Leeah Williams (4)

Meatless Monday started pretty early for me this week. I woke up around 7:30 in the morning to prep myself for an exam I had later in the day. For breakfast I consumed a bowl of oatmeal with strawberries and bananas. This meal was completely enjoyable because it was blended with a variety of colors and flavors. The fact that I was studying for majority of the day I found myself getting hungry not to long after.  Following my morning classes I stopped at Capen café and bought a French Vanilla coffee with an everything bagel and vegetable cream cheese. This meal was very convenient because I was able to grab it and go. Before my exams I usually consume a banana which is supposed to reduce anxiety but also just to have something in my stomach so I didn’t feel sick.  Once I got home I took a nap because I was super exhausted. When I got up I watched a little TV and then started prepping for dinner. Dinner was composed of alfredo linguine pasta with broccoli and extra parmesan cheese. The fact that I made the alfredo sauce from scratch made it 10x better. I found the recipe for the alfredo sauce on Pinterest, I included my own twist and added jerk seasoning. The meal that was mostly affected on Monday was dinner. It was odd for me to consume pasta without chicken and/or shrimp. Not eating meat on Monday had me craving it for the rest of the week. For breakfast on Tuesday I ate over hard eggs with American cheese, BACON, and toast.  I spent a little more money on groceries used in the ingredients of the sauce. These ingredients included heavy cream, butter, parsley, Grace jerk seasoning, fresh parmesan cheese and Mrs. Dash seasoning. My roommates did not fully partake in meatless Monday this week with me, but they did eat the pasta. My weekly experiences of being meatless on Mondays gives me the opportunity to explore different vegetables as well as meatless combinations.