Lori Davidson

My challenge is to eat no more than one meal with meat daily.  I am not a big meat eater to begin with so I'm using these weeks to be more mindful of planning meals that don't contain meat.  I've been curious about tempeh, so I made this yesterday:.  http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015028-tempeh-and-wild-mushroom-fricassee .  It was pretty good, but I think I need to learn how to work with tempeh before I serve it to someone other than me.  ;)

Hmmm... if I skip breakfast, does that count for a meatless meal? 

The rains have set in and at 3pm I gazed fondly at a few ripe red roasting peppers and the last couple of pounds of mostly ripe tomatoes on the counter.   Roasted Tomato and Red Pepper soup to the rescue.  That was a nice way to pay an homage to the summer and the season.  I'm already planning next  years plantings.

Today was a day of planes and automobiles.  Once again, skipped the big spread and went for a yogurt and coffee.  There were lots of choices in the airport for chicken, fish or veg - and the airplane meal was a salad.  Even though I had less control of what I could eat, I still made the challenge.

I had travelled to Wisconsin to spend time with family.  As is typical with our big family, we had several big meals with lots of food - bacon with breakfast,  usual selection of sammies at lunch and then pot roast.  We skipped the bacon and eggs, went with yogurt and had a cheese sandwich at lunch.  We endured being the butt of a few "left coast" jokes (all in good fun) but it also gave us a chance to talk about the EcoChallenge!