Addicted to Results 5/7 and 5/8

5/7
Going all out lunch at breakfast - a vegan hot dog on a whole wheat bun the tomatilla avocado salsa and ketchup. I also had some tea and fruit plate at Atwater's.

Lunch was the Tofu Stir Fry, this time served over some barley that I had frozen a few weeks ago.

Dinner was some of the barley and the last of the tomato sauce that I had used with the eggplant sandwiches. I had tomato cucumber salad on the side.  The product below was called Citrus Vegan Spareribs.  They were made with a mix of soy protein and wheat gluten.  They would not remind you of spareribs in any way -maybe more like a type of chicken.  The nuggets were very chew and not very palatable.

'Spareribs'

5/8

Breakfast was my last orange. I ate it before going to gym.  When I got back, it was the last the vegan hot dogs.

For lunch, I mixed some leftovers together - the last of the sundried tomato risotto, some sauteed onions, and the corn and tomato mix.  They worked well together.

Veggie Pizza

We went to the Can Company for dinner.  On the 2nd Thursday of each month during the spring and summer, they have a band playing.  Last night was the Kelly Bell Band.  We started with a bottle of cremant and a veggie pizza at Chesapeake Wine Company.  No cheese on my half.

Tangerine Sorbet

I have not gone to Cold Stone Creamery in years because of my lactose intolerance.  On a whim I decided to check and see if that had sorbet or non dairy milk ice cream.  They had one sorbet, but it was a great flavor - tangerine.  Mine was mixed with black cherries and pecans.  We also made our way through a bag of potato chips.

Addicted to Results June 1 - June 6

Prosecco and grapefruit vodka cocktail at Chazz

6/1
Workout - Weekend Warrior Workout
Thai Yoga and Massage

Breakfast - The weather is nice so it is time for meals outside with dogs.  THB bagels - Whole Wheat Everything Bagel with Peanut Butter

Lunch - Sweet Potato and Chili

Champagne at CWC

Snack - Mixed Nuts
Champagne

Noodle Casserole fresh from the oven

Dinner - Noodle Casserole-  The noodles were a rice and corn flour mix.  The sauce was cannelloni beans, tomatoes and tomato paste, bell pepper, onion, and adobe chili sauce.  This was added to the noodles and baked with a topping of vegan cheese
Split a bottle of wine

Best vegan cheese by far

6/2
Workout - Kettlebells
Air Yoga

Breakfast - Apple Oatmeal with almonds

Lunch - Black beans and Rice

Dinner - Rice Casserole

Snack - Popcorn
Mixed Nuts

6/3
Workout -  1 hour bike
Air Yoga
Xfit

Breakfast - Apple Oatmeal with almonds

Lunch-  Chili and Rice

Snack - dried apricots

Dinner - Noodle casserole

granola

Snack - granola - Fresh batch.  I added coconut, sesame seeds and sunflower seeds to this batch.  The fruit was prunes and fresh grapefruit juice was in the binders.

grapefruit juice

6/4
Workout - 1 hour walk
XPF Cardio
TRX

Breakfast - Outside with the dogs at Panera
Oatmeal with strawberries, pecans and brown sugar

Lunch - Mama's on the Half Shell
Raw vegetable sandwich on whole wheat
Fries and ketchup

Dinner - Panzanella Salad - Italian bread croutons, cherry tomatoes, and basil over Romaine from the farm stand.  Dressing made from red wine vinegar, safflower oil, water, pepper and lots of garlic.

Panzanella salad

Snack - Slice of Italian bread with peanut butter and mango ginger jam
granola

Fresh green stuff from the farm stand at Future Care

6/5
Workout - 1 hour walk
1 hour bike
TRX
Yoga

Breakfast - THB - whole wheat everything bagel with peanut butter

Snack - Granola

Lunch - Noodle Casserole

Paninni

Dinner at Chazz outside with the dogs .Chazz is not a good choice for vegans.  Everything has cheese on it. My sandwich normally comes with smoked Gouda.  Without it, I basically had a pepper and onion sandwich.
Cocktail
Roasted vegetable panini
Dill pickle
Bread and olive oil
1/2 bottle of wine

6/6
Workout - 35 minutes weights, 25 minutes bike
1 hour walk
air yoga

Breakfast - Granola and brown rice crisps, banana, hazelnut milk

Cereal

Snack - Vega chocolate post workout recovery shake.  This one was better than the fruit ones.  It tasted like a cold hot chocolate.  I wonder how it would taste with hot water?

Lunch - Panzanella Salad

Dinner - Noodle Casserole

Snack - Apple with peanut butter
granola

Addicted to Results 5/7

Neighborhood mallard enjoying the nice weather

Workout - Spin
Crazy sore from the TRX yesterday.  I could barely push the pedals on the bike.

Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal

Breakfast - Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal - I added dried apples pieces to the oatmeal while it was cooking.  when it finished, the pieces were plump and chewy.

Lunch - 'Cheesy' Sauce on whole wheat sourdough bread with mango salsa and romaine lettuce.
Garlic Broccoli

Dinner  - Wine Tasting at Chesapeake Wine Company
Salad - mixed greens, mushrooms, tomato, onion, red pepper and a balsamic dressing
Black Truffle hummus on baguette slices
Tangerine Almonds
2 glasses of sparkling wine and a tasting of 8 rose wines.

Odds and Ends

Fruit smoothie

Tommy and I have been out on the town quite a bit lately.  Monday started with a smoothie at home. This one was made with cranberry juice, lime juice, frozen raspberries, almonds, rice milk and ground flaxseed.

Salad and hummus

Lunch was a simple salad of mixed greens, tomato, sunflower seeds, dried apricots and nutritional yeast with avocado dressing.  I had some hummus and carrots on the side.  At dinner, we went to Chesapeake Wine Company for a tasting of Domaine Pierre Matrot of Bourgogne.  We tasted the 2011 that will in the store in a few months plus a few 2010's to contrast them with. Our favs were the Meursault-Blagny 1er Cru, Puligny-Montrachet Les Chalumeaux 1er Cru, Monthelie 2010, and Blagny la Piece sous le Bois 1er Cru. These will go into the cellar for a few years.  While tasting I had a house salad and bread.

After the tasting, we were a little hungry and stopped by Fork and Wrench for a cocktail and snack. They have great cocktails, but the food choices were almost non existent.  The only thing I could eat were the parsley fries.  They were awesome, but a bit heavier for that time of night and the order was huge.

The bar at Fork and Wrench

  Tuesday started out with a whole wheat bagel and peanut butter at THB bagels.  The weather was gorgeous and the dogs joined us on the patio. At lunch we went to Tavern on the Square. I did the half salad and half sandwich special.  The salad was roasted pear with pecans and a balsamic glaze.  The sandwich was a roasted vegetable panini made with zucchini, eggplant, red peppers and onion.

Tavern on the Square 

We had dinner at home.  It was a mix of leftover ingredients.  I sauteed the veggie mix of mushrooms, carrots, onions, and celery with some kidney beans and pickled beets.  I added some nutritional yeast and seasoned it with soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce.  We had some garlic green olives on the side.

A nice French pear cider accompanied the meal.

Easter Weekend

Started having juice meals again, this time with vegetables that will not make me sick. Breakfast was a safe and flavorful mix of 2 apples, fennel, and 3 carrots.  It was also one of those rare juices that was not green.

Lunch was a mix of spinach, watercress and 3 carrots. This was a major juice fail. The watercress has an unbelievably strong taste to it.  It is very bitter.  I tried cutting it with sparking water, but it did not help much.  I went through a liter of water and still had not finished the juice. I will not use watercress in a juice again.

Since the weather was nice on Saturday, we decided to take a walk into Fell's Point with the dogs.  We settled in at Bond Street Social  Which has a huge out door seating area.   One of the specialities of the bar are liquid nitrogen martinis.  Liquid Nitrogen is poured on top of the drink which becomes extremely cold and it 'smokes' as it evaporates.  I had the New Fashioned made with Grey Goose Cherry, muddled orange and cherry, bitters and lemonade. Great drink. The food menu is not very vegan friendly.  I had the curry chickpeas which are side and thought that maybe I could mash them into a hummus and spread on some bread.  When I asked if they had baguettes or pita the waitress said "no".  While I was eating the very spicy beans, I saw an order of mussels come out with long slices of toasted baguette.  So much for accommodating your customers.  I would have paid extra for the bread.

After we left, we walked back to Canton and hung out at our favorite water hole, Chesapeake Wine Company.  I had the tapenade and roasted pepper salad with baguette slices.  After the chickpeas, that was enough for my evening meal.  Tommy and I split a bottle of Rose as we sat outside until close to sunset and the temperatures dropped.

For my breakfast juice I made a pineapple, spinach and lime drink. This was much more pleasant tasting.  Today, I ate a brunch and returned to the juice for dinner.  I made a bottle of orange juice and a liter of soda water. We also had a Pouilly Fuisse wine. I made a simple cocktail mixing the three liquids which made a nice light juice cooler.  If only the weather had been nicer for sipping.

I did a Tofu Scramble for the meal that was made with asparagus, chives and nutritional yeast.  It really does look like scrambled eggs.  The turmeric gives it that look.

An Easter brunch is not complete without homemade biscuits.  These were made using Earth Balance and rice milk in place of butter and heavy cream.  They were very light and flaky.  I spread some leftover lemon curd on mine.

Dinner was back to the juice.  Tonight's was made from a head of romaine, kale, a lime, cilantro and 2 apples.  It is sort of weird making juice from lettuce.  However the taste was good, which is the most important thing.  I also found myself more full today by having the food meal during the middle of the day.