Today I went out for lunch. This is something we do ALL the time at my work. Someone decides to go out, and takes orders from everyone, then they go get lunch. It usually takes 12-15 minutes depending on where you're going and who all ordered. Yesterday I got all kids of mad because the girl who went out was gone for 30 minutes getting Wendy's (yes, my diet lost to Wendy's this week-sad!). But then today I went to a new Middle Eastern place. My boss had been, and knew I was going (in fact she ordered a sandwich). She said nothing about how long it might take. I was gone FORTY-FIVE minutes!!! It's a two minutes drive from my work. On the other hand, the food was FANTASTIC and the reason it took so long was the man made everything right there while I watched. Between my co-workers, I ordered a falafel sandwich, 2 kabob sandwiches, 2 falafel appetizers, and 2 drinks. While I waited, the man gave me a piece of falafel to munch on, he "accidentally" made us an extra falafel sandwhich he just threw in for free, and instead of 4 falafel patties on teh appetizers, he gave us 5 (each). That makes a total of 6 free falafel patties, plus all the stuff on the sandwhich (pita, tahini, veggies, etc). Plus, the total was less than $20. So- if you live in my town, you should probably go there. It's called Babylon Kabob and it's in the little shopping center on 58 with the Little Ceasar's across the street from 7-11 and Jewel.
30 Days of Song- Day 16
A song I used to love, but now I hate- I used to love the song "15 Minutes of Shame" by Kristy Lee Cook, but now I'm bored by it. I think the problem is that it's like the first song on my mp3 player, so I hear it everytime I turn the thing on, plus it's the first song on my favorite mix CD so I hear it everytime I put that on, and I've just heard it to much lately. I imagine I'll like it again after I haven't heard it in awhile.
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Lemon Pepper Pasta in a Red, Yellow and Green Sauce
Remember how I told you about all the scrubbing and stuff that went on in my bedroom this weekend? Well part of what happened is that I found a whole bag full of high end non-perishables I forgot I’d been given for Christmas. So I decided to use up some of that stuff for dinner tonight, and OMG was it delicious!
1 package Lemon Pepper Pappardelle (or any other pasta you like)(mine was from Trader Joe’s)
¼ C lemon juice
2-3 T olive oil
2 T parmesan cheese
3-5 garlic cloves, grated
2 t butter
Salt and pepper to taste
10 oz can artichoke hearts
½ C mukimame (shelled, steamed soybeans, found in the freezer section) or peas
½ C roasted red peppers in olive oil*
Combine the lemon juice, olive oil, parmesan cheese, garlic and salt and pepper in a large bowl.
Finely dice ½ the can of artichoke hearts (set the rest aside for another night). Place them on a foil lined cookie sheet with the mukimame (or peas). Brush with about 1 T of the lemon juice mixture and 1 t butter, cut into eight pieces. Broil on high for about four minutes or until browned, but not burned. Be very careful as the artichoke will burn quickly because it’s so small. Remove and spoon into a large bowl.
Drain some of the liquid (2-3 T) from the red peppers into the bowl with remaining lemon juice mixture. Coarsely chop the peppers. Add to the bowl. Add the artichokes and mukimame. Add remaining butter and stir until the butter melts.
Cook the pappardelle according to package directions. Drain and remove to the bowl with veggie sauce. Mix with large tongs and serve.
*If you don’t have roasted red peppers, you can chop a fresh pepper and add it with the artichokes and mukimame. Then substitute plain olive oil for the pepper liquid in the third step. The sauce won’t be quite as flavorful, but it will still be good.
1 package Lemon Pepper Pappardelle (or any other pasta you like)(mine was from Trader Joe’s)
¼ C lemon juice
2-3 T olive oil
2 T parmesan cheese
3-5 garlic cloves, grated
2 t butter
Salt and pepper to taste
10 oz can artichoke hearts
½ C mukimame (shelled, steamed soybeans, found in the freezer section) or peas
½ C roasted red peppers in olive oil*
Combine the lemon juice, olive oil, parmesan cheese, garlic and salt and pepper in a large bowl.
Finely dice ½ the can of artichoke hearts (set the rest aside for another night). Place them on a foil lined cookie sheet with the mukimame (or peas). Brush with about 1 T of the lemon juice mixture and 1 t butter, cut into eight pieces. Broil on high for about four minutes or until browned, but not burned. Be very careful as the artichoke will burn quickly because it’s so small. Remove and spoon into a large bowl.
Drain some of the liquid (2-3 T) from the red peppers into the bowl with remaining lemon juice mixture. Coarsely chop the peppers. Add to the bowl. Add the artichokes and mukimame. Add remaining butter and stir until the butter melts.
Cook the pappardelle according to package directions. Drain and remove to the bowl with veggie sauce. Mix with large tongs and serve.
*If you don’t have roasted red peppers, you can chop a fresh pepper and add it with the artichokes and mukimame. Then substitute plain olive oil for the pepper liquid in the third step. The sauce won’t be quite as flavorful, but it will still be good.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Roasted Pepper Corn Chowder
First, some announcements. One, please note the Relay button on your right as you read this. This is a link to the Relay for Life website, if you would like to donate to my co-worker’s team. Second, I added a playlist with the songs I’ve talked about on this blog, but you have to hit play if you want to hear them. Now! On to my regularly scheduled posting :)
Yummy! One of my co-workers is taking a cooking class on “Soups and Stocks” this month. I would love to take this class, but since I’m trying to save money, I have the next best thing. Her class meets Tuesday night and on Wednesday she brings me a sample and the recipe. This week was Roasted Pepper Corn Chowder, which I made for me and Sarah tonight. Of course I didn’t follow the recipe, but…It turned out mighty good anyway! Here’s my recipe.
Roasted Pepper Corn Chowder
6 T unsalted butter
6 shallots, peeled and diced (or ½ a medium onion)
2 stalks celery, chopped
4 cloves garlic
3 T cornstarch
3 T sugar
2 bags of frozen super sweet corn (the steamable kind) (appx 6 cups of corn)
1 C half & half
2 (ish) C milk
2 roasted poblano peppers, peeled and diced*
1 ½ t flour (I used buckwheat, but any will work)
Salt to taste
Melt 3 T butter in a large stockpot, over medium-high heat. Add shallots and celery and sauté until soft. Remove from heat and grate garlic stirring with each garlic clove. Add cornstarch, sugar, 4 C corn and half & half. Mix well. Puree in a blender until thick and mostly uniform. Return to stock pot and add butter, salt and remaining corn. Heat over medium heat.
Place 1 C milk and poblano peppers in blender and blend until smooth. The poblano chunks will mostly rise to the top. Add them to the stock pot, reserving the green milk. In a bowl combine flour and a small amount of green milk and mix until the consistency of pancake batter. Add to stockpot. Heat five more minutes. Add remaining milk as needed to gain the desired consistency.
Eat.
*How to Roast/Peel a poblano pepper
Remove grate from gas stove. Turn the heat as high as it will go. Grasp the pepper in a pair of metal tongs and hold it directly in the flame. It will snap and the skin will bubble and brown. Rotate until the skin is brown and peeling off of most of the pepper. Allow the pepper to cool and then grasp in a towel, rotating roughly. Most of the skin will come off, don’t worry about the remaining bits.
Also, when dicing the pepper, be sure to remove all the seeds, because they are the spiciest part of a pepper!!
Yummy! One of my co-workers is taking a cooking class on “Soups and Stocks” this month. I would love to take this class, but since I’m trying to save money, I have the next best thing. Her class meets Tuesday night and on Wednesday she brings me a sample and the recipe. This week was Roasted Pepper Corn Chowder, which I made for me and Sarah tonight. Of course I didn’t follow the recipe, but…It turned out mighty good anyway! Here’s my recipe.
Roasted Pepper Corn Chowder
6 T unsalted butter
6 shallots, peeled and diced (or ½ a medium onion)
2 stalks celery, chopped
4 cloves garlic
3 T cornstarch
3 T sugar
2 bags of frozen super sweet corn (the steamable kind) (appx 6 cups of corn)
1 C half & half
2 (ish) C milk
2 roasted poblano peppers, peeled and diced*
1 ½ t flour (I used buckwheat, but any will work)
Salt to taste
Melt 3 T butter in a large stockpot, over medium-high heat. Add shallots and celery and sauté until soft. Remove from heat and grate garlic stirring with each garlic clove. Add cornstarch, sugar, 4 C corn and half & half. Mix well. Puree in a blender until thick and mostly uniform. Return to stock pot and add butter, salt and remaining corn. Heat over medium heat.
Place 1 C milk and poblano peppers in blender and blend until smooth. The poblano chunks will mostly rise to the top. Add them to the stock pot, reserving the green milk. In a bowl combine flour and a small amount of green milk and mix until the consistency of pancake batter. Add to stockpot. Heat five more minutes. Add remaining milk as needed to gain the desired consistency.
Eat.
*How to Roast/Peel a poblano pepper
Remove grate from gas stove. Turn the heat as high as it will go. Grasp the pepper in a pair of metal tongs and hold it directly in the flame. It will snap and the skin will bubble and brown. Rotate until the skin is brown and peeling off of most of the pepper. Allow the pepper to cool and then grasp in a towel, rotating roughly. Most of the skin will come off, don’t worry about the remaining bits.
Also, when dicing the pepper, be sure to remove all the seeds, because they are the spiciest part of a pepper!!
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Housesitting Dinner
I’m housesitting tonight, which I love. This house is absolutely amazing, there is a sauna. The master closet is TWO stories with its own washer and dryer, it’s unbelievable. Anyway, they have this wonderful gourmet kitchen in which I simply HAVE to cook. Tonight I made one of my favorite simple one person meals, which these people always have the more expensive ingredients so it’s cheap for me to make. It goes as follows…
Chicken and Potatoes in Wine and Cheese Sauce
1 chicken breast, cut into bite size pieces
2 yellow skin potatoes (or equivalent of baby potatoes) cut into ¼ inch slices
½ a medium onion, julienned (cut into thin slices)
¼ C Portobello mushrooms, washed and sliced
Just enough oil to cover the bottom of a large sauté pan.
¼ t each Mrs. Dash Chicken, Mrs. Dash Garlic and Herb, sea-salt
1 can vegetable broth (or chicken broth)
1 T flour (I use oat flour, but wheat will also work)
½ C each milk and red wine
¼ C parmesan cheese
1 Mini Baby Bell cheese
1 triangle Laughing cow, garlic and herb cheese
Put the oil in the bottom of a large sauté pan on medium-high. Once the oil is heated, add the chicken, potatoes, onion and mushrooms. Mix with a large spatula, as if making a stir-fry. Once the meat is white on all sides, but before it is cooked through add the seasoning and the broth. Cover and allow to cook until the potatoes are done. Turn the flame to medium and scoop some broth into a small bowl with the flour. Mix until smooth and return to the sauté pan. Add remaining ingredients and simmer until the sauce thickens and the cheeses melt.
This whole thing should only take about twenty minutes, and is extremely easy to double, triple, etc. whatever you need for the number of people you’re serving. As written, this serves two (or makes a great dinner and then lunch another day). I served it with a salad of field greens and goji berries tossed in a red wine vinegrette.
Finally, if you skip the salt and use low-sodium broth, it’s still delicious and it’s low sodium.
Chicken and Potatoes in Wine and Cheese Sauce
1 chicken breast, cut into bite size pieces
2 yellow skin potatoes (or equivalent of baby potatoes) cut into ¼ inch slices
½ a medium onion, julienned (cut into thin slices)
¼ C Portobello mushrooms, washed and sliced
Just enough oil to cover the bottom of a large sauté pan.
¼ t each Mrs. Dash Chicken, Mrs. Dash Garlic and Herb, sea-salt
1 can vegetable broth (or chicken broth)
1 T flour (I use oat flour, but wheat will also work)
½ C each milk and red wine
¼ C parmesan cheese
1 Mini Baby Bell cheese
1 triangle Laughing cow, garlic and herb cheese
Put the oil in the bottom of a large sauté pan on medium-high. Once the oil is heated, add the chicken, potatoes, onion and mushrooms. Mix with a large spatula, as if making a stir-fry. Once the meat is white on all sides, but before it is cooked through add the seasoning and the broth. Cover and allow to cook until the potatoes are done. Turn the flame to medium and scoop some broth into a small bowl with the flour. Mix until smooth and return to the sauté pan. Add remaining ingredients and simmer until the sauce thickens and the cheeses melt.
This whole thing should only take about twenty minutes, and is extremely easy to double, triple, etc. whatever you need for the number of people you’re serving. As written, this serves two (or makes a great dinner and then lunch another day). I served it with a salad of field greens and goji berries tossed in a red wine vinegrette.
Finally, if you skip the salt and use low-sodium broth, it’s still delicious and it’s low sodium.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Dancing, Adoption and Soup
So, I guess there was some big game today? I don’t really know, all I know is Kristin and I went out for dinner after English Country Dancing (yes again!) and while the bar was PACKED, the dining room was completely empty. Whatever I had a lot of fun dancing, it’s way more fun to exercise surrounded by people laughing and having fun, not even realizing I’m exercising, than to go outside in three feet of snow to take a walk, and workout videos in my house aren’t really an option. I can’t wait until next month!
On another note, I went out with my friend Sarah on Thursday and she told me all about the birth-parents that picked her and Jeff this week! If all goes according to plan, they’ll have a tiny little one keeping her up all night by this time next month!! She is going to be a great mom! Also, I gave her some low-sodium split pea soup which she said was amazing (and which I really like to). The recipe is out of the cookbook I wrote several years ago for another friend who was getting married, and I decided to share it with you here.
Split Pea Soup
1/2 large onion, minced
3 garlic cloves, grated (or the equivalent of jarred minced garlic or dried garlic, but if it's dry add with the peas, not the onion)
1 bag baby carrots, chopped into 1/4 inch carrots
1 C smoked pork chop (you can get them at Super Target or the Fresh Market by my house), fully cooked*
2 C dried peas sorted and rinsed
8 C water
seasoning to taste (I used Ms. Dash original and Ms. Dash stead seasoning along with some pepper)
Sautee onion, garlic, and carrots until onion is soft (about five minutes). Add peas and water. Bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cover. Allow to cook until the peas are soft (about an hour) stirring as needed. Add pork chop and heat through.
*I bought my pork chop already fully cooked and just had to cut into bite size pieces. If yours isn’t', I would suggest cutting and then sautéing before you do the onions so you can cook the onion in the pork fat.
1 serving = 1 cup of soup (150 mgs of sodium, which is all I kept track of nutritionally speaking)
On another note, I went out with my friend Sarah on Thursday and she told me all about the birth-parents that picked her and Jeff this week! If all goes according to plan, they’ll have a tiny little one keeping her up all night by this time next month!! She is going to be a great mom! Also, I gave her some low-sodium split pea soup which she said was amazing (and which I really like to). The recipe is out of the cookbook I wrote several years ago for another friend who was getting married, and I decided to share it with you here.
Split Pea Soup
1/2 large onion, minced
3 garlic cloves, grated (or the equivalent of jarred minced garlic or dried garlic, but if it's dry add with the peas, not the onion)
1 bag baby carrots, chopped into 1/4 inch carrots
1 C smoked pork chop (you can get them at Super Target or the Fresh Market by my house), fully cooked*
2 C dried peas sorted and rinsed
8 C water
seasoning to taste (I used Ms. Dash original and Ms. Dash stead seasoning along with some pepper)
Sautee onion, garlic, and carrots until onion is soft (about five minutes). Add peas and water. Bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cover. Allow to cook until the peas are soft (about an hour) stirring as needed. Add pork chop and heat through.
*I bought my pork chop already fully cooked and just had to cut into bite size pieces. If yours isn’t', I would suggest cutting and then sautéing before you do the onions so you can cook the onion in the pork fat.
1 serving = 1 cup of soup (150 mgs of sodium, which is all I kept track of nutritionally speaking)
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Meat is DELICIOUS!
Internet, I went to the Taste of Chicago today, and it was GREAT. I love the Taste and have gone on the third the last several years. We started going on the third because I LOVE fireworks and this way we see Chicago’s on the third and Freeport’s on the fourth and it. is. awesome. Sadly, this year Chicago didn’t do July third fireworks (boo!! hiss!!) so I only get one display. Also the Taste was oddly small with fewer restaurants than usual and no shops. I love the world market style shops where you can buy a sarong for twenty dollars, tax free. Anyway, we ate goat (yummmm) and ribs (I love bbq sauce) and tempura veggies and other vegetarian choices (it doesn’t count if I only ate about five bites of meat right?). Then we got bored and tried to think of things to do that were cheap. Did you know the Skydeck (now with ledges!) at Willis Tower is sixteen dollars??? Like what the heck Willis Tower people? So we decided that we’d save up for that and do it another day (assuming the stars align so that we have money, time, and a clear day all on day when we’re in Chicago). Then we thought about the Art Institute but no one wanted to spend fourteen dollars for like an hour of entertainment. So we walked to the Borders on Michigan Ave. Or, we tried to walk to the Borders on Michigan Ave, but for some reason we gave up after like forty miles of walking when it was about three blocks away and decided to walk to the Borders on State St. If only people listened to me, this would be a story about going to Borders. Instead, this is a story about sitting in a Dunkin Donuts drinking $0.99 iced coffee bitching about how far the train station was (about a ten minute walk). I told them if Borders is between Randalf and (some other street I can’t remember) State St HAS to run perpendicular to those streets and thus parallel to the street we were on, we should go down Randalf, turn left onto State and we’ll find Borders. Instead we continued on the street we were on until it became clear I was right, turned on another street and passed State two blocks and five iced coffees later. We missed our planned train by like ten minutes, stood in line fifteen feet from the train we wanted on until five minutes before it was supposed to leave when they finally let us board and then promptly realized we were hungry again. So we went out for chicken sandwiches. I am clearly a terrible vegetarian. :)
Okay, I really am leaving town in a few hours, so I won’t be blogging the rest of the week. Pictues when I get back! Have a SAFE and happy holiday!!
Okay, I really am leaving town in a few hours, so I won’t be blogging the rest of the week. Pictues when I get back! Have a SAFE and happy holiday!!
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Birthdays
This weekend I helped two friends celebrate birthdays.
Friday was pizza and hanging out with friends from high school. That was awesome. It was especially nice because both of the friends who were there are also vegetarians (one long standing, one fairly new) and so there was no bickering about what to get on the pizza, it was supportive I even got a high five or three from the long standing vegetarian. And birthday friend paid, so that helped my budget. Thanks birthday friend!! Also conversation ranged from “explain why men like lesbians so much?” and “totally worth the extra bucks to buy the ribbed” if you know what I mean ;) to Balzac, Lolita, world economics and the phrase coupe d’état in casual conversation. I got home a little after two. And had to get up at seven to pick up the nephew.
After a three hour nap when nephew went home, it was time to get ready for my best friend’s birthday (which is really Tuesday). We went to a nice restaurant, but sticking to vegetarianism was kind of hard. In the end I was satisfied with my choice, so it’s fine. Then games, ice cream cake and plenty of wine at my friend’s grandma’s house. I spend so much time with best friend and her family that I accidentally called her grandma just "grandma" today. Dork! Now it’s two am (again) and I have to get up in the morning because best friend has friends coming from out of town for her birthday tomorrow and I want to play with them.
Did I mention that before all this chaos, Friday was my first day full time at work? A parent yelled at me because her kid got dirty and wet. Because we played outside, which was apparently not a good first day back choice. I’m ready for vacation now.
Oh! And, my birthday is the day we leave on vacation. So we can’t eat where I want, there will be no cake (because it doesn’t travel well), and I have to get up at nine to leave on time. And I can’t do anything with friends who aren’t going with, because the weekend before is a holiday (Fourth of July) and the weekend after we’ll still be on vacation and it seems silly to make everyone get together for my birthday so long before or after, especially since we just did it or will do so again for other reasons (depending on the group). Aaand, I am a whiney loser, so that's sad :(
Friday was pizza and hanging out with friends from high school. That was awesome. It was especially nice because both of the friends who were there are also vegetarians (one long standing, one fairly new) and so there was no bickering about what to get on the pizza, it was supportive I even got a high five or three from the long standing vegetarian. And birthday friend paid, so that helped my budget. Thanks birthday friend!! Also conversation ranged from “explain why men like lesbians so much?” and “totally worth the extra bucks to buy the ribbed” if you know what I mean ;) to Balzac, Lolita, world economics and the phrase coupe d’état in casual conversation. I got home a little after two. And had to get up at seven to pick up the nephew.
After a three hour nap when nephew went home, it was time to get ready for my best friend’s birthday (which is really Tuesday). We went to a nice restaurant, but sticking to vegetarianism was kind of hard. In the end I was satisfied with my choice, so it’s fine. Then games, ice cream cake and plenty of wine at my friend’s grandma’s house. I spend so much time with best friend and her family that I accidentally called her grandma just "grandma" today. Dork! Now it’s two am (again) and I have to get up in the morning because best friend has friends coming from out of town for her birthday tomorrow and I want to play with them.
Did I mention that before all this chaos, Friday was my first day full time at work? A parent yelled at me because her kid got dirty and wet. Because we played outside, which was apparently not a good first day back choice. I’m ready for vacation now.
Oh! And, my birthday is the day we leave on vacation. So we can’t eat where I want, there will be no cake (because it doesn’t travel well), and I have to get up at nine to leave on time. And I can’t do anything with friends who aren’t going with, because the weekend before is a holiday (Fourth of July) and the weekend after we’ll still be on vacation and it seems silly to make everyone get together for my birthday so long before or after, especially since we just did it or will do so again for other reasons (depending on the group). Aaand, I am a whiney loser, so that's sad :(
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Traveling Vegetarianism
Friday was a friend’s birthday and since she lives over an hour away from me, my best friend and I decided to stay for the weekend. I decided to have my meat meal on Friday at the restaurant, but then I found out a) the restaurant had a portabella sandwich that sounded good and b) my friend bought steaks for dinner on Saturday night. So I decided to wait until the next day, and then since we ate lunch at a dinner that didn’t have a vegetarian choice (but did have AMAZING ice cream) it turned into meat day instead of meat meal. Anyway, even though I only decided to be a vegetarian on Monday, both my chili cheeseburger and my steak made me feel a little nauseated, so that was a little weird. We also planned on coming home on Saturday night because my friend is a teacher and her high school had graduation on Sunday. Somehow she got out of graduation, so we decided to stay and wound up having to run to Wal-mart (there aren’t many shopping choices in her small town) to pick up a few extra necessities we hadn’t brought. I went a little over budget, but it was super fun.
Also, we played The Game of Life, which I love. It was the oldest version and it was super fun. When I got married I said my husband was Chris O'Donnell (because another friend really likes Drew Fuller, so I didn't want to pick him and it had to be one of my TV boyfriends). I didn't realize everyone else would then want to name thier spouse when they got that far. Except for my friend's boyfriend. He thought it was awkward (they've been dating long neough people have asked) so he said he was marrying a pink peg. We laughed when he spun a ten and got no presents. Later he changed his mind and said his wife was Lois Lane. He then proceeded to name his children after hte Justice League and land on several spots where he got money for althetic fetes, so we told him he was clearly Bizzaro superman using his power for evil. Best friend wrote up some things she's going to chagne when she makes The Real Game of Life, so I'll let you know how that goes!
Tomorrow I go back to my normal life and hopefully stop craving Chicago style hot dogs!
Also, we played The Game of Life, which I love. It was the oldest version and it was super fun. When I got married I said my husband was Chris O'Donnell (because another friend really likes Drew Fuller, so I didn't want to pick him and it had to be one of my TV boyfriends). I didn't realize everyone else would then want to name thier spouse when they got that far. Except for my friend's boyfriend. He thought it was awkward (they've been dating long neough people have asked) so he said he was marrying a pink peg. We laughed when he spun a ten and got no presents. Later he changed his mind and said his wife was Lois Lane. He then proceeded to name his children after hte Justice League and land on several spots where he got money for althetic fetes, so we told him he was clearly Bizzaro superman using his power for evil. Best friend wrote up some things she's going to chagne when she makes The Real Game of Life, so I'll let you know how that goes!
Tomorrow I go back to my normal life and hopefully stop craving Chicago style hot dogs!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Vegetarian
Okay internet, I’m trying not to make a big deal out of this but…I’m going vegetarian. I’ve done it for two days now, and while I’m new to it (i.e. until I get back from vacation in early July) I told myself I could eat meat once a week. I’m saving this week’s meat until Saturday when I’m going to a steak house for a friend’s birthday, which made tonight super hard. My work had our annual spring fling which means most of my students and several of their relatives all swarming my center from just before I got off at six until I got to leave at eight. For dinner we served hotdogs (which I now can't eat), and then I got to guard the moonwalk and blow $18 on raffle tickets. I won nothing and pretty much had watermelon for dinner. Here’s what I’ve noticed…
1. I get hungry a little more quickly than I used to, although that could be because I don’t really have any protein replacements yet (eggs, beans, nuts, cheese). Except cheese. I love cheese so I always have tons at home.
2. People clearly think I’m insane, unless they too are vegetarian. When I tell people the main response is “Why????” except for one parent at work who is vegetarian whose response was “Good for you. I’ll bring you some recipes tomorrow!” Thank you parent whose kid is not even in my class!
3. Cheese tortellini + chopped veggies + shredded cheese + Italian dressing = delicious salad that is completely filling and super satisfying
4. I said I would do it because it’s healthier AND cheaper. HA!! It is NOT cheaper. At least not I if don’t want to live off mac and cheese and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Produce is not cheap. Meat substitutes (Garden burgers, tofu, etc) are not cheap. Eating only at restaurants that support my new life style is hard and not cheap.
I don’t know how long I’ll last but I promised myself I would do it at least until vacation started and then access how I felt about it. I picked before vacation because I’m going with my two friends who are most definitely carnivores and I’m not sure how eating with them every day for a week will work if I’m an herbivore.
1. I get hungry a little more quickly than I used to, although that could be because I don’t really have any protein replacements yet (eggs, beans, nuts, cheese). Except cheese. I love cheese so I always have tons at home.
2. People clearly think I’m insane, unless they too are vegetarian. When I tell people the main response is “Why????” except for one parent at work who is vegetarian whose response was “Good for you. I’ll bring you some recipes tomorrow!” Thank you parent whose kid is not even in my class!
3. Cheese tortellini + chopped veggies + shredded cheese + Italian dressing = delicious salad that is completely filling and super satisfying
4. I said I would do it because it’s healthier AND cheaper. HA!! It is NOT cheaper. At least not I if don’t want to live off mac and cheese and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Produce is not cheap. Meat substitutes (Garden burgers, tofu, etc) are not cheap. Eating only at restaurants that support my new life style is hard and not cheap.
I don’t know how long I’ll last but I promised myself I would do it at least until vacation started and then access how I felt about it. I picked before vacation because I’m going with my two friends who are most definitely carnivores and I’m not sure how eating with them every day for a week will work if I’m an herbivore.
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