Foodophile’s Lament

This has been a rough but interesting week. I’m enjoying the meals I’m eating and man does every dollar go a long way, I still haven’t even cooked with all the food I got for last week. Now you might be asking, how can that be rough, that sounds great? My pallet misses the delicious taste of animals. I caught myself just watching one of my favorite YouTube channels, Binging With Babish, and watching him make delicious burgers, steaks, wings, ribs and so forth.

While I do miss some fantastic food while trying a vegetarian diet, one habit that has gotten much better over the past week has been my breakfast. Previously, I’d grab a Clif bar and hop on my bike. This past week, however, I’m eating a good hearty bowl of oatmeal. Unfortunately, right now the only thing I’m adding to it is some brown sugar and cinnamon, but only because I couldn’t find reasonably priced dried fruit at the store.

I’m curious to see the impact abstaining from meat for a few more weeks will have. I hope this desire for food from a standard diet doesn’t make it seem that the food is gross by any means. I’ve made two soups this past week that were amazing.  I also made this chickpea curry dish served over rice that was really good. All in all, I’m enjoying the new dishes that I’m making. There are just some times that I really wish there was even just a small serving of some chicken or pork or something to compliment the dish as is. In the end, whether I add this to my life beyond this test run or not, I’ll have some different recipe ideas, cooking techniques and grocery budgeting strategies for the long run.