I am currently in the process of moving, (will discuss in next blog) so I have been going through some boxes (from my last move 3 months ago) and I happened to come upon a recipe box of mine. I am the type of cook that uses ‘recipes’ as a base and just sort of come up with my own creations. This box was full of recipes that I had made up completely on my own, no outer source influencing me. The contents were scary, reveling, sad, and amazing all at the same time.

I almost every single recipe the ingredients were almost 100% beneficial for an A ‘lite’ secretor such as myself (this means that there were a few with banana and sweet potato). You think I’m joking but let me print some here to show you examples. Now mind you, these were created before I had even heard of BTD.

Oatmeal Pumpkin Muffins:

These were my favorite, I used to make them and then mash them up and pour soy milk on top and eat them like cereal for breakfast, sometimes in the morning I still crave them. I also had a similar one with Zucchini

2 cup ground oatmeal

¼ cup oatbran

2/3 cup pumpkin mashed

1 cup unsweetened soymilk

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

2 oz walnuts

Bread Recipe Lentil Burgers

1 cup oatmeal ½ cup lentils mixed with ¼ block soft tofu

½ cup amaranth ½ cup cooked amaranth or buckwheat

½ cup buckwheat 1/8 cup rice/oat bran

¼ cup oatbran

1 egg Bake

Banana Bread Adzuki Bean Loaf

3 ripe bananas ½ cup ground buckwheat

½ cup soymilk ½ cup ground oats

½ cup wheatgerm 1 cup adzuki beans

¼ cup oatbran 1/5 block soft tofu

½ cup buckwheat flour

½ cup oat flour Bake

½ tsp salt

½ tsp baking powder

tsp cinnamon

tsp ginger

Pumpkin pie with Oatmeal Crust

1 ½ cup soy milk

2 eggs

1 tsp cinnamon

½ tsp ginger

Oatmeal Pie Crust

2 cups rolled oats ground

3 tbs olive oil

Sweet Potato Bread

4 oz cooked sweet potato

3 eggs

1tbs olive oil

¼ cup soy milk

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp ginger

¼ cup ground flaxseed

¼ cup rye flour

¼ cup soy flour

¼ cup amaranth flour

½ tsp baking soda

Scary huh? Now these were all during my vegetarian days, I also found a food journal for my time on ‘my version’ Atkins. Here is a sample day

Pre-workout: Pumpkin Tart with flaxseed crust

Breakfast: Homemade Lamb sausage, 1 egg, broccoli

Snack: Celery with Pumpkinseed butter

Lunch: Salad with Red Snapper, tomato, green beans, and zucchini

Snack: Chicken spread with Peanut butter and Spinach mix

Dinner: Turkey with Spinach and mashed cauliflower

Snack: Homemade Quiche with Salmon

So what should I think of all of this, I’m not sure, I’m amazed, stunned and still in shock. I need time to sort it all out. One thing for sure it is a testament to BTD. All of this was done pre-BTD with me simply following what I naturally wanted to eat. Weird Science, huh?