I'm a little behind in keeping up with my 'once a week' goal to post here but we've been hosting company, I've still been recuperating from my illness and well, I'll just put a few weeks together here. The adventure is going well. I did have a little bit of meat mixed in with the food I served my guests altho I tried my best to keep it out. And once I had a few breadsticks with some cheese on top, quite forgetting that I am not doing dairy (?? what I must say is that it's because I had guests here and I was enjoying their company so much that I forgot! :)
So here's a sampling of what I've been eating. I am eating quite a bit of raw foods these days to try to detox from the antibiotics I was on and it's helping with the exhaustion I was feeling. I'm so glad to be on the mend and getting adventurous with my food. I have pinned quite a few ideas in pinterest and I had some fun trying out some new things the past few weeks.
My husband, who has high blood pressure that hasn't been coming down very easily with a 90% plant-based diet has agreed to join me on my adventure of being vegan for the year. Yay!
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| frenched green beans with baked beans |
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| pizza (vegan cheese) with a garden salad |
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| raw veggies with ranch, lentil soup and sourdough bread |
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| a delicious Italian pasta dish |
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| a bbq tofu sandwich |
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| the pears were not dipped in the ranch :-) |
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| raspberry yogurt smoothie |
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a delicious "ancient grains bowl' from The Core Life Eatery
while on a double date with friends |
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the first black bean burgers off the grill for the summer
(they were delicious!!) |
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my plate from a 'trifle buffet' with orange creamsicle pudding,
fruit, lemon cake and some tru whip |
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Big Mac salad (I picked out the few chunks of leftover grilled
burger that were in there), peas and cauliflower |
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| chicken noodle soup (tried to pick out the meat) |
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| a very veggie pizza we picked up while out shopping one day |
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minestrone soup from Uno's
while on an anniversary getaway
with my darling husband of 20 yrs |
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the salad we shared from Uno's (I was unaware it was coming
with feta cheese on it) |
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the very veggie pizza we shared
(I had asked for the cheese to be removed. It wasn't all
removed :/ ) |
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a "British muffin" from Trader Joe's accompanied by
fruit-juice sweetened red raspberry jam |
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| 'fried' potatoes and scrambled tofu |
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| tropical green smoothie |
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creamy garlic pasta, spiraled and lightly fried sweet potatoes
with a Garden salad |
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a wonderful Greek style pasta I made for us and our guests.
It included artichokes, white beans, and spinach |
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baked egg rolls and very lightly fried rice
with sesame garlic sauce |
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| oranges and kiwi are so delicious! |
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a vegan 'filet-o-fish'. I'm telling you, this was a huge hit.
My pickiest eater told me I 'hit the nail on the head with this one'. |
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| BBQ chickpea gyros. These were excellent and shall be repeated |
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leftover bbq chickpeas and the sauce from the gyros over
grits with a side of green beans |
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spiraled sweet potatoes lightly fried and served with
crushed kale chips and vegan feta. Very good! |
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creamy vegan mac and 'cheez', Greek quinoa and veggie salad
with a side of peas and cauliflower |
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| a close up picture of the Greek quinoa salad |
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Saturday brunch of scrambled tofu with shredded potatoes and
peppers, mushrooms and onions |
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| a 'lunch on the go' from Wegmans: vegetable sushi |
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Saturday nite pizza using a whole grain pita with sauce,
veggies and almond cheez
I've been diving into the nutrition info that I have on my
bookshelves this week, and wow, I've really been enjoying
renewing my understanding of how whole plant foods
feed my cells and create good health. I have worked my way
thru a few of these this week and highly recommend them. |
Education helps us to know how to change if change is needed
because if we don't change anything, we will get what we've
always gotten...and in America, the Standard American Diet
is creating disease, not health. I don't know about you,
but I would guess that you, like me, are not interested
in going the way of disease...
If you follow me on Facebook, you probably noticed that little
hashtag that I started attaching to all my food and nutrition posts:
#feedingcellsisfun.
I truly feel that way. I love eating a wide variety of plants,
and I also love that it helps me to feel well.
