Proud to eat healthy!

[herbwormwood]

I am re-starting the Proud to Eat Healthy thread.
Please post what you have eaten today (or yesterday) if you think you have eaten a healthy, balanced, nutritious vegan diet.

I am not sure today's food qualifies but in the spirit of the thread I will post it and if its not healthy I am sure someone will tell me (that's fine by me).

Breakfast: Bowl of co-op malt crunchies with fortified soya milk, a large pot of leaf tea with fortified soya milk;
10.30 am snack: some thai boy nori strips and 2 brazil nuts
Lunch: a bowl of homemade waldorf salad (apples, celery, walnuts, lemon juice, mayonnaise) and a bowl of wakame kelp and sesame soup
Dinner: Spinach and lentil curry with brown rice
Snack: pot of alpro strawberry yoghurt.
Drinks: lots of tea and water and bambu drink

[tofutofu]

today

Breakfast: 2 pieces rye bread toast. Both with cashew nut butter

Snacks: Medjool date, dried apricot, pumpkin & sunflower seeds, satsuma

Lunch: 2 Aduki Bean & Oatmeal Burgers & fresh chopped vegetables with avacodo hummous

Snacks: Brazil nuts,Walnuts,Pecans,Cashews,Almonds (about 3 of each), 1 cup banana smoothie

Dinner: Millet salad with kidney beans and pinto beans

Pudding: Homemade Halva!

Snacks: Banana & Soya Milk, More Nuts, Rice Cake with a few aduki beans

[Megan89]

hehe i think it's a great idea to have a healthy eating post!!
I never have a choice as to what i eat each day as i'm a 6th former at boarding school - its hard enough making them cook me vegan food - but when I'm at home and can cook for myself i think i eat healthily - i'll post my food for the day on here next week (when I'm at home again YAYNESS)when i get to choice wot i want to eat!!!

[Megan89]

PS did u know herbwormwood that that was you 666th post - hehe i'm not superstitious (honest)

[applepie]

breakfast:
coffee + soya milk
2 kiwi fruit, banana, soya yogurt, oats + walnuts

lunch:
salad (radicchio, tomatoes, pepper, cucumber, celery)
pumpkin seed bread + yeast extract
2 carrots
peach

snack:
apple
handful of fruit & nut mix

dinner:
leftover squash, lentil + apple dish
steamed broccoli

snack:
earl grey tea + soya milk
2 chocolate biscuits

[fiamma]

PS did u know herbwormwood that that was you 666th post - hehe i'm not superstitious (honest)

I just passed the 666 mark too, and was very relieved when it went up (not that I'm superstitious either )

[Justin]

668 the neighbour of the beast

[herbwormwood]

hehe i think it's a great idea to have a healthy eating post!!
I never have a choice as to what i eat each day as i'm a 6th former at boarding school - its hard enough making them cook me vegan food - but when I'm at home and can cook for myself i think i eat healthily - i'll post my food for the day on here next week (when I'm at home again YAYNESS)when i get to choice wot i want to eat!!!

There was a healthy eating thread but it lapsed for some reason. I thought it would be good to start it up again to motivate those of us struggling to eat healthy and also for those of us who are regularly eating healthy to demonstrate some good eating habits and what a balanced vegan menu can be.

[applepie]

Got my fair share of fruit and veg today, I think.

coffee + soya milk
oats, kiwi fruit, banana + soya milk

apple, handful of fruit and nut mix

salad (radicchio, tomatoes, red pepper, cucumber, celery, olives, chickpeas)
pumpkin seed bread + artichoke spread
glass of tomato juice

earl grey tea + soya milk
peach, pear

pasta, butternut squash, shallots + sage
steamed broccoli

[Roxy]

There was a healthy eating thread but it lapsed for some reason. I thought it would be good to start it up again to motivate those of us struggling to eat healthy and also for those of us who are regularly eating healthy to demonstrate some good eating habits and what a balanced vegan menu can be.

I think one of the reasons that it lapsed is because a number of people felt that it was a thread where the "champion" vegans could brag about how good they ate and it left many others (including some of those with eating disorders) feeling inadequate.

It's great to see people eating so healthily though. I think everybody always has room for improvement!

[fiamma]

2 wholewheat muffins with forest fruits
Soya milk cappuccino

Pumpkin, lentil and ginger soup with toasted pumpkin, sunflower and sesame seeds
Steamed green beans with gado-gado sauce
Apple and plums

Grilled tofu rolled in sesame seeds
Mixed stir fried greens
Banana, plums, persimmon
Gianduia chocolate (with hazlenuts)

Camomile tea

[herbwormwood]

Breakfast:
a pink grapefruit and a bowl of cinnamon porridge with soya milk and large pot tea with soya milk
Lunch:
2 slices linseed bread with pure spread and natex, plus a bowl of instant seaweed soup
Snack: Handful of fresh dates
Dinner: Large plate of home made vegetable curry (made with green beans, lentils, cocunut and carrot, among other things) with brown rice
Snack: Alpro soya yoghurt

[herbwormwood]

I think one of the reasons that it lapsed is because a number of people felt that it was a thread where the "champion" vegans could brag about how good they ate and it left many others (including some of those with eating disorders) feeling inadequate.

It's great to see people eating so healthily though. I think everybody always has room for improvement!

I think it is really good to motivate each other to eat healthy, whatever our typical eating habits are!
Meat eaters are talking to each other all the time about what they eat, you just have to look at popular magazines and TV programmes to see them.
For us vegans it can sometimes be difficult to keep a perspective on what is a balanced diet, and we can't rely on ready meals the way omnis can, not that ready meals are healthy!
Personally I find myself getting a little lazy at times about eating healthy, can't always be bothered to shop or cook, so seeing what others are eating healthy gives me ideas and motivation.
That's also why I restarted the thread, also for new vegans who don't know what sort of vegan food is healthy.

[applepie]

coffee + soya milk
porridge with dried apricots, banana slices + walnuts

lentil, carrot + orange soup with freshly baked wholemeal bread

apple
soya yogurt

oven-baked vegetables (sweet potato, butternut squash, carrots, courgettes, yellow pepper), served with brown rice and yeast flakes

pot of liquorice tea
2 satsumas

[tofutofu]

Breakfast: Porridge made from oat groats, quinoa flakes and soya milk

Snacks: Medjools, Satsuma, Prune, Halva, lots of seeds!!

Lunch: Vegetable Soup with Sourdough Rye Bread

Snack: Smoothie, Raw veg and avacado hummous

Dinner: Chickpea & Pinto bean stew

Snacks: Banana and coconut milk, lots of nuts

[DancingWillow]

Personally I find myself getting a little lazy at times about eating healthy, can't always be bothered to shop or cook, so seeing what others are eating healthy gives me ideas and motivation.
That's also why I restarted the thread, also for new vegans who don't know what sort of vegan food is healthy.

i'm glad you re-started the thread, herbwormwood. i agree with what you said, and i feel like reading and posting in the healthy eating thread motivates me to keep eating healthy and to get ideas from others. and hopefully, the thread is helpful to new vegans who may just be lurking around the forum and wondering how to be a vegan and eat healthy.

[Annie]

B: cereal with walnuts and vanilla soy milk and an apple

S: a banana

D: stir-fry with tofu, veggies (snow peas, onions, mushrooms, zuchinni, brocoli, carrots) with brown rice

S: swedish fish (not so healthy...but oh well)

[fiamma]

What's Swedish fish, Annie? *curious*

[Dart]

I try to buy organic and cook alot of my own meals:
YogiTea's kombucha green tea starts off the day
Breakfast 1:
raspberry juice with black currant juice added
3 banana with walnut muffins (with amaranth, millet, quinoa, and whole wheat, and dulse seaweed flakes)
EarthScience butter-like spread
10 o'clock snack:
Peaceful Planet protein shake
2 cookies I made with whole wheat, spelt flour, rice bran (left over from making rice milk), quinoa flour, sweetened with maple syrup, and grapeseed oil.
Lunch:
Sandwich made with sprouted grain bread, vegenaise, Tofurky (yeah not organic, but non GMO), my own grown radish/broccoli sprouts
raspberry juice with black currant juice added
3 o'clock snack:
Peaceful Planet protein shake
Sugarsnap pea pods/ baby carrots
Sprouted whole grain bagel
Dinner:
Chili made with three beans (chickpea, kidney, and black), brown basmati rice, green and red peppers, and fresh cilantro all over it.
Avocado, mock sourcream (tofutti), and black olives (usually fresh tomatoes but we were out).
8 o'clock snack:
Peaceful Planet protein shake
Sugarsnap pea pods
Sprouted whole grain bagel

Also a banana, applesauce cup (my kid was having one, so I joined in), and some pretzels that another of my kids offered to me since he was having only a couple and I thought his hand was a toolittle full of pretzels

Did I mention that I am a bodybuilder? And in my bulking up phase.

[SandraD]

Seems like some of you like caffeine. Unless you're having decaf coffee/tea. I believe there have been many experiments on animals with caffeine. Plus it's just not good for you.

[Tigerlily]

I'm sure even decaf tea/coffee has been experimented on as well.

And same with water too.

[herbwormwood]

If you want to drink tea and coffee make sure you know a bit of background to the company. There are ethical tea and coffe companies who do not conduct animal testing, or exploit the humans in the tea and coffee plantations.
The same cannot be said for many of the large multinational companies which own many of the subsidiary food companies. For example we know Unilever and Proctor and Gamble sponsor animal testing.

[lozza]

I only buy my tea & coffee from my local wholefood supermarket. I always make sure I buy at least fairtrade, then organic, then decaff if I can. I was having trouble finding a fairtrade, organic, decaff coffee, but I found one! I was soo happy.

The shop doesnt stock unethical companies' products.

Since all that stuff came out about Pom Wonderful, I havent seen it in their shelves, and they used to stock it all the time.

[Annie]

What's Swedish fish, Annie? *curious*

It's a candy (kinda has a cherry taste to it) and they're shaped like little fish =P

[applepie]

breakfast:
coffee + soya milk
porridge with banana, dried dates and dried apricots

long day at uni, so I had:
sandwich of spelt bread, yeast extract + tomato slices
yellow pepper
2 carrots
apple
2 satsumas
homemade muesli bar
black coffee to go

dinner:
oven-roast veggies (potatoes, swede, carrots, parsnips, beetroot) served with soya yogurt with loads of herbs mixed in

[fiamma]

Hehe Cute, Swedish fish Who makes them? I want some!

[cedarblue]

Hehe Cute, Swedish fish Who makes them? I want some!

me too!!!! cherry flavour mmmmmmm

anyway heathy eats today:

homemade celery, carrot & leek soup
nectarine
banana
homemade cauliflower 'cheese'
nuts
juice

[Windfall]

LOL@ swedish fish

we don't call them that over here!

[Annie]

Hehe Cute, Swedish fish Who makes them? I want some!

hm...not sure who makes em but they're not cherry flavored per-say they just have a cherry-like taste to me *shrugs*

http://www.greatergourmet.com/candy/...hfish_hang.jpg
that's what they look like

[Windfall]

Malaco/leaf in sweden

Cadbury Adams in US/Canada

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_fish

[DancingWillow]

i want some swedish fish, too! i've missed gummy bears and gummy worms since i became vegan...are swedish fish similar to gummy bears in chewiness, Annie?

[veggiejess]

oooo, i didn't know swedish fish were vegan!! yes! i love those things.i used to eat them all the time when i was younger.

[Annie]

They're kinda the same chewiness as gummy bears but a lil tougher I spose. I'm pretty sure they're vegan. I remember them being on a list here of safe vegan halloween candy.

[Roxy]

We get Swedish Berries here and they're vegan.

[Tigerlily]

I prefer Fuzzy Peaches, myself. Yumm.

[Roxy]

They make my teeth sore LMAO I can't believe we're talking about candy in the Proud to Eat Healthy thread!!!

[Tigerlily]

Haha. Once in a while, candy isn't bad.

[Roxy]

We also sell those Sour Cherry Blasters that are vegan but ugh I couldn't eat those!

One of the many reasons that I'm glad I'm vegan is because I work next to an 8 foot candy rack covered in such rubbish such as candies, chocolate bars, chips and pop. If I wasn't vegan I'd think I'd be tempted to eat something off there every day. Actually, everyone else at my work does eat stuff of there. Chocolates and chips every day. And pop!!! OMG I've never seen people drink so much pop like they do.

[herbwormwood]

Breakfast: 2 slices of toasted Irwins Irish fruit loaf with margarine, a pot of "clipper" brand organic fair trade loose leaf tea (a mixture of assam and earl grey)
http://www.clipper-teas.com/cgi-bin/ct.exe
with fortified soya milk.
Lunch: a packet of korean laver roasted and seasoned seaweed snacks, a bowl of wakame and sesame seed soup, a tray of home made roasted carrot and parsnip crispies (roughly slice a large carrot and a large parsnip, lay on a baking tray, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with sesame seeds, then roast in the oven until crispy, delicious)
Dinner: Tomato, cocunut, lentil and carrot curry with wholemeal basmati rice

[applepie]

a tray of home made roasted carrot and parsnip crispies (roughly slice a large carrot and a large parsnip, lay on a baking tray, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with sesame seeds, then roast in the oven until crispy, delicious)

Ooooh, that sounds delicious! I'm definitely gonna try that!

[caitlin_:)]

Good thread!
I should log-on more often...
anyway,
Breakfast:
Soy milk with bran flakes, 1 orange 1/4 of pinnapple
Lunch:
Baked Aubergine with tomato,onion and red pepper stew,salad:rocket,lettuce,tomato and artichoke,with whomeal bread.
Snack:2 soyasun vanilla desserts,2 clementines and big slice of watermelon
Second snack: 2 clementines
Dinner: caremelized onion with spinach and sweetcorn.
Drink:lots of water!

[Smoothie]

today:

breakfast: 1 cup of detox-drink (ginger, garlic, cucumber and piri-piri chilies with hot water). 2 bananas.

lunch:
4 pieces of ryevita with streich (a vegan spread)

snack: 50 g. of rice noodles with sesame and soysauce. a bit of cucumber, spinach, tomato and vegan caviar. 1 cup of detox drink.

snack: a rice cake with ajvar. 2 cups of detox-drink.

dinner: cabbage soup.

[herbwormwood]

A healthy, balanced, nutritious diet?
Sounds more like a weight loss plan to me.

[Smoothie]

well, it's not. just trying not to eat all of the time.

breakfast:
1 cup of soy yoghurt with fiber-cereal.
1 cup of detox drink
1 banana

snack:
1 apple
1 cup of tea

snack:
some coconut chips
some raisins
a cup of tea

lunch:
leftover cabbage soup

snack:
some frozen raspberrys
some frozen strawberrys
a ricecracker with ajvar

dinner:
1 papaya
1 cup of tea
some fiber cereal
small bowl of sliced cucumber with vegan caviar

dessert:
home-made sugar free raspberry/strawberry sorbet with fiber cereal - yum

[applepie]

breakfast:
coffee + soya milk
soya yogurt, banana, kiwi fruit + porridge oats

lunch:
minestrone soup
spelt bread + yeast extract
pear

afternoon:
coffee + soya milk
handful of trail mix
apple

dinner:
red cabbage rolls filled with millet, raisins, pine nuts + herbs
steamed broccoli

[veggiegirl3]

I haven't posted here in months, but I feel really good about what I ate today.

Breakfast:
-Cream of wheat with a blend of soy and rice milk, with 1 tsp brown sugar
-Pear

Lunch:
-Stirfry (tofu, frozen mix of veggies, Bragg's, olive oil) over brown rice
-Silk Nog smoothie/shake (Silk Nog, plain soy yogurt, ice)

Dinner:
-Whole wheat penne mixed with chic peas and grilled tempeh, topped with EB and nutritional yeast
-Salad: romaine lettuce, 1/2 a plum tomato, baby carrots, and low fat raspberry vinaigrette dressing
Dessert: Organic mango sorbet bar

Later: Probably a smoothie or oatmeal

[herbwormwood]

Breakfast:
A pot of redbush leaf tea with fortified sweetened soya milk, a bowl of homemade sago, carob and date pudding topped with stewed apple, dates and raspberies and a spoonful of alpro raspberry yoghurt
Lunch: pitta bread filled with homemade waldorf salad and brocolli sprouts with a packet of seaweed snacks
Dinner: half a large tin of heinz baked beans, a taifun tofu fillet, some spinach and a tomato
Drinks: peppermint tea, water with acidophilus powder and 4 fruit cordial added, bambu, and Clipper Organic leaf tea.

[Roxy]

Sounds like a yummy breakfast, herby!!

[herbwormwood]

today I had to get up at 6.30 am because an electrician was due anytime from 8 am onwards to replace my electricity meter.
I allowed myself an hour and a half to be ready to answer the door!

Breakfast: A pot of organic leaf tea with fortified soya milk (calcium and vitamins) and a bowl of organic porridge made with soya milk, topped with tinned peaches in light syrup, cinnamon, and walnuts

Lunch: I made sushi for the first time ever! Here is my recipe:
take a peice of Yaki Nori large roasted seaweed sheet and place it on a teflon mat (or sushi roller if you have one)
mix together in a large bowl some leftover cooked brown rice (if it is slightly overcooked and sticky it work well) with Mizkan powdered Sushi mix (No.1 Vinegar brand in Japan) addded, add a dessertspoonful of roasted pumpkin seeds and half a block of taifun grafitti tofu terrine, mash the tofu terrine and mix all ingredients together.
Spoon some of the mix on to the nori sheet and squash it down with the back of a spoon until it is just coating the nori sheet thinly. Next, carefully roll the sheet like a swiss roll, squashing it as you go. It can then be cut into bite sized pieces with sharp scissors.
It is Delicious!!!
I have already had 3, being hungry with getting up so early but I will have a few more before lunch time is over!
For dinner I am having a curry I made yesterday with chick peas and the pak choi I bought yesterday, with some brown rice and chutney.

[Orange-powered]

I'm feeling really unwell today, its a cold I had which I thought had gone and then i made it worse again by going out too much, my own fault!! anyway so im trying to eat well (although i havent got a big appetite at the mo), with plenty of fluids.

Today so far I've had,

one slice of seeded wholemeal bread with soya margarine and yeast extract
2 bananas, 2 apples, 3 big oranges

2 pints of juice (cranberry, grape, orange) a big (really big!!) cup of detox tea (fennel, licorice, anniseed) and a bowl of fortified soya milk with cocoa added

am currently eating a load of pumpkin seeds and sesame seeds

if I find the energy I'll pop to the shop and get some veg and then make a big soup later...there's something really comforting about soup especially when you dont feel well!