and make something new, perhaps like Julianas quiche or a pizza like Meghan.

I have been using All Recipes to look up common recipes with whatever ingredients I desire! It's a pretty cool system, if you have a few foods in the fridge to use up but don't know what dish to make with them this will generate common or popular recipes with the foods you choose!