VeggieMac and Cheese

One staple i started eating since turning vegetarian is wheat pasta. My favorite way to eat wheat pasta  is  Macaroni and cheese  with California blend vegetables. This is a great way to eat vegetables if you’re not a fan of steamed/boiled  vegetables.  My go to is California  vegetables that comes with Carrots, Broccoli and cauliflower but you can add any veggies you like. I  recommend using the deluxe mac and cheese that comes with the cheese sauce already made but you can make if  from scratch if you prefer. Being in school i don’t have much time to really do things from scratch let alone cook a grand meal, so this veggie Mac and Cheese is my go to. A quick 15 minute meals that’s easy  and nutritious(Depending on the brand) and affordable. Yum! 🙂

FYI: When your Pasta is close to al dente pour the frozen vegetable in the same pot, once boiled completely . Drain and Stir in the cheese!

Lunch at the Grocery Store

Lunch can sometimes be cumbersome, but I’ve made a strict plan to stay away from drive thrus as much as possible. For the number one reason being that there’s not much options for vegetarian, And as far as fish options they pretty much taste like cardboard. So that basically leaves me with the grocery stores for lunch, like Whole foods, Target and Publix. Though it would be great to always eat at  Whole foods for lunch daily , it does a number on my pockets so i usually alternate from the three. This day was Target’s day, i love going to Target because they have the Starbucks in there. No i don’t go to Starbucks for coffee or lattes , i go there for their hot  green tea. As  crazy as it sounds, Starbucks is the only place that offers hot green  in any food chain restaurant . Any-who,  this particular day i nix the green tea and scooped up a “Lunchable” type snack box at Target and added a Greek yogurt for extra protein and had it with my personal afternoon green smoothie. All of this ended up costing me less than 5 bucks, which i thought  was pretty sweet. If you haven’t tried shopping at a grocery store for lunch, i pretty much suggest that you do. Every week there’s practically a sale going on so you can pretty much get great deals compared to going to a fast food chain. Breaking out 6 bucks for a fast food combo when you can get so much more nutritious food at a  grocery store just make no sense!

Grand Lux’n

Over the weekend, Me and my sis decided to head over to the mall to do some light shopping. We worked up an appetite and  decided to stop at Grand Lux for lunch.  Instead of getting the usual lunch items we decided to order a bunch of things off the Mini bites/ Tapas menu. I ordered the Warm Goat Salad, Macaroni and cheese skillet and  Fried Pickles. While my sis had Avocado and Heirloom Tomato salad, Fried Calamari and Spanish Chorizo and cheese croquettes. It is known that we eat with our eyes as well as our mouths, and this my friends was nothing short of both.    Good Food, Good People, Good Times!