Day 23: Texas Last Diet

Today we were playing catch-up in the office all day.  I had an omelet for breakfast, but since I get a bit of a "dried eggs" taste from the Ideal Protein packet, I diced a little bell pepper and chives to add to the mixture, and seasoned with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.  Then I just treated it like scrambled eggs, and it was really pretty tasty.  The fresh veggies took away that "instant" taste.  I do the same thing with the soup packets.  Just throw in a bit of chopped chives, a tiny bit of ginger, just to take away that "instant" flavor.  The soups are really good, but I don't think it would fool anyone into thinking it was fresh.

Lunch was predictable, but good.  Soup (with chives) and chopped bell pepper and broccoli in a salad.  I ended up putting the broccoli into the soup as well, but I'm not convinced that was so great an idea.  It just tasted like gravy on veggies... not bad, but a little odd.  Oh yes, and I had a fried egg with my meal for my extra protein.

We made it home for dinner, so I took some chicken breasts and scored them so they'd cook faster.  I threw them into a pan with a little oil, and browned the chicken up.  Then I added a bit of water, and the soy sauce replacement, Liquid Aminos, and tossed in some broccoli, bell pepper and cherry tomatoes.  I added salt, pepper, rosemary, garlic powder, Italian herbs, and fresh basil from the plant on my patio.  I covered that, and threw it in the oven for an hour at 400 degrees.  Then dumped the mixture in a bowl.  It was really tasty, and the rosemary make the whole thing much better.  It's definitely something I would do again.

Watched a bit of TV, ate my cheesy cracker packet, and now I'm off to bed.  I followed the diet more closely today, in that I ate all my veggies at the right time.  I think I feel less hungry.  My breath isn't as bad today, so I hope that doesn't mean I'm out of ketosis.