Clean out the fridge day!

Things have been going well lately, but it's definitely harder than I thought to stick with eating 80% vegan! Sometimes I needed something quick and easy like a grilled cheese or bowl of cereal. I have noticed that the more I eat normal foods, the quicker I feel cravings again which makes it super easy to slip back into eating horribly.  I realize now how much of a complete lifestyle change this is because a big part of my day consists of food decisions! I know it will get easier as I learn how to quickly throw together veggie meals and I just bought a food processor so that should speed things up a little! Of course the smoothies continue to be one of my favorite parts of healthy eating and I'm getting more and more adventurous with what I'm using.

Today was a "clean out the fridge/freezer" day so for breakfast I had a Salad Smoothie as I called it - I had about 1.5 cups of lettuce left and 1 cup of fresh blueberries, so I threw that in the bullet and then added a cup of frozen strawberries, 3 Splenda packets & some water.  It tasted okay for me because I'm kind of getting used to the "greener" flavor but I wouldn't recommend the lettuce to someone who isn't fond of the green taste.  It is NOT like spinach, whos flavor just disappears.  I forgot to take a picture until the end, sorry - haha

Lunch: I looked in the fridge and I had 1 zucchini and some left over tortillas.  In the freezer I had half a bag of yellow squash and 3 breaded fish patties.  So why not put it all together?!  I call these Fishstick & Grilled Veggie tacos!  I boiled the squash, then used my grill pan for the zucchini, threw on the squash to get some grill marks, and grilled up some frozen "seasoning blend" which is onion, celery, and bell pepper.  I used Tony's, garlic powder &  onion powder to season.  Heated up the tortillas and used a little tartar sauce and Tiger sauce (spicy red chili sauce).  Baked the fish patties then sliced them into strips.  I must say - they were delicious! Definitely NOT anywhere close to Vegan, but we've got to get rid of some of this food and I hate to throw things away!

Dinner: We had our friends, Daniel & Caroline, over so we grilled some chicken wingettes and veggie kabobs.  I used this recipe for the chicken ---> Grill Master Chicken Wings

They came out amazing! Definitely a keeper recipe! (Sorry no picture, we ate everything too fast! haha)