Meatless Tuesday: Week 3

Formerly known as “Veggie Tuesday”.  🙂 Breakfast: Granola with blueberries from the farmer’s Market with milk English Breakfast tea. . Lunch: Roasted eggplants and red pepper dip from farmer’s market and one pita bread. Well, I didn’t really get to have lunch that day so I ate what I could in a meeting. . Dinner: Trader Joe’s frozen entree of Paneer Masala with spinach basmati rice. Yum-may! A couple of flutes of Fresh & Easy Ogio prosecco with lemon sorbet–a Scroppino without the vodka. . Satisfaction level: Moderate.  The lunch for thoroughly disappointing because I have stuffed grape leaves waiting...
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Veggie Tuesday: Week 2

Breakfast A small bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios and milk. Mid morning snack – a few bites out of the 2-lb. tub of Fresh & Easy low fat strawberry yogurt. . Lunch Homemade mac and cheese, half of Barefoot Contessa’s recipe.  Essentially shells, gruyere, and cheddar with a pinch of nutmeg. I also infused the milk with thyme and garlic. . Dinner Brandon made us Top Ramen… Dessert: Ben & Jerry’s Neapolitan Dynamite. Lots of it. . Satisfaction Level: Satisfied.  Didn’t miss meat once! Guilt Level: Very high for the lack of veggies when they could totally be had.  Oh,...
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The first of many Veggie Tuesdays

One of my goals this year is to bring back my Vegetarian Tuesdays ritual.  This time, I hold on to the dairy but ditch the eggs, but not in the strictest of sense.  I mean, I’m not looking at the back of the box for baked goods with eggs in them.  Just not visible eggs, I guess that’s what you’d call it.  No egg salad or omelet, but okay with cake.  Sort of thing. I figured, I’d try to document my success and failure this year. It’ll go something like this. Breakfast A slice of Fresh & Easy’s Il Fornaio...
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