Yup, its normally eaten as a desert. I eat a pint-sized tub 3x/day as a small meal though. Most people like to put sugar in it, as it is indeed rather sharp and tangy, so I guess it'd be nice with some artificial sweetener as well. Mostly I eat it unsweetened though. Oh, and it PWNS cottage cheese, I can't abide the taste nor the texture of that stuff.
Perhaps you can further flavor it (and up the protein content) with protein powder?
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No "happy hours" makes for a lot of miserable days. - Mahler
That's what I do, it goes great with vanilla protein powder, wheat bran, cinnamon and poppy seeds
Yeah seems to be a common thing to do though I recently started doing it myself: yogurt + protein powder (chocolate and/or vanilla so far) + fresh blueberries + mueslix = tasty.
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No "happy hours" makes for a lot of miserable days. - Mahler
I might get some yoghurt and put protein powder in at some point though, I have a lot left-over powder from the trip to Barcelona, and I don't eat the stuff normally. Love the taste though... vanilla, yum!
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Vegetarian, consumer of large quantities of Quark cheese
Working my way from 76.4 to 58 kg (168 - 127.6 lbs)
Lifting a bit, schedule varies. Barbell weight: 22kg/48.4#
Didn't go to the gym today. Did some foamrolling though, no specific program, just where it hurts. My left leg feels really odd when I foamroll the upper part of my posterior thigh, almost tingly, but not quite. Right side of my back hurts mucho from being all cramped up, I think that's partly what causes my lack of sleep this week I'll try and do some mckenzie thingies before bed.
Weight still going down, nothing interesting there. Oh, I do have a lack of trousers now, the pair of trousers that were too tight 2 months ago are now too wide, and that's my smallest pair. I might get some new ones this weekend.
Dinner: 50g quinoa + half a red bell pepper + 150 g of shrooms. Yum! Hoping to be able to include some pancakes in my diet this weekend!
Wathing 1 more ep. of Legend of the Seeker (hoping for Kalahn to use her daggers), then I'm off to bed early. Need to catch up some sleep!
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Vegetarian, consumer of large quantities of Quark cheese
Working my way from 76.4 to 58 kg (168 - 127.6 lbs)
Lifting a bit, schedule varies. Barbell weight: 22kg/48.4#
That's always the best reason to go shopping--need a smaller size.
Did you ever read the Sword of Truth books, which Legend of the Seeker is based on? They're by Terry Goodkind. I got up through book 6 or 7, I think, before burning out. They're loooong suckers.
Never seen the show, though; I'll have to scope around for it.
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'Reading' The Sword of Truth at the moment actually (Audiobook, the only kind of book I 'read' nowadays.) I'm halfway book 1. I don't forsee any troubles getting through them, I've just 'finished' The Wheel of Time without ever feeling it was too slow
Slept badly again, but at least I went to bed on time. Right side of my back and shoulder is still tensed up and giving me pain, sapping my energy. Its spreading to my right leg again too. Last year when I had this, the fact that the McKenzie stuff did wonders (pain in my leg and back were gone 2 days after I started doing them) made me believe my physiotherapist's diagnoses of lower back problems, despite the fact that I had no pain there.
I'll try and do lots of McKenzie throughout the day, hopefully that will make it go away again.
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Vegetarian, consumer of large quantities of Quark cheese
Working my way from 76.4 to 58 kg (168 - 127.6 lbs)
Lifting a bit, schedule varies. Barbell weight: 22kg/48.4#
Repeating what I wrote in Etana's log thinking it was yours since you explained your daily eating regime (just had left for over an hour and came back)
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ou know, in my low-carb days when I was still eating dairy (found out to be mildly allergic to dairy), I'd eat 3 pots of Quark/day too.. same for my partner who still knocks back 2 a day plus 1-2 casein (Kabicel) shakes.
Really you MUST drain the quark. The difference is stunning. No more acid taste & it tastes lovely on its' own.. he still eats strawberry jam with it or 'muscle cookies' (stroopkoeken). Try it.. the muscle cookies are mostly eaten after the Quark, he likes them crunchy, but I think you can break up the cookies and eat them before they get soggy, esp. when the quark has been drained before.
Perhaps you can further flavor it (and up the protein content) with protein powder?
I did this last night. Realised I hadn't had my protein drink but I fancied some dessert so I whipped the quark and vanilla PP together with some strawberries and a touch of agave syrup (which it didn't need) - a bit like strawberry yogurt and about 30g protein! I think I remember in the NROLFW book they had a recipe for high protein yogurt which was pretty much like this (apart from yogurt instead of quark). I like the thick creaminess of the quark.
I might have to try draining the quark, on Espi's advice, to take away the acidic taste. Can you drain a large amount (several pots) and then store it as usual?
No No No no.. you will ruin it that way. Store the quark or yoghurt in the container. Open it at night (when you eat it in the morning) or in the morning (when you eat it at night.. or heck even 24 hrs in advance.
Do the DIY draining procedure and then either leave it on the kitchen counter or if you hate bacterial growth, put it on the top shelf of the refrigerator which should be tall enough to accomodate all of it (with a low cup underneath). I've even drained cottage cheese that way (doesn't have much acid). Yoghurt will give a spectacular fluid loss and have a wonderful creamy aspect.
Quark is already rather solid and will lose less fluid, still enough to make it creamy. Sometimes I've added water back in to make it more fluid again, but adding some fruit juice is more fun.
I don't even know if those are still sold, the plastic coffee filter holders that is.. everyone here (in the Netherlands) is addicted to the "Philips Senseo" machine and even before that the electric coffee maker so these plastic coffee filter holders may be harder to find than you think.. I've not looked for them in years, but we have about 3 of those.
When I still ate Quark, 2 were in constant use.. one for me , one for him and sometimes a 2nd one too as I preferred to drain it longer than he does.. a few hours can be enough to get rid of the worst acid taste. I did it to remove most of the lactose & whey (which I think/thought to be water soluble) as I believed to be allergic mostly to whey but it's actually the other way around.. am more allergic to casein than to whey = get nasal drip instantly and after a longer period, skin sores esp around the mouth and cracks in my heel.
So just stopped having dairy on a daily basis but will still eat some cheese (goat/sheep) and indulge in yoghurt/ice cream about once every 7-10 days (like yoghurt better than Quark)
Anyways... I'm always joking bodybuilders and fitness enthusiasts recognize each other from grabbing for several pots of the generally cheapest but highest - protein natural Quark in the supermarket.
Anyways... I'm always joking bodybuilders and fitness enthusiasts recognize each other from grabbing for several pots of the generally cheapest but highest - protein natural Quark in the supermarket.
Never seen anyone but me buy the stuff.. would be funny to see somebody else buy it in large quantities
Foods today
breakfast: 1 pint of quark cheese lunch: 1/3 baguette with cheese, lettuce, tomato, carrot and egg (Entering it in fitday as mozarella though, cuz I can't be bothered too guesstimate nutritional values for cheese. Its less kcal than the mozarella I normally have, so I'm still safe kcal-wise anyway) second lunch: 1 pint of quark cheese 4 o'clock snack: 1 pint of quark cheese dinner: 120g canned kidney beans (drained and rinsed) + 70g canned corn (drained) + 100ml tomato sauce (basically just squashed tomato, no stuff added) + lots of chili spices= nice and easy chili! Complementing proteins with 50g of basmati rice.
A bit more kcal than I normally have, but its real food, as opposed to steamed veggies + quorn patties.
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Vegetarian, consumer of large quantities of Quark cheese
Working my way from 76.4 to 58 kg (168 - 127.6 lbs)
Lifting a bit, schedule varies. Barbell weight: 22kg/48.4#
Anyways... I'm always joking bodybuilders and fitness enthusiasts recognize each other from grabbing for several pots of the generally cheapest but highest - protein natural Quark in the supermarket.
I've met the guys from our football team both near the quark and near the tuna isle
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Vegetarian, consumer of large quantities of Quark cheese
Working my way from 76.4 to 58 kg (168 - 127.6 lbs)
Lifting a bit, schedule varies. Barbell weight: 22kg/48.4#
In the days I used to buy quark for myself and already lived w SO I would at least go for Quark twice or 3x/wk and sometimes bump into another person. Generally though I prefer shopping at Albert Heijn or SuperCoop or Hoogvliet, but only AH has the best tasting quark (80 cents/pot).. recipe for Koning's kwark (previous favourite) changed and it tastes like chalk.
Many bodybuilders I know shop at Aldi or Lidl but I loathe those stores.. makes me feel like a beggar or a thief because of the long queues and anti-theft measures. The price difference isn't as huge as many think it is.. so AH it is.. just have to remind yourself to NOT buy a lot of the truly expensive foods.
Not sure what the Belgian analogy is.. Delhaize = like Albert Heijn I assume , or even bigger?
Yeah, I guess AH and DH are comparable. I go to DH cuz its closest, and I cycle past it on my way home. They recently ditched the tofu from their inventory though, and they already ditched the seitan. I should find another shop for those for when I get to eat normal again.
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Vegetarian, consumer of large quantities of Quark cheese
Working my way from 76.4 to 58 kg (168 - 127.6 lbs)
Lifting a bit, schedule varies. Barbell weight: 22kg/48.4#
The zaanse hoeve Quark is their cheapest (the dairy brand name for their el cheapo 'Euro Shopper' ) but not the tastiest. For just 10 cents more ? you can buy their other 'magere Franse kwark' (low-fat French Quark) which tastes far far better.. and if you ever buy the full-fat French quark it's like 'an angel peeing in your mouth' according to SO ..
Good taste is very important for something you eat in bulk.
Tofu foods are big here esp in Wageningen, since there's so many vegetarians in town. Bio-organic food is another big hit, which is good as even mainstream supermarkets are starting to pick up on that.. so your wallet won't scream from pain as much anymore.
Personally I don't eat tofu or seitan as soy seems to be another allergen, so much of the veggie protein food is off, but quorn is about the only one out there that's a non-dairy, non-soy , non-gluten veggie food.. good thing I switched back to eating meat/fish/chicken.. used to be a vegetarian for many years. Would you believe I eat 10 if not 20 times more eggs now than back then? (averaging 7 eggwhites & 4 whole eggs/day vs just 2-5 a month)
Boy, I'm learning a lot about foreign (to me, at least) dairy products!
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and if you ever buy the full-fat French quark it's like 'an angel peeing in your mouth' according to SO ..
Actually, I've never thought to associate urine, even if celestial, with good taste...
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It's a Belgian (Flemish) expression, so I'm told. We Dutch use it too.. maybe it's originally French ? Don't speak French well enough but do know the Flemish Dutch language is very much influenced by French.
Yeah seems to be a common thing to do though I recently started doing it myself: yogurt + protein powder (chocolate and/or vanilla so far) + fresh blueberries + mueslix = tasty.
My typical evening snack....love it. My boys (hubby and son) are huge ice cream eaters. This is my way of getting my own cool creamy treat - one on most days I'd really rather eat.
Not saying I don't occasionally join them - but only every now and then when they get a hankering for a trip to the gelato place, and I can get a bit of that fruity sorbetto stuff. I'm just a fruit-a-holic if given the opportunity.
Pips, considering the way I love cottage cheese, plain greek yogurt and sour cream, I'm thinking I *have* to try this quark stuff.
I love my yogurt maker. Which, of course, isn't necessary to make yogurt, but it does keep things simple.
How do you calculate calories/macros from homemade yogurt? I've just been finding figures for commercial plain yogurt made with whatever % milk I used (usually 1%) but I wonder if there's a better way.
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They call me Amanda, that being my real name, and "They" being people who know me in person as I don't go around introducing myself in real life as "scribess." 'Cause that would just be strange.
How do you calculate calories/macros from homemade yogurt? I've just been finding figures for commercial plain yogurt made with whatever % milk I used (usually 1%) but I wonder if there's a better way.
To be honest, I treated it the same as store bought yogurt, so whenever I made mine w/whole milk, it would be equivalent to a full-fat brand. I'm still not sure if my homemade version has less or more calories that a commercially-made one. The only way I'd find out is if I could have it analyzed, and there's no way I'm going that route... at least not yet.
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Vegetarian, consumer of large quantities of Quark cheese
Working my way from 76.4 to 58 kg (168 - 127.6 lbs)
Lifting a bit, schedule varies. Barbell weight: 22kg/48.4#
Pips, that is something a lot more Americans do. Quality of the standard yoghurt sold in supermarkets tends to be rather poor and the good ones are expensive. Making yoghurt isn't really difficult, especially not with current yoghurt machines..
First other person I met in the Netherlands who made yoghurt .. was a transplanted American girl !
To be honest, I treated it the same as store bought yogurt, so whenever I made mine w/whole milk, it would be equivalent to a full-fat brand. I'm still not sure if my homemade version has less or more calories that a commercially-made one. The only way I'd find out is if I could have it analyzed, and there's no way I'm going that route... at least not yet.
Heh, just thought I'd check. The only other people I know who make their own yogurt don't count calories, so it's not like they're any help on that count. Anyway, I've been doing the same thing as you so I'll keep on doing it. As long as I'm seeing results I don't imagine it matters too much.
And Pips, yeah to make yogurt you just need milk and a little yogurt or yogurt starter (can buy it, but it's not necessary). You heat the milk till it's just about to boil, let it cool to lukewarm (so it doesn't kill the bacteria in the yogurt) then mix in the yogurt and let it sit in a warm place from 2-12 hours. Yogurt maker isn't necessary, but it keeps the yogurt-to-be at a happy temperature with little fuss.
The longer it sits, the more lactose is eaten up and the more sour it gets.
Making kefir (like liquidy yogurt, but you need kefir "grains" to culture the milk) is even easier: Add grains to milk straight out of the fridge and let sit for 24 hours.
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I'll try and do some mckenzie thingies before bed.
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