Decided to make lasagna today. I was going to make a vegan lasagna but so far I haven't had much luck in getting the family to eat the vegan offerings - even if they were extremely tasty in my opinion!!! I did use the Yves "meatless" meat crumbles when I sautee'd up the onions, garlic, mushrooms and spinach but then instead of mixing it into a tofu version of ricotta and mozzeralla I used low fat versions of the real thing. Works out to be 9pts a serving and the actual quote when I asked if they liked it was "well, it's quite edible."
I still haven't mentioned that last nights pepporoni pizza was a Tofurkey pizza and completely vegan! I didn't even know the Tofurkey people made frozen pizzas. I'll have to utilize that more.
I still don't see myself ever becoming completely vegetarian or vegan once Lent is over, but I can see me limiting my meat intake to only a couple of times a week, and making more vegan choices. I do feel better overall. The key, of course, is to continue to journal, journal, journal about every bite that goes into my mouth. I have to be dedicated to finding out how many points things are because I keep finding my brain wanting to say "oh it's vegetarian - it's practically free!" which is SO not the case.
I still haven't mentioned that last nights pepporoni pizza was a Tofurkey pizza and completely vegan! I didn't even know the Tofurkey people made frozen pizzas. I'll have to utilize that more.
I still don't see myself ever becoming completely vegetarian or vegan once Lent is over, but I can see me limiting my meat intake to only a couple of times a week, and making more vegan choices. I do feel better overall. The key, of course, is to continue to journal, journal, journal about every bite that goes into my mouth. I have to be dedicated to finding out how many points things are because I keep finding my brain wanting to say "oh it's vegetarian - it's practically free!" which is SO not the case.
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