Pop up pancake with strawberries and maple syrup! ♥

Today I went to the mall and tried on some clothes, but oh my gosh it was so frustrating! I don’t want to look like a big potato sack. Afterwards I went to the restaurant Gourmet blue to eat chevre pie with marinated artichokes, but I ended up eating only from the salad bar because chevre is apparently a goat cheese. Blah! But I didn’t mind because the restaurant had good salads and good hard flatbread. Later I went for a walk in the park and reached 8633 steps (5.7 km/3.5 miles).

The baby goat can have my goat cheese. ^^

Sandwich, top with cheese and cucumber.
Green Buddha Oolong tea with a tiny slice of lemon.
½ Wasa crisp bread (cream cheese, tomato and basil).
Frozen mixed fruit.

Easy to make and it tastes delicious. Just fry some vegetables, pour in the sauce, mix altogether with pasta and in the oven for 10 minutes. Ta da!

Serving size: 4-6
Total calories: 2724 (varies depending on type of cheese)

Ingredients

250 g/8.8 oz pasta, such as penne
1 small red onion, thinly sliced
1 small zucchini (250 g/8.8 oz)
1 halloumi cheese (250 g/8.8 oz)
1 box of cherry tomatoes (250 g/8.8 oz)
2 cloves garlic
1 can of tomato pasta sauce (approximately 400 g/14 oz)
1 bag fresh spinach (70 g/2.5 oz)
1 bag shredded mozzarella cheese (150  g/5.3 oz) – I substitute it with another cheese.
olive oil
salt and pepper

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 225C (437F). Cook the pasta according to instruction on the packet. Drain, and rinse in cold water, and set aside.

2. Peel and cut the onion in half. Slice thinly. Cut the zucchini lengthwise and then cut it into 1/2 cm (1/5 inch) thick slices. Cut and the halloumi into 1 cm (about half inch) cube size. Cut the tomatoes in half.

3. Fry the zucchini in 1/2 tablespoon oil over high heat about 5 minutes. About 1 minute left, add the onion. Peel and crush the garlic. Season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and a pinch of pepper. Set it aside. Fry the halloumi in 1 teaspoon oil until it is nicely browned, about 3 minutes.

4. Mix tomato pasta sauce, fried vegetables, halloumi cheese and spinach with pasta. Season with 2 pinches of salt and a pinch of pepper. Divide pasta into an ovenproof dish. Sprinkle with mozzarella. Bake in the oven about 10 minutes.

Source: Swedish Buffé magazine, 2009

I’m adding another experiment, eating fruits and nuts for lunch. No cravings so far. But if I get hungry after that I just grab something to eat. I’m feeling good!:)

Yesterday’s dinner: chicken satay with peanut sauce

steamed curried salmon

For breakfast I had the left-over from yesterday. I wasn’t hungry for lunch until 1pm. The only not-so-good thing was that I had to wash a lot of dishes!

Lunch

Dinner

I thought I would try Thai eating style. Eating different variety of food may help stop cravings since it has different kind of taste and texture. It’s just my theory

I feel satisfied after this and didn’t overeat.

Grilled vegetables don’t taste boring at all! It’s so delicious! For the dessert I have blueberry-raspberry pie with vanilla sauce.

Marinated vegetables with oil, salt, pepper, and rosemary.

Marinated portobello mushrooms and mozzarella cheese.

It’s not much like yesterday

Instant noodle soup
A tiny portion of left-over fired chicken with ginger
A tiny portion of left-over roast beef with potatoes salad
Braised meatballs with angel hair pasta
Green tea with hazelnuts chocolate

Oatmeal with soy milk and apple sauce
Left-over quorn beef from yesterday
Instant noodle soup and mango
Tiny portion of roast beef with potatoes salad
1/2 pizza
Coca-cola
1/2 package Thai rice curls
Fried chicken with ginger
Some shrimps
Green tea

I ate a whole lot today. My partner bought home pizza, coca-cola,and rice curls so I couldn’t help myself