I am worked from home Thursday so my meals were a bit different from my normal routine, but not completely!
Breakfast was a lovely sandwich of whole wheat bread, a thin chickpea cutlet, three LightLife Bologna slices, two tomato slices, and two thin slices of Soyblu Cheese. Very good and filling.
I was able to run out for lunch and picked up General Tso's Tofu from an awesome Chinese place. I only ate half the order and one spring roll. Though I did have a can of 7-Up.
Since I did work from home my meals were all rather late and I had a small helping of last night's leftovers for dinner at 8pm. Romaine lettuce, quinoa salad and a chickpea cutlet went great as I watched Sweeny Todd on On Demand. I loved the costuming and the dark story. So great.
I didn't get my work out in but I hope to grab a quick one on Friday!
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Wednesday Bites
Today I broke out of my pattern! I had a Dark Chocolate Dreams Peanut Butter and Strawberry jam sandwich for breakfast. I did need a pre-gym snack of a small bowl of Kashi Heart to Heart cerial with soy milk. It kept me going but as I was changing and heading back to my desk my tummy was grumbling loudly.
Lunch is a bowl of leftover Bacon Spaghetti, carrots, celery and green beans in hummus. After yesterday's debacle I decided to skip getting anything from the cafeteria. I did splurge and eat 3 Oreos.
At 5pm I nibbled on some pretzel chips and had a sprite as my tummy was very unhappy. I think all the crudities were a bit much. Ok fine, it was the cookies! Happy?
Dinner was an awesome salad of Quinoa, raw corn kernels, pimento, avocado and tomato in a lime and chili dressing. I did top it with a baked chickpea cutlet strip, just because cutlets are that awesome.
The cutlets in all their glory!
The salad in its zippy goodness:
I mixed lime juice, crushed red pepper, chili powder, olive oil, salt and a bit of pepper for the dressing. It was tangy with that citrus bite but a slow heat in your mouth afterwards. The quinoa was lovely but still hot so it made the avocados disappear unfortunately. But it all tasted divine. The crisp romaine was a lovely crunch with the softer salad and chewy cutlet bites.
I am going to make this again. Possibly with shelled edamame and cold quinoa.
Lunch is a bowl of leftover Bacon Spaghetti, carrots, celery and green beans in hummus. After yesterday's debacle I decided to skip getting anything from the cafeteria. I did splurge and eat 3 Oreos.
At 5pm I nibbled on some pretzel chips and had a sprite as my tummy was very unhappy. I think all the crudities were a bit much. Ok fine, it was the cookies! Happy?
Dinner was an awesome salad of Quinoa, raw corn kernels, pimento, avocado and tomato in a lime and chili dressing. I did top it with a baked chickpea cutlet strip, just because cutlets are that awesome.
The cutlets in all their glory!
The salad in its zippy goodness:
I mixed lime juice, crushed red pepper, chili powder, olive oil, salt and a bit of pepper for the dressing. It was tangy with that citrus bite but a slow heat in your mouth afterwards. The quinoa was lovely but still hot so it made the avocados disappear unfortunately. But it all tasted divine. The crisp romaine was a lovely crunch with the softer salad and chewy cutlet bites.I am going to make this again. Possibly with shelled edamame and cold quinoa.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Tuesday Nibbles
It appears my diet is quite repetitive. Quite.
Breakfast was a sandwich of whole wheat bread around a Boca Chik Patty and three slices of LightLife Bologna with a small squirt of ketchup for fun. I ate this on the train today and pulled off all of the crust.
Snack time once again was roasted nuts and rice crackers. I just love the wasabi peas and spicy chili crescents!
Lunch brought nothing new as I finished up the last homemade burrito that I had frozen last week. Tortilla, brown rice, beans, LightLife Taco Meat and hot sauce. I did raid the cafeteria for some salsa that added a bit of spicy heat to my otherwise mundane lunch.
I had a huge array of options for snack time, mushroom barley soup (another cafeteria score), cut watermelon, celery, carrots, green beans and hummus. I was not quite sure which would win over my tummy at 3:30.
Amusingly enough I was not in the office at 3:30 as I was out helping a coworker with a project. I had sampled some of the soup earlier and it hurt my stomach so that was out. Instead at 4:50 I enjoyed a small bowl of cut watermelon. So cool, crisp and juicy. Perfect for the afternoon munchy attack!
Dinner was a favorite standby that has not been made in a month at least. Bacon Spaghetti but made with a nutritional yeast cheesy sauce thickened with unsweetened soy milk and Tofutti Cream Cheese. Its full of mushrooms, small slices of soft LightLife Smart Bacon, and thin angelhair pasta. So good. Our veggie side was sauted kale. Probably not quite a perfect match but delish in its own right.
So my quest to cut back on prepackaged items is a flop so far. But I will continue to try to cut back while keeping up with my discretionary eating.
Breakfast was a sandwich of whole wheat bread around a Boca Chik Patty and three slices of LightLife Bologna with a small squirt of ketchup for fun. I ate this on the train today and pulled off all of the crust.
Snack time once again was roasted nuts and rice crackers. I just love the wasabi peas and spicy chili crescents!
Lunch brought nothing new as I finished up the last homemade burrito that I had frozen last week. Tortilla, brown rice, beans, LightLife Taco Meat and hot sauce. I did raid the cafeteria for some salsa that added a bit of spicy heat to my otherwise mundane lunch.
I had a huge array of options for snack time, mushroom barley soup (another cafeteria score), cut watermelon, celery, carrots, green beans and hummus. I was not quite sure which would win over my tummy at 3:30.
Amusingly enough I was not in the office at 3:30 as I was out helping a coworker with a project. I had sampled some of the soup earlier and it hurt my stomach so that was out. Instead at 4:50 I enjoyed a small bowl of cut watermelon. So cool, crisp and juicy. Perfect for the afternoon munchy attack!
Dinner was a favorite standby that has not been made in a month at least. Bacon Spaghetti but made with a nutritional yeast cheesy sauce thickened with unsweetened soy milk and Tofutti Cream Cheese. Its full of mushrooms, small slices of soft LightLife Smart Bacon, and thin angelhair pasta. So good. Our veggie side was sauted kale. Probably not quite a perfect match but delish in its own right.
So my quest to cut back on prepackaged items is a flop so far. But I will continue to try to cut back while keeping up with my discretionary eating.
Monday Eats
I was thinking I would keep a food log here in hopes that the guilt will keep me honest on the discretionary eating challenge. So without further ado, and a severe lack of pictures, let me blather on!
Breakfast was a sandwich with two slices of whole wheat bread nestled around a Boca Chik patty, two slices of LightLife Bologna and slice of Tofutti American Cheeze. This got eaten while awaiting the train amidst the throng of commuters. I know they were jealous.
I had a 10:30am snack of roasted peanuts, cashews, almonds and rice crackers. I wanted something to give me some energy to survive my first work out in several months. The gym was lovely like I knew it would be and I spent a good half hour on the bike pedaling happily. I did do a few arm reps on lats, biceps and triceps but not too much as I do not want to induce week long soreness.
Lunch was a lovely homemade burrito with brown rice, beans and hot sauce. I also indulged in a strawberry fruit cup from the cafeteria.
Snack time came around at 3:30pm and I ate hummus, carrots, celery and a few pretzel chips. I think working out at noon kept me awake and motivated in the afternoon which is always a welcome change.
Dinner happened quite late as I had to go to the grocery store for foods for the week. When you get home at 7:30 all you want is something fast and filling. Enter in another Boca Chik Patty, steamed broccoli and smashed cauliflower.
I have not quite gotten away from prepackaged foods just yet. But I hope to make some chickpea cutlets tonight after work for my morning sandwiches. If I wasn't eating them at or on the train I would so love to layer slices of tomato and avocado on them. Oh yeah, delish!
Cross your fingers for me! I am hoping that this becomes a habit over all rather than just a month long challenge. We full figured vegans get almost as many rude comments as the super skinny ones.
Breakfast was a sandwich with two slices of whole wheat bread nestled around a Boca Chik patty, two slices of LightLife Bologna and slice of Tofutti American Cheeze. This got eaten while awaiting the train amidst the throng of commuters. I know they were jealous.
I had a 10:30am snack of roasted peanuts, cashews, almonds and rice crackers. I wanted something to give me some energy to survive my first work out in several months. The gym was lovely like I knew it would be and I spent a good half hour on the bike pedaling happily. I did do a few arm reps on lats, biceps and triceps but not too much as I do not want to induce week long soreness.
Lunch was a lovely homemade burrito with brown rice, beans and hot sauce. I also indulged in a strawberry fruit cup from the cafeteria.
Snack time came around at 3:30pm and I ate hummus, carrots, celery and a few pretzel chips. I think working out at noon kept me awake and motivated in the afternoon which is always a welcome change.
Dinner happened quite late as I had to go to the grocery store for foods for the week. When you get home at 7:30 all you want is something fast and filling. Enter in another Boca Chik Patty, steamed broccoli and smashed cauliflower.
I have not quite gotten away from prepackaged foods just yet. But I hope to make some chickpea cutlets tonight after work for my morning sandwiches. If I wasn't eating them at or on the train I would so love to layer slices of tomato and avocado on them. Oh yeah, delish!
Cross your fingers for me! I am hoping that this becomes a habit over all rather than just a month long challenge. We full figured vegans get almost as many rude comments as the super skinny ones.
Friday, August 8, 2008
Meals for the week
This week has not been my best. I have been sick as can be, exceedingly tired and quite uninspired. I did manage to make a few dinners though my camera is MIA after a weekend at the New York Renaissance Faire.
Sunday we had a lovely dinner out at a local Japanese restaurant, Ichiro. I enjoyed my favorites, spicy veg miso soup, vegetable gyoza and avocado sushi. So good. Monday was burrito night with Lightlife Taco meat, kidney beans, spicy brown rice, salsa and shredded teese. It was good but I was not quite in the mood to eat.
Tuesday I schlepped down to the kitchen in my jammies for a leftover burrito and a bowl of So Delicious Neopolatine Ice Cream. This was the only night I ate dessert so this is a huge improvement over the five nights last week!
Wednesday Tofurky sausages sauted with potato, peppers and onions. Very yummy and served with a side of green beans. Thursday was Seitan Noodle Soup, with leeks and ditali noodles. It so hit the spot. I felt so much better I caved and had two bowls when I shouldn't have.
I think I have done the great with the discretionary eating challenge. I have only caved twice so far this week in over eating and eating sweets. My goal is to continue this weekend with only eating when hungry and cutting down on sweets. Tonight we are eating out with friends and going to the Faire again this weekend. My weekend eating is always light as there is almost nothing I can eat so that wont be a big problem. I do plan on making some seitan to take with and some crudities.
Sunday we had a lovely dinner out at a local Japanese restaurant, Ichiro. I enjoyed my favorites, spicy veg miso soup, vegetable gyoza and avocado sushi. So good. Monday was burrito night with Lightlife Taco meat, kidney beans, spicy brown rice, salsa and shredded teese. It was good but I was not quite in the mood to eat.
Tuesday I schlepped down to the kitchen in my jammies for a leftover burrito and a bowl of So Delicious Neopolatine Ice Cream. This was the only night I ate dessert so this is a huge improvement over the five nights last week!
Wednesday Tofurky sausages sauted with potato, peppers and onions. Very yummy and served with a side of green beans. Thursday was Seitan Noodle Soup, with leeks and ditali noodles. It so hit the spot. I felt so much better I caved and had two bowls when I shouldn't have.
I think I have done the great with the discretionary eating challenge. I have only caved twice so far this week in over eating and eating sweets. My goal is to continue this weekend with only eating when hungry and cutting down on sweets. Tonight we are eating out with friends and going to the Faire again this weekend. My weekend eating is always light as there is almost nothing I can eat so that wont be a big problem. I do plan on making some seitan to take with and some crudities.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Falafel
Monday I made falafel. I have to admit that it started out as a packaged mix from Fantastic foods but I added a few spices to give it a kick. I baked it in the oven rather than frying to cut back on the fats. Unfortunately this also dried it out considerably. So rather than fling my hockey puck like patties across the dining room I improvised.
Enter the Sour Supreme mixed with diced cucumber, dill and garlic. It was cool, tangy and a perfect accompaniment to the patties. I plan on enjoying these delish leftovers wrapped up in pita or tortillas for the week. Yum yum.
Enter the Sour Supreme mixed with diced cucumber, dill and garlic. It was cool, tangy and a perfect accompaniment to the patties. I plan on enjoying these delish leftovers wrapped up in pita or tortillas for the week. Yum yum.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Pictures of my new kitchen
Life has been insanely busy since late June. I wanted to share some pictures of our new kitchen though. We are all moved in and almost all the boxes are emptied, just one room left to unpack really.
This is my new kitchen. The space is nice but I am still settling in.
My kitties Gryphin (gray & white) and Baby (black and white) got in on the picture because they are such attention needy felines. As for the kitchen, I am still struggling with becoming comfortable with the fridge. I am not a fan of side by sides but these appliances all came with the house so I need to at least get along with them. The stove is awesome, lovely flat cook top. The counters are large enough that I have trouble deciding which side to chop on. I love the fact that now all my canisters of flour, vital wheat gluten, nooch, egg replacer, sugar, and date sugar can sit right out all beautiful on the counter.
I hope I have some recipes and pictures to share from this kitchen soon!
This is my new kitchen. The space is nice but I am still settling in.
My kitties Gryphin (gray & white) and Baby (black and white) got in on the picture because they are such attention needy felines. As for the kitchen, I am still struggling with becoming comfortable with the fridge. I am not a fan of side by sides but these appliances all came with the house so I need to at least get along with them. The stove is awesome, lovely flat cook top. The counters are large enough that I have trouble deciding which side to chop on. I love the fact that now all my canisters of flour, vital wheat gluten, nooch, egg replacer, sugar, and date sugar can sit right out all beautiful on the counter.
I hope I have some recipes and pictures to share from this kitchen soon!
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