More Than Salads!

Scott and I went to visit my parents this past weekend, and I experienced a "GRRR!" moment. Thankfully, my parents did not make the faux pas; it was something a friend of theirs said. I simply stated how we are vegetarians, and a comment was made that I'm sure I will learn to overlook in time. However, for now this comment just frustrates the snot out of me! The comment: "WHAT?! Vegetarians? So what do you eat? Salads?" Unfortunately, I was too busy seething to make either a smart-alleck response or an intelligent one. I sputtered something about a meal I'm making this upcoming week...lame and unintelligible. So, consider this my rational and brilliant re-response. Sample menus from the Ramsey House of Vegetarianism:

Day 1

Breakfast--cereal with fruit and light vanilla soy milk

Lunch--hummus on whole wheat tortilla with tomato and cucumber

Dinner--pepper and onion fajitas with homemade guacamole and salsa (my own secret recipe. Actually just my own creation that is never the same twice, and I could never make into a recipe that someone else could easily follow!)

Snack--apples, pretzels

Day 2

Breakfast--whole wheat pancakes with real maple syrup

Lunch--peanut butter and banana sandwich

Dinner--vegetable and chickpea ragout (http://www.self.com/fooddiet/recipes/2009/10/vegetable-chickpea-ragout)

Snack--Oreos and rice milk

Day 3

Breakfast--baked oatmeal

Lunch--Boca burgers

Dinner--veggie kabobs (here's a sample marinade I've used: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Kabobs/Detail.aspx)

Snack--gorp (it's like trail mix; I make mine with multi-grain Cheerios, nuts and dried cranberries)

See, WAY more than salads! Take that narrow-minded people!