Proud to eat healthy

[ravenfire]

Doh, I should have put that. Turbinado is sugar that hasn't been processed or refined. So there is no bone char used to process it and if I'm not mistaken it's healthier than white sugar. I get mine out of the bulk bins at either Whole Foods or Wild Oats for about $1/pound. Here's a description of how it's made:

Turbinado Sugar is made by crushing the freshly-cut sugar cane to squeeze out the juice, rich in molasses, vitamins and minerals. The cane juice is evaporated and spun in a centrifuge, or turbine, to produce the large sparkling golden crystals. For this reason, this style of natural large sugar crystals is often referred to as Turbinado Sugar.

[Tiggerwoo]

Aha, thanks Ravenfire. Will have a look out for it. Sounds really lovely. Can't wait to get making those cookies now!

[ssalton05]

thanks so much for the recipe!! you rock : )

[treehugga]

B: organic oatmeal and soy milk
organic black tea.

L: organic baked wedges with macrobiotic salt (at organic expo).
organic chocolate
organic apple juice-freshly squeezed.

D: organic spelt flatbreads (homemade and divine)

pesto with rocket,basil,sunflwer seeds, sesame seeds, pecan nuts,garlic,lemon, olive & flax seed oil.

middle eastern salad: cos lettuce, tomatoe, red onion, mint, parsley, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil topped with fried pita bread.

fattoush: lettuce, rocket, kale, soy cheese grated, garlic, lemon, olive oil.

This is one of my most favorite meals.

Plus I had lots of water, bancha tea, juice and chai.

[ravenfire]

I'm glad you all like the recipe, I really hope my measurements are close. Basically just taste the chocolate/peanut butter sauce before you transfer it to a bowl and that will tell you if you need more of something.

Here's my menu from yesterday.

Breakfast
Smoothie:
1/2 cup frozen peaches
1/2 cup fresh mango
1 cup rice milk

Lunch
Pitas:
1 whole wheat pita
2 tbsp sundried tomato & basil hummus
1/2 cup radish sprouts
1 no bake oatmeal cookie

Snack:
A chocolate brownie cliff bar

Dinner:
Salad:
1 cup spinach
1 tomato
2 tbsp flax oil dressing
1 herb roasted potato
1/2 cup pinto beans
1/2 cup brown rice

Snack
Pitas (had them again since I had been craving them for weeks)
1 whole wheat pita
2 tbsp hummus
1/2 cup radish sprouts
handful of pumpkin seeds

Which, according to fitday, adds up to be 1985 calories, 65 g fat, 6 g saturated fat, 43 g fiber, 318 g carbs, 50 g protein

[Yoggy]

I haven't eaten all my meals yet today, but I wanted to post now because I'm excited about what I'm eating today:

Breakfast: organic sliced fruit dipped in agave nectar (banana, mango, apple)

Snack: fresh-squeezed organic orange juice

Lunch:
bowl of sliced carrots, cucumber and cauliflower with raw olive oil and lemon juice on top
3 medjool dates with raw almond butter inside
fresh squeezed organic grapefruit juice
maybe a green smoothie if i'm still hungry (fresh-squeezed orange juice, some romaine lettuce leaves, a banana and a couple strawberries)

Snack: Larabar (not sure which kind yet...)

Supper: raw nut loaf with tahini sauce on top, and more sliced carrots, cucumber and cauliflower on the side, with CC's raw goddess dressing on top.

[DancingWillow]

Yoggy, sounds delish! For how long are you going raw?

I'd like to do 2 raw days again, but I'll have to plan them out much better. Last time I definitely didn't get enough protein, I was STARVING the entire time, and felt very, very sick (which could be a good thing, if my body was getting rid of toxins, but I'm not sure if that was the case)...

[soyabean]

So far today
3 small oranges
1 banana and peanut butter on several no-salt rice cakes.

lots of glasses of fruit juice (oranage and grapefruit) mixed with sparkling spring water.

Some homemade hotpot (a veg stock/chopped tomato base with lots of fresh veg and pre-cooked beans/lentils etc added then cooked in a casserole dish)

A small bowl of mixed nuts, seeds and dried fruit.

(plus a vegan vitamin and 2 kelp tablets)

[ravenfire]

Breakfast:
A smoothie with a banana, 1/2 cup strawberries & 1 cup rice milk

Lunch:
An herb roasted potato
An ear of fresh corn on the cob
An Orange

Snack
1 yellow carrot
1/2 cup Pistachio nuts
An Orange (the only fruit I have in the house right now, I need to get more)

Dinner
1/2 cup pintos (cooked in the slow cooker all day
1/2 cup quinoa seasoned with an organic vegan boullion cube
1/2 cup spinach
1 raw tomato

Snack (haven't had yet)
A chocolate brownie cliff bar

And while I usually don't put it in the descriptions, 99% of the fruits and veggies I eat are organic. Looking back, today was a 100% organic day!!

[speedylemons]

nice!!!!!!!! i swear i can tell a difference with organic food.

[DancingWillow]

nice!!!!!!!! i swear i can tell a difference with organic food.

yep! so much more flavorful

Yesterday:

Breakfast:
flax granola cereal with hazelnut milk and cinnamon
1 organic pear

Lunch:
big bowl of organic lentil soup (lentils, yellow onion, peas, carrots, broccoli, olive oil, sea salt, oregano, basil, and other spices)
2 sunflower seed butter-chocolate chip cookies

Snack:
1 organic kiwi
1 organic grapefruit with turbinado sugar sprinkled on top
1-2 tbsp sunflower seed butter
a little bit of chocolate chips

Dinner:
Big salad with all organic veggies (red cabbage, yellow squash, scallion, alfalfa sprouts, red chard, spinach, tomato) topped with about 1/4 cup of nutritional yeast, tamari almonds, and Annie's papaya-poppy seed dressing
1 slice of organic whole grain bread
handful of chocolate chips

[Plunder Bunnie]

Blargh, im so stuffed right now!

Breakfast - One half grain english muffin with vegan margarine, some apple sauce and a banada. One glass water, one glass chocolate soy milk.

Walked home from Dentist office (30 minutes)

Drank one cup of water.

Lunch - One Yves veggie burger, on whole wheat toast, with lettuce, onion and pickle. One salad with ice berg lettuce, red cabbage, asparagus, zuchinni, garlic croutons, salad topper (fake bacon bits, sun flower seeds, peanuts, etc.). Also, one nice fat cob of corn, with a bit of margarine spread around it, and some black pepper. Also, one glass water, one glass apple juice, and my vitamin and iron pills. (Stuffed!)

Supper - Im not really sure, thinking veggie soup and a nice veggie wrap.

[ravenfire]

nice!!!!!!!! i swear i can tell a difference with organic food.

Mmmm, me too. Not only does it taste so much better but I feel a lot better when I'm eating mostly organic.

[speedylemons]

ditto!

[Mystic]

I am detoxing for the next week, as I have been sick constantly all year, and I am sick of being sick. I started today:
- freshly squeezed juice: pineapple, grapefruit, lime & orange
- salad: mixed greens, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, red capsicum, and sliced avocado dressed in olive oil & lime juice
- handful of raw macadamia nuts
- apple
- steamed & mashed sweet potato & lightly steamed broccoli

[treehugga]

B: organic multi sourdough & peanut butter

L: homemeade vegan pizza with green caps, garlic, onion,mushies, vegan cheese & parmazano.

Sn: 2 small slices nutloaf (after I'd eaten them my mother told me she had used cows milk in them ). I'm consumed with guilt now even though I know it's not my fault!!

D: mega salad with all salad veg, nuts & seeds plus green goddess dressing and crusty bread.

apple, orange, red grapes, dates & walnuts.

organic chai tea, green and jasmine tea, bancha tea.

water.

[veggiegirl3]

Sn: 2 small slices nutloaf (after I'd eaten them my mother told me she had used cows milk in them ). I'm consumed with guilt now even though I know it's not my fault!!

Poor you! Don't feel bad though; it definately wasn't your fault. I think everyone eats something occassionally without knowing that there is an animal product of some kind in it. I was eating monodiglicerides in bread without knowing that monodiglicerides are animal products, and that was a few times a week!

[ravenfire]

Yesterday:

Breakfast: a smoothie with frozen pineapple, fresh strawberries, orange juice & rice milk

Lunch: a whole wheat pita filled with sun dried tomato & basil hummus, sweet clover sprouts, & sunflower seeds

Snack: a chocolate brownie cliff bar

Dinner: confetti pasta (spinach, beet & tomato) with tomato sauce (containing: onion, garlic, sweet pepper, spinach & asparagus)
Spinach greens with chunks of fresh strawberries, pineapple & mango with a bit of orange juice for dressing (I just threw this together and it was sooo good!!!)

[Tigerlily]

Healthy enough? I eat a lot of snacks. I get hungry every 1-2 hours...does that mean I have a fast metabolism??

* Means organic, trying to get more organic foods in. Sadly, it's not even near all organic. It's just so expensive! Hopefully it will be cheaper in Toronto (more demand).

Breakfast
1 buckwheat waffle* with syrup
1 piece of sprouted grain toast* with fruit spread (naturally lower in sugar than jam)
Cup of tea

Lunch
Crispy fried tofu* over rice with soy sauce and plum sauce

Afternoon snacks, not all at once
Salad: baby greens*, tomato, red pepper, green onion, Italian dressing
Bowl of fruit salad
A couple of squares of dark chocolate*
Half a coconut bar*
Bowl of dry cereal

Supper
Veggie burger* (well, partially organic) with mustard
Cup of soup

Evening snacks, not all at once
Cup of tea
And...more food which I haven't figured out yet. I feel like a baked potato with vegan sour cream!

[veggiegirl3]

Maybe it's a fast metabolism. Someone told me that once, because I'm like that too. I have heard that protein and fat make you full for longer, so maybe eating some at every meal/snack would help.

[assilembob]

Tigerlilly - it also means you could be slightly hypoglycemic. I was told that is why i get hungry so often. My body tells me I need to keep my blood sugar up.

[Tigerlily]

Tigerlilly - it also means you could be slightly hypoglycemic. I was told that is why i get hungry so often. My body tells me I need to keep my blood sugar up.

What's hypoglycemic? Is it like diabetes? I got a lot of tests done for diabtes last month (blood work and urine) and my sugar levels were a-okay.

[assilembob]

It's basically low blood sugar.
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/hypoglycemia/

If you were tested, you are probably okie! Most people do not know if they have it or not...

[Tigerlily]

That's neat. I never really knew about that before.

[DancingWillow]

Yesterday:

Breakfast:
bowl of organic whole grain sprouted cereal with almond milk, organic maple syrup, and cinnamon
about 10 strawberries

Lunch:
organic home-made cabbage soup (cabbage, red potatoes, onion, carrots, olive oil, sea salt, and spices)
1 home-made chocolate chip cookie

Snack:
1 organic red banana
1 organic kiwi
2 tbsp organic peanut butter
a few spoons of Tofutti blueberry cheesecake ice-cream

Dinner:
salad with all organic veggies (collard greens, spinach, tomato, alfalfa sprouts, scallion) topped with raw walnuts, about 1/4 cup nutritional yeast, and Annie's papaya-poppy seed dressing
1 slice of organic whole grain oat bread
handful of chocolate chips

[apple]

Organic grapefruit, orange, and kiwi slices with ground flax sprinkled on top

Salad with assorted veggies - romaine, spinach, watercress, cherry tomatoes, celery, carrot, red cabbage, red and yellow peppers, cucumber, broccosprouts, green beans, snow peas, and broccoli
Baby lima beans mixed with balsamic vinegar, tomatoes, red onion, and parsley

1 organic apple and a handful of blackberries

Steam-fried bok choy, snow peas, broccoli, napa cabbage, and asparagus
Baked brown rice with tomatoes, zucchini and chickpeas

[DancingWillow]

that's a lovely yummy menu, apple!

[speedylemons]

apple holy cow! YOU do eat healthy! You deserve to be proud!

[UrbanVegan]

this is a 'what did you eat today' thread for those who eat /try hard to eat a balanced healthy diet everyday...

For breakfast I had a banana, walnuts, cereal and a class of soy milk. For lunch I'm trying the Tofurky that I've read a lot of good reviews. I have the Tofurky Italian Sausage and eating it with some hummus and pita bread. I've been on a hummus kick all week.

[apple]

apple holy cow! YOU do eat healthy! You deserve to be proud!

lol. but sometimes it gets a little boring! i was recently diagnosed with celiac disease so it's next to impossible for me to get enough fiber unless i eat fruits/veggies by the truck loads! i would give anything for an almond butter/strawberry jam sandwich right now!

today's eats:

strawberry/peach smoothie with ground flax
several fresh strawberries

salad with beans again

just had fresh watermelon and pineapple . our neighbors just returned from Maui and brought back boxes of fruits!

i'm not sure about dinner yet but it's probably a stir-fry or leftover homemade fried rice

[DancingWillow]

apple, I think foxytina_69 has Celiac's disease, maybe you can PM her, I think she'll be happy to help you and give you some recipes/suggestions. Also, can you use gluten-free baking mixes and stuff?

[veggiegirl3]

Is Celiac's disease when you can't eat wheat?

[UrbanVegan]

Update: the Tofurky Italian Sausage was not good Too tough. They were trying TOO hard to make it like meat. Didn't like it.

[Roxy]

Awwww that's a shame Urbanvegan. Do you think that you might've cooked it a little too long. Some times those sausages can go quite tough if they're overcooked.

I love to slice up the Italian Sausage and make it into part of a pasta sauce. Mmmmmm Yum!

[UrbanVegan]

Awwww that's a shame Urbanvegan. Do you think that you might've cooked it a little too long. Some times those sausages can go quite tough if they're overcooked.

I love to slice up the Italian Sausage and make it into part of a pasta sauce. Mmmmmm Yum!

I never cooked it. When I brought it from home I just left it in my lunch bag on my desk so it was room temp when I ate it. I added it to my hummus pita. I think your idea of adding it to pasta sauce is a better idea that me adding it to hummus

[Roxy]

LOL! I think so too!

[DancingWillow]

Is Celiac's disease when you can't eat wheat?

People with Celiac's disease cannot eat gluten because their bodies cannot process it properly. Wheat has gluten, and that's why they can't eat it...

[apple]

apple, I think foxytina_69 has Celiac's disease, maybe you can PM her, I think she'll be happy to help you and give you some recipes/suggestions. Also, can you use gluten-free baking mixes and stuff?

Thanks, dancingwillow! I'll definitely PM her as I'm always looking for new ideas! Yep, I think I'm going to try Bob's Red Mill's products - I hear there's a pretty substantial line of gluten-free stuff. I can't wait to try the gluten-free hot cereal since I miss my morning oatmeal!

[Wildflower]

I never cooked it. When I brought it from home I just left it in my lunch bag on my desk so it was room temp when I ate it. I added it to my hummus pita. I think your idea of adding it to pasta sauce is a better idea that me adding it to hummus

You need to cook it!

Give it another go...it is actually quite soft when cooked. I agree with Roxy, slice it and sautee it with some olive oil and then add to a pasta sauce. It is also very soft microwaved. I grill it sometimes, and it gets soft that way, but a little more crunchy on the outside.

[Tigerlily]

Breakfast:
Cereal with soy milk

Lunch:
Chick'n burger inside pita bread with ketchup, mustard, and this homemade relish thing
Carrot sticks, tomato slices, cucumber slices

Afternoon snacks, not all at once (about an hour apart):
Cup of coffee with soy milk
Carrot sticks, red pepper sticks, cucumber slices, olives
Small bowl of cereal with soy milk

Supper:
Tofu scramble (tofu, onions, zuccini, mushrooms, broccoli, canned tomatoes, nutritional yeast, dill, basil, salt and pepper) with ketchup drizzled on top
Slice of sprouted grain bread with fruit spread

Evening snack #1:
Apple

Evening snack #2:
Bowl of soy yogurt (strawberry flavour) with strawberry slices and banana slices
Half a bagel with fruit spread

Yum!

[ravenfire]

Breakfast: Tofu scramble burrito
crumbled firm tofu, mushrooms, onion, bell pepper, and an orange tomato seasoned with turmeric, cumin & soy sauce on a tortilla with salsa

Snack: a golden delicious apple

Lunch:
a raw tomato, a raw carrot, a tortilla & 1/4 cantaloupe

Dinner:
Anasazi beans
seasoned brown rice
veggie packs (mushroom, zucchini, potato, onion & carrot drizzled with Italian dressing, baked in an aluminum foil pack to keep all of the moisture and flavor in)
& the other 1/4 cantaloupe

Everything other than the tomato and cantaloupe is organic. I bought the tomatos and cantaloupe from a little home grown stand.

[DancingWillow]

Yesterday I visited old family friends where we had a summer house in the mountains, and they had so much awesome vegan food for me, most of it home-grown, home-picked, and home-cooked So, so delicious!

Breakfast:
2 slices whole grain bread with a tomato-red pepper spread
bowl of cherries
a little orange juice

Snacks:
5-6 apricots
cherries
strawberries
peanuts
a bottle of sour cherry juice

Lunch (eaten over a couple of hours):
bowl of salad (cucumbers, tomatoes, onion, garlic clove, fresh cilantro-like green, oil, and salt)
1 slice of bread
3 baked marinated red peppers
a bowl of home-cooked vegetable stew (potatoes and a bunch of other vegetables...someone else had cooked it, so I'm not sure what exactly)
2 peaches
2 apricots
several slices melon
strawberries
cherries
a glass of apricot juice
a glass of white wine

Snack:
a couple of apricots
a few strawberries

Dinner:
salad (spinach, tomato, cucumber, green onion, fresh dill, and cilantro-like green) with oil, vinegar, and a little salt
a handful of chocolate chips