[Medusa]

Alas I didn't try my black bean burger recipe today (got busy cleaning out all the clutter in my office) but I did decide to put on a huge pot of pinto beans.

What can I say? I'm a bean lover!

We'll have my Pappy and Pops over tomorrow afternoon for beans and cornbread and then I'll drain off some of the juice and mash up some of the leftover beans so I can have bean burritos on my low-carb tortillas this week.

I'm actually really enjoying getting creative about getting protein without meat!! It's gotten me excited about cooking in a way that I haven't been in a good long while. For example, I made a smoothie this morning with a banana and some greek yogurt but opted to add a little PB2 powder (it's like powdered peanut butter but without all the sugar) since it has 5g of protein and only 45 calories for 2 tbs.
I'm still relying on eggs quite a bit for protein but I'm finding that some of my favorite veggies have good protein as well. Still exploring different foods and loving it!

I am NOT missing the gastrointestinal distress I used to get from eating certain meats. Any greasy meats like sausages or heavy amounts of red meat used to really do a number on my guts. I felt like it was taking 3 and 4 days to digest certain things and I'd be farting like a rocket and feeling gross the entire time!! LOL