Wayne wasn’t so hip on my Meatless Mondays idea. Health nut that he is, he also was raised the good old-fashioned Colorado way….meat and potatoes, baby.
But to be fair, he might have been more game to give Meatless Mondays a try if I had chosen a different inaugural dish. I was going to make one I love and often make when he’s on the road: stir fry Swiss chard (or spinach, depending on my mood and which looks freshest) and tofu over rice. Yum!
Because I make it spicy (with lots of garlic and a Szechuan sauce), I figured he’d be willing to give it a go.
No.
He can’t get past the tofu. He thinks it’s gross and that he hates it. I can’t get him to remember the time he tried this dish and actually liked it. He was surprised by the flavor and the texture was not at all what he assumed it’d be.
But I could not for the life of me convince him of that Monday.
So, since I hadn’t gone to the store (in part because I feared he’d stage a revolt and I knew if I had other food on hand he’d insist I cook that instead), we had to eat out.
We ended up going to Sushi-O-Sushi up the street and spending $50 (!) on rolls and nigiri. Which, budget-busting as it was, ended up being a lot of fun because we tried new-to-us rolls that were outstanding.
I wish I could remember the names. Something moose and I think Smoky Mountain were two of them. But they had a bunch of interesting combinations we’re excited to go back and try.
One that sounded good to me were some of their fruit rolls. Especially the one with kiwi, strawberry, cream cheese and tuna.
So…bust that it was, Meatless Mondays was not without merit after all!
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