Week 2 IIana

Ilana

Meatless Monday week 2 (3/10/14)

            This week’s meatless Monday began with a rice cake with Nutella for breakfast. In between breakfast and lunch, I ate a cliff bar. For lunch, I ate pesto tortellini from Trader Joe’s. They were easy to make, delicious, and inexpensive. The tortellini surprisingly held me over until dinner. For dinner, I decided to make a recipe that I found online. Some of the ingredients I substituted for other ingredients that I prefer. First, I boiled quinoa and then I added kale and some crushed garlic into the pot. While the quinoa and kale were cooking, I mixed lemon juice, lemon zest, olive oil, and fresh mozzarella cheese in a separate bowl. When the quinoa and kale were done, I mixed the two mixtures together. The meal was delicious and I had plenty of extra ingredients to make more another day. Trader Joe’s was a great place to shop because their food’s quality is amazing and usually comes with a recipe on the packaging. For dessert I ate a granny smith apple. This Meatless Monday was great!

            The most affective meal this week was dinner. I felt beyond full and proud of myself for experimenting with new foods in my kitchen. Meatless Monday did not impact the rest of my week. I spent a total of fourteen dollars at Trader Joe’s on a larger amount of food. I have left overs and extra ingredients that I can use later this week. When it comes to purchasing food, I definitely spend more money on an average day than on Meatless Monday. The recipe that I used for my dinner came from a Buzzfeed article but was originally from the website food52. I plan on using one of these two websites to find more ideas on what to make for dinner of Meatless Mondays. I am eager to experiment more with quinoa and kale in future weeks.