This week was
so much better than all the rest! My
Vegetarian month has been flying by... I'm actually on my last week right now. Week 4: Vegan week. But, I don't want to go on without re-capping my successes and failures from the last week... So here goes:
Monday: Our really good friend John had a moving-away party, and loved us so much he bought cheese pizza just for me & C. So dinner was pizza & beer -- complete with my first game of beer pong --
grown up style {1 game and in bed by 11}.
Tuesday: I didn't feel like cooking Tuesday... so we went to a local Asian Place -
Jin's - and we got Chana Masala, Veggie Fried Rice, Veggie Spring Rolls and Edamame. It was so good!! And, no dirty dishes ♥
Wednesday: Leftovers night. My favorite! I heated up our leftover Asian food from the day before, and again... no dirty dishes ♥
Thursday: I tried to make Coconut-Almond Crusted Tofu, but it was awful. Super bland. Once you fried the tofu, it wasn't exactly healthy either. It was just kind of
blah. The
Spicy Mango Chutney that we topped the tofu with, though, was amazing. I posted that recipe earlier today. Be sure to check that out.
Friday: My office had a tailgate party, complete with hot dogs. C and I brought our own Veggie Dogs. They were okay. Not great. But not bad. What was bad, was all the chips/dips that I had in addition to our Veggie Dogs. But it was a party!!
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which were amazing!!
They had about 6 different kinds of beans in the pot, and was so filling, delicious and vegetarian.
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Saturday: Pizza night!! C brought home a
beautiful veggie pizza from work. Spinach, red bell peppers, pine nuts, crushed tomatoes, artichokes, mushrooms on his half... it was super yummy!
Sunday: For lunch we went to a Vietnamese restaurant - Pho Johns - because C
loves phos, and really wanted one. Except, we very quickly realized Vegetarian Pho was
not very good. It was just b.o.r.i.n.g. I got a tofu vermicelli rice bowl, which was really good. Except, I'm beginning to realized I don't really like Tofu. I'm eating the leftovers today for lunch, and as you can see... I've eaten all the noodles out around the tofu...
Sunday night was a fun night! We made Veggie Fondue.
Vegan style. It was a recipe out of the
Skinny Bitch cookbook that I really wanted to try, but knew C wouldn't go for it unless I had a reason to not use cheese in a fondue. So, I made up the Vegan-week rule, and here we are! The "fondue" dip was super easy: Cauliflower cooked in coconut milk. You then add miso paste, garlic, and a few other spices. Simmer. Then puree. Serve warm with steamed veggies (I used carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, & asparagus) and with a baguette. It was delicious. And really healthy.
We topped off dinner with Mango and Strawberry sorbet. Completely dairy-free and Vegan friendly (and fat free!)
So like I said, this week went much better then
Week 2, and much,
much better than
Week 1. I didn't exercise too much this week, unfortunately, but I'm exercising as much as I can fit it in my schedule...so I'm fine with that right now. I'm just going to keep trucking along and try to get to the gym/in front of my exercise DVDs as much as my schedule allows.
So what did I learn this week?
- Oreos are Vegan-friendly. Thanks, Gayle ♥
- Steamed vegetables are really good and should be cooked more.
- Be patient - I learn through trial and error, so even though week 1 wasn't great, week 3 was awesome.
- Trying new recipes is really fun, but exhausting!! Taking a break and eating out every once in a while is just fine...
- Just because it seems "hip" I shouldn't force myself to eat it if I absolutely despise it. (See: Tofu complaint)
So now I've moved onto our last week of Vegetarian month. And it's Vegan week. I think I'm the most excited about this week. Our menu looks pretty good, and I've never had so many fresh veggies in my kitchen ever. And I get to have my favorite
Orange Scones for breakfast!
Thanks for sticking with me through this adventure ♥
