Meatless Tuesday: Week 6

Breakfast Ritz crackers with cream cheese A mug of Ecchaenacea Defense tea with honey . Lunch A few bites of brown rice and garlic tofu with vegetables from Pick Up Stix before the fire alarm went off in the building.  I came back and just ate the tofu about half an hour later.  Mother fuckers on the 33rd floor really need to get fined for all their burnt popcorn, I swear to god. One of my home made dark chocolate covered–are you ready?–Not Quite Nigella’s recipe of salted maple honey bacon caramel.  A failed experiment, the caramel did not set...
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Meatless Tuesday: Week 5

Breakfast & Through out the day Snacks Starbucks decaf soy caramel macchiatto.  I ordered a tall but they gave me a grande. Starbucks chocolate croissant I never got to finish.  We had birthday party today in the office so I was saving room for cake. . Lunch Brown jasmine rice with 2 sticks of barbecue “beef” skewers and 4 cherry tomatoes.  The skewers look like poop, seriously like a log of poop.  It did have very meaty texture, though, and less soy tasting.  Unlike the marinaded “chicken” I had a while back. A mini red velvet cupcake…more like a shot...
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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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10 goals for 2010

We’ve seen how I did last year.  Let’s see how many I can accomplish this year. 1.  Lacto-vegetarian Tuesdays Vegetarian or vegan diet is nothing new to this Buddhist. However, the most I’ve ever done was 2 days a week of loosely vegan diet during Catholic lent of back in high school.  That was tough too since there was no soy milk or tofu available in nearby grocery stores like there are today.  In college, I started back on vegetarian on Tuesdays, the day of my birth.  You know, one day a week of not taking any lives.  My mom...
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