Week 2 Mazie

Mazie

Meatless Monday 2       

This week for Meatless Monday I was lucky because I didn’t have class until 6:30 pm, this enabled me to make all of my meals for the day at home.  I found this to be very helpful because I don’t have any meat in my apartment so my options were all vegetarian to begin with.  This was definitely less tempting then when I’m on campus and always want Chicken Souvlaki from Rachel’s. 

            To start off my day I had a wheat bagel toasted with peanut butter, a Clementine, and a few pieces of fresh pineapple.  For me this wasn’t too out of my usual breakfast routine.  Although I do love to make eggs a lot, especially since I don’t buy meat often and they are a great source of protein.  For a snack a couple of hours later I had a handful of baby carrots and a chocolate chip cookie (they are a major weakness of mine).  At around four I was hungry again so I had a black bean veggie burger with pepper jack cheese melted on top and hot sauce on the side.  Around this time I also ate a serving of crinkle cut French fries that were baked in the oven with some Ketchup.  This was a little bit of an unhealthy snack for sure but I saw them in my freezer and realized that they were going to expire soon so I didn’t want to waste them.  Since, I have class till 9:15 at night I wasn’t able to eat a real “dinner” instead at around 9:45 when I got home I had two Clementines a few slices of pineapple and a handful of almonds.  I know this wasn’t necessarily a dinner but I don’t like to eat full meals after nine o’ clock at night so I had to improvise.  And because I had such a late lunch I wasn’t as hungry as I usually am by the time I get out of class.   

            Overall, my Meatless Monday wasn’t difficult at all especially since I was sure to buy lots of fruit over the weekend.  I thought that the corn quesadilla recipe looked absolutely amazing and can’t wait to try it sometime this week when I don’t have a night class.  Next Meatless Monday I plan to organize my schedule so I am able to cook a meal around 5 o’clock and then eat an early dinner before my class.  This way I will be able to try a greater variety of vegetarian recipes that require a little bit more work than my usual meals.  I also, plan to make the meal with one of my roommates or my boyfriend so they can try the recipes too!