Veggie Sandwiches

ravengirl said in a comment that she doesn't do elaborate (vegetarian) cooking all the time, which is good to know. I normally eat hot dogs for lunch because they're quick and easy. So I went looking for mushroom sandwiches on the Internet. I found several. Most of them have red or green peppers, which I detest, but I could leave them out. A few included grilled Portobello mushrooms. My grill is in the storage place. I do have a small George Foreman grill. Somewhere. Then I looked for veggie sandwiches in general. The clear winner for lunch is a hummus-and-veggies of-your-choice sandwich. I'd probably do bean sprouts and tomato. I could see doing that. I could REALISTICALLY see doing that. One of the recipes had a make-your-own-hummus component, but I'd rather just buy it.

There's also a salad with spinach, pears, apple, and raisins. That sounds good.

I have a lot of meat-based food that I want to eat down, though, because money.

I ran an experiment at the grocery store to see what frozen veggie meals I could find. I did find some stuff, some of which was pricey, but this is meat-and-potatoes land. Healthy Choice has several vegetarian meals, but WalMart had only one: Spinach and tomato linguine. After I put Parmesan cheese on it, it was quite good. (If I do "go veggie," I'll be lacto- ovo-. I will not live without cheese.) I'll have to see what Kroger has.

I also picked up some stuff for my trip on Friday. I need to crash soon and get up early because I want to empty my suitcase. And I want to download some videos for school onto my netbook, so that I can do homework on the trip back from Chicago.

Amazing What We Get Dependent On

I lost my cell phone tonight. I was in a panic, especially because I'm going to Chicago on Friday, and I need my phone (although I grew up in Chicago without a cell phone), and in general was very un-Buddhist-y about it, and wondered if I'd have to buy a new phone tomorrow. I found it on the floor of the driver's side of my car. I had looked in the car, but on the passenger's side where I put my purse. I'm very relieved that I found it.

I'm wondering who took a bunch of Zen books that are missing at the library. That's also very un-Buddhist-y. And "Studies in Jewish law, customs, and folklore"? To be fair, we do have students who have never been to a library, and don't understand how they work. I hope that they at least got something out of them.

Neither Kroger nor WalMart carries fresh bean sprouts. Kroger's has canned sprouts, but ewww. There is another grocery store, IGA, with very high prices, but I bet they don't have it either. This isn't a bean sprout-y area though. The adventures of vegetarianism in a small, rural town.

I read an article by Linda McCartney about how eating low on the food chain has less impact on our resources. I guess that I knew that a lot of resources are required to raise meat animals, but it really clicked now.

I'm packing for Chicago tonight so that I have a day to get anything that I need tomorrow. I need to be on the train at 10:30 AM on Friday. (Yikes!)