As we know, there isn't one vegan diet. 'Vegan' actually doesn't define, specifically, what we eat. The focus of the definition of vegan is actually what we don't do/eat - not what we do/eat.
There are probably more variations in terms of what people eat as vegans than there is between other, more accurately defined diets. And although scientific research on eating vegan usually means good news about eating vegan, the fact that one vegan diet doesn't exist is often ignored.
So... How would you all describe your current diet? I'll start:
Breakfast
Fruit ("as "pre-breakfast"). More dark rye bread than wheat/spelt breads. Spreads: Sliced bananas, various kinds of sunflower spreads, raspberrry/strawberry jam (non-sugar), hazelnut butter, almond butter, avocado, tomato, cucumber and other green stuff, tamari, sometimes tahini sauce.
Dinner
My hot meals could be categorized as 'fusion', I guess, because I shamelessly steal and mix ideas from Indian, Thai, Mexican, Chinese, Italian and Lebanese food trafitions. I eat lots of green stuff (lettuce, spinach, broccoli), and try to cover half the plate with lettuce etc when eating hot meals. I use beans/lentils/legumes every day. Other common ingredients: Beets, brocolli, spinach, onion, avocado, carrots, garlic, sometimes zucchini, coconut milk, tahini sauce, corn, organic/brown rice. Occasionally: potatoes
Fav. legumes
Black beans, chick peas, green/brown lentils (or red lentils if I'm in a hurry) in some kind of sauce.
Sauce ingredients
Tomatoes (fresh or pured/canned), coconut milk, tahini sauce + some tamari/soy sauce - mixed in various combinations + I occasionally mash some of the main ingredients (vegetables, lentils etc) in a food processor and use the paste to thicken the sauce.
Like/use, but don't eat/use often at the moment
Refried beans with salsa and guacamole. Pumpkin seeds (good for zinc levels). My pressure cooker.
Fav. Soups
Mulligatawny soups and all kinds of improvised, creamy, thick, hearthy soups with some spices/herbs and usually some garlic, ginger and a few Thai/Indian ingredients.
Fav. spices/herbs etc:
Coriander/cilantro seeds and leaves, cumin, fresh ginger and fresh garlic, turmeric powder, black pepper, mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, kaffir lime, curry leaves, cinnamon (in apple deserts and home made apple jam), garam/tandori masala powder, Mild Madras Curry Powder/paste. Lemon!
Recently-ish discovered:
Fenugreek leaves
Most used oils
Sunflower, olive
Most used kitchen tools:
Stone mortar, citrus juicer and food processor. Plan to get a good raw juicer.
Fruits I use most often
Lemon (on hot curries and in guacamole, hummus, baba ganoush), avocado, bananas, oranges, apples, pineapple, grapes and grape fruit
Drink
Various sugar free juices (daily), water. No coffee, black tea occasionally.
Fav. nuts
Almonds (with raisins), peanuts, hazelnuts, pistachio, walnuts, cashew nuts
'Junk food'
Tortilla chips + dip, sometimes dark chocolate
Fav. fast food when not at home
Falafel/hummus and pita
I happen to never use
White bread, white rice, seaweeds, algae, tempeh
Other
Sunflower seeds (in a dry pan, no oil) roasted with tamari as a topping on hot meals.
Sesame rye crackers, ajvar sauce. Goma Sio. I sprinkle hemp seeds on dinners daily.
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