What I Ate in a Day #17

I'm pretty proud of this day, because it turned out okay and even pretty presentable, in spite of the fact that I was having a really hard time. Every meal was a struggle for me and my grocery shopping the day before had been a late Friday night, haphazard grab of random things I already had on my list, because I was not really able to meal plan or make a proper list. (I had my reasons; they're good but this is a food blog, so we'll leave those aside for the time being, except to say that I am in no legal trouble but it was a week involving way too much contact with lawyers for my liking.)

I started out with a cup of herbal tea, then a quick breakfast of some whole wheat toast with almond butter, some leftover blueberry chia jam, sliced bananas, and a sprinkling of hemp hearts. With a glass of soy milk, I was set for a better Saturday.

Lunch was leftovers made into a kind of sushi bowl, with seasoned sushi rice, chopped cucumber, pickled red cabbage, a few slices of leftover smoky tofu, some seasoned laver I had in my pantry from who knows when, and a drizzle of sriracha mayo.

It's not that common for me to snack between meals, but I got hungry at midafternoon and made a quick snack of Triscuits, some Field Roast mushroom balsamic slices, and some chopped Daiya Monterey Jack. This was really tasty.

For dinner, I mixed about half of a can of refried beans I had in the fridge with a half-a-can worth of the juice from some diced tomatoes and green chiles (it's flavor--don't throw it out!) and some onion and garlic sauteed in vegetable oil. I decided it wasn't spicy enough and added a bit of hot sauce, and then it was perfect. In a separate pan, I cooked some chopped orange bell pepper--one bit escaped, and you can see it there!--and made a quesadilla with it and some non-dairy mozzarella and some small flour tortillas. I also mashed some avocado with lime juice to have on the side, along with some non-dairy sour cream. This was pretty delicious.

Sometimes my struggle days look a lot more struggle-like than this, so I'll take this whole day as a major win!