Kara
Meatless
Monday #3
3-24-14
Since we had spring break last week, I
most definitely thought about going meatless since I feel like it is a daily
routine now. However, since I was home, my family likes to go out a lot or pick
up food from Wegmans. We usually buy those $6 meals (where you pick a main entrée
and then two sides of either vegetables or grains). There’s not many plant
based proteins to choose from, and the only thing that isn’t meat is either
fish or lasagna. I must say it was a lot harder to stay meatless at home just
because it is my parent’s decisions of what to eat for dinner rather than
having myself prepare everything. On
that note, I did not cook any meals besides my breakfasts, which are usually
quick. I did go meatless one day, although it wasn’t too healthy of decisions
because I didn’t hit all of the macronutrients. I figured it was okay to
splurge a little since it was spring break and I wasn’t in my usual
environment.
This morning I ate a quick bowl of
cereal of wheat flakes and flaxseeds with almond milk and an apple on the side.
For a snack I had a little handful of low sodium almonds along with a few bites
of cottage cheese. Since I was on the go again, I had a peanut butter protein
bar for lunch (peanut butter is my weakness) along with a banana. For dinner, I
cooked up a frozen veggie burger from Wegmans put inside two pieces of wheat
toast with organic spinach leaves, mustard, and cooked red pepper. The rest of
the red pepper I ate on the side raw. Then, I cut up Brussels sprouts and
roasted them in the oven with canola oil drizzled over with garlic and pepper
sprinkled on top. My after dinner snack I ate my usual Greek yogurt- this time
it was pomegranate flavored.
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I think I spent the same amount of money
for my meals today. I buy a lot of products in bulk so I can use them
sporadically throughout the week. My roommate actually wanted to try one of my
veggie burgers so she got to taste one for the first time. The dinner was
fairly quick and painless, and very nutritious! I feel that these meatless
Mondays get easier and easier.
Kara,
ReplyDeleteI also, thought about being meatless over break but wasn't overly successful. I visited my sister in Maryland for the first four days of break and she went out and bought some of my favorites because she knew I was coming. Most of these included meat so I wasn't able to go meatless that Monday like I usually do. However, I did make up for it by going meatless on this Tuesday too. I saw the picture of your dinner on Monday and it looks absolutely amazing. I love the idea of the cooked red peppers, they always add so much flavor!! I am wondering what kind of veggie burger you had though I always like to here about new healthy foods to try. The brusell sprouts looked delicious too and seemed like they wouldn't take too long to cook, and the flavorings would be amazing. Thank you for giving me such good ideas for the weeks to come! I also understand the whole kind of being out of control when you go home for breaks and your parents are the ones cooking the meals and buying groceries. I was for the most part only in charge of my breakfasts too and a couple lunches, which made my meals a much larger variety than at school. I thought your ideas for snacks and meals on Monday were great and look forward to trying them out sometime!
Mazie
Hi Kara and Mazie,
ReplyDeleteGreat job this week. Both of you should be proud of your efforts. I can see that you are starting to set personal goals for yourself (Snacking more, eating more servings of fruits and vegetables, trying new items, staying with an affordable budget etc). Great progress!
Sowmya