Week 7 Day 1 Craving vietnamese food again

So here I am at the beginning of a fast day absolutely craving some vietnamese meatballs called "nem nuong". The problem is it is usually made of pork and so fairly high in calories. It is also quite time consuming to make. Luckily they can be frozen raw and popped in the oven when needed, so I usually make a big batch.

This website has a recipe that is pretty close to what my mom taught me (my mom, like almost all Asian mothers I know, doesn't measure anything when cooking so it makes it harder to precisely compare):

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/vietnamese-bbq-pork-meatballs-nem-nuong-recipe/index.html

The only ingredient I am ABSOLUTELY skipping is the cubed pork fat (for obvious reason if the purpose is to eat these on a fast day!)... I have to say the idea of actually adding a chunk of fat into a recipe just grosses me out... But I have to say it IS in my mom's recipe too...

I usually like to serve them with a sweet sauce made of half a cup of applesauce mixed with 1tsp of hoisin sauce. This mix usually gives me enough sauce for 12 balls (200g) of nem nuong.

Menu Week 7 Day 1

Lunch: approximately 285 calories
- 100g nem nuong
- half of the hoisin-applesauce

Dinner: approximately 233 calories
- 80g nem nuong
- half of the hoisin-applesauce

Total: 518 calories

Now I did say I had a craving for this particular dish... because otherwise, that is not a lot of food... and not very filling either... but it does give you an idea of how much pork you can really eat on this diet.