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Cholent is Core!

So, I've been relatively worried about the new Core plan, but let me tell you - I've been following Core since Monday, and today at WI, I lost 2.6!!! So, I'm sold.

That being said, one of the foods I miss very much is cholent. Cholent, the way DH and I make it, is decidely not low-fat or points friendly in any respect. However, it is Core. Amazing how that works, huh? Here's what goes in ours, and believe me it changes every week.

• Bison ribs and/or beef stew bones
• canned kidney and black beans
• vegetarian baked beans
• potatoes (red or white, scrubbed, with skin)
• barley
• spices (including but not limited to chili powder, garlic powder, beef boullion, crushed red pepper, fennel, Meat Magic, etc etc. Pretty much anything, really)
• fresh chopped peppers (jalepenos, banana peppers, serranos or, if we're really adventerous, a habenero)
• water

All of those ingredients are core, and therefore, cholent is core. No more counting out my weekly allotment and willpowering it to eat something else when I've had my 1 cup... I'll have chollent for lunch, please!

p.s. DH also adds bourbon and/or honey or maple syrup for a sweeter cholent, but those two items aren't core.

posted by Becky @ 2:05 PM