What did you eat today? (2-12)

[RubyDuby]

whats a narna?

eta: and no, it doesnt seem like that much food at all!

[vava]

narna - sorry being lazy and not writing the full term = banana

I also use it as an insult if someone has done something daft i.e. you are such a narna!

[RubyDuby]

thats why I asked! I looked up the word (even slang def) a while ago cuz I couldnt figure out what u kept calling everybody! never heard of such a thing. u banana

[vava]

the french say mon petit choux (sp) my little cabbage - personally I'd rather be narna!

[Astrid]

And Sean Connery calls Tippi Hedren 'old bean' in Marnie.

[applepie]

coffee + rice milk
porridge, apple + date pieces

wholewheat pita, hummus, rocket + tomato
2 carrots + hummus

narna

chili sin carne + couscous

[RubyDuby]

green tea latte
cup of lentil soup
2 soy beef enchiladas
lettuces, tomato, avocado
rice & beans
flaxseed tea
lasagna,
meetballs,
garlic toast
and a small salad
i feel fat. ugh

[ellaminnowpea]

OMG - Mango chilli sauce sounds divine!!

ooh yeah its awesome. we serve it at the restaurant I work at. With the exception of three of them, all the sauces we serve are vegan, too!

But since I was too lazy to go to the restaurant to get food (I don't work today), I had this for dinner:

-- the weirdest salad ever- 3/4 bag of baby spinach, 4 slices roasted red peppers, 1 tbsp garlic, 2 tbsp salsa, 4 tbsp spicy mustard, 8 or so green olives, 1/2c chickpeas

-- an amy's bean burrito

I think I was just going through all the crap in my fridge and started putting stuff on my baby spinach until it was nice and spicy and salty... can you tell what time of month it is?! I always crave salty foods!

[Yoggy]

Breakfast: 100% organic green smoothie of strawberries, banana, fresh pineapple, apple juice, and a handful of spinach.

Snack: snickerdoodle cookie

Lunch (I was in a hurry): whole wheat bagel, 1/2 with tofutti cream cheese, 1/2 with coconut oil and fruit spread.

Supper: green curry made with broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, red pepper and fresh pineapple.

Dessert: another snickerdoodle!

[Enchantress]

Steamed broccoli.
Bowl of lentil soup with lemon juice and one chopped carrot and coriander sausage.
Hummus and raw spinach sandwich on wholemeal bread.
Two clementines. One cup of chamomile and limeflower tea.
One cup of African spice rooibos tea.
One fried mashed potato cake with ketchup.
One cup of rooibos tea.
Bowl of lentil soup with lemon juice and two chopped carrot and coriander sausages.

It's weird, I thought that looked like quite a lot of food, but I added it all up and it only came to about 1100 calories.

[Russell]

I made two awesome things on Sunday! I made a batch of blueberry pancakes from a recipe that I found on here a while back and loved them. Even my brother (who is not vegan and actually sort of critical of how most vegan foods taste) loved them and ate like three for breakfast. In the afternoon I made the brownie recipe from postpunkkitchen.com and ate them during the Super Bowl. They were spectacular. My whole family loved them and half the batch was gone by the fourth quarter. I was so happy with both meals - not only because they resulted in some good eating for me, but also because they demonstrated to my otherwise skeptical family how amazing vegan food can taste. That's always a satisfying thing!

[Roxy]

breakfast

Edit - this doesn't seem like a massive amount of food - or maybe I am just a pig but according to fitday there are just shy of 2000 calories here and half of my calories today have come from fat!

The nuts, seeds and coconut are all quite high in calories and fat. It's good fats though.

If you're worried, just try eating less of them tomorrow.

Today:

2 cups of coffee with vanilla soy milk.
Scrambled cheesy tofu on a breadroll.

1 Smart Monkey carob energy bar.

2 organic tangerines

Homemade organic pasta salad: wholewheat rotini, Yves veggie chicken strips, carrot, red pepper, celery, tomato, poppyseed dressing.

A whole bag of organic microwave popcorn with powdered sugar sprinkled on it.

3 squares of Sjaak's dark chocolate raspberry bar.

[emzy1985]

BREAKFAST:

Bananna, mango, coconut milk and flax oil smoothie

SNACK:

Handful of mixed nuts

LUNCH:

Tofu, onion, garlic and sweetcorn in a bbq marinade over baby spinach leaves and romaine.

DINNER:

Wholemeal pasta with chopped tomatoes, homemade meatballs (see told ya I was gonna make some hehehe), fresh basil and homemade wholemeal garlic bread.

(I feel asleep straight after cuz I had a massive headache for no imparticular reason which was very naughty of me cuz now all those carbs are sitting on my belly lol...should go for a run this morning or something!)

[Roxy]

That breakfast smoothie sounds yummy Emzy!!

[Skylark]

B- Berry Cheeky Nakd Bar, Banana
L- Chestnut spread & banana sandwich
Salad (lettuce, celery, cucumber, cherry toms, carrot, pepper)
S- Apple, Alpro Toffee Soya Dessert
D- Wholewheat pasta with pinto beans in a fresh tomato sauce & nutritional yeast.
Steamed baby corn & sugar snap peas
S- Two weetabix with oat milk

Water, tea with oat milk x1

How does everyone get by on three meals a day, no snacks? Apart from when I'm really ill (like flu or something) I'd be starving with no snacks

[Enchantress]

I'm usually the same way, Skylark. I think it's because usually if I eat large quantities of food I end up feeling too full and often a bit sick, but if I eat the amount of food that my stomach is comfortable with I have to eat more than three times a day to get enough calories. Eating little and often is supposed to boost your metabolism and be the healthiest way to eat anyway.

[BlackCats]

3 apricots and a banana
4 slices of wholemeal toast and pure spread
Green tea

I'm having 3 veggie sausages, mashed potatoes, broccoli, carrots, peas, sweetcorn and gravy later

[PhinaPhantastic]

2 sandwiches with veggies
2 apples
1 sandwich with tofu and veggies
2 slices of toast
a piece of gherkin

and I'm going to eat maybe another apple and a sandwich or something

[fondducoeur]

Yesterday:
luna bar
few baked pita chips
left over potato and chickpea curry with a whole wheat pita
granola bar
whole wheat spaghetti with tomato sauce with olives and and artichokes
1 stroopwaffle cookie

[Cup'O'Tea]

-Too many 10-grain pancakes with walnuts, banana slices, maple syrup and 2 yves veggie sausages. 2 cups of coffee with soymilk.

-1/2 tsp peanut butter and 3 tsps applesauce (I still think I have hypoglycemia...I didn't eat for four hours and for the last hour felt very faint. ran to the fridge and grabbed a quick snack)

-big bowl of lentil vegetable soup, an apple.

-slice of whole wheat toast with 1/4 avacado. 1 dried apricot, 1 fig, 2 dates, 1 kiwi.

-salad: romaine, cucumber, red peppers & 2 slices of yves veggie turkey w/olive oil & balsamic vinegar

[Stine]

B: porridge with banana
L: ryebread one with avocado one with hummus and cuecumber
S: Noodls with currysauce, soyyoghurt
D: Stirfry with broccoli, carrot, seitan, mushroom + brown rice

[Mystic]

- Plain Oatmeal. 2 cups of Green tea.
- Banana.
- Avocado & Alfalfa sandwich. Vanilla Coke.
- Curried Chickpea wrap w/ cucumber & tomato.
- Apple

[pavotrouge]

thai/vietnamese/japanese-inspired udon soup with star anise

bento: mapo tofu, white rice, carrot + beans sprouts salad

2 muffins

now off to make some curry and see if I can find any fruit...

[VelvetDragon]

Yesterday:

A smoothie made with almond milk, a banana, frozen mangoes and cocoa powder
Salted, roasted sunflower seeds
3 dark chocolate truffles
Enormous nachos, with refried beans, nutritional yeast "queso" sauce, avocado, tomato, onion, black olives, and blue corn chips

Today, so far,
Amy's cream of rice cereal bowl
Smoothie made with black tea, banana, and frozen blueberries

[applepie]

Bit low on veggies today, but out all day and relying on food to eat in 5-minute breaks between lectures.

coffee + rice milk
porridge, apple + raisins

cinnamon and raising bagel
banana, tangerine
cranberry muesli bar

leftover chili sin carne + baked potato

[Cup'O'Tea]

- Plain Oatmeal. 2 cups of Green tea.
- Banana.
- Avocado & Alfalfa sandwich. Vanilla Coke.
- Curried Chickpea wrap w/ cucumber & tomato.
- Apple

No dates!
You inspired me to try dates...I bought some today and they're delicious!

[pavotrouge]

another one saved for team date

add to above: some rice and a giant bowl of beetroot/mushroom curry
Sounds vile, but is heaven (if you like beetroot and mushrooms).

[Stine]

another one saved for team date

add to above: some rice and a giant bowl of beetroot/mushroom curry
Sounds vile, but is heaven (if you like beetroot and mushrooms).

mmm beatroot mushroom curry sounds good, two of my favorite vegetables... do jo have a recipe?

[pavotrouge]

it's from Madhur Jaffrey's "World Vegetarian" - I'll type it down for you, but not today anymore. I'm going to bed now

[Stine]

thank you... sounds good

[ellaminnowpea]

Today:
B: two grapefruit
L: luna bar, large coffee
D: my regular stirfry w/ carrots, bok choy, sprouts, tomato, squash, broccoli, waterchesnut, mushrooms, edamame and orange ginger sauce

hmmm... the orange ginger sauce tastes a little lemon-y. I think I'll go back to the ginger soy or mango chili next time.

Oh and I'm planning on having a banana or mango later. I don't think I've gone a day without either in a while!

[PaintedXSkyline]

B: Oatmeal
L: Mushrooms; Homemade Peanut Butter on WW bread (x3)
S: Potato Wedges;; Cup Of Soymilk
D: Tomato Soup with WW bread
S: Tea

[emzy1985]

BREAKFAST:

Homemade fresh squeezd OJ with Shredded Wheat and a chopped bananna

LUNCH:

Veggie chilli with two slices of wholemeal bread

DINNER:

Two frys burgers with mashed potato, green beans and lots of lovely thick gravy!

(That smoothie I had the otherday was the most awesome smoothie of my life...btw Roxy )

[jamboxrock]

breakfast: weetabix flakes & fiber w/ almond milk, half a grapefruit

lunchbox: sausage balls, veggies w/ dilly ranch & roasted red pepper hummus, pickled gherkins, beets & mushrooms, grapes, small piece of cookie cake

dinner: nachos (tortilla chips, amy's refried black beans, guac, salsa, cilantro, jalapenos, nooch), last of the sausage balls & cookie cake

after dinner: a beer

[sinarei]

B: FlaxPlus multibran cereal with banana, date, and soymilk. Veggies with whole wheat wrapper.
S: Baby carrots and mustard (so good!)
L: Seitan vegetable stew, apple, chocolate zensoy pudding with a few drops of peppermint oil added
S: Quinoa with portabella mushrooms
D: Spiced kabocha squash smoothie (squash + soymilk + maple syrup + silken tofu + nutmeg… it tastes kind of like pumpkin pie), more seitan vegetable stew

[RubyDuby]

tofu scramble
chai tea with vanilla soy and maple syrup
lasagna and meetballs
soy latte

[VelvetDragon]

+

* Tacos -- hard corn shells, refried beans, tomato-and-herb rice, salsa, lettuce, guacamole and faux "queso"; also some extra rice and beans and corn chips.
* Iced black tea with raw sugar.

[Skylark]

B- Two oatibix with oat milk & banana
L- Hummous, carrot, mixed salad leaf and alfalfa sandwich
Pineapple slices, carrot sticks
S- Apple, instant oatmeal with oat/rice milk
D- Borlotti beans in a fresh tomato sauce with couscous & nut.yeast
Spinach, cherry toms, pepper, cucumber
S- Two weetabix with oat milk

Water, tea with oat milk x2

[Enchantress]

Yesterday:
Three small snack balls I made our of oats, peanut butter, dates and orange juice.
One clementine.
A cup of rooibos tea.
Steamed peas and carrots. One steamed broccoli speear.
Linda McCartney pie.

[busy91]

Since it is Ash Wednesday I have to fast. That means 2 small meals and one big one.

B: Green Smoothie
L: Various veggies from a salad bar and some fruit (very little of both)
D: Will be - Big Salad and my black eyed peas and brown rice.

[pavotrouge]

have to fast?!

today so far:

3 rice paper spring rolls with mushrooms, carrots and napa cabbage and sweet chili sauce

3 mocha muffins

1/2 pineapple

2 tomatoes with salt + pepper, Turkish pickled chillis and Spanish olives

[busy91]

have to fast?!

Yes, it is a day of Fast & Abstinence in the Catholic faith.

[pavotrouge]

I know that. People do this here as well. Though not all Catholics and nobody is legally obliged, are they?

[busy91]

No it is not a legal obligation, just a religious one.

[pavotrouge]

is it really that common in the US? Most people in Germany are Catholics and I also know a bunch of very traditional Irish Catholics and nobody's fasting today.

[Mystic]

Do you have a time difference btween Germany and NYC? Maybe it is not the day for you there. I know someone who did it yesterday and I am in Australia

[applepie]

Possibly depends where in Germany you're from? I'm from the South, so veeeery Catholic territory, and many of my friends are fasting today.
I'm not though, religion's not for me

Today I had:

coffee + rice milk (hazelnut-almond flavour)
porridge oats, banana + rice milk

carrot, celeriac + apple salad
seeded bread + hummus

pasta with tomatoes, olives, capers, chili + basil

[pavotrouge]

It's Ash Wednesday here as well. But nobody fasts. It's a tradition for sure, but maybe 1 out of 1000 people actually does it.

[busy91]

I don't think a lot of Catholics here do it. Many members of my church do it. It isn't a total fast anyway, it is 2 small meals and one big one, so we still eat, just not a lot. Not that vegans eat much anyway.

[pavotrouge]

don't they ?!