You remember the story about stone soup, right? You know, the one where some smart person said, "Hey, we don't have any meat, so let's make a soup using a stone." And then everyone else runs to get some vegetables to make the stone taste better. I'm pretty sure that was the beginning of veganism. Some gatherer has to cover for the hunter who didn't get the daily quota.
Today, we had stone soup burritos for lunch. The plan was to make a really yummy polenta/spinach/tomato sauce dish for lunch, but when we checked the fridge, we found out that farmers market spinach doesn't last for three weeks. Go figure. (It was all gross and slimy, ick!)
We did have some wraps, so Brian suggested a veggie wrap. Now, I'm a big fan of lettuce, carrots, cucumber and bell pepper... but that alone would have lasted me about 10 minutes. Brian suggested some several day old hummus, but I don't do rancid garbanzo bean paste. So, we had to figure out what we could put in the wraps to make them have a little more staying power. Brian suggested some refried beans (Bearitos vegetarian beans are amazing). I remembered that we still had an ear of corn from last week's market. Brian put in an onion, some bell peppers and some cherry tomatoes. I asked if he had put any kale in yet. Brain said not yet, but he'd be happy to put some in after he added the garlic. About 3 minutes later he called us to the table and there were some giant burritos. Man, they were good!
So that was lunch. Breakfast was Dave's Killer Bread (an Oregon original, dense whole grain bread) with peanut butter and a type of apple I had never heard of before whose name I can't remember but it started with a z. It was really, really good. Dinner was the polenta dish (you know polenta means grits, right?!) because I got some spinach before making dinner.
And that was it. Nothing else. No sugar, no milk, no cheese, and no meat. Um... to be perfectly honest, I did have a bite of meat that was in the spaghetti sauce, which we canned at the end of last summer. It was the last jar and it was just one tiny bite. Still, I'm counting it as a really good food day!
For those of you following along at home, there were 2 recipes included today. For the polenta, we just cooked some grits with oregano and thyme until they were nice and thick. We then placed that in a plastic container and refrigerated it until it was one solid grit cake (Mmmm). We sliced that puppy up and cooked it for 3 minutes on each side in a frying pan (no butter or oil was needed at any step in this process) until it was warm. We set the polenta on a plate and covered it with some sauteed spinach (about 1/3 cup cooked), then covered that with 1/3 of a pint jar of sauce. So easy and SO tasty.
Enjoy! Wish me luck on having another good food day tomorrow.
Having so much fun reading your blog. Today sounded like a yummy day. Although I was thinking about an earlier blog post from this week and I have to say, your "bad days" are still a change from what you have been doing so you should be proud of EVERY day. I admire you. I am SO lousy about not eating bread and suffer an almost daily stomach ache thanks to my complete lack of will power. Changing food habits is exceptionally difficult. Memories, family, love, culture are so embedded in the food we eat that food becomes extremely emotional, and consequently, so does changing our habits around food. So you should feel free to congratulate your badass self for every triumph, big and small. xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Rebecca. It is really hard, and we're kind of going overboard on the challenge, just to see what it is like. Yeah, when compared to the worst days in Georgia (burger, fries, coke, frosty, pizza, and biscuits and gravy, and a cookie or three - yes... all on one day), I am doing great! I have to say, Coke was the easiest thing to get rid of because there is almost no Coke signage around here. In GA, it was EVERYWHERE and I always wanted one. Living in one of the healthiest cities in America has its advantages!
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