What did you eat today? (2-12)

[Roxy]

L: Fried large flat field mushroom in a large wholemeal roll with fried red onion, sundried tomato hummous and salad. With a carrot and walkers baked salt and vinegar crisps on the side (best lunch ever!! so tasty, everyone should try the mushroom 'burger').

I used to eat those ALL the time last summer! You've just reminded me to start making them again!!

Today:

1 cup of Nirvana tea.
1 bowl of cornflakes with strawberries and vanilla soy milk.

Almost 5oz of chopped organic strawberries (sooooo good!!)

4 bean salad (butter beans, green beans, kidney beans, chickpeas, red pepper, onion).
40g pretzel chips.

1 cup of coffee with Silk creamer.
1 piece of dark chocolate.

About 1 litre of water throughout the day.

"Bacon" burger - Yves veggie bacon, vegan cheese, tomato slices, ketchup on a bun.
Alexa Organic crinkle cut oven fries.

1 cup of chocolate spice tea.
1 piece of multigrain toast with peanut butter.
3 pieces of dark chocolate.

[fiamma]

Wow Roxy, your day sounded great!

Yesterday I had:

Breakfast:
Oatmilk cappuccino.
Banana.

Lunch:
Butternut squash, lentil and ginger soup.
Apple, a few dried figs.

Dinner:
2 black beanburgers (homemade) with sliced tomato.
Steamed green beans.
2 apples, a few dried prunes.

Cup of camomile tea.

This morning I made the Power Porridge recipe from the Candle Cafe Cookbook, with pecan and coconut marmalade. This was SO GOOD!!! I need to eat more grains, and this recipe blew me away. Highly recommended.

[applepie]

coffee + soya milk
spelt bread + chestnut purée
2 kiwi fruit

cauliflower + tomato soup
apricot soya yogurt

soya cappuccino
chocolate biscuit
2 apples

fiamma's tofu loaf (soooo good!!! thanks again!)
broccoli and carrots

scoop of lemon ice-cream

[jamboxrock]

Fifteen beans? That sounds like a great soup! Recipe please

It's in a bag from the store I would never have the drive to collect fifteen kinds of bean!

[RachelJune]

B: 2 thick slices wholemeal toast, one with pb & jam and the other with avocado spread (1/2 avocado mashed with a little lemon juice and black pepper). A banana and a coffee.

L: Nice and simple - raw veggie sticks with lots of homous, chopped tomato and hazelnut tofu chunks. An apple, banana, raspberry soya yoghurt and another coffee.

D: Not sure yet... Probably some rice and leftover daal from last night. Chocolate icecream also sounds good

[aubergine]

Daal... Mmmm!

[Stezzy]

Yesterday:

Breakfast
Bowl of cooked millet and rice porridge with soya milk

Dinner
Chickpeas in a lemony sauce with brown rice and a side salad

Tea
Split pea, swede and carrot soup with rye crackers

Snacks
Rice cakes and pinto bean spread

[RachelJune]

Daal... Mmmm!

I love daal, and Kiran makes the best I have ever tasted! Really, it's divine

[pavotrouge]

I should make daal again soo, too!

yesterday:

pasta with curry sauce
2 stuffed bell peppers

half a bar Rittersport marzipan chocolate

one blood orange

2 cups of coffee with lotsa vanilla soymilk

at the Chinese diner: rice with sweet-sour sauce, a sprout salad, mixed veggie tempura, huge spring roll

[twinkle]

I tend not to post here, but I've been on a huge greens kick recently, and I'm quite pleased with what I made last night.

Cauliflower in tofu-tahini sauce
Spring cabbage stir fried with onion, soya sauce and garlic (absolutely delicious)
Baked potato
Raw cherry tomatoes.

Today I've had a toasted half-wholemeal homemade roll with yeast extract for breakfast, too many chocolate biscuits, a mixed fruit and flax seed smoothie and a vitamin pill

[piggy]

This morning I made the Power Porridge recipe from the Candle Cafe Cookbook, with pecan and coconut marmalade. This was SO GOOD!!! I need to eat more grains, and this recipe blew me away. Highly recommended.

wow! where do you get pecans in italy though?!?


Anyway, here's my day:

a few slices of fresh pineapple
piece of chocolate truffle cake

huge fruit salad (apples, pears, tangerines, pineapple, kiwis, strawberries, mulberries and other berries , lemon juice)

2 huge pieces of chocolate cake

supper will be:
chard dressed with olive oil and lemon juice
big portion of hummus, maybe with some pickles and tomato

[nunya515]

B:
I was just going to have fruit..but the hubby wanted to go out....I really hate eating out. There are no vegan or even vegetarian friendly rest. around here....
So i had..
a cup of oatmeal (I brought my own raw sugar, earth balance and soy milk with me lol)
whole wheat toast dry..in which I used my earth balance
Hot tea with lemon.

L:
soy yogurt
handful of walnuts

D:
Lemon tofu with broc.
brown rice with tamari

[veganwitch]

Yesterday:

chai chocolate tea
english muffin w/ pnb & cherry jam
3 slices cantalope
darjeeling tea

minneola
banana

3 quesadilla wedges (ww tortilla, refried beans, scallions, salsa, soy cheese, guacamole, "sour cream)
earl grey tea
slice coconut spice cake w/ mocha frosting

few wheat crackers w/ garlic hummus
blueberry herbal tea

2 cups raspberry leaf tea
bowl homeade corn chowder (from La Dolce Vegan)
1 homeade biscuit w/ earth balance

[Lorrs]

a roll n banana
a bowl of vegetable broth
2 bean burgers
1 cookie
another bowl of vegetable broth

[Roxy]

Wow Roxy, your day sounded great!

Thanks Fiamma!

And Veganwitch.....I absolutely LOVE that corn chowder from La Dolce Vegan!!

Today:

1 cup of Nirvana tea.
1 bowl of cornflakes with strawberries & vanilla soy milk.

4 bean salad (butter beans, green beans, kidney beans, chickpeas, red pepper, onion)

5oz chopped organic strawberries.

About 1 litre of water throughout the day.

Tosted chicken, cheese and onion sandwich (12 grain bread, Yves veggie ground "chicken", vegan cheese, organic onion.
Side salad (shredded organic romaine, chopped tomato, orange/cranberry vinigrette)
A few tortilla chips also on the side.

1 cup of chocolate spice tea.
4 oatmeal cookies.

[Ara]

Me and my housemate stuffed ourselves to bursting yesterday, we spent the evening feeling rather sick :s oh dear! Here's what we ate...

B: Strawberry oat cereal, chopped banana and freshly squeezed orange juice.

L: 6 Falafels with hummous in a pitta, side salad and potato wedges.

D: Big (and i mean big!) bowl of salad (avacado, tomato, sweetcorn, lettuce, mushroom, spinach) with dressing and a bowl of rice with chilli sauce on it to accompany.

S: 8 vegan truffles and a fresh carrot and orange juice.

My tummy still feels full today! And as we have some friends coming we are going out for a meal this evening, oh dear!

[Christina]

Heres what i had yesterday

Breakfast: porridge with oat milk, rasberry jam and sugar

Lunch: oat biscuits

Dinner: Pasta with tomato sauce, chopped onion and pepper

Snacks: two slices ginger cake, popcorn and half a packet of kettle chips

[Hemlock]

We wanted something really nice today. We used to go into the deli when we were not vegans and pig out - whn we were veggies we used to pig out in speciality cheeses and the like but there seemed to be nothing in there for vegans that is really moreish
In the end we got some olive bread, pickled walnuts (finely sliced) and some tomato and chilli chunky pasta sauce and put it all together - it was fab

[Stezzy]

Yesterday:

Breakfast
Porridge oats and water

Dinner
Homemade bean burgers and salad

Tea
Small spaghetti bolognaise (quinoa mince) and salad

Snacks
Pumpkin seeds

[fiamma]

Ara your day sounded really healthy

Hemlock I've never tried pickled walnuts - do you think it's possible to DIY it at home?

Stezzy what's quinoa mince? Sounds intriguing!

Everyone's food sounds great

Piggy I cheated and used walnuts instead of pecans. We did manage to get a bag of mixed nuts at Christmas that had pecans in it, but I've never seen them otherwise.

[Stezzy]

Stezzy what's quinoa mince? Sounds intriguing!

It's basically the same as the grain quinoa, but thickened up a bit to make it more mince-like. You can also buy quinoa chunks, for meals/sauces with more of a texture

If you're from the UK you can buy quinoa mince and chunks at www.goodnessdirect.co.uk

[fiamma]

Thanks Stezzy

[emmydu]

5 bananas.
2 apples.
6 single serving bags of popcorn.
bread.
chocolate soymilk.
coffee.
a bunch (several cups) of kashi puffed cereal.
raisins.

[veganwitch]

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And Veganwitch.....I absolutely LOVE that corn chowder from La Dolce Vegan!!

This was the first time I made it and it was a huge hit with my hubby. He likes everything I cook anyway, but he was really raving about this.

Yesterday:

cup raspberry leaf tea
cup chocolate chai tea
english muffin w/ earth balance & orange marmalade
smoothie (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, oj, soymilk)

cinnamon harvest cereal (about 1 cup eaten dry)
darjeeling tea

healthy valley pasta italiano soup cup
lemon herbal tea

soy vanilla yogurt
yerba mate tea
piece of cinnamon raisin bread (sample from new bakery)
snickerdoodle cookie (from bakery...too sweet, like my homeade ones better)

baby carrots w/ garlic hummus
cup calm tea

darjeeling tea
yves veggie burger on ciabatta roll w/ soy cheese, mixed greens, onions, ketchup, spicy mustard, vegenaise
alexia oven fries w/ ketchp & vegenaise
cup sugar cookie herbal tea

(I probably ate way too much, but then I always do!)

[Smoothie]

today:
several cups of coffee, both black and as lattés.

two bananas.
an apple.
two pieces of ryvita with spread.
liquorice.

yup. thats it.

[Lorrs]

a bean burger
a pack of crisps
pasta with grilled vegetable sauce
fruit smoothie

[Gorilla]

Chocolate Stars cereal with rice milk, coffee

1 pear
2 plums

chocolate orange cake, coffee

homemade pizza (onion, vegan pepperoni, vegan sausage, melting Cheezly), sweetcorn, cherry tomatoes

salted popcorn

rose wine

[Roxy]

Today:

1 cup of Nirvana tea.
1 bowl of cornflakes with strawberries and vanilla soy milk.

1 peanut butter and raspberry & champagne jam sandwich on multigrain bread.
pretzel crisps.

About 1 litre of water throughout the day.

Home-made burrito (cheated off something I saw Stickydate had the other day) - wholewheat tortilla, refried beans with chillis, avocado, chopped fresh tomatoes, vegan cheese, organic salsa.
A few tortilla chips on the side.

About to have a cup of chocolate spice tea and 4 oatmeal cookies.

[Stezzy]

No probs

Yesterday:

Breakfast
Pot of natural soya yoghurt with puffed corn and puffed rice

Dinner
Millet, bean and vegetable crumble

Tea
Falafel and salad
Parsnip soup

Snacks
2 slices of sugar free carrot cake

[pavotrouge]

yesterday:

lots of vanilla cake with chocolate icing form HIAV

2 bananas

a huge salad with mixed green salads, cherry tomatoes, tofu rosso and balsamic vinegar dressing

vegan diner place (woot, there's finally one near the place i live!):
kombucha drink
sweet potatoe-ginger-coconut soup, one big bowl
the place's speciality... a fruit salad with granola and a mysterios soy cream dressing

[fiamma]

Breakfast - Soya cappuccino, two Mexican Hot Chocolate cupcakes.

Lunch - Salad, olives, an orange.

Dinner - A couple of black bean burgers on a wholewheat roll with olive oil, lemon juice and sliced tomato. An apple. Plain soya yogurt with maple syrup.

More cupcakes
Cup of decaf.

[jamboxrock]

yesterday...

breakfast: blueberry bagel w/ peanut butter & grape jelly, oj

lunch: grilled portobello w/ onions & peppers on a hamburger bun, new potatoes w/ garlic, beer

dinner: three whole sushi rolls! one sweet mushrooms, one tofu (w/ sweet potato, avocado, asparagus & scallion), and one "ultimate veggie" w/ like seven different veggies. diet pepsi.

[Hemlock]

Ara your day sounded really healthy

Hemlock I've never tried pickled walnuts - do you think it's possible to DIY it at home?

I really don't know - they look a bit like beetroot and are the same texture when they come out of the jar - not nut like at all!!
I only realised they were walnuts when I cut one open and it looked like a little brain.
It tastes more like a pickled vegetable.

[foxytina_69]

friday:

breakfast:
-baked potato
dinner:
-vegan burrito (refried beans, taco meat, salsa, soy sour cream, guacamole, lettuce)
-fruit (black plum, black grapes and some star fruit)
-salad w/ poppyseed dressing
-chocolate soy milk
movie snack:
-organic popcorn

saturday:

movie snacks:
-popcorn and slushee
dinner:
-veggie burritos
snack:
-pita and hummus
-fruit (strawberries, black grapes)

[applepie]

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

leftover tofu loaf on toasted wholemeal bread with tomatoes, lettuce + mustard
carrot salad

coffee + soya milk
2 chocolate biscuits
apple, orange

wholewheat pasta with broccoli, tomatoes + yeast flakes

[veganwitch]

Yesterday:

cup irish breakfast tea
1/2 grapefruit
english muffin w/ earth balance & orange marmalade
chocolate chai tea
smoothie (strawberries, banana, soymilk)

decaffe roast tea
yves veggie burger on spinach/garlic/onion ciabatta bread (w/ soy cheese, onions, mixed greens, ketchup, spicy mustard, vegenaise)
2 cups irish breakfast tea
ginger cookie (from bakery)

cup corn chowder
biscuit w/ earth balance

mineola
apple
cup warm chocolate peppermint soymilk

[RachelJune]

Haven't eaten much today, but about to tuck into some chickpea curry I just made courtesy of one of Flying Plum's recipe links Really nervous, as it's my first attempt and is also being taste-tested by the "curry king"

Other than that...

B: Quinoa pilaf. A banana and a coffee.

L: A peanut Trek Bar, 2 pears, an apple and a banana.

S: A few squares of almond dark chocolate and a couple of mango chilli Kettle crisps.

[pavotrouge]

today:

2 bananas
1 kiwi fruit

lots of choccie chai

way tooo much chocolate cake with giant chocolate chips in it!

big mixed salad with cucumber, tofu rosso, capers, olives
half a loaf ciabatta bread with walnuts

Back to healthy eating tomorrow...

[Gorilla]

Chocolate Stars cereal with rice milk, coffee

vegan roast dinner: nut roast, roast potatoes, peas, sweetcorn, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, broad beans and gravy

1 pear

veggie bacon with chips and baked beans

mocha vegan ice cream

(i think i need to go on a diet!)

[veganwitch]

vegan roast dinner: nut roast, roast potatoes, peas, sweetcorn, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, broad beans and gravy

mocha vegan ice cream

Yum!
I am now craving mocha ice cream.
Gorilla, is the nut roast homeade or store bought? I'm looking for an alternative to tofurkey which is what I make for holiday type dinners.

[Gorilla]

i had the roast in a pub so i don't know! it seemed to be the type that you buy dried in a packet and mix with water before baking. it had a nice subtle curried flavour to it.

[veganwitch]

Hmm. Well however it was made it sounds delicious. Now why can't I just wander into a pub around her and order up some vegan fare

[Gorilla]

where do you live veganwitch? i'm really lucky it's so easy to get vegan food here. i took a photo of my dinner and posted it here (the nut roast is at the back of the plate)

[veganwitch]

where do you live veganwitch? i'm really lucky it's so easy to get vegan food here. i took a photo of my dinner and posted it here (the nut roast is at the back of the plate)

That looks SO good!! I am in Maine, USA. There is one vegan restaurant an hour away (run by seventh day adventists) and luckily several decent natural stores. But sadly the general philosophy here is "shoot em and eat em"....hunting is rampant

[Gorilla]

that sucks. from your posts though it sounds like you eat really well (much more healthily than me too!).

[veganwitch]

Thanks...fortunately I LOVE to cook. I don't see anything wrong with what you're eating...that chocolate orange cake you mentioned earlier sounds pretty good

[Gorilla]

hehe, i didn't make that cake either, that was from a cafe in town! so i only eat well when other people cook! i don't mind cooking but i'm not very good at it...

[emmapresley]

i started off reasonably well and it's just descended into sheer piggery

one apple and a nice big pot of tea.

handful of goji berries and a chewy seed bar type thing

marinated baked tofu...ginger and soya sauce and some other bits
stir fried beansprouts and green beans

massive wedge of lemon cake and alpro custard (not tried that before..it's alright!) was like a school dinner type pudding?!

packetofcrispsandagreatbigsandwichwithaloadofbadth ingsin

[Gorilla]

that doesn't sound bad emma, i eat loads more than that most days!

[emmydu]

4 bags of single serve popcorn (orville redinboker kettle).
lb baby carrots.
.5 lb hummus.
container of mushrooms.
box of nature valley bars.
peanut butter and raisins.

ate too much today. =[