Veggie Burger?? Nope Veggie Patty

Day 7:


I had a soccer game today so I knew I couldnt have milk or the turkey bacon before the game. I dont think that would have sat well during the game so I just had a protein shake with water after my workout but before my game.

Protein shake: 1 scoop of protein, cup of fruit, cup water...blend...not as delicious but still good.

After my game Justin made an egg white omelet. He says the trick to cooking an egg white omelet is to beat the egg whites for a bit, almost till they are frothy, this makes it easier to cook and flip. He added cheese and turkey bacon, but add whatever you want to this..veggies...ham...turkey..whatev floats your boat. 6 egg whites = 1 protein. so needless to say this was a huge omelet but after my game I knew I needed it.


For dinner we had our first veggies burger. I wanted it on the grill but Justin refused, his reasoning was he didnt want to waste the coal and time to cook just 2 veggie burgers, I agreed with him so we brought out George. Along side we had squash with sauteed onions and pepper jack cheese. This squash side is one of the best! Compliments from my momma, you take an onion and cut it so you have thin pieces. I sauteed that in veggie stock and let it cook for about 10 minutes. I continued to add the stock because unlike olive oil it does not stick to your food so you need to continue to add the stock to prevent the onion from scorching. Cut the yellow squash into halves or quarters, depending on the size, add these in and continue to cook covered for 7-8 minutes, until they are soft. Add 2 oz pepper jack cheese, now before my P90X days I would add so much pepper jack cheese because I loved the heat, but now I am reduced to 2 oz...one serving of dairy for each of us (sigh). With the burgers we added turkey bacon, feta cheese, tomatoes and lettuce. We used these buns called sandwich thins, I guess their purpose in life is to go with veggie or turkey burgers, well it did its job.

We had a discussion at dinner about how they shouldnt call veggie burgers a burger, it should be called a veggie patty. It just doesnt live up the hype of a nice juicy burger..so for now on its veggie patty. I gotta say for my first veggie patty it was good, I would have it again but its a catch 22, I know its good for you but it makes me want a five guys burger so bad! It also doesnt help that I just watched Paula Dean cook burgers 5 different ways...



Day 8:

AHHH back to my old routine : )

Protein shake: 1 scoop protein, 1 cup fruit, 1 cup milk..blend..delicous


2 slices of turkey bacon

For lunch I made a chef salad, I dont think I will ever get sick of a salad, I will let you know though after day 60 how I feel about salads.

Fish again for dinner. The thing I like about a bland fish is all you have to do is add a delicious sauce and you would never know it was a boring fish, its delicious, cheap and also one of the best proteins you can have. For the sauce we made a honey-chile sauce. Sauteed half a shallot in veggie stock till translucent, added fat free chicken broth and honey as well as chili powder and ground cumin. Waited till that reduced to half, put it in a food processor added some fresh cilantro and walaaa, a spicy yet sweet sauce. For the veggie we had peas. Broiled the fish for 7 minutes and 20 minutes later we had dinner.


Annnnnnd for dessert we had frozen yogurt. Nice treat to end a case of the Mondays.