Every week in 2011, for 52-straight weeks, I hope to try something new and blog about it here. This is the eleventh post in the series, when I plan vegetarian meals for an entire week . Here you will find a list of all my weekly adventures thus far.
I love me some meat. Which is why I think this week might be a little difficult. Prior to this week, I’ve been trying to eat strictly vegetarian 1-2 days a week. Most of my breakfasts and lunches are meatless anyways. But this week, I’m diving into vegetarianism head-first and hoping for the best!
As another first this week, I’ve sketched out a meal plan. Can you believe I’ve never planned a week of meals ahead of time?! I’m terrible at planning ahead, because I get crazy cravings and eat towards that. Some days, I’m busy and not at home, so meal planning for me seems impossible! Which is why I’ve just made a list of seven vegetarian dinners, ranging in preparation time and also ethnicity. Whatever I’m in the mood for each day, chances are it’ll fit into this list somehow 
Vegetarian Week: Monday, March 14 – Sunday, March 20
Dinners:
- Tofu Peanut Stir Fry (recipe)
- Eggplant Parmesan (recipe)
- Vegetarian (asparagus/avocado/sweet potato) Sushi
- Vegetarian Mexican Casserole (recipe)
- Ravioli with Garlic Sautéed Veggies (recipe)
- Asparagus Spinach Pistachio Pesto Pasta (recipe)
- Middle Eastern Chickpea Soup (recipe)
Lunches:
- Quinoa & Black Bean Salad (recipe)
- Vegetable Panini
- Vegetarian Moroccan Couscous (recipe)
- Indonesian Gado Gado Salad (recipe)
- Cranberry Apple Almond Quinoa (recipe)
As you can see I’ve left some room for leftovers in my lunches… and if I ever feel completely lazy, at least I’ve got a frozen Kashi vegetable pizza I can just heat up and enjoy with a salad. That’s my crutch, but let’s keep those fingers crossed I don’t need it
For my first day of vegetarianism, I devoured Angela’s black bean and quinoa salad for lunch. It was mighty filling — I couldn’t even finish what was on my plate.
Modifications: I subbed regular quinoa for red, because that’s all I had on hand. I also mixed in some bean sprouts to go with the salad. And finally, for the dressing I used basil as my fresh herb and also mixed in a little red wine vinegar.
Since I already cut up half an avocado for my lunch salad, I’m leaning towards preparing some sushi tonight… sans imitation crab. I don’t think I’ll really miss it anyways.
As always, wish me luck! xx
Oh I’m sure you’ve got this in the bag.
For budget reasons, I cut back on meat and now I hardly notice if I have it in a day or not…
Well done you! I’ve never done a meal plan either. But that’s probably why half the week I end up eating oabtran with chocolate and peanut butter for dinner
oh don’t worry, I’m the SAME way with chocolate hahaha. Hence the need (but never the effort) for a meal plan
Good luck! I went vegan for a month. it wasn’t too bad.
Your recipes look delicious, so that will help.
Nice article, wonderful site layout, carry on the great work
woohoo! you totally got it girl. giving up meat was a lot easier than i expected. you will probably miss it but it will change the way you look at food, i’m sure it already has with your meal planning! enjoy it!
Yeah, two days in I’m surprised at how easy it’s been!! Well, that might be due to the fact that I struggled at the beginning of the week with actually finding meals to create haha.
Good for you!! I’ve tried the “go vegetarian for a day” thing, but I don’t know if I could do it for a whole week. Well, I’m sure I could but I know I”d make the classic mistake of eating too much dairy!!
That salad actually looks like one I would definately enjoy! I am excited to see how your week pans out!
Thanks! I’m excited to see how it turns out, too
Ooo good luck! I’m going to eventually try the Paelo challenge. No “white”… gluten, wheat, potaotes etc. and no refined sugar. OMG I NEEEEEED my cadbury cream eggs in the morning. So wish I was kidding.
I keep seeing that pop up everywhere! It has me curious
But FOR REAL Cadbury eggs are to die for. That and robin’s eggs are my favorite part of Easter!!
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