-Whole wheat pasta with a simple garlic-y sauce (taken from here) topped with nutritional yeast
-Slices of bread with left-over (but depleted from lunchtime snacking) avocado spread
-Bowls of assorted nuts for some extra protein
Dancing the Hora leaves one feeling a little low on energy (the late-night Beatles danceathon didn't help either, though its entertainment value was priceless). So, again I called for a simple meal, especially since I had spent part of the late afternoon thoroughly ignoring responsibilities and, instead, played Bully on the Wii, a game that takes place in a boarding school where your character is a student. NOTE: this game is advertised as a teen version of Grand Theft Auto. Specifically, you're encouraged to break rules, pick locks, and generally get into mischief without actually getting into trouble. That's the basic plot and, for the most part, people revel in this. I, however, take a totally different route. I had the potential truant go to ALL of his classes (the English mini-game was my favorite) and go to bed promptly before 11 PM. That's right, I took a game all about making trouble and made it into a game for geeks. I CAN'T EVEN BREAK RULES OR GET PAST MY ENORMOUS GUILT COMPLEX IN A VIDEO GAME. When another character proposes picking on the hobo on school grounds, I PUT THE CHARACTER TO BED instead of fulfilling the challenge because I FELT BAD FOR THE HOBO. WHO DOES THIS??So, I wanted something simple. And I wanted cheese. I've been wanting cheese for the past week so badly. I pass by people eating chicken parm and pizza and my mouth WATERS. There's still some left over parmesan in the back of my fridge from my pre-no-animal-fat days, and it sits there... waiting. I keep encouraging my roommates to eat it, but I know it's there. So, in an attempt to find a substitute for cheese, I turned to a vegan favorite: nutritional yeast. Now, nutritional yeast is NOTHING like cheese, it just has a vague cheesy flavor. Still, that was enough for me at the time.
The bread and avocado actually tasted better after a day in the fridge, though it simply may have been in contrast with the pasta. I have no problem with whole wheat pasta, despite the fact that some complaint about the grainy consistency. Normally, that's not a problem. However, paired with the dry nutritional yeast, it just wasn't doing much. The garlic sauce was FAR too runny (too much pasta water added back into the mix, I think, plus more pepper was needed). Granted, the nutritional yeast did help me escape some of my cheese cravings, it wasn't nearly enough. There must be some way to prepare a good, nutritionally-rich pasta dish, but this wasn't it.
NEEDS FIXING
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