The juicer is here, the juicer is here. As you can tell I am very excited and so is our son. He was the first one to have it out of the box, unfortunately I had no fruit in the house to juice, so off to the grocery store I go.
Now it's unpacked, washed and waiting to be used. The juicer came with a disc of e-booklet's, they are funny. First off there is four booklets, three are almost identical and then one on beauty treatments. The pictures are from the 70's and the juicing recipes are almost all the same.
So now starts the job of making sure that our picky eating son gets some good nutrients into him. Not sure if you can survive on bread, butter, plain pasta, pizza and apples. I bought him chocolate flavoured Ensure, to help him put on some weight and some added nutrients, he said it tasted yucky. Tasted like chocolate milk to me, sigh! Hopefully all my efforts and money, will be rewarded, probably not, being a mom is sometimes frustrating.
I am going to start out plain, apple juice, maybe try carrot, watermelon and grape. I might need to get a second job to supply us with all the fruits and vegetables I will need to buy.
A recap on dinners this week, the Green Curry Deep fried tofu was a bomb. I had never used green curry before and when I added it to the coconut milk it didn't turn any shade of green. So I added another spoonful and then another. Yikes, it was so hot we couldn't eat it, we had to throw it out. Bless my husband who made a good effort at it. I made french bread to go with the Guoda and Lentil soup and it was a big hit. Well, except for the son of course, who just ate the bread.
It's the company christmas party tonight, so will let you know what "vegetarian" dish I get served. I will be trying the Sesame crepes with mushroom cream sauce tomorrow night. Also Christmas decorating will be taking place over the weekend.
Have an excellent weekend everyone. (my two followers)
My blog today is about food served at holiday parties. This past weekend we were at the Zoo for my husband's company Children's Christmas party. Granted it was for kids and probably a huge majority of them weren't vegetarians, but there was no vegetarian options. Oh, sorry, there was a veggie platter, BORING. So try as I might to fill up on carrots, broccoli and cauliflower, I had to resort to the dessert tray to feel full. Which was not good for my waistline and I don't have a sweet tooth.
I know I live in a very meat oriented city, "Cowtown", but I am sure there are a few different vegetarian options other then a veggie tray. How about vegetarian spring rolls, pita wraps stuffed with falafel's and tahini sauce, veggie quesadillas, there are numerous options. Hey, maybe I should start a vegetarian catering company? No, but I will be serving a few vegetarian options when company comes over during the holidays. I will not have a veggie tray.
My husband's company Christmas party is on Friday, he has requested a vegetarian dinner for me and I am quite curious as to what I am going to get served. I will keep you posted.
My menu for the upcoming week is this:
- Green curry deep fried tofu with zucchini (adapted from "Quick and Easy Thai" by Nanci McDermott, she used chicken)
- Gouda and Lentil Soup (from a "All you need is cheese" flyer that I got in the mail)
- Sesame crepes with Portobello Mushrooms in cream sauce (my new cookbook "3 Bowls: Vegetarian Recipes from an American Zen Buddhist Monastery")
In no particular order, as I am not sure what I feel like making on any given day.
Well that is it for today. My brain is tired today, life with a toddler. Hope everyone has a great day.
