@00markw - I make Blueberry Chia Pudding for breakfast at our house sometimes. In case it's of interest:

Blueberry Chia Pudding (3 servings)
2 cups unsweetened cashew milk
1 cup blueberries
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup chia seeds
I mix the milk, berries and vanilla using an immersion blender, pour into a bowl, sprinkle the chia seeds on top, stir a bit to get them wet, and put in the fridge to sit for at least 20 minutes (more time is better; overnight is great).

@magic71755 - I had trouble yesterday for a few minutes, then got back on. Phew! 😌
Your menu looks delish -- as usual! 😋

@00markw -- Hurray for Day 3! 😊

If alternative milks don't appeal to you, I would not work at learning to like them. You could try that chia pudding with just water, or maybe water plus some additional juicy fruit like apple. Now that you mention it, I think I'LL try that when next I make it!

⚠️ Research Geekiness Ahead ⚠️
I have seen a recent kerfluffle about salt. Not sure if it is what you saw? I saw a WSJ opinion piece: Are You Getting Too Much Salt in Your Diet? Probably Not that references a letter to the journal The Lancet: Urinary sodium excretion measures and health outcomes. I did a little digging. One of the authors of that letter to The Lancet has apparently been a consultant to the Salt Institute. See Dr. Michael Greger's video Sodium Skeptics Try to Shake Up the Salt Debate ). If you are interested, Nutrition Facts (Dr Greger's website) has a whole series of articles/videos on salt. Greger is the author of How Not to Die, is careful about not taking industry funding, and whose website includes a lot of reviews/explanations of research articles.

I personally allow a little sodium in, in pretty small amounts. I see that the 3/8 cup of unsweetened cashew milk I had at lunch had 60 mg sodium in it ( I used it to make a kind of pudding with steamed butternut squash, apples and cinnamon). Hmm! Spinach happens to be contain sodium, and I eat some spinach most days, so there's that. Overall, I stay well below the American Heart Association's rec of 1,500 mg/day, and my blood pressure, pulse rate, sodium and other numbers look great, and had radically improved when I got checked after 7 months of ETL.

Happy Sunday morning, all!

@Mihani - Thanks so much for asking about things!

🍕 The pizza was for the 13 year old, who is interested in eating vegetarian, but not vegan. It did come out really well, based on the fact that I made him 2 14-inch-pizzas, and that all but 2 pieces (so 1/8 of the batch) was gone in 24 hours. The crust was gluten-free, made by starting from a Bob's Red Mill GF mix I found when Kondo-ing my pantry (it was so old that I used a newer packet of yeast, just in case!). The big thing about it taste-wise was adding in Italian herbs (rosemary, oregano, basil, thyme). I also made my own red sauce with lots and lots of onion and chunks of tomato, so each pizza included a red onion and about a pound of chopped tomatoes. Toppings were chopped yellow bell pepper and mushrooms (both partly cooked ahead of time so I could drain them and not have soggy pizza), plus a few tomato slices to top. Anyway, it was not strictly an ETL cooking project, but it was super fun, and I did manage to feed The Boy a lot of good veggies.

As a follow-up -- I need to try making a cauliflower crust for myself sometime! That's a great idea!

💪🏽 Yes! I did get lots of project work done, and the meeting went well. As a result of the meeting, I now have a huge stack of additional to-do's, and am working to see how many I can get done today! I just got off the phone with someone about one of the items. Moving it all along! And something I would count as an ETL victory -- despite feeling more than a little stressed about it all, I took care of myself by sticking to good food choices.

🛒 Side note - Shopping victory: I stopped by the health food store yesterday to pick up nutritional yeast, and realized they have bulk spices. This is awesome, as I have been going through lots of some spices that are not cheap at the regular grocery store-- tarragon and celery seeds, for example -- and not carried by the south Asian market I get many spices at inexpensively. So one of the things I will do today is make a jar of this Savory Spice Blend (like a homemade Mrs Dash).

@00markw -- Good for you for continuing to work on WFPB, and figuring out for yourself how to ease in to more plants in a way that works for you! Switching out fruit for processed snacks is a big change -- awesome!!

@magic71755 - I love those Dillon Holmes videos. Thanks for sharing! I'll be sharing those with a couple of people that have expressed interest in the plant-based eating.

@LizLovesVeggies - How are you doing this weekend?