Week 6 Day 2 What is in your pantry?

There are weeks like that, when I just don't have time to cook and much less go to the grocery. I then end up shuffling through my pantry looking for something low calorie that I could eat if I am not in the mood for the frozen dinners mentioned in the previous post.

I think my pantry is pretty basic. I wished I had learned to use the many herbs that could spice up my food to a whole new level without adding that many calories... but my basics are at least enough to keep meals from being too dull on diet days. My go-to usually include: salt, pepper, low-sodium soy sauce, unsweetened rice vinegar, freeze dried dill, chives and basil. I also have an olive oil spray to prevent food from sticking to my pan when grilling food.

Low calorie food wise, I always have a few cans of crab, shrimps, tuna and snails lying around. I used to have canned salmon but it is a bit higher in calories so I'd rather have it sashimi now... I also have a few bags of miso soups and seaweeds, vacuum packed pork and beef jerky, and individually packed apple sauces. That about rounds-up my emergency diet kit.

So for today's menu plan, all I had left in my fridge was an avocado. Everything else was dug out of the emergency pantry!

Menu Week 6 Day 2

Breakfast: approximately 41 calories
- 1 pack of instant shiro miso soup in 1 cup of boiling water
- 3g of dried wakame added to the soup

Lunch: approximately 314 calories
- 1 can of crab meat
- 1 small avocado
- 1 tsp of unsweetened rice vinegar
- a dash of salt

Dinner: approximately 125 calories
- 29g (1oz) of beef jerky
- 2 korean rice crackers

Total for the day: 480 calories