Vegetarian Meal #9 of 10 and Grossness.

Today was a bizzzzzarrro day. I woke up feeling AWFUL. I had a terrible headache that was making me feel sick to my stomach.

For breakfast I made a GM with 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond breeze, 1 banana, 1 T almond butter, and 1 scoop Amazing Grass powder.

Within 5 minutes it came back up - tasting the same way as it went down.
(Sorry for the details - but it did). Twice.

After that, I started feeling much better. I popped a couple liquid gel pills and got ready for work. I also cooked up about 60 perogies and some onions for my work potluck lunch today.

By about 9:45 I was fine.

For a mid-morning snack I had a glo-bar:

Seriously - these things are ridiculously good. Like crack. (I have never done crack, I am just assuming it is good, because people like it - right?).

We had a potluck lunch today, but I didn't have my camera, so I am going to have to just tell you what wonderful things I had. I had 1 plate that included a little bit of:

- mini meatballs
- enchilada casserole
- perogies
- spinach salad
- pulled pork
- rice
- chili

I took about 1 or 2 T of each thing and ate most of the plate. For dessert I had 2 bites of turtle cheesecake, and 1 mini brownie.

Dinner tonight was vegetarian mean #9 of 10! A favourite standby in our house:

Curried Lentil Soup
(I am totally loving curry right now if you can't tell)

Ingredients:

2 tbsp butter
1 onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, minced
2 cups peeled and finely diced carrots
1 cup peeled and finely diced potatoes
1 1/2 cups canned lentils, rinsed
2 cups vegetable stock
1 cup milk or milk substitute
2 tsp curry powder
Salt and freshly ground pepper

Directions:

• In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Cook onion, celery, carrots and potatoes for 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add lentils, stock, milk and curry. Salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil and simmer over low heat for 20 to 25 minutes or until vegetables are soft.
• Purée soup in a blender or food processor. Adjust seasonings.

My portion:



Served with 1/2 a piece of nan bread (to dip):

I am glad my headache is gone - those pills worked. I used to get headaches more frequently in high school, and now only about once a month. But lately (probably because of how busy life is, and the stress I am under) I have been getting them more than usual. When I go to bed with one, it seems that I wake up with an even worse one.
And I am getting nauseated almost every time I get a headache now.

My stomach is weird like that - I puke a lot, kinda.

If I am super hungry - I barf.

If I ride in a car with standard transmission - I hurl.

If I eat something that doesn't agree with me - I spew.

If I don't get enough sleep - I upchuk.

If I do homework - I vomit.

(Ok, the last one is a lie - but you get the idea).

My stomach just might hate me.

What about you? Are you a puker? What about headaches?