About six months ago, I was at a friends house for lunch and they served up split pea soup which I was incredibly skeptical about at first but it totally won me over. I remembered it the other day when I was going through the supermarket thinking I needed to diversify my diet. I went to the legume section, couldn't find split green peas anywhere but found red lentils.
Not quite sure what prompted me to buy them, given I've never even eaten them before! But, buy them I did and then I set about looking for a recipe, and I found one for a red lentil curry that looked really good. I made it last night, it was sooooo easy! I modified it slightly, but also adding 25g of tomato paste and when it was cooked just before serving I added some chopped up baby spinach and some fresh coriander. I also used about triple the amount of garlic and ginger... cause I'm trying to ward off vampires and a cold right now. The former is true, the latter is not :)
The recipe recommended eating with basmati rice, which I normally would have done but I am trying to avoid rice at the moment. Instead, I found some gluten free pita bread and toasted that to scoop it up and eat with.
It was soooooooooooooooo good! Seriously recommended. Not sure of the fat, carb or calorie count but the recipe on the site said one serving is less than 200g with 2.6g of fat. I added extra ingredients, but either way it's still a really low calorie, low fat meal.
Umm... I'm not sure why I'm even talking about calories. I hate calorie counting! In fact, I don't do it at all. Just the other day I was completing a survey in a hospital on the nutrition and calorie content of different types of food. As an example, a salad with a tablespoon of olive oil. I had no idea, I guessed around 400 calories. Urgh.
I also have no intention of becoming better at counting calories to lose weight. I don't really subscribe to the idea that you have to be so rigid and severe when it comes to losing weight. I think (and I may be totally wrong), but so long as you are eating as naturally as can be (i.e. minimising the amount of processed, and pre-prepared meals) and avoiding as much as possible foods that don't work for your body then you can't really go that wrong. As an example, I really think my body can't handle refined sugars and wheat very well, particularly with my PCOS. So, I am avoiding those foods as much as I can right now.
In fact, I saw a gastroenterologist (hence the reference to a hospital visit) the other day, and we are doing some investigations into my gut and digestive system because ever since my hospital visits last year I am having some problems. He suspects it may be IBS, and hopefully it's nothing more serious than that. But I have a suspicion I may actually be gluten intolerant as well. Ho hum, sounds like fun.
Anyway, I will come back soon and blog about that lovely hospital visit and the charming people skills of my specialist. His fat acceptance levels were off the chart..... and not in a good way!
Here's a picture of my red lentil curry. Yum Yum.
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| Red lentil curry with gluten free pita bread |
The recipe made quite a bit, at least three decent sized meals worth. So, that's what I had for dinner last night and lunch today. I'll have it again for lunch tomorrow.
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