Superbowl Sunday

Today was a good day. Traditionally, Superbowl Sunday has been a day of snacking and booze. The longer I am eating whole foods, the better I feel and the less I want meat. I can say, at this point, I am not as concerned with eliminating the little butter I use on bread or to saute, as I am focused on finding tasty, easy to make, vegan meals.

I am learning that I can exchange vegetable broth for meat broths. I can substitute mushrooms for beef in spaghetti sauce and I have even substituted it in "Beef" Strogonoff. It is the texture more than the taste that drives me.

I am also learning to use more of my herbs and spices.

So...back to Superbowl Sunday.

• Breakfast was the usual. I am still eating Greek yogurt. Breakfast was fruit, yogurt. Phil had leftover pancakes. 
• Lunch for me was leftover (previously frozen) split pea soup and a couple of toasted baguette bread slices*. Phil had a roast beef sandwich. 
• Dinner: Around 2:00 I started prepping for the game. I chopped and sliced a bunch of different vegetables: carrots, green beans, red bell peppers, cucumber, and green onions. *The other day I had been at the grocery store and purchased a baguette of sour dough bread. I brought it home, sliced it into small rounds, brushed lightly with olive oil, and baked about 15 minutes. I also bought some Sabra hummus with olives. It is delicious. I made a dill dip and some cinnamon almonds. We started munching about 3:30 and that was the last thing we ate. We are still full. 
• https://thekitchengirl.com/how-to-make-crostini/

Where I need to work on removing dairy from my day.

• Look into vegan butter substitutes. I'm not sure if it is better than butter. How bad can a tablespoonful of butter a day be? Really?
• Cheese. I have already bought Nutritional Yeast. I have started buying cashews regularly. Maybe next month. 
• Dips: again, not sure how bad yogurt is. It is nice to be able to have something to dip veges into occasionally.