Learning along the way

Tonight we had a yummy dinner - it was with potatoes (my favourite vegetable :-) It was cooked in the microwave and topped with kidney beans, salsa, green peppers and cheese. We weren't sure how many potatoes to cook since ours were small compared to the serving that was suggested in our menu plan. So we made two small ones for me and two large ones for Mike. The meal was so delicious that, even though both of us thought that it was too much for us to eat, we finished the lot. I learned two things from this meal: 1) I have a hard time not finishing my plate - I hate the idea of wasting food - so I need to figure amounts out (serving size) so that I can eat all of the meal and not feel overly full like I did tonight, and 2) we figured that we should have had three potatoes between us instead of four: I could have taken one of the large potatoes instead of two small ones and Mike could have taken one large and one small potato instead of two large ones. This journey is really interesting - and exciting, too - Mike even mentioned tonight that even he is excited about this plan - I think he really enjoys the fact that he is always full, but is losing weight. He also mentioned tonight that he actually enjoyed the meal tonight even though it was meatless. He grew up in a meat and potatoes family and when I started cooking less meat meals he was not very happy (but, he put up with it). I am glad that he is liking these meals as it's way better for us to eat less meat and more beans, etc.