Day 2 - 246

Breakfast:
Vegan pancakes, strawberries, and Lightlife Smart Bacon

Vegan Pancakes

1 3/4 cups flour

1/4 cup whole wheat flour

2 tablespoons sugar

4 tablespoons baking powder (I actually used a bit less, as the measuring spoon wasn't full each time)

1/8 teaspoon salt

2 cups almond milk

3 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 teaspoon vanilla

Whisk together the dry ingredients until everything is well mixed.  Add the milk, oil, and vanilla, and stir until the batter is fairly smooth.  Pour out onto hot pan or griddle.  I make them one at a time and I usually make a 4-5" pancake, but you can see in the picture that one is bigger.  These really puff up nicely.  I don't know what the yield is of this recipe.  He ate 3 pancakes, I ate 2, and dumped the left over batter.  

Verdict:  The pancakes are good - I've seen comments on the internet that these are too salty, or they can taste the baking powder... I think they're okay.  That "bacon" though... yuck.  I broke off a piece to try it and gave the rest to DH.  He didn't think it was so bad.

Lunch:  Well, we ate that big breakfast, then snacked on a million fat-free pretzels while playing Trivial Pursuit... 

Dinner:

Lentil soup and sourdough bread

I love lentil soup and it's one of the easiest things in the world to make.  It was cold today and this soup really hit the spot.  I had one bunch of carrots that I peeled, then cut each in half, saved the smaller, bottom half for snacks and chopped up the rest.  

In a large dutch oven, heat a small amount (maybe a tablespoon or so) of vegetable oil and add chopped carrots, about 6 stalks of chopped celery, and one large chopped onion.  Cook until the onions are clear, then add one pound of  rinsed lentils and about 6 cups of water.  Add some salt, pepper, and cumin.  Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer, stirring occasionally, adding water as needed.  The lentils absorb the water and you don't want it to stick to the bottom of the pan.  Cook for at least an hour.  The broth will thicken and the lentils will be tender.  Normally I make this soup with chicken broth instead of water and sliced Polish sausage or Kielbasa.  It's delicious.  Today, I sliced some Tofurky Kielbasa sausages and added just before serving.  Again, I have to say, yuck!  I picked all mine out and gave them to my husband.  I would rather have no meat than imitation meat... he doesn't seem to mind the substitution. 

I did find something I like, though. Silk Dark Chocolate Almond Milk.  yummy

So, even though this morning's bg# was less than yesterday's, after eating those pretzels this afternoon it was up to a whopping 403.  Wow, that's the highest ever.