The How.

I am starting a Dietbet with some friends on Monday, which is also my start date for ETL.  I will admit, I'm extremely nervous.  I'm excited, but also terrified that I won't be able to do this.  I know I'm going to have to do a lot of food prep, and I'm worried I won't have the time, or know what to do.

As I said in my previous post, I haven't read the book yet.  However, I was able to borrow the Eat to Live Cookbook.  It has a nice introduction, and then a bunch of ETL compliant recipes are thrown in your face. I've never even heard of some of the ingredients, and it's a bit overwhelming.

I sat down with the book earlier, and I marked a few recipes that appealed to me.  I looked for recipes that sounded good, didn't have a million ingredients, too many ingredients I've never heard of, or a long prep time.  The recipes in the book are divided into breakfast, salads/soups, main courses, etc, so I picked a few from each.  Well, I stayed away from the main courses section, because that's more work than I want to deal with right now.  My plan for week 1 is simplicity.

I came up with this list:


Breakfast

-Berry Banana Smoothie
-Blueberry Nut Oatmeal
-Berry Explosion Muffins
-Bananas and almond butter
-Oatmeal and fruit

Salads

-Three Bean Mango Salad

Soups

-Quick Corn and Bean Medley

This is what I'm going to concentrate on for this week.  I don't want to get too overwhelmed, especially since I still have to make separate meals for everyone else, so I'm trying to keep it simple.  I'll also be eating cooked/raw veggies, and if I have everything on hand, it won't be too hard to throw together some different greens and veggies, and toss it with some vinegar for a quick and easy salad.  I made my grocery list, and hopefully I can get some of this stuff prepped, and it won't be too bad.

In case you can't tell, I'm trying to roll with this, and making things up as I go along.  Hopefully, shopping goes well tomorrow, and it won't be too hard (or expensive!) to find everything.  Once I have everything bought and can lay it out, I think I'll feel a lot better.  I think...