[capt_noonie]

We usually will buy a large hunk of meat and use that for the two of us for the week. Mostly will buy pork butt, swai fillets, chicken (either market rotisserie or thigh/legs), and once in a while a whole chuck roast. We buy mostly from the asian or mexican market bc their prices are way cheaper. I love pork butt bc it's very tender. Sometimes I will get the ones with the skin and fat still on and make a faux pork belly but it's much cheaper. Last week I made carnitas. The chuck I will portion out and sometimes cook it as kabobs, or gyu don, or sometimes just as steaks. Chicken if it's not rotisserie I brine them and pan fry and it's so good with crispy skin. That I serve it hainan style but pan fried instead of poached. Much better texture.

For breakfast we always have eggs. Sometimes it will be a breakfast sandwich with ham, cheese, mayo and pesto. Or breakfast burritos with what ever meat we have and eggs, cotija cheese, refried beans. Or omelette with the same ingredients.

Between breakfast and lunch we will have a shake. Banana, apple, carrot, celery, orange, ginger, flax meal, greek yogurt, kombucha, frozen berries.

Lunch will be one of the above mentioned meats. I will make something veggie to go with it. I like chinese broccoli. It's very cheap, cooks up super fast, and I like the texture and slightly bitter taste.

Snacks I always have pickled stuff in the fridge that I fermented myself so I get the probiotics.

My bad habit is I like to drink. We usually have 2 rum drinks each night. Sometimes I don't eat dinner (rare though). But when I do, it's small. Our meals are largest in the morning and get smaller and smaller. When I do eat dinner, it's just a smaller version of lunch.

Some of my favorite healthy snacks:
sunomomo: sliced cucumber with red onion in rice vinegar, sesame seeds and a touch of sugar (can also sub Mirin)
tsukemono: another jap salad, fermented cabbage with carrot and seaweed
esquite: mexican corn with cotija, mayo (sub in greek yogurt), hot sauce
ceviche, which I make with the swai, with avocado
carrot sticks with homemade hummus or tzatziki
tabouli: parsley, quinoa, tomato, onion, cucumber, lemon, salt (or sub olives), oil

Honestly we try to eat semi healthy at home, but since we are in Vegas we do eat at buffets about maybe 2 or 3 times a month. I try to stick to my rule to only eat seafood and veggies at buffets. Except for a bowl of menudo. I can't resist that stuff.

The meat stuff doesn't seem all that healthy but our portions aren't that large. I used to shy away from carbs but now eating on a budget, the carbs help fill us up, and we try to eat wheat. My weakness is rice and noodles. What can I say? I'm Asian LOL

Good thing is I'm not into sweets.