Tuesday, April 12, 2016

The Adventure...weeks 9-12

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!




frenched green beans with baked beans

pizza (vegan cheese) with a garden salad

raw veggies with ranch, lentil soup and sourdough bread


a delicious Italian pasta dish



a bbq tofu sandwich

the pears were not dipped in the ranch :-)

raspberry yogurt smoothie

a delicious "ancient grains bowl' from The Core Life Eatery
while on a double date with friends

the first black bean burgers off the grill for the summer
(they were delicious!!)

my plate from a 'trifle buffet' with orange creamsicle pudding,
fruit, lemon cake and some tru whip

Big Mac salad (I picked out the few chunks of leftover grilled
burger that were in there), peas and cauliflower

chicken noodle soup (tried to pick out the meat)

a very veggie pizza we picked up while out shopping one day

minestrone soup from Uno's
while on an anniversary getaway
with my darling husband of 20 yrs

the salad we shared from Uno's (I was unaware it was coming
with feta cheese on it)

the very veggie pizza we shared
(I had asked for the cheese to be removed. It wasn't all
removed :/ )


a "British muffin" from Trader Joe's accompanied by
fruit-juice sweetened red raspberry jam

'fried' potatoes and scrambled tofu

tropical green smoothie 
creamy garlic pasta, spiraled and lightly fried sweet potatoes
with a Garden salad

a wonderful Greek style pasta I made for us and our guests.
It included artichokes, white beans, and spinach

baked egg rolls and very lightly fried rice
with sesame garlic sauce

oranges and kiwi are so delicious!


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'.

BBQ chickpea gyros. These were excellent and shall be repeated

leftover bbq chickpeas and the sauce from the gyros over
grits with a side of green beans


spiraled sweet potatoes lightly fried and served with
crushed kale chips and vegan feta. Very good!

creamy vegan mac and 'cheez', Greek quinoa and veggie salad
with a side of peas and cauliflower

a close up picture of the Greek quinoa salad

Saturday brunch of scrambled tofu with shredded potatoes and
peppers, mushrooms and onions

a 'lunch on the go' from Wegmans: vegetable sushi

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.

Monday, March 21, 2016

The Adventure...week 8

Well! I am finally feeling a return to more normal health and vitality. That was a long ordeal being sick with an infection in my joints that seems to be a puzzle to the doctors. We are blessed that God has allowed healing. I'm looking forward to springtime and warmer temps.

Here's some foods I was eating. I am sorry, I didn't photograph all my meals like I hoped to but here's a sampling of things for you to see.

taco salad we had on a double date
at our house with friiends

strawberry pie from a double date
meal I made and we shared with
friends

double date table set up. It was fun!
vegetable soup 

a yummy black bean burger
I had on a day when we were out

Pasta salad on a spring-like day.
I took out the pepperoni for myself

green tropical smoothie

hashbrowns and green beans
with a cuke/tomato salad

the makings of scrambled tofu
for burritos 
the scrambled tofu burrito
with salsa

chocolate cookies...and almond milk

all vegan...a beautiful meal shared with a friend at Core Life Eatery, a new restaurant near me. I had a wonderful meal:
tomato basil soup, and ancient grains bowl with tofu cubes, and beet lemonade. So good!

a baked tater with lentil walnut 'meat' (delish!), guacamole
and freshly made salsa

hashbrowns, green beans and
brussel sprouts

shredded potatoes, lightly fried and served with ketchup


There were raw foods consumed. They are not pictured because I forgot to take their picture.

I end with some nutritional inspiration for you:

Rainy Tuesday Reminder from Dr. Joel Fuhrman #lostbumblebee:

Do you know why?
Because raw food has living enzymes in it that
your body uses to grow healthy cells to fight
disease.
At least that is my explanation in 'laymans' terms.
Dr. Fuhrman would give you a much more
detailed and in-depth explanation.

Saturday, March 5, 2016

The Adventure...Week 5, 6 and 7...

green smoothie in a courage cup
because of joint pain from the strep
Sorry, folks! I've been really sick the past 5 weeks with what appears to be strep in my joints resulting in painful inflammation and a fever for part of it. I haven't felt up to posting on my blogs but I have been faithfully eating plants and enjoying them altho in much smaller quantities. Here's an update on some of the food
potato soup with two small rolls
green beans with home canned lentil soup and one
dollop of mashed potatoes
I've been eating the past weeks.
home canned lentil soup over steamed cauliflower. This was very delicious!

stir fried rice

garlic sauce for the rice

cherry crisp with a bit of plant strong whipped topping

lots of smoothies with soy yogurt

a tomato sandwich with sprouted
flourless bread from Trader Joe's

soy vanilla ice cream with thickened raspberries and a
tiny sliver of brownie
Sunday salad and
baked potato with my
honey


mashed potatoes
gravy and green beans

crispy almonds
(done in dehydrator)
these were to share...
apple


grits with maple syrup

salad and oven frieds

veggies and dip, thanks to kind friends who brought me
a big container of veggies!

more veggies and dip!

salad with Italian dressing, peas and cauliflower and whole grain pasta with a delicious garlic alfredo sauce

frenched green beans graced
with baked beans

split pea soup over corn chips

freshly squeezed orange juice with ginger kombucha

sprouted flourless toast
pb and juice-sweetened
black raspberry jam

mashed potatoes topped with green beans topped with baked beans
garden salad

I have been blessed with good cooks and young ladies who are running my household for me
while I've been sick and I'm trusting the Lord Jesus to heal me in His time.

Eat your plants, people!
Someone commented to me this week about meat and I want to share here
that I really do not have a problem with people eating small portions of
humanely raised meat. I think we Americans overdose on animal products
but please do not misunderstand me. I push plants because they are
what feed your cells and we should be majoring on them.

Here is a visual that I felt led to share in this post as well.
Kind of an eye opener, when you think about it: