What did you eat today? (2-12)

[BlackCats]

I have eaten really weirdly today. I feel hungry but I don't know what to have:

2 bread rolls with yeast extract
Bowl of lentil soup
Bowl of salad with mayo, it was gross so I didn't finish it
Bowl of mandarin segments
Packet of crisps

Water and I'm having a cup of rooibos tea as I got a free sample in the post

I'm having a beanburger in a bun with ketchup and a tomato and olive salad for dinner

[herbwormwood]

Breakfast: Mug of Innocent Detox smoothie, 2 slices of toasted fruit loaf with non dairy spread and cherry spread
Lunch: large bowl of wholemeal pasta with zest vegan pesto, olives, sun dried tomatoes in herb dressing, peas, sweetcorn, spinach, and engevita flakes
Dinner: dear one cooked for us, he made parsnips, carrots, brocoli, onion gravy, his special mashed potatoes, and a beanys beany burger

[Enchantress]

One chopped banana with Alpro custard.
Cranberry and raspberry juice drink with Floradix.
Peppermint tea.
Baked beans and pasta.
Mug of rice milk.
Two cups of African spice rooibos tea.
Avocado and tomato sandwich on wholemeal bread.
A few beetroot crisps.
Two bananas.
Baked potato with margarine and baked beans. Salad consisting of avocado, lettuce, apple, celery and red bell pepper.
Chamomile tea.
Rice milk hot chocolate.

[applepie]

coffee + rice milk
porridge, apple + kiwi

various salads, granary roll, small bar of green + blacks maya gold (was treated to lunch at work)

this: http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/...243218,00.html - it was delicious!

[Lorrs]

bran flakes + soya milk
veggie burger
haggis, neeps n tatties

[Cup'O'Tea]

Breakfast: 2 cups of coffee with Natura light soymilk and agave nectar. Oats, flax seeds, raspberries and rice protein powder cooked with water.

Snack: Petite gourmet mushrooms, grape tomatoes and cucumber with hummus.

Lunch: 2/3 of a Carrot Cake Clif bar (but I didn't really like it) and lots of various bite-size pieces of raw veggies and fruit, & 2 black coffees at a funeral.

Snack 2: 1/3 tsp hemp seed nut butter, 1/3 tsp soy cream cheese (had to test out my new foods) and a few grapes.

Dinner: Leftover chili from last night over mixed greens & two slices of 12-grain bread with earth balance.

Then some frozen fruit, an apple, a couple walnuts and raw oats.

I'm going to go drink lots of tea, or exercise a bunch. I'm freezing.

[RubyDuby]

latte
bagel w earth balance
alphabet soup
oreos (like 5)
tofu stroganoff
roasted veges
i'm about to have some spring rolls in a few
and a bottle of wine

[Yoggy]

I had a wonderful healthy day today! (would have been healthier if I hadn't run out of granola for breakfast)

Breakfast:
whole wheat bagel. One half with tofutti non-hydrogenated cream cheese, one half with coconut oil and strawberry fruit spread. The coconut oil/fruit half was sooo good, the cream cheese half paled in comparison!

Snacks:
apple
mixed berry tea
banana
2 squares of dark chocolate

Lunch:
veggie curry (coconut milk, curry paste, soy sauce, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, and spinach)

Snack:
sliced banana topped with 2 tbsp almond butter, 1 tsp maple syrup, and 1/2 tsp coconut oil

Supper (lots of yummy stuff!):
Couscous cooked in a mixture of vegetable stock and almond milk
Some Harvard beets (steamed diced beets simmered in maple syrup, apple cider vinegar and cornstarch)
Canned brown lentils with Indian spices
2 slices of baguette spread with a mixture of Tofutti cream cheese, diced cherry tomatoes, onion powder, garlic powder, parsley and oregano

Dessert: hot chocolate made with dutch cocoa powder, and a dash of cayenne pepper to make it spicy. YUM!

[PaintedXSkyline]

B: Orange Juice, Apple
L: Apple, Boca Burger, Tomato Soup.
S: Oatmeal
D: Wrap w/ seed cheeze, tomato, cucumber (x2)
S: Oatmeal; walnuts.

[ellaminnowpea]

yoggy and enchantress, your day's foods look so good! im jealous!!

[Tigerlily]

Breakfast:
Cream of brown rice cereal (made with soy milk) with raisins and syrup
Cup of coffee

Lunch (raw!):
Nori wraps (nori sheets rolled with avocado, tomatoes, lettuce, radish, seasoned with lemon juice, garlic, and salt)
2 extra tomatoes and half a carrot
2 oranges

Snack:
Cup of tea

Supper:
Bowl of Muffets (like Wetabix) cereal with soy milk
2 peanut butter and jam sandwiches

Snacks throughout the evening:
Pickled beets and regular pickles
100-calorie pack of Oreos
Cup of Sleepytime tea

[Roxy]

Today:

1 cup of water.
2 and a half cups of coffee with vanilla soy milk.
2 pieces organic wholewheat toast topped with 1/2 organic avocado - mashed, salt & pepper.

2 organic kiwi fruit.

1 tall soy latte.
1 Smart Monkey raw bar.

About 1/2 litre of water throught the day.

Tuscan "chicken" risotto (Lundberg Tuscan risotto, with some Yves ground "chicken" mixed it).
Mixed organic greens with organic walnuts and Santa Fe dressing.
Roasted herb carrots.
Roasted herb & garlic organic orange & red peppers.
2 glasses of water.

1 bowl Skinny Stix.

1 cup organic peppermint tea.
1 chocolate truffle.

[emzy1985]

BREAKFAST:

Tinned spaghetti on toast with 10 mushrooms and ketchup

LUNCH:

Two naked bars - one cheery and the other chocolate

DINNER:

Went to a gig yesterday so had to eat where the omnis wanted so we went to Nandos. They ate dead chicken and I ate:

Veggie burger in a pitta bread with medium spice, side salad and some chips!

Three beers

[herbwormwood]

Breakfast: 2 slices wholemeal toast with an organic banana, a satsuma and some pistachio nuts
Lunch: 1 wholemeal pitta bread stuffed with pease pudding, tomato chutney and lettuce, a mug of innocent detox superfood smoothie and some more pistachio nuts
For dinner we are having stir fry with rice and maybe mock duck? Is this ok to serve with mock duck? and some strawberry veggie jelly (Ahmed brand) made with a pear, an apple and a tin of citrus fruits, topped with Alpro vanilla custard for pudding.

[BlackCats]

Tinned spaghetti on toast with 10 mushrooms and ketchup
Went to a gig yesterday so had to eat where the omnis wanted so we went to Nandos. They ate dead chicken and I ate:
Veggie burger in a pitta bread with medium spice, side salad and some chips!

What brand of tinned spaghetti is vegan Emzy? I didn't know that you could get anything vegan at Nandos either, not that I plan on going there.

I don't know if there is something wrong with my tastebuds or my cooking but everything I'm making tastes disgusting lately.

I just made potato and carrot soup with flaxseeds and I could barely finish it. Yesterday it was a salad that was horrible, how can I be making soup and salad taste so bad? I've also had toast and yeast extract, a bread roll and a packet of crisps.

[PaintedXSkyline]

B: 2 packets of Oatmeal
L: Seed Cheeze Lasagna
S: Wrap w/seed cheeze + tomato
D: Going to a family party.... so idk... hopefully i'll find something to eat.

[vava]

What brand of tinned spaghetti is vegan Emzy? I didn't know that you could get anything vegan at Nandos either, not that I plan on going there.

I don't know if there is something wrong with my tastebuds or my cooking but everything I'm making tastes disgusting lately.

I just made potato and carrot soup with flaxseeds and I could barely finish it. Yesterday it was a salad that was horrible, how can I be making soup and salad taste so bad? I've also had toast and yeast extract, a bread roll and a packet of crisps.

the butter from the illicit garlic bread has poisoned your tastebuds!

[BlackCats]

the butter from the illicit garlic bread has poisoned your tastebuds!

Oh of course. Ssshhh you're not supposed to be mentioning that.

[sponge]

2 big bowls of mixed greens. (trying to eat more raw)
*thinking of having a smoothie in a few minutes
*going out to dinner later to a Mongolian grill

[pavotrouge]

went grocery shopping today, so more veggies to come again!

All this cake and muffin baking are bad for me... I had apple pie for breakfast today!

Then went on with some dates (saying I don't have a sweet tooth, I know...), then finished leftover French lentil soup.

Back to soup tonight with another v-con classic, the chickpea noodle soup.

But hey, I chopped and washed all the veggies for next week and put them neatly into the fridge.

[JC]

Nothing i'm on a water fast for a few days - and this all sounds so good!!!

[applepie]

coffee + rice milk
soy yogurt, banana + porridge oats
1/2 pomelo

seeded bread, hummus, cucumber + tomato
2 carrots + hummus

coffee + rice milk
alpro chocolate pudding
1/2 pomelo

same dinner as yesterday as it was sooo good and I had parsnips left over

[radioprotector]

Crumpets and a clementine for breakfast,
Pretty massive lettuce/onions/peppers/gherkins sandwich for lunch, and some crisps later on.
And some pasta for tea. Though, the sauce despite claiming to be microwaveable, caused a mini explosion. Nice.

[pavotrouge]

Don't talk of crumpets! I crave them so often yet can't get them here.

[radioprotector]

How do you live!?
Seems they're a UK thing only, cause you can't get (real) ones anywhere else from what I've heard - which is a travesty.

Actually, saying that, I swear I've seen recipes floating about the 'net...homemade crumpets?

[ellaminnowpea]

Nothing i'm on a water fast for a few days - and this all sounds so good!!!

What are the main benefits you feel from water fasting? I've heard of some people doing well on them and others doing very poorly. I haven't done one in a couple years because it was so miserable for me. I don't know if I could read the "what did you eat today" thread while on one though!

[JC]

What are the main benefits you feel from water fasting? I've heard of some people doing well on them and others doing very poorly. I haven't done one in a couple years because it was so miserable for me. I don't know if I could read the "what did you eat today" thread while on one though!

yeah, it's quite painful to read!! this is the first one i've done, so i'm not really sure what to expect - i guess i'll soon find out though! how long did you go for when you did it? i've heard that 10 days is the most effective, although i don't think i'll last that long to be honest.

[ellaminnowpea]

yeah, it's quite painful to read!! this is the first one i've done, so i'm not really sure what to expect - i guess i'll soon find out though!

Oh sorry! I didn't want to make you feel bad or put you on the spot. I was just wondering what the main benefits are, as I didn't seem to experience anything but fatigue and depression!

how long did you go for when you did it? i've heard that 10 days is the most effective, although i don't think i'll last that long to be honest.

I did five days. I don't think I could do 10 days without it getting to my head and loving the weight loss a little too much. Plus I think I'd just get so weak (from my five day experience). Apparently, some people experience a sort of adrenaline boost after a couple days that keeps them going.

[ellaminnowpea]

How do you live!?
Seems they're a UK thing only, cause you can't get (real) ones anywhere else from what I've heard - which is a travesty.

Actually, saying that, I swear I've seen recipes floating about the 'net...homemade crumpets?

crumpets? gosh it sounds like I may be missing out.

[pavotrouge]

How do you live!?
Seems they're a UK thing only, cause you can't get (real) ones anywhere else from what I've heard - which is a travesty.

Actually, saying that, I swear I've seen recipes floating about the 'net...homemade crumpets?

do you mean how do you live as in how do I live without crumpets or did you mean where ?

They surely are an UK thing, but having spent my childhood mainly among Brits, I'm into all sort of UK things I've found recipes as well, but they ask for special crumpet irons which I haven't found anywhere yet

[applepie]

@pavotrouge: rings for fried eggs work just as well. no idea though where you could get them in germany - maybe they're a uk thing as well? you could try posh kitchenware stores.

[Yoggy]

Another yummy healthy day for me!

Breakfast:
Homemade granola (oats, wheat germ, almonds, hazelnuts, sesame seeds, ground flax seeds, walnuts, shredded coconut, raisins and dried cranberries), with almond milk and a spoonful of sugar on top.

Lunch:
6 inch veggie sub from Subway (lettuce, cucumber, green pepper, mustard and pepper)
1 square of dark chocolate

Snack: handful of raisins and some pine nuts

Supper (at a vegan- and raw-friendly restaurant!!!):
Grilled sandwich on multigrain bread with roasted tofu, garlic-tahini-tomato sauce, sprouts, tomatoes, spinach and cucumbers.
Raw pizza! Dehydrated crust (flax, sundried tomatoes, almonds, and other stuff that I can't remember!), topped with raw pesto, Japanese cucumber, tomato, sprouts, lots of greens, avocado, and other stuff that I can't remember!

Dessert: hot chocolate made with almond milk, dutch cocoa powder, sugar, and a little cayenne pepper

[Cup'O'Tea]

B: Oatmeal with blueberries, flax seeds and protein powder.
Coffee with soymilk.

L: Raw mushrooms, carrots, tomatoes. Slice of whole grain toast with organic hemp seed nut butter.

Snacks: Half a granola bar, an apple, two bananas, two oatmeal cookies, some pretzels & strawberries & melted dark chocolate. Hemp coffee with soymilk.

D: Amy's black bean and rice burrito. Mixed greens with cucumber, and olive oil - lemon juice dressing.


Trying to cut back on sugars...made me binge a little >_<

[umbilical]

random lesson°° !!!

the spice made from bell pepper seeds is called paprika?
but not the bell pepper itself.

i just recently learned that, as i was talking with someone about bell peppers, that its one of my fav vegetables, and he thought i was talking about the spice, cause here we call it all paprika, the spice and the bell pepper

btw... i only ate some grapes and tomatoes so far, but it's very early in the morning here

[Tigerlily]

That's cool, Alleen. I had no idea.

I had a cookie-filled day today, yummers.

Meal 1:
3 fudge-covered shortbread cookies
175ml container of peach soy yogurt
Cup of tea

Snack 1:
Bowl of red and green grapes
Peanut butter and jam sandwich on multigrain bread

Meal 2:
Chinese noodle soup
Chinese-style veggie curry with rice
Homemade lemonade

Snack 2:
3 or 4 chocolate wafer cookies
Cup of tea

Meal 3:
Chickpeas and tomatoes with lemon juice and olive oil eaten with toasted multigrain bread
Olives and pickled baby eggplant
2 oranges

[Jessicake]

Toast with jam
Juice
Chocolate chocolate chip walnut cookie
Peanut butter sandwhich
Soymilk
Plain pasta
Mexican spicy tomato soup
Cucumber sandwich
...and another cookie

[Roxy]

Today:


1 glass of water.
2 and a half cups of coffee with vanilla soy milk.
2 pieces organic wholewheat toast with mashed organic avocado, salt & pepper.

1 organic banana.

1 Smart Monkey raw carob bar.

Almost a litre of water throughout the day.

1 bowl organic butternut squash soup.
1 toasted sandwich: organic wholewheat bread, Tofurky deli slices, organic tomato, Sheese.
A small bowl of Skinny Stix.
1 cup of organic pear nectar.

I'm about to have a cup of organic peppermint tea and some lemon cookies

[applepie]

@alleen: the same happened to me the other way round - I gave a recipe to a friend and she translated "red and green pepper" as "Pfeffer" instead of "Paprika" (which somewhat altered the recipe). Why does it have to be soooo confusing?

@tigerlily: what a yummy day!

[RubyDuby]

good example of what not to eat as a vegan:

coffee w org vanilla soy milk and raw sugar
3 flame broiled garden bugers on ww rolls (1 with earth balance and vegenaise)
coupla pieces fresh kiwi and apple slices
buncha tater tots
2 bottles vino

[Roxy]

You drank 2 whole bottles of wine to yourself?

[emzy1985]

[quote=Aphrodite;411931]What brand of tinned spaghetti is vegan Emzy? I didn't know that you could get anything vegan at Nandos either, not that I plan on going there.

[quote]

Co-ops own brand! Said so on the side. Was a PROPER OLD tin though so maybe they don't make it vegan anymore?
I have written to Nandos before and they sent me an ingredient list for the veggie options, of which there are four. The veggie burger is the only one which is vegan but you have to make sure you ask for it without mayo. It's more like a vegetable protien burger and it's actually quite nice although on my own I would NEVER eat in Nandos. It was either eat there or starve. Brixton is SHITE for vegetarians let alone vegans, unless you guys know different?

BREAKFAST:

Baked beans on potatoe waffles

Bowl of weetabix with agave syrup

LUNCH:

Can of organic cranberry juice

Seaseme Snaps

(Was doing a stall in a non-vegan friendly town!)

DINNER:

Multigrain baguette with scheeze cheddar and chive, tomatoes, curley leaf lettuce and pickle with oven chips and a dollop of ketchup and bbq sauce.

[vava]

My yummy raw breakfast fruit platter mmmmmmmmmm!

[emzy1985]

Yummy stuff Vava vegan!

[Enchantress]

Half a tin of baked beans. Spinach, one large flat mushroom and one tomato, all fried in a little sunflower oil.
Cranberry and raspberry juice drink with Floradix.
Pasta with tomato, spinach and onion sauce. One quarter of an avocado.
Seven lychees. One cup of Yogi liqorice tea.
A few beetroot crisps.
African spice rooibos tea with rice milk.
Sandwich made from two slices of wholemeal bread, half an avocado and beetroot crisps.
Chips and mushy peas.
Rice milk hot chocolate.

[BlackCats]

Thanks Emzy.
That looks good vava.

I have had toast and yeast extract and 2 cups of tea for breakfast.

I just had these french bread pizza things I made with chips and salad, it was sooo nice. I took a picture on my husband's phone but I don't know how to put it onto the PC.

[Mystic]

YESTERDAY

- Fruit salad: Pineapple, apple, peach & passionfruit. 2 cups of green tea.
- Mushroom pie w. ketchup
- Mango
- Pumpkin soup w/ 2 slices of bread.

[ellaminnowpea]

Yesterday:

Breakfast:
-- Yogi echinacea tea
-- Yogi cold season tea
-- two bananas

Lunch:
-- Teavana spiced roobios and mate vana tea
-- two grapefruit

Dinner:
-- 1/2 cooked 1/2 raw salad:
raw part: kale leaves, plum tomato, springwater sprouts
cooked part: mexican spiced rice and black beans

Snack:
-- six wasa whole grain crackers w/ organic peanut butter

[Skylark]

Hi, I'm a newbie vegan...I'd been vegetarian for five years and although I'd always seen veganism as a long term goal, I'd never made it enough of a priority. Recently, I was eating a yoghurt (bleh) and I noticed on the inside of the packaging a nice little passage about how the dairy calves (sp?) on their organic farm go on to live nice happy lives in their beef herd . I put the rest of the yoghurt in the bin and yesterday was my first day as a vegan. I feel ashamed and disgusted that I didn't make the link sooner (boy, do I envy people who were raised vegan!) Anyway, yesterday looked something like this:

B- Two oatibix with rice milk and banana
S- Larabar - Ginger snap
L- Multi-seed bagel with pure
Veggies (cucumber, carrot, cherry tomatoes, lettuce, celery) with red
pepper houmous.
S- Apple, Salt and Vinegar Soy Crisps
D- Stir-Fry (Tofu, wholewheat noodles, sugar snaps, baby corn, carrot, pak
choi, soy sauce, sesame oil, plum seasoning)

Drinks - Water, tea with rice milk x2

[PaintedXSkyline]

B: Oatmeal, Apple.
L: Salad, Hashbrowns, 3 slices of wholemeal bread with Ajvar
D: i'm not sure.. i'm thinking tomato soup maybe.

[Enchantress]

Two slices of wholemeal toast with margarine and yeast extract.
Toasted sandwich - two slices of wholemeal toast, margarine, mushy peas, tomato slices.
Cranberry and raspberry juice drink with Floradix.
Two flapjacks. African spice Rooibos tea.
Brown rice. Stir fry - carrots, red bell pepper, broccoli, cabbage, beans, onion and mushrooms.
Two digestive biscuits. Bowl of Alpro custard.
Rooibos tea.