My Vegan Day

As I have mentioned since today is the first day of the Great Fast I wont eat any meat or dairy along with the not eating gluten so besides being gluten free I had to be vegan as well.  I think I ate pretty good.  This morning I had gluten free toast with almond butter and distilled maple water.  For lunch it was rice noodles with garlic and onion.  I snacked all day on nuts, vacuum fried pineapple and freeze dried strawberries.  Now for dinner I just had a salad of romaine lettuce, green onions, mandarin oranges, and candied almonds with a homemade dressing of oil, apple cider vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper.  With it I had a bowl of lentil vegetable soup from Trader Joe's that Manny just loved.  I have to say what I missed most today was a cup of coffee from our new Keurig coffee maker.  But there is no way I could have coffee without cream.

Spinach and Cheddar Strata

This is sooo yummy and easy....

1 teaspoon olive oil
10 onces spinach
3 cups day-old bread cubes
5 large eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup whole milk- or 1% and cream mixed
1 1/4 cups graded sharp white cheddar
salt and pepper

Preheat oven to 400.
cook spinach in olive oil till wilted and squeeze
in bowl mix eggs, milk, cheese, salt and pepper.
in a greased dish put bread cubes add spinach and pour egg mixture on top.
Bake 20- 25 mins. or till set.

Made for a great brunch with bacon and cinnamon rolls before I ran down to 1st Saturday rosary.