Day 2

So I hit up Fresh n Easy last night and I picked up a couple boxes of tofu and some pasta. I also loaded up on nuts (peanuts and almonds). I made fideo for dinner with a some quesadillas to go along. Man, fideo can be a life saver!!!

Today I was a brat and had french toast for breakfast. I know not a healthy choice but it's rare that I have french toast and it seems like a harmless choice during this challenge. I'm looking forward to lunch. My friend is in town from Boston and she suggested we meet up at Loving Hut in Alhambra. Check out the menu!! Looks tasty huh!! It's a neat lil vegan joint in Alhambra. I'm so looking forward to eating fake meat. I'll let you know how it goes.

As for dinner I've drained the tofu and I put it to fry up with garlic and let it simmer in a tikka masala sauce. I plan to serve it over brown rice tonight. It doesn't look inviting but we're looking for good taste and nutrition, right? right! I hope I'm not the only one who enjoys it. Dan doesn't look eager to eat it but I've invited my friend Iris to come over and she'll have to take one for the team since I invited her over for dinner!

I've also hit up a vegetarian chemistry professor I work with. She laughed when I told her about the challenge. Not because it's insane but because she said this is exactly how she became a vegetarian herself. She said she took on a challenge like this one and never went back. "A piece of steak feels like a rock in my stomach" she said.
She'll gather some simple recipes to share which I will post. However, she did say that the vegetarian cook books recipes are pretty extensive and that the magazines have the quick and easy recipes. She reccommended Vegan Times and also told me to try BBQ tofu.

Now gotta get some website work done. Looking forward to lunch with Jazzy.

New participants joining the challenge:

Roxy (my lil sister) I'm eager cuz she likes margaritas as much as a I do and can't live without burgers!!

Illy who seems to have pretty good discipline also joined. I think she'll be good at this and their boss.

So far our roll call:

Santa Perversa
Corey
Val
Yvette P.
Rox
Illy
QC Boss

Brenda is doing it too. A modified version of no booze and fast food. We'll keep her at bay if she rolls up with a steak.