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Thursday, August 29, 2013

What do you eat?!

Whenever I tell people I try to cook mostly vegetarian meals for my family the response is usually, "What do you eat?!" It's funny how as americans we don't consider food a meal unless there's meat in it somewhere.

I'll admit, it's not always easy. This week has been a good one though, so I thought I'd review what we've been eating.

Sunday- Jake went to Alaska at the beginning of the summer and brought home fabulous amounts of frozen halibut filets. That means fish tacos are definitely more frequently in rotation. When we had friends over for dinner Sunday night, fish tacos was on the menu! I mix flour, bread crumbs, tempura and corn meal with some salt, pepper, and paprika for the breading. We make sure to skin and get the dark pieces off the fish, toss them in the breading and then pan fry them in PREHEATED butter or olive oil. You have to have it hot, because cooking the fish fast is the trick to a nice light and flaky fish. Then we stack them with cabbage, cheese, fresh salsa, and some sort of cream/sauce. So delicious!

Monday- It's zucchini time and one of our favorite ways to eat zucchini is in omelets! I chop up the zucchini  and then saute it in bacon greese (nobody's perfect;) and you can use some other fat of your choice) with garlic and other veggies (mushrooms, peppers, ONIONS, spinach, diced baked potato, etc). I set that aside. Then I whip up 3 eggs with a little greek yogurt. I pour half of it into the hot, greased omelet skillet. Throw in the veggies, some fresh tomatoes or salsa, and Cheese and then fold in half. We top them with a little more greek yogurt and avocados and Jake adds some hot sauce.

Tuesday- We ate one of my vegetarian standbys- Rumbi Rice bowls. I've linked it on here before I think, but here it is again:http://www.favfamilyrecipes.com/2011/04/our-version-of-rumbi-rice-bowls-with-rumbi-rice.html. I make mine without the chicken, and I just use bottled teriyaki sauce. I half the rice, but still use a whole can of coconut milk and don't add any sugar. I think my kids are starting to get a little tired of this one, but Jake and I still love it!

Wednesday- Last night I made Easy Pad Thai: http://browniesfordinner.com/2010/05/11/easy-pad-thai/  I followed the recipe exactly, but doubled it. We had left overs, but not a tone, so I'm glad I doubled it. Everyone gobbled it up!!!

Tonight- Tonight I'm planning on making fancy grilled cheese sandwiches and salad, inspired from a pin I saw that took me to this blog post: http://anediblesymphony.blogspot.com/2009/04/tff-fic-grilled-cheese-forever.html  I've got ripe avocados and tomatoes all ready!

And over the weekend I'm sure we'll eat out and have some meat on the menu- but hey, when you've been eating vegetarian all week, that's no big deal! So see, it's very doable. Plenty of variety in 5 days worth of vegetarian dinners!