He Liked It

Well, T liked the scrambled tofu. However, he wasn't happy with me when I told him it wasn't egg. So it will be interesting to see if he eats it again.

Scrambled Tofu

That was the new food for today. It was so yummy...I loved it! When T gets home I'm going to tell him it's scrambled eggs though or he'll never try it. He told me the other day that he's "not going to eat tofu and other weird crap." This from the guy whose idea it was to become vegetarian. I think he's cheated pretty much every day by the way. I did have salmon a few days last week, however, I don't think I intend to give up seafood. It's just so freaking healthy. And honestly, for us vegetarianism is a tool to help us get healthy. I'm okay with people eating animals. No...I'm not okay with some of the conditions that these animals are kept in and I do think that animals should not be tortured or abused on their way to the slaughterhouse. I've done pretty well with this. I cheated one day. T and I went to Heritage Days on Saturday and ran into some family. So we ended up going to Taco Hideout and there wasn't much on the menu that didn't have ground beef. So I did cheat that meal. But after that it was back to vegetarianism. I'm also trying more Asian cooking...and really enjoying it by the way. I got myself an Asian Vegan cookbook. I made this chickpea stir fry that had broccoli and carrots in it and served it over brown rice. It was some pretty good eating. And T decided that he likes chickpeas. Boo really liked the chickpeas too! Okay, Boo is not happy right now. I guess I'll be back later.

Eating Veggies and Giving Up Ice Cream

Well, we've been doing okay with eating our veggies. It is work though as I really have to think outside the box for meals. It's so easier some days just to cook up a slab of meat, throw a veggie or two with it, throw the bread and butter on the table, and voila - dinner. Two nights ago we had a leek and potato bake thing. It was alright. I added some grated zucchini to it for some added nutrients. I thought T would complain about that, but he ate it and liked it. He liked this meal better than the stuffed peppers. I guess he didn't care for those after all. I LOVED them! When I asked him what he didn't like about them he said he liked the stuffing - he just didn't like the green pepper that it was inside. Do you see what I have to work with here??? So T has eaten meat for lunch the past two days in a row. And he came home last night and ordered a pepperoni pizza. I diligently picked all of my pepperoni off. However, despite these "failings" I am inclined to applaud him. No meat at dinner is still an improvement. I did end up having some salmon yesterday. I'm not sure that I want to give up seafood completely. I think it's pretty healthy anyways...so I'll probably have seafood occasionally.

Right now, we're in the lacto-ovo department (or trying to be at least) as far as vegetarians go. This means we allow dairy and eggs. I'm seriously thinking about going from lacto-ovo to just ovo. But I really like cheese! Hence my downfall. When I gave up dairy products for several months while Boo was breaking out the pounds started melting off. I wasn't worrying about what I was eating or how much other than just nothing with a milk product. I think I discovered something about my body then and I've been trying to get back to that ever since. For now I think if I could find a way to limit my dairy consumption that would help. I'm okay with giving up milk as I've become partial to rice milk and I'm really concerned about the cow's milk that we drink with homogenation and pasteurization and all, not to mention antibiotics and hormones. I found a recipe to make rice milk at home...so much cheaper than buying it all the time. So I'm going to try that. But anyways, I think maybe I'll just start with finding a way to cut back on cheese - perhaps only allowing it once or twice a week. I have cut out ice cream successfully in the past week or so. And rather easily I must admit. I bought lowfat plain yogurt and a variety of fix-ins and I've been eating that instead. So I'm still eating it most nights, but I figure a dish of yogurt every night is better than a bowl of ice cream. My favorite mix-in? Crushed up good quality dark chocolate! And it only takes a little bit of it if it's a good quality chocolate.

Our First Meatless Meal

I guess the title's a bit misleading. It's not like I've never had a meatless meal before, but I guess this was our first dinner that we intentionally didn't use meat. I got these green bell peppers through the local farmstand here. Originally I figured I'd make stuffed peppers with ground beef and the works. So, I wasn't sure what to stuff the peppers with now that we're officially meatless. Here's the recipe I found:

Pig in the Kitchen Saturday Night Peppers

They were so incredibly yummy! I LOVED them. T thought they were pretty okay too. Boo? Well, that's another matter. He threw it on the floor and refused to eat anything but fruit! Oh well...that's kind of the phase he's in right now.