In exploring my pescatarian lifestyle I decided to try four new recipes a month. Today's recipe involves tempeh. I've seen tempeh and even saw recipes for it but wasnt sure i was ready to actually try it. I dont know tofu and tempeh scares me for some reason. i think after eating that chickenless item back in January it's been hard getting back on the horse and try items that some people substitute for meat. But its now time to get on the horse. After all im supposed to be getting out of my comfort zone right. So..I decided to try a recipe that involved chili which i love and never have alot of it these days and tempeh. I was going to go to my fav spot allrecipes.com and just do a search for meals but i realized most things from there needs wayyy too much ingredients and from reading one of my fav bloggers postings of her recipes she requires few ingredients and she is a bargin shopper so i knew when i saw her spicy tempeh chili I had to try it.
The recipe can be found here: http://bethsjourney.com/spicy-tempeh-chili/
There were three things i added to the recipe (sour cream, shredded lite cheese, and taco seasoning (taco seasoning was made instead of bought) since I couldnt find the one I bought at TJs.http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/taco-seasoning-i/detail.aspx
i made this minus the chili powder.
This tempeh chili was delicious. I did not miss the meat. I will be making this again! I loved this chili was (5) 1 cup servings because i could spread this out over three days which is awesome since I'm trying to do more meal planning,
if my camera phone was working i would have taken a pic
Let Go
I was glad to accompany my best friend Carey on the Women's of Faith Conference. There were several nuggets of truth that I gleamed from the conference which I will talk about in another posting but today one of the items discussed came to my mind as I was walking home. Let go of some things in your life. Ok that wasnt a verbatim point and its 1:07 in the morning but basically it was about letting go of things that are no longer in season. But when the thought came upon my mind it was about giving yourself a full month to let go of most of the things that give you joy and keep you busy in your life. Take time to study for your upcoming exam and work on your body...building a habit of what healthy looks like long term. I decided to not:
- see any friends this September unless they really need me
- volunteer
- go to meetups
- spend money on food out (the idea to cook more...to explore my pescatarian lifestyle)
- skip the gym or exercise (get back to working out 4-5X a week)
I cant thank Carey enough for letting me be her +1, the lovely journal and tshirt she bought me and girl time.
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