Robert
This week for my meatless Monday on 3/24/14 I did not do as well as I had done the previous week. Being the first day after break I was not prepared at all for the day. Luckily before I got out of bed I saw Sowmya’s email and remembered that it was indeed Monday and that I had to do my best to not have meat. So for breakfast I just had a couple scrambled eggs and some toast with jelly on it. I didn’t have time to make any lunch or snacks for my class so I did not have any snacks today. This made it very hard to get through the day with little to no energy at all. For lunch when I got home from class I just had some humus and an egg sandwich, because they were both quick and easy to have. I wanted to make sure that I had time to get to the gym and shower and go to Wegmans before my next class.
For dinner however I believe I had made my best meal yet! I made stuffed green bell peppers. They were delicious, and super easy to make! All I did was pit the core and get the seeds out, fill them with water and microwave them for a couple minutes. Well this was going on I was preheating the oven and making some brown rice. I also was cracking some sunflower seeds as well. I then combined the seeds some diced pepper and vodka sauce to the rice. Let that simmer for a little while and then filled the peppers with the stuffing mixture half way and put some Colby jack cheese in it then filled it to the top. Placed it in the oven and once they looked done put more mozzarella cheese on top and browned the cheese. They were delightful; however it was not very filling. I also had a spinach salad on the side but as I sit in class I am still starving. Next week I will need to better prepare myself for the day and I will have a much better Monday.
Robert,
ReplyDeleteGood thing you checked your email before you got up! It seems like you enjoy eggs a lot, which is great because they are a good protein to have when you aren’t eating meat. It stinks that you were so hungry all day! Coming back from spring break is hard to plan ahead, so I can see why it was hard for you to pack food to take with you for the day to snack on.
The dinner you made sounds delicious! It sounds a lot like what I made a few weeks ago and I can definitely say it was one of the best things I’ve made, too. Putting the peppers in the microwave with water in them is an interesting idea! Where did you hear of that? It seems like a really easy way to steam them. I bet the vodka sauce was great in the peppers too, I love vodka sauce on anything and everything. My mom makes a homemade version if you’d like to try it! Also it’s great that you put sunflower seeds in the peppers, that was a different idea and I’m sure it added some nice flavor.
As far as your hunger, I bet if you bring snacks for the day it can solve that issue! Nuts are perfect for that because they are so filling!
Maybe next week will be more successful with planning your day ahead of time so that you don’t find yourself starving since you won’t be coming off of spring break! Good luck and see you in class.
Sincerely,
Ally
Hi Bob,
ReplyDeleteGlad the email reminders are helpful with this project but even if you do not remember, going part-time vegetarian anytime during the week is a good thing. It does not have to always be just on a Monday. Good luck for this week!
Sowmya