Eating Intuitively

Happy Passover.  Although I am not Jewish, I did have the opportunity to observe Passover, and, thus, enjoy some delicious food.   I am still following the NutriSystem Select plan, but holidays are important days, and food is a big part of the holidays.

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I did not take any pictures of the foods I ate tonight, but I am happy to share with you what I ate.  Hopefully, you can appreciate all of the great food.  I won’t bother to count the calories.  I’ll do that for tomorrow’s food.

• Boiled Egg
• Matzoh – unleavened bread, much like crackers, great with margerine or charoses
• Charoses – a mixture of apple, nuts, wine and cinnamon; chopped very finely; if I liked apples, I would enjoy this more
• Gefilte Fish – people seem to love or hate Gefilte Fish; ground fish shaped into oblong patties; I like them with horseradish and without any extra ”soup” in the jar.
• Vegetable Soup – simple vegetable soup; a little creamy; tasty, too.
• Brisket – I love brisket.  It’s tender and delicious usually with a nice tomato sauce.
• Turkey - Both dark and white was served.  I went for mostly dark meat.  It’s my favorite.  I had a little dark meat, too.
• Vegetable Kugel – sliced/chopped/ground vegetables with egg, oil and/or flour; I know carrots were in tonight’s recipe.  I’m not sure what else. 
• Potato Kugel – potatoes (grated?) with egg, oil and/or flour.  I really like potatoes like this, especially with nice brown crust.
• Fresh Vegetables  – cucumbers, carrots, peppers and cherry tomatoes.  I had the tomatoes.
• Wine – Concord Grape wine.  It is sweet and delicious.

Now that I list it out, it is a bunch of food.  I’m still not going to count the calories.

I’m celebrating Easter on Sunday, and I plan to eat “Pizza Chiena”.  My grandparents used to prepare it at Easter time.  It’s a tradition.  However, the recipes vary greatly.

I have settled on a base version of the recipe, and I plan to make a few variations.  Hopefully, the consistency will be what I remember.  If not, I’ll make adjustments.

Exercise is missing from my holiday plan, and I am not sure yet how to make it up. 

Which holiday(s) are you celebrating?  Which foods do you associate with the Passover or Easter holiday?