Not An Eggplant Fan

And so continues my adventures in Veggie Land - on tonight's menu was spicy rice filled eggplant (from taste.com.au)... which didn't really like. So I thought I'd try a new instant meal - instant meditteranean couscous (from Continental).. which I didn't really like either! I'm not sure if it was its a new completely new food (I've never had couscous before) or if it was simply the flavouring. So what ended up on my dinner plate? I'm ashamed... 2 peanut butter cookies (I'm totally obsessed with Amy's blog at vegcooking.com) and a really big piece of apple slice (I have the best mother in law!).

However, today was not a total write off - I had a pretty good lunch of Continental instant rice (I forget what the flavour is... italian sundried tomato something-er-rather) with steamed broccoli and baked sweet potato. I'm so in love with baked sweet potato at the moment - I cut a whole sweet potato in half (lengthways), spray with cooking spray, put on an oven tray and bake at 180-200 degrees for 40 minutes. Then, scoop the flesh out of the skin - absolute heaven!!

One thing I'm not so in love with is red kidney beans but I think that's because I've kind of used them in a lot of new recipes and have overdosed a bit. I'm making a lot of changes and it might be too fast - so, back to the drawing board and slowing down.

So - some menu options for the rest of the week. Since I'm in the swing of my sweet potato addiction, I figure the fennel and cheese stuffed sweet potato (taste.com.au) will be a regular feature. Its easy, its delicious, and its cheap. As always on standby are my stash of Continental Oriental Fried Rice - another easy, yummy and cheap meal (which goes even further with some simple fresh steamed veggies thrown in). I'm eager to try the Warm Roasted Vegetable Salad from taste.com.au - sounds easy peasy and it has my beloved sweet potato in it! On Saturday I think I'm going to continue my weekend food indulgence trend by making my mother in law's famour Cauliflower & Chickpea curry - it takes a while to prepare, but damn its good!!

Breakfast has always been an obstacle for me - I love toast with vegemite, but 2 slices just don't fill me up. This morning I had a smoothie made out of a dash of Pura Light Start milk, a good 1-2 cups each of fresh rockmelon and pineapple, and a blob of honey. Tomorrow I think I'll do the same, but throw in a bit of muesli to fill it up a bit and hopefully make me feel fuller for longer.