I've Cracked

My glorious string of meat free and caffeine free days has come to an end, but also begins again today. On Friday after having drinks at the golf club, we were invited to our friend's place for tea. We stopped by the local chinese shop on the way and got some spring rolls and fried rice (I was sneaky enough to order ahead and ask for vegetarian spring rolls, and meat free fried rice). But dinner was lasagna - it didn't have too much meat it in actually, but it was definitely there. By the time we sat down for tea, we were all hungry enough to just wolf it down so I didn't think about it too much.

And a few days with lots to do have resulted in me consuming caffeine in the form of iced coffee - because its milk, its filling and therefore an easy (but not healthy) breakfast on the run. We had to go to Adelaide for my husband to attend a training course for work, and then yesterday we spent the whole day at our new house moving rocks and building a garden bed - we worked non stop for the whole day (from about 9am to 5pm) so that meant no lunch, but one hell of a tea. Since we were both so tired, our chefs for the night were the cooks at the local take away. I had a cup of chips with gravy, and some wedges with sweet chilli sauce. Oh, and also, we had dinner at the pub with some friends and I've found the only veg option is usually one of the special (or just stuff from the salad bar) - I had some penne pasta with a beautiful roasted capsicum sauce. Delicious!

This whole vegetarian thing is kind of secret from everyone in the way that I don't mention it because I don't want to make a big deal about it or make people feel like I need special treatment.

But on the way to Adelaide we drove past a chicken place (lots of big sheds with way too many chickens inside), and a livestock exchange (take your pigs, sheep and cattle to be sold) and then once we got to Adelaide, we drove past an Ingham Chicken factory - just made me feel sick.