So after 80 days I still find myself overeating sometimes, the thing that's different now is that now I'm chowing down on a big plate of vegetables instead of pasta or ice cream. Sounds great right? It is except it seems I haven't yet learned one very important lesson: don't go too crazy with the stalk-y cruciferous veggies. I ate a ton of broccoli today and now I am totally, uncomfortably bloated and gassy. It was just so good that I didn't want to stop eating it. I stir-fried it with a spicy tomato garlic sauce that I invented to be my pcp-friendly sriracha stand in, and some shirmp and man was it a good meal, but the broccoli was hands-down the best.
Here's the "recipe" for the garlic chili sauce.
1 birds eye chili or other red asian chili (more if you like mega spicy)
6 cloves of garlic (or more or less)
2 plum tomatoes, seeded
Chop everything up and throw it in the blender. Blend until saucy. Put on everything.
Will try this today. Thank you so much.
ReplyDeleteThe stalky stuff tends to have a lot of a sugar called raffinose. Your body can't digest raffinose but the bacteria that live in your gut can. And when they break it down the side product is methane gas.
Eat some fennel seeds, they'll help.
Ooh--thanks for the recipe. I miss Sri.
ReplyDeletehate the bloat - my weakness is roasted brussel sprouts. SO GOOD i can't stop eating them, even though they have that same effect. that sauce sounds good - will be trying that tomorrow! thanks.
ReplyDeleteoooh yummy! your sub-sriracha recipe sounds delicious. does it matter how you cook the broccoli? i've only recently switched from steamed to roasted and haven't felt too many of the oh-so-fun side effects.
ReplyDeletethat sounds very yummy. will have to try it.
ReplyDelete6 cloves of garlic. wowzers.
ReplyDeletethanks for the recipeaseeeee xx