Yes, I ate more carrot cake today, and lots of it. I really need to perfect this recipe SOON so that I can actually begin eating REAL vegetables and natural foods that are good for me! It’s kinda funny how people think carrot cake is healthy because it contains carrots. French fries contain potatoes and they aren’t healthy…chicken wings contain chicken and they aren’t healthy, banana cream pie contains bananas and it’s not healthy, hamburgers contain ham and they…well, you get my point.
The highlight of today’s vegetarian menu was my lunch: Mixed vegetables and tofu in a spicy Thai coconut sauce. I can’t give you the recipe, because it was from a Thai restaurant down the street from my office. There was enough food for two people but I ate it all!! Breakfast was vanilla yogurt with berries and pumpkin-flax granola and dinner was carrot cake. Unfortunatey, I’m not kidding. After several slices of carrot cake, there was no way I was actually cooking something ELSE for dinner. Blech (or however you spell it!). In fact, all that carrot cake sat in my stomach so long that I didn’t eat another morsel of anything all night.
I don’t think finding meatless meal ideas is really all that difficult, especially if I “allowed” myself to eat fish (I really like fish). My problem with this diet is that I don’t really feel satisfied. Something is missing. I think it’s the lack of protein. Eating protein makes me feel fuller longer, I think. Sure, I can eat tofu and chick peas and eggs and other beans and non-meat sources of protein, but somehow it doesn’t feel the same to me. Right now I wish that rotisserie chicken was a vegetable.
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1 Peggy // Sep 26, 2008 at 9:02 pm
A good place to search for vegetarian/meatless recipes is at http://www.meatlessmonday.com. I work for the Meatless Monday Campaign, a nonprofit public health campaign that encourages Americans to eat less meat – and more vegetables, fruits, beans, and whole grains. They have a lot of great recipes and tips on meatless cooking. Check out the recipe archive for some filling meals.
2 patty // Oct 2, 2008 at 10:15 am
I know what you mean about people thinking certain foods are healthy. I was craving carrot cake with my first pregnancy and everyone said, “Your body must be telling you that you need carrots.” No, actually my taste buds were telling me to eat the yummy cake and decadent cream cheese frosting. Luckily, that craving passed quickly.
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