What I Ate - 14 February 2010

Today I ate:

1 piece of Vogels toast with peanut butter.
1 trim latte.
Breakfast burrito made with scrambled eggs, black beans and potato hash and served with guacamole and salsa from Sweet Mother's Kitchen.
Half an apricot.
Mint slice chocolate biscuits.
Pineapple juice.
Black bean enchiladas.

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!  Unfortunately I have a cold and am feeling a bit miserable.  Still, it's better than last year, when I was sick with food poisoning.

I'm a bit mixed about Valentine's Day.  On one hand it is a commercial holiday etc, but on the other hand, why not have a bit of fun with it?  We decided to go out to brunch at Sweet Mother's Kitchen.  They have lots of vegetarian breakfast options, and we didn't want to go to a place where the vegetarian meal was something of an afterthought. 

We also went to the vege markets briefly and bought, among other things, some good tasting peanut butter.  As you may have noticed, I really like peanut butter.  I would probably lose 3 kilos if I stopped eating it but that is a trade-off I am simply not willing to make.  This stuff was recommended to me by my friend Reuben and I am so excited about breakfast tomorrow morning.

Today's haul

This morning I went to the markets.  This is what I got:

 

 Fruits of my labour (sort of)

I have been making an effort to get to the markets on Sunday mornings as I think that this would be much harder if we didn't have a good supply of fresh veges.  

Tonight I am going to attempt to make a chickpea curry called Channa Masala.  The chickpeas are currently simmering on the stove.  Cooking with dried pulses requires a bit of ahead planning as generally you need to soak them overnight, and then boil them for up to 2-3 hours.  

 

Vege Market

In Wellington there are several weekend farmers' markets. The one that I usually go to is held on Sunday mornings by Waitangi Park, near the waterfront. Market gardeners have stalls alongside a French baker, a pizza chef and a Cantonese food vendor among several others. It is really busy and I almost always see people I know. It's funny, when I was a student the vege markets were the place to go to get cheap produce but they have become a lot more gentrified recently. They seem to be just as much a fun weekend activity or event as they are a way of getting your groceries.

This is the haul I managed to carry home on Sunday. I suppose that once we get into the swing of vegetarian eating they will become a really important part of our weekend routine.