No meat non-vegetarian cooking

Trying to change my diet and support my wife's mostly vegetarian requirements, so I tried a new French Onion Soup with portabella mushrooms. It was good, but the mushrooms did not add anything new: I also cooked Lentils and Red beans: This is simple tasty and full of protein. I know the beef broth, butter and cheese is not vegan, but it makes the soup taste so good! Now if I could just finish off the Christmas cookies without gaining any weight I will be all set.

Next steps

Had my annual Boy Scout required physical and all is well except my weight. You would think that food poisoning and 5 days of not eating would have helped me lose weight. So what else could I do but start backing Christmas cookies Now that the visiting with family and eating all day thing is over it's time to try and do better what I tried to do last year: Eat better, learn to cook a few more dishes, exercise more, do well at work and spend more time with friends and family. The getting into shape thing is now more important because in August I have major Boy Scout trip planned, carrying a 45 pound pack is extra hard when you are carrying an extra 20 pound belly...