For Meatless Monday this week, I ate the usual stuff
for breakfast and lunch. For breakfast I had a bowl of yogurt with
strawberries, blackberries, and granola added in as well as a piece of toast
with peanut butter and almonds. Before lunch I ate a cliff bar for a snack. At
lunch time I ate eggs mixed with some onions and cheese on wheat bread. During
the afternoon I ate some almonds and an orange for a snack. For dinner I made a
quesadilla. I had wheat tortilla shells and added some cheese, peppers, onions,
and tomatoes then cooked it on the stove top and ate it with some sour cream. I
tried using more vegetables than cheese on the inside. It was very quick and
easy to make since I was in a rush on Monday night to do work.
During
break I did not think about Meatless Monday; to be honest I was glad I didn’t
have to worry on Monday about cooking a special meal. I was home with my family
and my parents cook one giant meal for all of us so having to worry about
special meatless requirements would have been a pain. I ate out a few times
over break and anywhere I went I was able to order meatless dishes if I wanted
to. Most places will have a variety of salads or vegetables for a side dish. I
did not cook myself over break besides maybe some lunches.
My most affected meal was as usual dinner.
Lunch could have included turkey but I don’t always add it to my eggs. So far
no, going meatless has not affected how I ate today or how I will eat tomorrow.
I spent more money on this shopping trip just because I literally had no food
because of spring break so I had to buy way more fruits and vegetables compared
to a normal trip. Going meatless did not affect anyone else because I only cook
for myself. I got the idea for a quesadilla from the email that was sent out a
few weeks ago. I have made them before but never really take the time to
prepare it with all those vegetables.
Hi Cass,
ReplyDeleteI like your choice for dinner on monday and really like the idea of how quick and easy it is to make quesadillas. I think all of the ingredients that you put into the quesadilla go great together. I probably personally myself would go overboard with the cheese if the quesadilla had no meat in it.
Your routine of having the same breakfasts and lunches is something that I do too. It just makes it so much easier to shop and half all the stuff ready for lunch and breakfast that I need. Dinner is the only meal to me that really can be something different and new with that habit but that is just fine with me. Every meal doesn't have to be a glorious exciting meal.
Having mom and dad cook at home makes life so much simpler. Not having to worry about what to make for dinner is just awesome and having everything in the pantry for snacks is even better. It also made me not think about what I ate as much too.
Spring break was also a problem in my planning for meatless monday as I also did not have anything to eat really. Going meatless on monday is still something that also does not affect the rest of my week either on what I eat for the most part. I did try a couple new recipes over the vacation to try and make ideas for this monday but like i said, for the most part eating stays the same for me too.
-Quentin