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Day 3: No White Food Diet
Today was a pretty good day on the no white food front. I still need to figure out more snacks, but I posted a message on the SeriousEats board and the people were full of great suggestions that I'm looking forward to trying! Yay for the internets.
The eating day in general was quite fine. I wanted to make a sandwich for lunch, but of course couldn't use regular mayo (sugar) so I whipped up some aioli. Whole grain toast, leftover marinated pork tenderloin, homemade aioli, and arugula- well that's a damn fine sandwich that I would repeat again in a heartbeat. To make the aioli, just put an egg yolk, salt and pepper, and the juice of a lemon in a blender. Add olive oil in a slow stream while blending until it has the right texture. I guess I should do that all the time!
For dinner, I did go to Outback-yeah, I know it's not highbrow, but the meat is good! And because my friend Roberto really really wanted to. (Of course, we didn't eat this because it's not allowed- but we saw it go by our table and it did look kind of disgusting in real life.) But the experience made me realize how even in just one meal there is tons of simple sugar stuff that I never thought about- the bread, the croutons, the potato, the wine- it was good to pay attention to all of that even though it was a little hard to watch Roberto eat and drink ALL of it in front of me. Plus, as is to be expected, I currently feel far less full than when I normally go there and (over)eat. Yay for not feeling sick or too full.
Also we were having some sweet cravings so I bought some sugar-free candies to taste-test. Thinking it would be an easy comparison, I pitted sugar-free Andes mints against sugar-free Dove dark chocolates with mint centers. They kinda freak me out because they have a bunch of weird chemical-sounding stuff in them, obviously, but I have to say they actually taste pretty good. The Andes mint tastes exactly like a regular Andes mint but it has a slightly softer, stranger texture. The Dove one tastes really great but then it has a weird aftertaste- in Roberto's words, "it's like I ate fabric." I feel OK about eating one every once in awhile to kick the inevitable sweet craving- but the chemical ingredient makeup does not make me want to eat more than about one a day. Tomorrow I am planning to throw sugar-free lifesavers and sugar-free jolly ranchers in the ring. And of course, I picked up a bunch of flavors of Orbit gum- sugar free and they have the best flavors!
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The eating day in general was quite fine. I wanted to make a sandwich for lunch, but of course couldn't use regular mayo (sugar) so I whipped up some aioli. Whole grain toast, leftover marinated pork tenderloin, homemade aioli, and arugula- well that's a damn fine sandwich that I would repeat again in a heartbeat. To make the aioli, just put an egg yolk, salt and pepper, and the juice of a lemon in a blender. Add olive oil in a slow stream while blending until it has the right texture. I guess I should do that all the time!
For dinner, I did go to Outback-yeah, I know it's not highbrow, but the meat is good! And because my friend Roberto really really wanted to. (Of course, we didn't eat this because it's not allowed- but we saw it go by our table and it did look kind of disgusting in real life.) But the experience made me realize how even in just one meal there is tons of simple sugar stuff that I never thought about- the bread, the croutons, the potato, the wine- it was good to pay attention to all of that even though it was a little hard to watch Roberto eat and drink ALL of it in front of me. Plus, as is to be expected, I currently feel far less full than when I normally go there and (over)eat. Yay for not feeling sick or too full.
Also we were having some sweet cravings so I bought some sugar-free candies to taste-test. Thinking it would be an easy comparison, I pitted sugar-free Andes mints against sugar-free Dove dark chocolates with mint centers. They kinda freak me out because they have a bunch of weird chemical-sounding stuff in them, obviously, but I have to say they actually taste pretty good. The Andes mint tastes exactly like a regular Andes mint but it has a slightly softer, stranger texture. The Dove one tastes really great but then it has a weird aftertaste- in Roberto's words, "it's like I ate fabric." I feel OK about eating one every once in awhile to kick the inevitable sweet craving- but the chemical ingredient makeup does not make me want to eat more than about one a day. Tomorrow I am planning to throw sugar-free lifesavers and sugar-free jolly ranchers in the ring. And of course, I picked up a bunch of flavors of Orbit gum- sugar free and they have the best flavors!
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Would it be cheating to replace sugar for xylitol in your recipes? It's what they use in some sugarless gum, has 40% less calories than sugar & it's good for your teeth.
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Interesting idea! I wonder where/if you can buy xylitol?
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You can get it at The Vitamin Shoppe & most vitamin/health food stores, I think.
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Cool! Thanks. I will have to do some internetting to see what people's experiences have been with this. Have you ever tried it?
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No. But, I've been meaning to. We do keep the xylitol mints & gum handy in the house though.
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I am a huge chocolate and sugar addict, and HATE artificial sweeteners (can always taste them no matter what). But I LOVE these chocolates, sweetened with maltitol:
http://www.amberlynchocolates.com
I tried them first at Costco. Some of these sugar alcohols (xylitol is one, as well) can cause laxative effects in larger amounts, but for the most part they're safe and IMO don't have that ucky chemical tinge.
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Thanks for the tip, Robin- I will have to check those out!
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This is true. More than 400g (1.5 cups?) of xylitol can cause laxative effects. But, I NEVER eat a cup & a half of sugar everyday. . . do you???!!!
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