Days 18, 19, and 20: Yikes! It's been a week!

Where to begin... This is a real journey. I am sorry I was so occupied this week that I neglected to post. I deliberately wrote "occupied", and not "busy", because I think there is a difference. I really have to think back to recreate my week, because we had several food choices to make and I think Phil made a turn toward health, but that is for later. :-)

Monday.

Monday we took my mother-in-law to the doctor. This is always a stressful day for all of us. Today she wanted to go out to lunch afterward. She had not eaten breakfast, and I think it was because she wanted to go to Perko's. She now lives in an assisted living environment and has toast and bacon for breakfast each day. Monday morning she said she "didn't have time", but I think she was hoping to have waffles and coffee at Perko's. There is no point in talking her out of this restaurant. She is 95 and takes fewer medicines than I. She has very few things to look forward to in her life right now, so waffles it was.

I had been fearing a visit to Perko's, because I know their menu and knew eating vegan would be a real challenge. Recalling we had decided to transition to veganism, I chose the Chinese chicken salad. I could have asked them to hold the chicken, but still had a struggle leaving the chicken off the salad while spending $10 for a salad. I'll get there. Phil had a senior omelet. The most exciting part of the meal was that he was telling me about his omelet, describing the contents, and showed a willingness to change. Yippee!

Any day with mom and the doctor is a long day. We got home and I had work to do on the computer. I recall the rest of the day was snacking, finishing the dreaded bag of potato chips, and for dinner had broccoli soup for supper.

Tuesday.

Tuesday was grocery day. Breakfast is easier without milk. I think I made oatmeal. Phil also had a bagel with cream cheese. Really, the only foods I needed at the grocery store were fresh produce and almond milk. Our lunch consisted of soft tacos, which can always be healthy if you go easy on the cheese. I was going to make a lentil recipe from from Plant to Plate. Dinner was excellent. Lebanese Lentils, lentils cooked with brown rice, covered with caramelized onions. I also made Tabbouleh. What a healthy, tasty meal! Phil enjoyed it and we both noticed we weren't needing dessert after dinner. Very cool.

Wednesday.

Wednesday I worked and had a chicken Caesar salad that I bought at work. They never have good  vegan options for lunch at the school cafe; usually wraps and sandwiches. Wraps and sandwiches are not my favorites. I was going to eat around the chicken, because it is always dry, but of course today I was starving. Thankfully the chicken was pretty good.

Dinner.

I wanted to eat the Costco chicken and get rid of it, so we had chicken,  roasted red potatoes  and veges for dinner. Again, Phi really noticed how much greasier the dinner dishes were. :-)