A little meat yesterday but mostly progress…

We went out for chinese food last night as we were kind of celebrating a victory over a major bureaucracy. I had one chicken wing and a few pieces of pork rib but it was not very good and certainly not good enough to keep eating it. It is getting to the point now where the thought of eating a large piece of meat is not really appetizing. I think this is progress.

We went to Costco today and I picked up some quick vegetarian options so that at least I have stuff to eat that is easy and quick. I am going to make soup tomorrow and perhaps some eggplant parmesan when I feel up to it.

meat-free day

Well, I didn’t have any meat yesterday. I had veggie soup from the other day, eggs and mashed potatos. It was a good day. I was craving an Italian sub from subway but managed to talk myself out of it because I knew it would not taste as good as I thought it would.

We are going out for dinner tonight and I will likely stick with seafood or salad. So far meat free today as well!

My soup from yesterday…

It was pretty basic. I cooked some barley first – about 1/2  a cup or so and when it was done I set it drain in a colander.

1 onion

some olive oil

1/2 pound of okra sliced

1 can of diced tomatoes

2 cups water or vegetable stock

1 cup cooked barley

2 tomatoes (I had them in the fridge)

1 can of chickpeas, drained

Brown the onion in the olive oil. Add the rest of the ingredients except the barley. Cook until okra is tender. Add the barley at the end enough to heat it through.

I think it would be good with some cilantro added as well.