Ⓥ MorningStar Farms Steakhouse Style Burger

The goals in mind, when created a meal, are both simple and complicated. Often puzzling, the brain is exercised to stay in//around simple guidelines. It’s not always easy.

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  • Vegan//Vegetarian
  • Between 20-40 g Carbs – depending on my Blood Sugar prior to deciding meal based on inventory in kitchen
  • High Protein
  • Lower Fat
  • Medicine timing with meal prep//cook time

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Counting Carbs is the most important thing other than always eating Vegan//Vegetarian. Serving sizes are often a struggle when I’m hungry and preparing a meal. I make extra. And I’m getting better at saving food rather than eating the extra food. A ballpark Carb count has been implicated in satisfying my hunger and my glucose levels. I don’t want to dive into my medical complexity in this posting, but I’ve been taken off of the Insulin sliding scale that I was originally prescribed. The sliding scale is now the Carb count in a sense. Salad and Veggies are given slack – rounding the Carbs down. The mindset is to always consume more Veggies. I’ll dive more into my Diabetic rollercoaster on my next blog – after my next doctors visit;)

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EAT YO VEGGIES:)

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I was excited to see the new MorningStar Farms Steakhouse Style Burger online and notice the nutrition facts, actual size of the patty and its Veganism. It’s a Hearty ingredient to build a wonderful meal with.

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These ‘Burgers’ were cooked in the oven with deliciously Ⓥegan additions:) to create a Southwestern style Taco slider – paired with a side salad and panfried Carrots. Four sliders were made. Two sliders were saved for a different meal.

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MorningStar Farms Steakhouse Style Burger = TWO THUMBS UP

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CHEERS.

 

 

CCCF 8 – Ⓥ CHICAGO STYLE CHARRDAWG

CCCF = Carb Conscience Comfort Food

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Ketchup is not allowed…

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CCCF V CHICAGO STYLE CHAR DOG

  • SMART DOG W/ OLIVE OIL, PEPPER, PAPRIKA
  • BUN W/ POPPY SEED HALVED
  • SPORT PEPPER
  • TOMATO
  • CUCUMBER
  • RELISH
  • CELERY SALT
  • MUSTARD
  • ONION

…Can’t forget the Celery Salt:)

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CHEERS.

Shroom Daiya Ⓥurger

Pretzels are truly amazing. Pretzel Buns are what any good sandwich deserves. Unfortunately, Type 1 Diabetes (and Type 2) does not welcome the Carbs involved with pretzel greatness. Pretzilla offers Dinner Rolls or lower Carb ‘Buns’. AND

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…It’s game time:)

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Spontaneous, Simple and Ⓥegan, this sandwich hit the spot thrice.

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CHEERS.

DIPA 

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DIPA
I have had the best (DIPA) Imperial India Pale Ale ever. 102 IBU 
AVERY BREWING CO
The Maharaja 

If I were rich, I would pre bathe and post bathe in this DIPA with nothing but smiles in a long, long swimming session in a Olympic sized pool of The Maharaja until, of course, I would drink it all.

My grandma left town with two of my aunts and I volunteered last night to check on her new cat, Mel. Before I cracked (The Skye) open a Big Sky Brewing Co. Camp Robber, a seasonal coffee porter, I could not find my awesome bottle opener. Enjoying good beers helps me to write ridiculous sentences. So, the bottle opener is essential. It’s a decently good beer. It has a nice balance of coffee and porterness. Meeting Mel for the first time, he was shy at first and seemed like an active cat, but the first thing I noticed was his fur. I’ve seen plenty of calico cats as I do attend cat watching with my two friends every Sunday after church with big hats, sunscreen noses and binoculars. Occasionally we see cats attacking and eating birds. We call those episodes, “Jeff’s made-up story out of his ass”. I don’t have any friends.
This cat is mostly white with enormous patches of like grey and black striped cat and red/orange with tan spots cat. Next time, I’ll snap a pic. I was too busy enjoying an Arcadia Ales Hop Rocket and getting the cat water and food. Very hopolicious beer by the way. 

WordPress likes to erase pics I’ve uploaded. Or am I that idiot who screws up his pic uploads and uploads his post and then because his MacBook is dead and his iPhone space is limited he deletes “finished” pics. 
Crack The Skye is a 2009 Mastodon album. I already consider it a classic.

I very much dislike Walmart. I rarely step foot into that voyage of annoyance. My reasoning for abusing myself through a visit was that I needed parchment paper and these cheap energy shots, B12 made by Stacker 2, that I’ve seen there once and always an empty fucking shelf since. They are less than a dollar and better than 5-Hour Energy.
Customers at Walmart seem to be out to get me. Or maybe it’s Walmart. Probably the combination that perseveres toward driving me towards suicide. Why are aisles congregated talk zones, mostly end-aisles taking up two paths? Why do you have to defensively block an entire aisle while slowly determining if you need to further down the aisle? Why isn’t there painted center lines for the lawlessness of cart traffic? 
Usually when I go to Walmart, I always try and disguise myself with shades on and antisocial myself with my earbuds and tunes. I walk fast and I do not excuse myself. 
I should have worn my heart rate monitor to document my Walmart suffer score. 

I took the day off from cycling. My legs are sore from the 35 km ride and the FatBike ride I took over the weekend. I hope to ride after work today. 
Also at Walmart, I picked up some cheese, rigatoni, jumbo russet potatoes and garlic powder. I plan on making a unique pasta today after work. It involves Brussels sprouts. 
A newly discovered liked food in my palate arsenal. I only like them when I make them. This was the dish I made on thanksgiving that was ontrial with my jury of tastebuds.




Cauliflower is also in that category. And I plan to include cauliflower in the pasta. Let’s hope I have time and motivation for both a ride and a little cheffing. 

Try either one of the DIPAs that I mentioned and go for a bike ride.