Vday grub & first WW meeting

I joined weight watchers on Vday.

I went to my first meeting, and signed up for the monthly pass. My leader is a pretty charismatic guy, which helps because I wasn't sure how I'd feel about a fella leading it. Usually (yep many times) I try it on my own. I goto ebay, I overpay for the materials, and I go it alone. Oh I read all the very kick booty blogs, but something just... fizzles. I fizzle, lose my oomph, and put on another 10 pounds.

The meeting was PACKED! I had no idea how popular it would be in my rinky dink town. hehe

A lady did come and sit with me (as I went alone), and it was nice to not be sitting alone LOL. I weighed in about 15 pounds more than my wii board thinks I weigh! The topic was relevant to me, and I even tried to participate. Not too shabby for being a fluffy hermit ;)

Now on to some of what I ate this past week.

I almost stuck to the 2nd week of the meal plan. I did make the soup (having made it before I didn't take a picture of it again). It was a great way to start off the week, mmm soup. Last tuesday I made the dal and basmati, the new to me dish was the Tamarind quinoa from appetite for reduction. I loved it, but I foolishly put in the peas thinking we could use up that last can from my sis. I could overlook em, Pookie could not.


Instead of the quinoa putanesca per my big menu plan of genius.. well, Pookie wanted spaghetti. I made some whole wheat pasta and served with some earth balance, garlic powder oven toasted aunt millie's bread.

Friday, I did make the appetite for reduction chickpea picatta, it was yummy (again), and I will dream fondly of it until next I make it, lol.

I was mucking about the web looking for something to make special for valentine's day, and came across this page about making Ethiopian food at home. It looked like it would be right up our alleys, and it was!




I had to make the injera from scratch, they don't sell that sorta stuff round these parts. When I had planned this meal I had thought to use all of Kittie's recipes and just go.. yuuummmm... soo fatty goodnessyyy. I mean it IS a holiday, right? sorta? lol

Turns out my starting weight watchers on valentines day coupled with a few of the recipes being in my new cookbooks (Happy herbivore had the kik alicha and the yesimsir w'et and the berbere spice mix, Appetite for reduction had the spicy gomen recipe) saved me.. well, from me. I roasted up the veggies in Kittie's gingered vegetables to have with it, and made the simple salad with Italian vinaigrette Kittie suggests.

Today, I don't feel like cooking, nope, not one bit! I feel like I used up half my pots and pans yesterday making all those delicious dishes. I opted to try a tofu salad on toasted bread, with leftover salad. This was my first tofu salad, I based it on this recipe, and used reduced fat veganaise instead of mayo. I also used capers in place of the pickles, I am fresh out.




I need to figure out a very simple plan for the next couple of weeks, will post if/when it's finished!

Shout-out to Sis who's chill in Vegas this week!