Vegging out

I told myself I'd try something new once in a while. Seeking new experiences makes life interesting.

Rewind about 2 weeks ago. At work.

I go to lunch with 2 of my colleagues more or less everyday. They are vegetarians. Its interesting eating with vegetarians because they always have interesting food to eat. I find it mind boggling how they can constantly not eat some form of meat! I always have to have some piece of flesh in my meal!

So we were having our casual conversation and I told them I'd try being vegetarian for a week.

I started on Monday. How am I doing?

Not bad! Well, out of the 15 meals I've had this week, I slipped once. And that was so unintentional!

First off, when I say vegetarian I mean: no chicken, pork, or red meat! Fish, would be the exception. I had it once this week.

Monday and Tuesday were easy. Unfortunately, on Wednesday, I didn't have lunch with coworkers, so it totally slipped my mind and I had a chicken sandwich!

But since then, I've been good!

I had my weakest moment last night when I went out with a colleague for drinks and we ordered a appetizer plate that included chicken, sausages, and pepperoni pizza! URGH. I held to my guns and only at the onion rings, veggie spring rolls, and potato wedges. It was torture.

I'm not sure how long I will go with this. I want to see if I can last a week. But here are a few things I've come to appreciate and realised:

• Tofu is pretty good. Especially with Pad Thai and Pad Si Yew


• I didn't appreciate how good Eggplant is until now.


• Indian food is perfect if you are vegetarian.


• Vegetarian = more cheese = more gas. Nuff said.


• I'm eating more vegetables! Who would have thought!


• Vegetarian dishes are pretty creative!


• I get hungry quite quickly.

I think this weekend will be the biggest test as I'm sure I'll be craving chicken or beef very soon.

Nothing like making life a little challenging sometimes! I think this whole experience will force me to try new dishes that I normally wouldn't try!