Friday, March 11, 2011

Giving up eating meat for lent



This year my husband and I decided to give up meat for lent. We ate meat almost every day so I was concerned about making the transition. It won't be easy.

Here is a list of what we ate.

Day One (Ash Wednesday):
Breakfast:  Oatmeal for breakfast.
Lunch:  Vegetarian burrito bowl for Chipotle for
Dinner:  Grilled Tuna steaks with brown and wild rice for dinner.

Day Two (Thursday 3/10):
Breakfast:  Apple and breakfast bar
Lunch:  Trader Joe's Mideast Feast (picture to the left)
Dinner: Trader Joe's Spinach and Cheese Filo Pie

Day Three (Friday 3/11):
Breakfast:  Half a banana nut muffin with coffee
Lunch:  Le Madeliene's Baked Fish with wild rice
Dinner:  Shrimp Dumplings

Day Four (Saturday 3/12):
Breakfast:  Baked plantain with sour cream and re-fried beans
Lunch:  Dim Sum which consisted mostly of shrimp dumplings and vegetables
Dinner:  Red peppers stuffed with squash and mushrooms with brown rice and wild rice mix.

Day Five (Sunday 3/13):

Breakfast:  Fried Plantains with sour cream and re-fried beans with an egg
Lunch:  Homemade whole wheat flour pizza with spinach, onions, peppers and vegetarian sausage 
Dinner:  Leftover pizza and some cookies.

Day Six (Monday 3/14):  
Breakfast:  Half a muffin with coffee
Lunch:  Leftover pizza from Sunday's dinner.  I made two pizzas on Sunday so I had a lot of leftovers.
Dinner:  Broccoli slaw with tofu with oyster sauce.  This meal was my own invention.  I will try to remember to post the recipe. 

Day Seven (Tuesday 3/15):
Breakfast:  Apple danish with coffee
Lunch:  Chipotle Vegetarian Veggie Bowl.
Dinner:  Eggplant with noodles and tofu with a black bean sauce.
 

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

How to Get a Discount From AT&T Every Month


If you work for a company that has an agreement with AT&T, you may be eligible for a discount. Visit your HR department to figure out just how much of discount. Here is a PDF of the letter I recieved.


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Video: Watch Steve Jobs introduce the Ipad 2






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