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[chocolatechip]

Glad I am not the only meat-craver or salad-snubber. :)

A friend of mine has said that with kale, you can wash it and cut it into pieces and then freeze it, and once it's frozen you can put it into smoothies and you can barely tell it's there. I have yet to try this, but I was intrigued by the idea.

I'm also recalling that I had cooked spinach the other day, and was actually fine with it, so maybe I should emphasize spinach over kale/chard for right now. And tiny bits of lettuce are okay if they're on hamburgers or in burritos, but that's about it. :)

[scruffy too]

Pears that my dad brought up from Victoria with him when he came for a visit.  I've never had a home-grown pear before (probably haven't even had a store pear in a year or so) and it was so good!!!  I had one a day until they were gone.  And now pears are on the list for DP to bring home from the store today.  YUM.

For supper last night (and breaky this AM) I had eggs with refried beans and avacodo.  Even the DSS liked it, even though he said the beans were a bit spicey and had to have a sip of water between each and every bite.  But he said it was so good that he didn't mind.

[cocoanib]

Eating is steadily getting better. Aversions lessoning and I have more energy to cook and prepare things.

I just had some potato and gardein tacos with lot's and lot's of lettuce.

I'm so grateful that I can enjoy food now without feeling sick before and after!

[writermama12]

I took leftover salmon from dinner last night and made fried salmon and rice cakes on a corn tortilla with lettuce and sauce. It was pretty darn good. But an hour later and I'm hungry again. Go figure. 

[Melany]

We had leak and chicken stew this evening and it was delicious! Now, I'm already contemplating what to do with the leftovers. I see some rice pudding in my future.

http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/simplest-chicken-and-leek-stew/print

[spughy]

MMmm I LOVE leeks.  Can't wait til the local crop is ready.  Nom nom nom.

[cabbitdancer]

omg, you guys, this whole thread has made me intensely hungry and I just finished a very delicious tuna melt on a toasted whole wheat bun.

What have I been craving? Food. I swear I am STARVING this pregnancy, and it's pissing me off, because, despite walking 4-6 miles a day, I'm STILL gaining weight too fast. Mostly, though, I really crave hot and spicy stuff. Om nom nom.

No aversions, at the moment, though there were one or two things easily avoided that made me feel "off" in my first trimester.

[chocolatechip]

cabbit - I know, isn't this thread great?  Personally, I'm not paying much attention to weight gain. I don't own a scale, so that helps! My belly is popping out quickly, but I figure that also might just be what my body wants to do (my boobs grew quickly too!). My midwives have told me they don't really care about me hitting any particular weight gain boundaries either, that they're more concerned that I'm healthy and eating well. I love them. Of course, I know a lot of people have different opinions about weight gain!

Speaking of my midwives and food, we had an appointment yesterday with one of them, and I always feel SO refreshed and reassured after speaking with them. I talked with them yesterday about how I'd been craving red meat so much more, and how my body seems to really really really love it in comparison to the other leaner, "healthier" kinds of meat (or compared to vegetables). And she said, "if that's what baby wants, that's what you should eat!" Yes, she suggested I try getting leaner cuts of red meat, and we agreed I shouldn't go out for burgers and fries all the time, but it's so nice to hear that I have the go ahead to really eat the food that's making me feel so good right now. On the flip side, it's fine for me to eat carbs too (meat and carbs seem to be the most feel-good foods right now), but I want to be careful to eat more complex carbs than not, and to spread out my carb intake over the day. Interestingly, she also said that if I really do feel the need to eat a big pile of processed carbs for a meal, to make sure I exercise for 30 minutes after eating. Helps your body process it.

Anyway, I was so frustrated with my relationship with food last week, just because I felt like I wasn't eating what I "should." This week feels so much better. 

[cabbitdancer]

chocolatechip: Ugh. My endocrinologist actually told me at my last appointment that I need to "push away the plate," because I'd already gained about 14 lbs. My OB hasn't said word one about my weight gain, though, so that's a comfort. It's really hard to shake the negative and focus on the positive, though.

I forgot to add that cheese is my other big craving. I've been trying a lot of different kinds of cheeses, lately, and they are so very yummy.

Also, a friend of mine is taking me out for sushi, tomorrow. I'm so excited! I haven't even thought about sushi since I got pregnant and, after reading another thread regarding sushi while pregnant, I'm suddenly craving it. XD I'll probably avoid sashimi (which I tend to avoid anyway, as a rule) but I am so looking forward to some California rolls with wasabi, soy sauce, and pickled ginger. Om nom nom!

[chocolatechip]

My dentist told me that she gained something like 20 lbs her first trimester, because she was so hungry and ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches all the time. We were talking about food, and how yeah, that "have an apple or something healthy for a snack" just didn't cut it.  But, she said her weight gain ended up slowing down a lot the last two trimesters, and she ended up about average! It seems like everybody's bodies are different. I'm glad your OB at least seems more calm about it all.

Yum yum yum sushi!! I actually love sashimi, and was craving it early on. It still sounds delicious. I would probably have eaten it if it were just me, because we have a really good sushi place we go to in town, and I've never had problems with the food. But, my husband is a bit freaked out by the idea, and I'm trying to respect his very few requests.  I am hoping at some point to go for the rolls with cooked stuff in them, like you said!

I made chicken tortilla soup last night for dinner, and it totally hit the spot. High protein, but different than a lot of what I've been eating. I think we're starting to get more into soup and stew weather, and I don't usually cook much of those things, but it's a good opportunity to start trying out some new ideas. I'm getting tired of a lot of things, just because I've been eating them so much!

[spughy]

It was cold and grey here today - for the first time this fall - and salad for lunch wasn't sounding too good, then I remembered I had some ham and bean soup that I'd canned a while ago in my cupboard so I got a pint of that out and it was perfect.  Nothing like homemade soup with the convenience of canned!!!

[cabbitdancer]

I am very excited for the coming cooler weather. I love soups and stews. They're just so easy to make and adjust. I made some curried carrot and lentil soup with chicken andouille sausage, about a week ago, that totally hit the spot, and I have a recipe for chicken poblano chowder already queued for this week. Man, I'm making myself hungry, just talking about it.

[chocolatechip]

Maybe we need to start a pregnancy recipe thread... chicken poblano chowder?!?

spughy, homemade ham and bean soup sounds amazing. I wish I could eat beans. I love beans. But baby doesn't seem to be loving the beans so much. 

[writermama12]

Hey a recipe thread is a GREAT idea!! I forgot to post my pumpkin pie recipe earlier so I think I will begin the thread. Good idea, c. chip!

[cabbitdancer]

Sweet. I'll have to find this recipe thread, but yes, chicken poblano chowder. Chicken, poblano chiles, beans (which could obviously be omitted, as soups are easy to "fix" to taste), corn, and pepper jack cheese is the base. They actually have a poblano chile chowder at Baker's Square, right now, that prompted the craving. XD

[chocolatechip]

It sounds even more amazing with more specifics, cabbitdancer!

writermama, love that you are also excited about recipes. I'll head off to see if I can find the thread too. :)

[writermama12]

Hey All, 

I am really struggling to keep my momentum with healthy eating habits. Lately I've been getting super tired and don't feel like preparing food. I just throw whatever is around together. Sometimes nothing sounds easy enough and I skip snacks so I don't have to deal with making anything. Today I even fixed a processed box of pasta because it was fast and would fill me up!! I felt guilty through my whole bowl. I also had a wheat wrap with turkey, ham, hummus and baby greens. I guess I'm not doing that bad. No fast food, no candy...qHow are you doing with getting in all of the right foods? 

[spughy]

Um... it would be better if you asked that on a day that wasn't preceded by my child participating in a socially sanctioned candy-begging bonanza...

[writermama12]

hahahahhaha!! True. I won't come up against that temptation until Saturday. Our Halloween has been delayed due to H. Sandy clean up. 

[chocolatechip]

writermama, I still definitely occasionally succumb to the easy foods - mac and cheese, frozen tamales, frozen pot stickers (mostly all from Trader Joe's)... Sometimes you just need the calories!!

Also, I find that my body's needs seem to continually change. I think my protein/steak binge might have just ended. I've spent the last few months barely able to eat vegetables, unless they were more starchy veggies (carrots, sweet potatoes, cauliflower...). And then suddenly in the last couple weeks I've gotten more friendly with cooked vegetables again, and actually had a little salad a week or so ago (I hadn't hardly touched lettuce in 18 weeks!). And then last night, we had leftover chicken pot pie, and I decided to make a big protein heavy salad, and suddenly that was ALL I wanted to eat. I ate three quarters of the salad, and my husband ate three quarters of the remaining pot pie. The salad was just SO GOOD.

So basically, I wouldn't worry about things too much. Your body will tell you when it really needs something, and your turkey wrap sounds delicious and healthy, and if that's your normal kind of diet, I'd imagine the occasional spans of time where you're too tired to do much besides cook pasta and stir in a flavor packet won't matter in the long run.