Day 9,10 & 11 HALFWAY THERE!

Like I said I have been busy so here goes:

DAY 9

BREAKFAST

Cinnamon raisin bread, strawberries a banana and apple juice

LUNCH

Portabello mushroom pad thai

DINNER

Black bean chipotle burgers with french fries

DAY 10

BREAKFAST

Rice chex with soy milk and honey, an orange and a cranberry fruit bar

LUNCH

Leftover burgers, strawberries, sugar snap peas, hummus, chips and apple juice

DINNER

Fuit bowl, Naked protein shake and sunflower seeds (we were having a meetin at church and they had pizza and cookies... this is what I brought,)

DAY 11

BREAKFAST

Cinnamon Raisin bread, and orange and a cranberry fruit bar

LUNCH

Baked potato with cheese, sour cream and butter (all vegan) and some hummus with chips

DINNER

Vegitarian Shepherds Pie (I got the recipe from here http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/2007/04/veggie-lovers-shepherds-pie.html)

I can only say that it gets easier and easier. I walked through the store today and I didn't want to eat everything I saw! I also have lost 3lbs total so... YEAH!

Day 4

Well day 4 is over and what a day it was. I think I tend to be a stress eater and today was stressful. We had a lot of drama at work and all I wanted was a burger! Why you may ask? Because burgers make everything better. Anyway, I didn't find myself hungry really or struggling to not cheat. I just had a really bad craving for grease and cheese. I did not give in though so yeah for me! We also had Cubbies at church tonight and the snack was bird's nests (chow mein noodles, peanut butter, marshmallow and robin's eggs). Every time I would walk by them I would smell them (lame I know) because I couldn't have one. I was really, really tempted though. Moving on, here was todays fair:

BREAKFAST

GF Cinnamon raisin bread with vegan butter, blueberries and a banana

LUNCH

Leftover garlic greens, tofu and polenta, carrots with almond butter and corn chips

DINNER

Tamari-glazed tofu wraps with roasted portabello mushrooms, corn and chipotle dressing (recipe below), corn chips

So breakfast and lunch may not be too exciting for a few days because I will be eating leftovers and things. Just wanted you to be aware. The wraps we had for dinner blew my mind they were so good. TRY THEM. Here is the recipe.

TAMARI-GLAZED TOFU WRAPS WITH ROASTED PORTABELLO MUSHROOMS, CORN AND CHIPOTLE DRESSING

for the tofu

2 lb extra firm tofu

1/2 cup oil

2 T honey

Juice of 2 limes

1t sesame oil

Salt and pepper to taste

*Drain and pat the tofu to remove excess water. Let sit for 3 hours.

*Slice into 1/4" pieces.

*Mix all other ingredients in a bowl.

*Place tofu on a baking sheet and cover with marinade.

*Cook at 375 degrees for 25 minutes (flip 1/2 through)

for the mushrooms

5-6 large portabello mushrooms

Salt and Pepper

Garlic salt

Olive oil

*Remove stems and gills from the mushrooms. If they are not sliced, slice lengthwise.

*Brush with oil and sprikle with S&P and garlic salt.

*Place on baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes.

for chipotle dressing

1c vegenaise

2T chipotle seasoning

2T lime juice

*Mix all ingredients together

to assemble wraps

GF tortillas

1 can corn

Shredded romain lettuce

Sliced tomatoes

*Heat tortillas.

*Assemble as followes: Tortilla, mayo, lettuce, tomoato, corn, tofu, mushrooms.

*Fold and enjoy.



Day 3

So today was great. I can feel myself becoming more energized as well as happier. I would be even happier if I had a white chocolate kit kat but that is neither here nor there. So here comes the meals for today:

This is my smiley face breakfast! Two pieces of GF cinnamon raisen bread with vegan butter and a banana.

For Lunch I got to have leftover pizza (again), corn chips and sugar snap peas. We are now officially out of pizza so this wont be showing up agian. Although I didn't really get sick of it.

For dinner we had mushrooms and garlic greens over broiled tofu, polenta and tomatoes with the last of the garlic mashed potatoes. This recipe came straight out of the book so I will put it below because it was YUMMY!

So like I said, today went very well. I didn't really find myself craving much and about mid afternoon I had a bowl of rice chex with honey and soy milk. I did get a chance to weigh myself today and I am happy to say that I am almost down a full pound from when I started!! YEAH! Anyway here is the reciepe for what we had for dinner.

MUSHROOMS AND GARLIC GREENS OVER BROILED POLENTA, TOFU AND TOMATOES

for the mushrooms and greens

1/4 c oil

2 1/2 c sliced mushrooms

1/2 lb spinach greens

2 T chopped garlic

salt and pepper to taste

* saute the mushrooms for 8 minutes or until softened.

*quickly add the greens and garlic and stir at high temp for 3 min or until the greens have wilted and started to seep liquid.

*season with S&P and put aside.

for polenta, tofu and tomatoes

1 pkg prepared polenta

1 lb extra firm tofu

2 large firm tomatoes

4 T olive oil

Fresh chopped rosemary

Salt and pepper to taste

*slice polenta into 8 pieces at 1/2" thickness

*slice tofu lengthwise into 4 pieces at 1/4" thickness

*slice tomatoes into 8 slices

* brush polenta, tofu and tomatoes with olive oil and sprinkle with rosemary and S&P on both sides.

*Lay tofu and polenta on one cookie sheet and tomatoes on another.

*Broil for 7-8 minutes and flip 1/2way through.

*When finished cooking, stack as followes : Tomatoe, Polenta, Tofu and cover with greens and mushrooms. Each person should get two slices and it serves 4.