Day 36 - A Craving for Tacos

Last night, I had such a huge craving for tacos!!!!!  I didn't have any soy meat crumbles and frankly, I'm a little nervous about eating that.  It sounds processed to me.  So I started thinking about what I really like about those mini tacos.  I like the avocados, the cilantro, the onions, and the salsa.  I can't remember if you can taste the meat once you pile all that stuff on.  I didn't want to eat onions and didn't have any prepared salsa so I got out the corn tortillas, warmed them and spread some avocado on it and sprinkled that with several sprigs of cilantro.  Mmmmmm.  It tasted like heaven.  David thought it would've been better to add the onions and the salsa, but it was still very good and it satisfied my craving.  I also had a giant slice of watermelon.  I love this food!

I also finally decided to start purchasing Vitamin B-12 supplements.  Almost everyone recommends them, but I'm nervous about taking too many pills.  I already take a calcium supplement and a multi-vitamin.  Can I overdose on B-12 or does the body just get rid of the extra?

Day 35 - Breakfast for dinner

We ran around all day today and had nothing planned for dinner.  I was starving by the time we got home from playing in the creek.  Before we were vegan, we used to have breakfast for dinner all the time: pancakes, bacon, and eggs.  Why not try it now?  I made papas a la mexicana.  It's basically potatoes with onions, serranos, and tomatoes, and I also like to add mushrooms.  I served that as tacos inside flour tortillas.  Very satisfying. "Who needs eggs?"  That was my husband's response after he took his first bite.  Maybe he's enjoying this food much more now?  :)

Day 34 - Plantains, Black Beans and Rice, Kale

I had been eyeing the plantains at the grocery store since we started this new way of eating.  I finally gave in and got some.  I pan-fried them with a little olive oil and unfortunately, I didn't notice that they were over cooking so they came out a little dry, but still pretty tasty.  I refried the black beans with a little olive oil and onion.  My husband did not think they looked appetizing at all, but he liked the way they tasted.  I guess I need to work on presentation.  :)  Then I made some basic brown rice and steamed a little kale.  I like to put tamari and nutritional yeast on the rice. Very tasty and fast!

Day 33 - Pasta Primavera - Leftovers!

I had kale so I added it to the leftover pasta primavera and served it with noodles.  Still pretty good!

Day 32 - Pasta

I made pasta primavera again because I loved it so much last time.  This time I didn't have corn again or zuchinni so I used cauliflower.  It wasn't as good as I remembered it but it was still tasty.