Thanks again to everyone who offered their support and congratulations on my last two entries. Time has really flown and I realized I haven't done a dinner photos post in a while!
So going way back to Independence Day, we had a party that night, but first NT cooked Spicy Crispy Vegan for lunch and fresh pesto on fresh pasta with balsamic seared tomatoes:
Sunday I took care of meals, and cooked spaghetti with tofu balls (OK, but I'm still looking for a really great meatball substitute) for lunch, and vegan fish 'n' chips with mushy peas (translation: beer-battered tofu with vegan tartar sauce and Ore Ida fries and thickened instant pea soup) for dinner:
Monday night I made vegan spare ribs (out of gluten flour and spices) with an asian marinade we bought somewhere, stirfry peas and mushrooms, and potstickers (someday I want to make them from scratch, but these were from frozen).
Tuesday we all pitched in to make different components. We had salad, BBQ tofu, corn on the cob and a spicy potato-chickpea salad.
Wednesday, July 8, was the night we found out I was pregnant! Luckily the dinner was really simple: pasta with a spicy garlic toss and cherry tomatoes.
Thursday we had spaghetti with creamy tomato and white bean sauce:
OK, I think I'll take a little break there.
365 days of dinner: July 4-9, 2009
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Just wondering ... your photos are all so wonderful and colorful ... how is your appetite doing? As soon as I found out that I was pregnant with my first, I had morning sickness (psychosomatic?). I lived on watermelon and jello (obviously the prenatal vitamins) and lemonade for the first trimester!
July 19th, 2009 at 06:13 pm 1248027214
Mrs, I haven't had any morning sickness, but I've felt a general lack of appetite. That is, food that I normally would look forward to, sometimes I don't feel like eating, though once I get started I can usually get through most of the meal and don't feel sick. Yesterday for lunch I just ended up making "macaroni and tomato," a ubiquitous, blandly comforting mixture that's a staple in my extended family. I had crampy, kind of periody feelings for the first few weeks, but those stopped about a week ago. I understand the watermelon and jello urge, though; sometimes all I want is cool refreshing or bland things; overly spiced, savory warm foods can seem overwhelming. (Though AS and NT are making a vegan benedict dish right now that's making my mouth water just from smelling!)
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