New Week - New List

Happy Monday!  

I hope you enjoyed the weekend as much as I did!  Bonus Saturday was so good.  Bama won.  I got in my fourth 45 minute Peloton ride for the month and did a whole lot of nothing else.  I didn't add any new plants to my list on Saturday although I ate very well!  I had leftover Gobi Manchurian, Naan and Veggie Korma for lunch that I jazzed up with a ton of chopped arugula and parsley.  I am not a huge fan of leftovers, but this is an exception for sure.  Even better on day two.  It was a good size lunch pretty late in the afternoon so I didn't have dinner.  

Sunday, I roasted up some cherry tomatoes that were on their way out and added them to one of my toast pieces for breakfast.  Half of another PERFECT avocado went on the other side!  Again, no new plants.  Dang it. 

For lunch, I roasted some Delicata Squash and ate it with some Trader Joe's Zoug spicy sauce.  It was delicious.  Pretty much, roasted vegetables are like candy.  The more roasted they are, the more candy like they are. So good. 

In the afternoon, me and Judy went out to pick up trash in one of the parking lots on our walk route.  We did not take our dogs and that was for sure the right decision! We filled two giant trash bags in about 45 minutes.  Felt good to do a little outdoor work and pick up some litter!  Garbage Girls are on the case! 

The only other plant I added to the list on Sunday was a pomegranate.  I peeled and ate the whole thing.  I love pomegranates, but man are they a mess to eat!  So with only the squash and pomegranate added to the list I ended at 45 plants for the week.  Did not hit my 50 goal, but there is always this week! 

Started strong today! Breakfast was lawnmower eggs (potatoes, mushrooms, onions, jalapeños, spinach, parsley and mung beans).  Had those with some raspberries and the other half of that perfect avocado!  Nine plants for breakfast. 

Lunch was a smoothie with all kinds of good plants.  Peaches, mango, spinach (can't count again), walnuts, hemp hearts, flax seed, chia seeds, coconut, moringa powder, banana and some oat milk.  That is ten plants to the list for a total of 19! 

For dinner I tried a new recipe for Crispy Baked Orange Tofu from Nora Cooks.  I did make a few modifications to the recipe.  First, I cut it in half. Added asparagus. For the sauce, I used blood orange juice and a little grated orange zest.  Used garlic chili sauce instead of sirracha.  As my kids would say, the sauce was banging!  Sprinkled it with sesame seeds and green onion.  Served it over rice noodles.  

I do want to remember that I was worried the tofu was not going to be crispy so I cut it much smaller than Nora suggested.  They turned out a little too crispy - almost like roasted chick peas.  Next time, listen to Nora!  She knows what she is doing! 

I am counting blood orange, tofu, garlic, ginger, asparagus, green onion, sesame seeds and rice.  Eight more plants for dinner!  Rocketing into Monday with 27 plants in one day!  Woo Hoo! 

Well, I have 759 dishes to wash and a dog that needs walking, so I will sign off for Monday!  

Hope you count your plants this week and tell me what you are eating!