Exercise and veggie-eating

[asterroc]

Just thought I'd update my continuing summer projects / resolutions. I've been quite good about the exercise.

Since I don't have classes Tues/Thurs, I exercise on those days (provided I'm not at work all day for meetings), and also on at least one weekend day, so at most I do 4 days/week, at least 1, and on average 2-3. Up till recently my routine was an hour-long bike ride down the rail trail. Now that the weather's getting nasty I'm borrowing a stationary bike stand and I instead spend a half hour stationary biking, doing calisthenics, and free weights. It's even more boring than biking outdoors, that I can spice up by listening to audio books, but I also need something to engage my eyes when indoors, so I'm still working on how to sufficiently entertain myself indoors. I've been trying things like watching a movie, reading a comic book, or watching T$ play video games. None quite satisfy me, but I think by alternating I can tolerate it well enough to keep doing it, and that's what matters.

The veggie thing's been slacking off. I'm finding it hard to come up with interesting vegetarian meals that I do not make in excessive quantities. Got any good vegetarian recipies for me?

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[demigoth.livejournal.com]

I had a good veggie chili recipe from a friend but my computer can't read older wordpad files, bleh. I like allrecipes.com because of the rating system, but unfortunately they don't seem to have a category for vegetarian recipes. You can still do a search for "vegetarian" plus whatever ingredient(s) you are looking for.

Here's a really easy one (more like a side dish, but pretty filling) from another friend's journal:

Roasted Acorn Squash

2 acorn squash (looks like a ridged green football with orangey blush)
4 Tbsp. butter
8 Tbsp. brown sugar

Preheat oven to 375F. Halve squash at the equator, remove seeds. Place squash cut-side-down in a baking dish filled with ¼ inch of water. Cook for 30-40 minutes.

Turn squash cut-side-up, then add 1 Tbsp. butter and 2 Tbsp. brown sugar to center of each squash half. Return to oven for another 30 minutes.

For a nice presentation, let each person have their own squash-half. Scoop out flesh with a spoon, lightly salt to taste if desired.

Served with crusty bread, cheese, and a green salad (optional but yummy!)

[galbinus-caeli.livejournal.com]

See my Live Journal.

[l0stmyrel1g10n.livejournal.com]

my mom likes to make caprese pasta. better in the summer though when tomatoes are better. it's like caprese salad, but chopped up and put in pasta. freeze the mozzarella for ten minutes before you put it in the pasta so it doesn't melt.

my mom's a good cook. i could ask her to send you some recipes if you like.

[framefolly.livejournal.com]

Hmm...ideas:

Meat dishes with frozen tofu as substitute meat (get regular tofu, cut it up into slices that roughly match the other ingredients you might want to add later, and freeze. The process gives the tofu a nice texture that takes up sauce easily, and I find that some of my friends who claim they don't like tofu still like frozen tofu. Treat it like meat -- defrost and stir fry or stew or bake or whatever -- it can take it!)

Japanese curry :) . I tend to make it in excessive quantities, but then I freeze some containers and it's all good :) .

Kimchi-flavored stuff. It can stink up your fridge, but I like to have a little jar of kimchi for those nights when I'm lazy and it's cold. I can use the kimchi cabbage-sauce mixture as a base to taste, and then throw in whatever else I want to -- tofu, other veggies, in my case meat, etc.

Miso-flavored stuff.

Anyway, those are some ideas -- hope they help.

I REALLY admire your exercise stick-to-it-ness! I've got no willpower whatsoever, and I wish I did. You ROCK!

[marquiswildbill.livejournal.com]

How does the bike stand compare with a regular stationary bike? Now that I'm not swimming all the time I need to find a new form of exercise and I adored the stationary bikes at the PT place I went to.
I bet a hospital food tray thing would let you use a laptop while biking indoors.
As far as vegetarian/veggie heavy foods (you're an omnivore aren't you?) I have a bunch of ideas depending on what kinds of foods you like. I'm a huge fan of Indian food, although I have to play with the spices because curry and I don't get along, and Indian is very veggie heavy.
If I can find it I have a cool table of grain/veggie mixes of various cultures that avoids essential amino acid deficiencies. Most of them are actually very good basis for meals (funny how staying alive is tasty). I also like doing veggies and dip as a snack food. Do you have a farmers market by you?