"Are you ready for some football!!" A cry that will forever be burned into my head thanks to the NFL and excellent marketing schemes!! The season is upon us for sure and with that comes food, food, food, and more food. Then there are games and parties with food too! Pretty much everybody I come into contact with knows that I am doing P90X, but inevitably, I am always offered something not on my list! It isn't a big deal, but it does cause me to think about outings and gatherings and how I will handle them.
There seem to be 2 prevailing thoughts within my circle of friends/family:
1. Allow yourself a day to "cheat" the diet a bit each week.
2. No matter what you do or where you are, stick to the plan as much as possible and if you have to modify, do so conservatively. In this case, it isn't what you do one time, but the habits that you adhere to daily.
The latter is what I tend to subscribe to. I know me and once I start down that road, it's a hard one to recover from and get back on track...at least for me!!
Over the next several blogs, I'd like to post some recipes that would be great to put out if you are hosting a party or to take to a friend/relatives house. We are looking for lower carb, low fat foods that can be measured and implemented in the P90X diet.
If you know of any recipes, let me know and I'll post them. If you are an avid experimenter or "food scientist", see what you can come up with. Could be kinda fun! I'm gonna roll my sleeves up and dig in too!! For me, the biggest challenge will be to come up with a healthy alternative that doesn't taste like it was modified too badly.
If you have a winner, send me a pix of the culinary treat with the recipe and we'll get that on too! If you can't take a photo or don't want to...no biggie, just send the recipe!
Since I am a native Pittsburgher and reside in Steeler Country, Go Steelers! Sunday at 1:00...take a newly created dish and let me know what the party guests think!
Good luck! - bigboyp90xer out!
2 comments:
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Black bean dip would be a good p90 food, I think. Black beans, corn (it's a starch, though, so be careful), lots of salsa, cilantro, cumin, cayenne ... yum! We make it all the time! You could use celery, carrots, or sweet potato chips as dippers.
I'm going to be experimenting a lot with my food dehydrator this week. I'll let you know how that turns out. I've actually dehydrated spinach with a lot of success. Add some sea salt and they really do taste as good as potato chips. My kids think so, anyway. I'm going to try kale, sweet potato, and blue potatoes this week.
Oh - and I've made a cauliflower dip that I think tastes like a decadent dip. Here's the link I started with. I do modify it:
http://tinyskillet.blogspot.com/2009/11/easy-cauliflower-dip.html
It's yummy!
Also, what about popcorn on the p90x plan? Is that legal? We make that a lot, too.
If all goes as planned, I'll have some butternut squash soup for you to try tomorrow. See you then!
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