Jessi’s mini food journal.
I am usually a very healthy vegetarian, but sometimes schedules and stress (gotta love this time of the semester) lead me down a path of not so great eating habits, which usually means a complete lack of protein.
WEDNESDAY
Handful of raw almonds and dried cranberries
One Large Coffee with milk
Chocolate Croissant
Small Salad w/ Ceasar Dressing
Half a container of French fries
Vegetable fried dumplings
Half of a small order of vegetable lo mein
12 grams of Protein from: raw almonds: 10 grams protein; milk: 2 grams; vegetables: ?
THURSDAY
2 medium coffees with milk and a little sugar.
Half a corn muffin (didn’t finish it, it tasted like bananas-EW)
One Spicy Tofu Empanada from World Cup
-Tofu, peppers, onions, spicy
One piece of Zucchini bread
One chai latte made with milk
-first homemade meal of the day!
-1/2 of a red pepper, ¼ of a large eggplant, tofu- sautéed with olive oil and spices served with a dollop of hummus and a warm piece of pita bread. Yum!
26 grams of Protein from: Empanada: roughly 9 grams; milk: 8 grams; dinner: roughly 10 grams
FRIDAY
Coffee
Veggi Chili Empanada
-Vegetable protein, kidney beans, peppers, onions, in white flour based dough
1 chocolate chip cookie
One handful of mixed roasted nuts
Soul food dinner/retirement party (I had very small servings of each of these items, just to taste):
-Roasted Green beans and carrots
-Candied Yams
-Collard Greens (without ham, I was surprised!)
-Corn Bread
-Homemade Mac n’ Cheese
-Lemonade
27 grams of Protein from: Empanada: roughly 15 grams; nuts: 10 grams; vegetables: ?; milk: 2 grams
As a vegetarian, I usually get most of my protein through vegetables, whole grains, dairy products, and nuts. During these three days much of my protein came from milk in my drinks, nuts, and vegetables.
