So that whole thing about sharing a great, new recipe with you today isn’t going to happen. Sorry, but when I got back from work and opened up my fridge, I had so many leftover from the weekend that it just didn’t make sense to make more food and then throw stuff out. So instead of cooking a whole new meal, I did the leftover thang, and it looked a little something like this.
I ate lunch literally on the go. As in, in my car, on the highway, stuck in ridiculous traffic. I got sent to court for the first time yesterday and it was an interesting experience. I was told to expect my blood pressure to be raised by the less than pleasent clerks I would be speaking to and that’s exactly what happened. Anywho, for lunch I had an Apple Cinnamon Chobani, banana and a protein bar. Unfortunately, I scarfed down the banana and bar before taking a picture, but here’s a photo of the back of my yogurt and steering wheel.
I got to come home to eat dinner today because I only had my online class in the evening. I knew I wanted to have leftover tomato sauce and turkey meatballs for dinner, but instead of cooking up pasta to go with it, I decided to finally try the Tofu Shiritake noodle I bought a while ago.
I don’t know what to say about the noodles other than they were different. I’ve heard a lot of people complain about the smell, but that didn’t bother me at all. I rinsed the crap out of the noodles before putting them in the microwave for a minute and topping them with tomato sauce and turkey meatballs. They taste almost exactly like regular pasta, but the texture was really strange. When you first try it, it tastes just like pasta, but once you start chewing, it starts to feel weird. I’m thinking that maybe if I try the angelhair version of the noodles, it’ll help me get over the texture issue becase they are thinner. For now, the verdict is I’m willing to give it another shot.
During my online class, I got my snack on. I started out healthy with blueberries, but Tommy brought out The Better Chips and I couldn’t resist. I wanted to snack on them with hummus, but I was too lazy to walk to the kitchen. Let’s just say I was so immersed in my class that I couldn’t leave the computer, that sounds a little better.
Today is another day of work and school for me. Yay! I cannot wait until the day I finish school and never have to return. I can’t wait to start a normal life, where I’m at work and home when most people are. I keep repeating two more years to myself, the time will fly…I hope. But as to not end this post on a negative note, I wanted to share a little something that I read in this month’s Self magazine that made me feel at peace and like I can accomplish anything!
You can go father!!
What’s the best thing you ate today? What is one snack you can’t resist?
i love those tofu noodles! i like to use a laughing cow cheese wedge in them and sometimes throw in some hot sauce, bacon or even raw broccoli for a bit of color & crunch 🙂
That combo sounds delish! I need to pick up some laughing cow wedges. I used to get them all the time, but I forgot about them!
I never tried tofu noodles before. I don't know if I'll like them as much but maybe I'll give it a try one day.
Like you, I can't wait to be done with school either!
Regular pasta is definitely better, but you can't beat 20 calories a serving for the tofu noodles!
I'm so bad at using up leftovers!!! Nice work! I like shiritaki noodles too! But most people think I'm crazy 😉
I always want to get back in the kitchen and make new food which leads to an overstuffed fridge and lots of leftovers in the garbage. I'm trying to conserve!
I think they would go better with a different kind of sauce – it got too watery with the tomato sauce.
I love those tofu noodles but I've only used them in a stiry fry. They were great for that. I've never used them as spaghetti substitute.
I think that's where I went wrong. I think they'd go great with a stir fry, but they weren't all that great with tomato sauce.
I've never had those tofu noodles. I've heard that they smell terrible. I'd be nervous to try them but what you made with them looks delicious 🙂
I've tried those tofu noodles and I absolutely understand what you mean when you say the texture is weird. And if you're not extra careful they get really watery. Unfortunately, I've tried the angel hair and I didn't think it was any better. It's worth a try, though, because I don't remember them being any worse.
That's what happened to mine. When I combined them with the sauce, they kind of formed a soup on my plate instead of holding the sauce. I think I'm going to give the angel hair a shot in some stir fry.