Greens in the morning

Brown rice with broccoli rabe, carrot and Miso Mayo with a topping of Udo's oil.

Lol, if you saw the post with just the picture - yeah, that was my big pre-caffeine mistake of the day:-)

And what you see in the first picture was not my breakfast. It was, in fact, the dogs treat.

They have been eating grass again so I figured they would enjoy some greens. They went crazy over this. And, yes, they ate all of the greens and came back into the kitchen trying to sniff out more.

My dogs are strange.

This was my breakfast:

Breakfast bowl with brown rice, black beans, carrots, broccoli rabe.

 I started with the rainbow carrots.

The carrots went into the steamer along with two stalks of broccoli rabe (chopped). 

When the vegetables were tender, I took the pan off the heat and assembled the dogs treat. 

I grabbed my leftover brown rice from the fridge and put a tsp of the rice on the dish, some broccoli rabe, a piece of carrot, a dollop of Miso Mayo and drizzled all with some Udo's oil.

A heavenly dog treat.

Then I went on with assembling my breakfast. I emptied the steamer pot of all but about 1 Tbsp of the steaming liquid. 

I tossed in 1/2 cup of brown rice into the pot along with the carrots and broccoli rabe. 

Then came the spices. A pinch of cumin, cayenne pepper, 1Tbsp of salsa and a pinch of salt. 

At this point I still wanted to boost the flavor so I chopped up one scallion and that went into the pot along with 1/2 cup of cooked black beans (rinsed).


I was liking the way this was coming together but I wanted to boost the protein a bit so I lightly beat one whole egg and stirred that into the pan.

I topped the bowl with more salsa and a bit of avocado.

The pot cooked on medium heat until the egg was cooked through. 

I have a lot of greens in my fridge. My game plan is to try to incorporate greens into every meal I eat this week.

Wish me luck!

Mac & Cheese with kale

Vegan Mac & Cheese with kale.

I am sure you are all just dying to know that I spent much of the day staring at my teeth with a hand mirror.

Ever been blissfully unaware about some part of your appearance and then someone points it out you just can't help obsessing? 

Yup, that was me today.



I am going to try and control myself tonight and apply the Crest white strips for the recommend 30 minutes instead of leaving them on for 3 hours in the vain hope of faster results. 


Comfort was the order of the day today and so enters the Mac & Cheese.

The dogs got to enjoy a piece of the uncooked fresh pasta because the second I opened the fresh pasta package they were both in the kitchen with their noses in the air sniffing.

Nothing too new in this dish. I was just doing more experimentation.

But I can tell you what I put in it:

unsweetened soymilk
nutritional yeast
paprika
tumeric
onion powder
garlic powder
Earth Balance spread
All Purpose Flour

While the pasta was cooking I tore up some kale and threw it into the pot.

The sauce is simple: Put all the ingredients in the pot and simmer till thickened. 

Drain the pasta and kale and pour the sauce over everything and stir till everything is coated in the cheese sauce.

A very satisfying Tuesday night meal.

Night all.