{"id":7275,"date":"2009-04-09T09:59:27","date_gmt":"2009-04-09T14:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=7275"},"modified":"2009-04-09T09:59:27","modified_gmt":"2009-04-09T14:59:27","slug":"vegetarian-for-a-week-challenge-day-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/vegetarian-for-a-week-challenge-day-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegetarian for a Week Challenge &#8211; Day Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re in the thick of it now. We&#8217;ve made it to day four of the vegetarian challenge and really no complaints. It hasn&#8217;t been nearly as difficult as I had anticipated, but I also don&#8217;t foresee a complete lifestyle change coming out of this.<\/p>\n<p>Watch now as I recap our day four vegetarian meals, including a tip for stretching your economical and nutritional dollar.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"295\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/5-krr7wV5Qs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/5-krr7wV5Qs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"vegetarian\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/videos\/vegetarian-for-a-week-challenge-day-four\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Day Four Vegetarian Menu<strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/a><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/black-bean-mushroom-quesadillas\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7277\" title=\"black-bean-quesadillas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/black-bean-quesadillas.gif\" alt=\"black-bean-quesadillas\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Breakfast &#8211; Cheerios. Just another quick and simple bowl of cereal topped with skim milk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Lunch &#8211; <a title=\"black bean quesadillas\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/black-bean-mushroom-quesadillas\/\" target=\"_self\">Black Bean and Mushroom Quesadillas<\/a>. In the video I explain how you can easily use leftover vegetables to make a scrumptious quesadilla for lunch. From our <a title=\"southwestern salad recipe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/southwestern-salad-with-cilantro-lime-vinaigrette\/\" target=\"_self\">Southwestern Salad<\/a> I saved black beans and red peppers, combined those with sliced baby bellas (a petite portobello mushroom) and fresh spinach leaves. That is sauteed then folded into a dry whole wheat tortilla with just a little reduced-fat cheddar cheese. We had this with some fresh salsa and a sliced avocado.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/quinoa-pasta-with-creamy-pesto-and-tomatoes\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7276\" title=\"quinoa-linguine\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/quinoa-linguine.gif\" alt=\"quinoa-linguine\" width=\"200\" height=\"161\" \/><\/a>Dinner &#8211; <a title=\"quinoa pasta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/quinoa-pasta-with-creamy-pesto-and-tomatoes\/\" target=\"_self\">Quinoa Pasta with Creamy Pesto and Tomatoes<\/a>. This is a recipe of Rocco DiSpirito&#8217;s that he prepared on Biggest Loser 6. The quinoa is a gluten-free linguine-style pasta. The flavor isn&#8217;t really distinguishable from traditional or wheat pasta, but ideal for those with a wheat allergy. The creamy pesto is what makes this dish and it had a really robust flavor. Click above for the recipe, but it includes fresh basil, pine nuts, Parmigianno-Regianno cheese, garlic and fat-free sour cream. That is blended in a food processor, then tossed with the pasta and roasted tomatoes. It was fantastic! Served with a salad of spring greens and balsamic vinaigrette.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Snacks &#8211; reduced-fat cheese stick and grapes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re in the thick of it now. We&#8217;ve made it to day four of the vegetarian challenge and really no complaints. It hasn&#8217;t been nearly as difficult as I had anticipated, but I also don&#8217;t foresee a complete lifestyle change &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/vegetarian-for-a-week-challenge-day-four\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695,16],"tags":[29,24,1274],"class_list":["post-7275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","category-recipes","tag-nutrition","tag-vegetarian","tag-vegetarian-for-a-week-challenge"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7278,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7275\/revisions\/7278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}