Can we please have a 'What I ate today' thread, vegan style?

[LeftieLovegood]

I'll start!

B: bran sticks and oat milk, glass of OJ.
L: Hummus and tomato toastie.
D: Stir fry: pepper, courgette, onion, garlic, ginger, carrot and Quorn chicken-style pieces, noodles and lots of soy sauce. First time I've tried the chicken-style pieces; they were on offer. Nice and low cal/high protein, but nothing special in terms of taste.
Snacks: apple, banana, bombay mix.

Yesterday was:

B black coffee (fasting)

L GOSH sag aloo bites, humous, salad, bread

D Spag bol made with soya protein mince and salad

S Aldi graze style nut mix
couple of lagers

B. Fresh juice lemon\apple and soaked fig. lnseed, apple smoothie
L. My homemade white bean\tahini and yeast flake (for salt) dip with ryvita type crackers, cucumber and spring onions plus olive oil
Snack 2 slices of my gingerbread
D. A grapefruit and peach, walnuts and dates

Lol yes we do @PartTimeDomesticGoddess!!

DH got really into it when we watched the first Chef’s Table and read Dan Barber’s Third Plate (not for vegans but sustainable farming), we have a small electric mill and buy our wheat through a growers collective in our city (used to just get it on amazon) I. 25lb bags. It’s best to Use it as soon as it’s Milled because all the natural oils mean it can go rancid quickly but makes for super healthy flour that tastes amazing. It’s trial and error though because the bran content is high so normal recipes need some experimenting and tweaking.

FD for me yesterday too, got a vat of lentil soup out of the freezer and had that for lunch and dinner with some vodka on ice in the evening because frankly not drinking at the moment isn’t an option

@IJumpedAboardAPirateShip how interesting, not something I'd even thought of doing.

B: muesli with seeds, raspberries, mango and rice milk
L: sticky rice butternut coconut chilli tray bake with broccoli and beetroot
S: nakd bar, satsuma, 2 rice cakes with dark chocolate orange
D: full English - Richmond sausages, hash browns, mushrooms, spinach, tomatoes roasted with chilli oil, baked beans, toast. Vegan magnum

Today:
B: cashew yoghurt
L: baked tempeh with lentils in a salad bowl
D: tofu scramble and strawberry cornbread for pud
S: cashew butter covered cashews, wine, tequila and a slice of baguette

Today so far:

B black coffee and water (fasting)

L 2 slices of toast with marmite and peanut butter

D the plan is vegan no steak bakes, chips and peas (it is Friday!) and then a few gin and tonics to celebrate the end of the week

Today has been

B: muesli with seeds, blueberries and rice milk
L: green soup (broccoli, beans, peas, spinach with coconut milk, chilli etc) with 3 slices of (flora) buttered HM granary bread
D: HM sweet potato katsu curry with rice and broccoli. Haven't made it before, was excellent
S: nakd bar, magnum

Soup sounds good @PartTimeDomesticGoddess

Fast day today for me:
L: lentil soup
S: cashew yogurt and a bit of popcorn
D: lentil soup! So boring

B. Fresh Apricots whole lemon/soaked dates'linseeds prune juice\filtered water smoothie.

L. Large, grated carrot and kholrabi, lettuce salad with my white bean dip as a dressing. Spelt bread toast and olive oil.

D. Gingerbread (warmed with almond milk) and chicory coffee.
Supper/snack; grapefruit figs and a peach.

Snacky day today:

2x slices of banana bread
1 slice marmite on bread
A LOT of houmous with lettuce and tortilla chips
Some olives
Bowl of marinated tempeh, steamed lentils and tomato

Gin
Beer
Rum

Well yesterday was a it's my birthday, all bets are off kind of day 😂

B: fresh pineapple, creamy mushrooms and spinach on toast
L: big slice of Turkish delight cake (ms cupcake recipe), strawberries and quite a few glasses of prosecco
D: veg gyoza, wok greens and sake, another (small) slice of cake
S: toasted cinnamon and raisin bagel with vegan cream cheese, toast with PBJ, more toast with cream cheese and gherkins on the side
Plus beer and brandy

OOOOh yum Happy Birthday PartTime for yesterday sounds a good one!!

Just past lunch here. So far I've eaten

B- granola and almond milk, cherries. Herbal tea (really tasty one, caramel hazelnut swirl with almond milk, tastes like a Starbucks)
S- handful of nuts
L- wholemeal toast, tomatoes, cucumbers with vegan mayonnaise and balsamic vinegar

About to have another tea :)

Thank you @ppeatfruit! I feel we made the best of it 😂

Today has been more like normal

B: fresh pineapple, few strawberries, cinnamon and raisin bagel with cream 'cheese'
L: lemon spaghetti leftovers from the freezer with salad
S: Turkish delight birthday cake
D: shroomdog sausages, toast potatoes, roast butternut and celeriac, peas, carrots, broad beans, broccoli, gravy and Yorkshire puddings (found a recipe that works - not the same, but nice nonetheless)

Happy birthday for yesterday @PartTimeDomesticGoddess

Went to the beach and picked on V quesadillas, watermelon and rice cakes, late lunch at home of a bowl of lentils and tomato and dressing
Dinner was potstickers and broccoli Follwed by mango and almond butter. Late evening snack of marinated tempeh

B. half a pomelo, figs, half an apricot, a peach.

L. Curried spinach and kholrabi with onion, garlic etc. on spelt toast.

S\D large salad with lettuce, grated carrot, spring onion. and a few walnuts tahini \olive oil dressing.

Trying to do 2x “fast” days a week, used to do IF religiously and have struggled to get back into it but decided rather than counting the 500calories am just making a massive batch of lentil soup and having that for lunch and dinner twice a week seeing as it’s easy and I don’t have to think about it.

So today is lentil soup day! And lots of coffee. And I’ll probably have a handful of raspberries for an afternoon sugar hit

Thank you @IJumpedAboardAPirateShip . I could definitely do with getting back to 2 IF days a week, feel it's probably a couple of weeks away though
Last day of our long weekend off work today, which looked like

B; baked beans on toast with reggae sauce and nooch
L: slice of toast with half a pot of guacamole, beetroot, cherry tomatoes, 2 dates
D: Meera Sodha black bean noodles with cavolo Nero and tenderstem
S: small slice of birthday cake to finish it off

Ref. fasting. I mostly stop eating at 6pm and start at 9am (or when i feel hungry) Ref. Paul Mackenna.. I also have almost stopped eating normal sugar! (i put molasses in my gingerbread). As I get older it's harder to keep my figure as I like it!!

As you must have noticed I eat plenty of fruit and find it doesn't affect my weight. (As long as I eat it on an empty stomach).

B. apricots, soaked linseeds and figs 2 whole lemonsetc. Smoothie

L. leftover curry with whole rice and tahini dressing

D\S. half a pomelo and a cup of my smoothie.

I had noticed you eat a lot of fruit @ppeatfruit your day always sounds so delicious and healthy! I rarely eat breakfast just because I’m not hungry in the mornings but am terrible for mindless evening snacking. I enjoy IF when I can stick to it and I do try to to 16:8 most days just because my body feels better for it. As aware my needs will change as I get older so trying to break the bad habits of youth now rather than turn around at 50 and realise I got really fat without noticing!! But I also love to cook and eat and like to enjoy my food - I think not eating dairy anymore has made a massive difference to my health and figure for a start!

I also love to cook and eat, am the sort of person who thinks about dinner all day/looks forward to meals
@ppeatfruit unless your portions are massive I find myself wondering how you consume enough calories. Does it leave you satisfied enough iyswim?

B: overnight oats, raspberries, mango, seeds, soya yogurt
L: Greek salad and pita bread, satsuma
D: blank bean chilli, rice, guacamole, sour cream, nooch, beetroot and Mexican Sweetcorn
S: handful of cashews, 2 dates and a couple of chunks of artichoke heart from the jar

That sounds like a really good day @PartTimeDomesticGoddess!

Mid-morning snack: coffee, date, almond butter and banana smoothie
Lunch:tomato, palm heart and basil salad
Dinner: mushroom risotto
Snack: Hm popcorn

Errrr.....2xg&t and a vodka on the rocks

Oh I don't count calories, never have ! Or none of that bonkers weighing food! I The Paul Mackenna I can Make you Thin way of eating is brillliant ( I think the title is stupid but the theory\practice is amazing) It is basically common sense , how children eat when left to themselves.
You eat whenever you're properly hungry, (not by the clock) BUT you stop when you're just full. you eat slowly, chewing and enjoying the tastes , NOT standing up or in front of a screen (to start with). The great thing is you can do it and go off it and on it as and when you want to.
So you learn to 'read' your body and accept it.