A week's menu that worked...

I decided to post this week's menu- it worked so well and tasted so great. And my memory, well, there we are.

Sunday
Nachos- reg cheese for DH
- Unprocessed Cheez Spread from the Ultimate Uncheese Cookbook for me
also topped with black beans, chopped tomatoes, and chopped romaine lettuce
I made enough black beans for tonight and for Tuesday's black beans and rice.

Monday
Spinach Chickpea Curry- Vegan with a Vegeance
Salad
Grilled lamb

Tuesday
Black beans and rice
Salad
Steamed kale (I mixed it in my bowl of black beans and rice)

Wednesday
Ginger Roasted Winter Veggies- Vegan with a Vegeance
Leftover curry served over leftover steamed greens
Salad with leftover cheez spread as the salad dressing
Steamed broccoli
Grilled smoked pork chops- DH grills them in the George Foreman grill with a bit of olive oil and a sprinkle of salt and pepper

Thursday
Pasta with marinara sauce- spaghetti for DH and whole wheat elbows for me
Salad

5 flamingos- everything worked out great and tasted even better. I made extra black beans from scratch on sunday for the nachos and then had it easy for tuesdays black beans and rice. I also made a large batch of brown rice for the leftover chinese that I then used for the black beans and rice. I also had just enough curry and leftover greens so that I could spend my time making the new Roasted Winter Veggie menu.

I have great friends!

I have received the best support from my most thoughtful friends at work. RL brought in a menu from a thai place so I could have some veggie Thai and to show some ideas to my local Thai place that is all about the animal protein. NS subbed veggie broth for the chicken broth in her soup recipe for soup club. And MA brought me in a vegan pizza- heart shaped for Vday. She is having some of the kiddos over for an auction item but thought of me. All were so thoughtful! I have the best friends at work :) :) :)

I was so tempted last week to have my old fave white pizza from the Italian restaurant across the street. I wanted it soooo bad. It's and old tradition of mine to have this pizza when DH is out of town. I managed to talk myself out of it mostly because I had some leftover pizza in my fridge that turned out to be very delicious. This has been the only bump in the becoming near vegan road so far. I love all the veggies and haven't missed the meat. Really, I find that I'm becoming less interested in the meat as I think of meat as an animal- an intelligent living creature. I just can't do it. Never pictured myself as an activities but I seem to be heading that way.