Still going strong.

So I started to go vegetarian on Tuesday. It is now Sunday morning I have not had anything with meat so far. I do not miss it and feel just fine. I have been eating a bit too much on the carbohydrate side but still working out my meals. For work I took things like an egg and cheese omelet, a pre-cooked sweet potato, our homemade vegetable minestrone soup, some fig newton for a snack and fruit. I also used a protein powder with some milk to bring up my protein for now.

I have been trying to make things from TVP that my whole family would like and up until last night I had not been very successful with it. I was trying to make either meatballs or hamburger style patties and they just did not come out well. Yesterday morning I tried a small amount as a Taco Meat and we all ate it. Last night I made a full meal of it as a taco meat and we all enjoyed it.

I have found that a company called "Veggie Patch" makes "meatballs" and other items Like "chicken nuggets" and "spinach bites" that are all organic and vegetarian they taste really good. Well we have not tried the "chicken Bites" yet but the "meatballs" and "Spinach Bites" are very good.

We also tried some tofu made "lunch meat" and "hot dogs" those did not taste good or work for us. I also tried a different brand "veggie Burger" that was made out of Veggies not TVP and it was not very good.

So far things are good. Most people think I'm a bit insane for doing this but I don't care! Today may be a challenge as we are having my parents come over for a small cookout, burgers and dogs will be on the grill, I'm prepared for not having any! I have some veggie burgers in the freezer, we also will have pasta salads and corn on the cob to eat.

Shawn