Hijack!

Hey Everyone!

I was inspired by the Oprah show to do a week of eating meatless food. Oprah and her staff did total vegetarian, but I'd like to include the milk and eggs and cheese. So I think we should try it the week of April 10th to the 17. I thought we could hijack this blog to post some of our good vegetarian finds.

Who's with me?

Jenn

Day 16 at the Parks

A couple of weeks ago Darryl and I were watching Oprah and they did a one week vegetarian challenge. Darryl has higher cholesterol so he tries to eat healthier and meat has some of the highest cholesterol, so he thought a vegetarian challenge would be fun. So I suggest we do it at some point in March, once the eat at home challenge was done. But to get us ready for it I thought I'd try out some "fake meat". So vegetarian chili it is.....



It was okay... the tomoto/chili powder over powered the fake meat taste.

Till Next Time

Jenn

Day 17 at the Parks: Frittata

One of the recipes that I have been experimenting with and that is a good one for Meatless Monday is fritatta. Which is basically a quiche but with no crust. My recipie is:

6 eggs
Some milk (maybe 1/4 cup)

Whisk up those two things. Then add to a greased pan

Fillings: this can be anything you would put in an omelet. Ours usually includes spinach, cheese, tomatoes and mushrooms.



Add those things over the eggs (it will mix in that's good). Put in a preheated oven 375 degrees for 20 minutes.

It's a dinner that looks beautiful, tastes great and you don't have to worry about the flipping like an omelet. This would also be a good brunch. Usually it turns out like this:




Except tonight I did not have the best grip on the pan and it fell in the bottom of the oven.......


Damn the eat at home challenge. Now I have to find something else to eat for dinner. Luckily we did salvage some and fried it in a pan....

Jenn

Day 9 at the Parks: Stomput

One of the long standing meals at my household is from my Oma and Opa, Stomput Spinazzi. If you are dutch you may know this dinner. It will sound odd when I describe it, but I have served it to alot of people and only had one or two people who didn't like it.

Basically it's mashed potatoes with cooked spinach mixed in. Not too much extra (although I have had it with cheese on top and that is excellent as well. If you make it use the chopped spinach, not whole ones. I usually use frozen spinach but fresh cooked spinach will work as well.


One the side is egg salad. Again pretty basic, eggs, Miracle Whip, salt and pepper, some mustard powder and paprika.

The thing that really makes it is the sweet pickle juice you put on it. Not too much but approximatly 2 tablespoons on a plate full.


Cheap and delicious

Jenn