It's clear to me that the whole meatless sensation is actually do-able. Yes, I know that today (Friday) is just 4 days after Monday (my meatless day) and so I still have 3 more days before I have to go meatless again, in keeping with that Meatless Monday thing. But it'll be just me for dinner tonight and both breakfast (Quaker Oatmeal Squares - how good are they??) and lunch (I grazed on low-cal snacks most of the afternoon, I'm sorry to say) were both meatless so I decided that tonight I'll give that vegetarian thing another go.
The reality, of course, is that I'm going to be having pasta.
I've been thinking about it for hours.
My thoughts are residing somewhere along the lines of a tomato cream sauce and penne or possibly angel hair if I just can't wait any longer. (This day feels like it's lasting forever, by the way.)
So, really, it's been easy to go meatless today. But still, score one for me! Two attempts in the SAME week at leaving the carnivore behind. Albeit temporarily.
So I'm pretty psyched about dinnertime and I really want Monday's spinach salad again, so here's the recipe for that warm vinegarette. As usual, I didn't measure anything. Just go by taste.
Olive oil and red wine (or apple cider) vinegar go in a saucepan. Add some dijon mustard. Salt. Pepper. I tossed in a pinch of brown sugar. Whisk it up. Put the pan over high heat. You want it to boil but once it does, turn the heat down fairly low. That vinegar is going to start giving off a stench that you don't want your face near, so stand back. After a minute or two of it sort of simmering, take it off the heat and whisk it well. It should be thick and glossy. Pour over spinach leaves, red onion slices, big chunks of hard boiled egg whites and top it with toasted chopped almonds and sesame seeds.
So good.
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