By the way, now that Italian is on the brain, I thought that I'd describe the three pasta sauces that I currently have in rotation:
- Gia Russa vodka sauce, which I found at the Super Wal-Mart about 15 minutes away from our house (6 g. carbs per half cup, see link for my pics of the ingredient list).
- Trader Joe's Organic Vodka pasta sauce. 12 g. total carbs per 1/2 c. serving. Ingredients:
Organic tomatoes, organic tomato puree, organic heavy cream (milk), organic sweet whey, organic onions, salt, organic parmesan cheese (milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes [microbial]), organic extra virgin olive oil, organic garlic puree, organic lemon juice concentrate, organic basil, organic vodka (potato), organic oregano.
A word of advice: Not all Trader Joe's pasta sauces are this compatible with primal and paleo-style eating; in fact many have soybean oil and other less desirable ingredients. If you're shopping TJ's for pasta sauce, just be sure to read every label's ingredient section!
- Victoria pasta sauces. These are my go-to. They're available at Giant, they're low carb, they have the simplest ingredient lists of any pasta sauces I've ever seen, and right now all Victoria varieties are on sale for $3.99 for a HUGE 24 oz. jar - through March 3. If you're near Giant or its sister store Stop & Shop, check out your pasta sauce section and see if there are any available.
Hrm, suspiciously similar
label compared with
theTomato Basil Sauce! ;)
Maybe there's just more basil...?
Victoria is what I'll be using tonight.
I can't be the only one out there waiting until "after hours" to do up some of my favorite recipes undistracted.
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ETA 7/17/2011: I've also blogged about having fallen in love with Giant's in-house Simply Enjoy pasta sauce. It's nearly identical to Victoria, down to the ingredients, and about half the cost at $4 for a 28 oz. (very large) jar.
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What recipes do you like waiting to cook until you can devote full attention to them?
Feel free to link to those recipes in the comments.
Meanwhile, here's my menu and workout plan for the rest of the week:
Wednesday:
Breakfast - Omelettes, Clementines for the girls
Lunch - Leftover stewed beef, baby carrots
Dinner - Eggplant lasagna, rewarmed in the oven. Yum!
Workout - Kettlebell swinging
Thursday:
Breakfast - Bacon, fried eggs
Lunch - Leftover eggplant lasagna, if there is any. :) Otherwise: Lamb.
Dinner - Crock pot whole chicken with cabbage in a garlic ginger broth
Workout - "Rest" day, though I may be cleaning and doing laundry like a maniac
Friday:
Breakfast - Smoothies! Mine will be high fat, high protein, lowish carb
Lunch - Leftover chicken and cabbage, served up in its broth as a soup
Dinner - Since we'll have company the next day and I'd like to keep the kitchen relatively clean, might grab a bunless cheeseburger from our local burger joint
Workout - Kettlebell swinging
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