What I ate today for vegans 3!!

[Kobanidaughters]

New thread for all the deliciousness!

Looking forward to hearing how you get on with the peppered tofu @Coconut80 ! I want to try it too.

So glad you all loved the ragu @PartTimeDomesticGoddess - it really is worth the effort I think.

Yesterday was:
B: muesli mix with a banana chopped in
L: hummus and tomato on sourdough, bowl persian legume soup
D: chickpea and jackfruit goulash and roasted new potatoes, that my daughter made.
S: satsuma, very small glass of Oatly choc deluxe

Yes Coconut80 I hope you enjoy the black pepper tofu. Take not of my adaptions, it’s still very spicy!

I admire everyone who can have fast days. I can manage 16:8 but would gnaw my arm off I think, which isn’t exactly vegan

L: meal deal falafel wrap, coke and crisps picked up on the way to my Mums.
D: Bolognaisse
S: dark choc digestive

note

Kintsugi LOL !!! Oh I don't know you may find that a vegan arm is allowed

Ref. choc addiction. I bought some of the nicest vegan chox ever yesterday (combining my 2 favourites) organic quite thick dark smooth choc. coating low sugar soft marzipan YUM !!!!. We bought 2 small packets of 3. I've already eaten one packet.

B. Leftover smoothie
L. cabbage leek bake with chestnut crackers and pnut butter I choc.
Sn. HM Ginger'carrot brownie warmed with almond cream.
S. HM Onion\ roots\dried pea stew.

BTW there's a couple of helpful threads on the weight loss site if anyone's interested.

I'm thinking about fasting too, just out of interest really. I only want to lose a few pounds, mainly because I do a lot of weight training and I would like to see some muscles. I know they're there!

A couple of years ago I went on two week silent meditation retreat. It was like a non-stop meditation bootcamp, up at 4am every morning to the sound of the gong. The last meal every day was lunch at 12pm. Newbies like me were allowed a piece of fruit with their tea at 5pm, but that was it until 6am the next day. It was tough at first but after a few days I stopped feeling like I needed the fruit, and was only really eating it for the amazing flavour explosion - when you're sitting in a dimly lit hall for most of the day, any sensory input becomes super intense. Anyway, even though I was sitting cross legged for 90% of my waking hours, I still lost about half a stone. I mean, it wasn't why I went, obviously! But it was a nice surprise.

That's fascinating Almighty I do stretches; Pilates\yoga type plus sit ups nearly every day and noticed my abs were showing, which they weren't doing when I was a real size 8 and aged 21!!! ( I don't do them for that!).

I do the stop eating at 5 -6pm. nearly every day . When you get to my age the weight goes on SOOOOO fast!!

@AlmightyBob that sounds intense but amazing!!!

@KobaniDaughters it was pretty intense! I would do it again but not till the girls are older, I missed them an awful lot.

Today:
B: sourdough toast with Naturli and tomatoes
S: ready salted crisps, seedy flapjack bar
D: Naked burger in bun with gherkins, tomatoes, fake cheese, Leon burger sauce, corn on cob, home made chips, onion rings

FD here
L: veg and lentil soup
S: hearts of palm and some slices of lemon
D: jackfruit tamale

B. A whole grapefuit, end of smoothie and some figs.
L. HM soup made from the dried pea,roots stew with some ryvitas. 2 chox.
S. Leek,cabbage, bake with nooch,basil\ olive oil and ground horseradish topping

@KobaniDaughters thanks, I'll see you on the light side 
@Kintsugi16 at chewing your arm! To be honest, I always find the first 2-3 days of fasting hardest. After that, it feels like my body says 'ohhh, I see what's happening...' I wouldn't choose to do a whole day with no food, which is what some people do. Not and try and adult anyway 
@AlmightyBob wow, that sounds amazing indeed! Did you already do meditation before the retreat? It's something I'd like to practice and have heard good things about the headspace app, which is where I might start. It's hard to fit everything in though. I've started a bit of yoga, and want to bed that habit in before I try and add something else though
@ppeatfruit marzipan is my DH's absolute favourite and you've reminded me to add Ritter marzipan to my shopping list 
I also have the ottolenghi tofu on my list.

Yesterday
B: date/coffee/pb/soya milk/banana smoothie
L: watercress soup with seeds
S: Apple, mango, chocolate (Tony's chocoloney with almonds and sea salt)
D: jackfruit and chickpea kati rolls (ottolenghi recipe from last weekends guardian). Absolutely bloomin delicious, which was just as well as it was similar to your katsu the other night @AlmightyBob (worked much later than planned, didn't start until after 7:30 and it always takes me longer than the recipe suggests!) But so worth it. I made it with one tin of jackfruit and one of chickpeas. I subbed the ghee for block naturli, used a huge amount - almost a whole block for 4 portions, even though I halved the amount for the curry, I used loads for the delicious roti (made 8 smaller ones instead of 4 big ones). Even still, I've properly worked out the calories in the whole recipe and it came in at about 775 max.
Here's the recipe if anyone wants to try it https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/food/2021/feb/20/from-mauritius-to-brazil-yotam-ottolenghi-street-food-recipes-jackfruit-kati-roll-prawn-cream-cheese-pasties

Hope I'm not the only one enjoying some sunshine today

You might have to imagine where all the grins and smiley faces are as my post hasn't done any of them lol

Was looking for a recipe in my folder and came across the Jamaican black bean stew recipe that someone asked for a while ago. Was it you @Coconut80? Anyway, here it is. Original recipe calls for dried black beans, soaked/cooked etc but I used 2 tins and reckon the calorie count stars the same. It was quite thin, but could easily be thickened with some cornflour

2 tins black beans, drained
1 bay leaf
Large onion, finely chopped
Garlic (2 cloves)
1 tsp English mustard
1 tbsp black treacle
Leaves from small bunch of thyme, leaves removed and finely chopped (or equivalent in frozen/dried)
Small red chilli
400ml veg stock
2 peppers, 1 red and 1 yellow
1 butternut squash (1kg), peeled/chopped

Basically just put everything in a big saucepan. Cover, bring to the boil then simmer uncovered for about 45 mins until the veg are all tender

Recipe says 318 calories and 18g protein per portion (4 portions)
You could easily use oil to cook the onion and garlic before adding everything else if you wanted

And now for the tiramisu recipe @AlmightyBob! I didn't soak the sponge enough, and I think next time I will use 50/50 strong coffee and kahlua as I like it quite boozy 😂. I made half the qty and that worked well too for 4 portions. The white chocolate I used was from Tesco but annoyingly it's not showing on the app anymore
I think the sponge will also be perfect for a trifle. The recipe is from Feed Me Vegan for all occasions by Lucy Watson and here it is

Serves 8

240g plain flour
1 tsp bicarb of sofa
1 tsp salt
195g caster sugar
150ml soya milk
1 tbsp lemon juice
80ml vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
Cocoa powder for dusting
50g dark chocolate (optional), grated

For the nut and chocolate ganache
250g cashew nuts
200g dairy free white chocolate, roughly chopped
80ml plus 190ml soya milk
1/2 tsp of salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp nutritional yeast

For the coffee mix
4 cold double espresso shots or 300ml very strong cold coffee
2 tbsp or to taste of your alcohol of choice (she suggests dark spiced rum, I used kahlua)
1 tbsp sugar

Preheat oven to 170 fan, and grease and line a 20cm square cake tin (I used a loaf tin for half qty). Sift flour, bicarb and salt into mixing bowl, then whisk in the sugar.

Create a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and add milk, 150ml water, lemon juice, oil and vanilla extract. Using the whisk, slowly incorporate the ingredients until the batter is smooth. Pour into prepared tin and tap the tin in the work surface to remove any air bubbles.

Bake in the centre of the oven for 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean (think I did the half qty for more like 30 mins). Allow to cook in tin on a wire rack for 10 mins, then carefully remove cake and cool completely on the rack

To make the ganache, put cashews in a bowl and cover with boiling water. Leave to soften for a minimum of 20 mins. Melt white choc, 80ml milk, salt and vanilla extract in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water, stirring occasionally until well mixed. Drain the nuts and add to a high speed blender, add the white choc mixture, the 190ml milk and nooch. Blend until completely smooth.

Using a serrated knife, level the top of the cake and then slice horizontally in two. Cut each half into 8 equal finger- shaped pieces. Adjust the cutting to suit the size of your cake and dish that you'll assemble in.

Mix together coffee mix ingredients and then assemble. Dip each sponge shape into the coffee mixture and line the base of your dish. Pour half the ganache mixture on top of the soaked sponge fingers and level off with a spoon or spatula. Dust with a generous layer of cocoa power. Repeat for the second layer and finish with another layer of cocoa powder. For an extra chocolatey hit, scatter the grated dark chocolate over the top. Chill in the fridge for 1 hour or until firm, then enjoy 😊

@PartTimeDomesticGoddess thank you SO much! I hadn't realised you'd have to type the whole thing out - I really appreciate you going to the trouble for me. I am definitely going to make this: it sounds amazing. I even have kahlua already, so it's meant to be!

Re meditation - yes I had been meditating before the retreat, but not for very long, a few months only. I started with Headspace too - and even now, the meditation technique I use is pretty much the same as the app teaches you: observing the breath. I am not naturally a 'good' meditator (though talking about meditation in terms of achievement is a big no-no), and my only advice if you do decide to give it a bash is not to get discouraged if, like me, you can barely go three breaths before getting distracted at first.

I still have a daily practice but I had a few months hiatus where for some reason I couldn't find the motivation to do it even though I know how much it helps my fretful brain! It can take a lot of discipline to make time every day, and sometimes you just don't want to deal with where your head's at.

@AlmightyBob you're very welcome 😊 Look forward to hearing how you get on with it. I love sharing recipes!

And thank you for the meditation advice. I hadn't thought of it being a no-no to think/talk of it in terms of achievement but suffice it to say it doesn't come naturally to me 😂

The peppery tofu was divine, I reduced the pepper but it was still delish had it with wholemeal noodles.
@PartTimeDomesticGoddess Thankyou so much for the recipe sounds lovely with the treacle to add depth.
Have discovered oatly ice cream it is divine very creamy and rich.

B overnight oats with goji berries
L smoothie with frozen berries oats and a few dates
D green roasting tin gado gado
Snacks dark choc

Going to do the bhf dechox for march. Also try and stop eating at 6pm after dinner. Hoping to get on with weight loss. Constantly sabotage myself with chocolate.

Have a lovely weekend everyone, dry here on skye have lucky people got some sun. Xx

Might try this tonight
thefoodietakesflight.com/vegan-hakka-style-stuffed-tofu/

That looks really interesting @KobaniDaughters. I've never heard of Hakka, but have just looked it up. Google says it's a distinctive style, but not in what way 😂. Have you eaten Hakka dishes before?

The retreat sounds amazing AlmightyBob
Interesting

Pleased you enjoyed the black pepper tofu Coconut80

B: it was lunchtime before I ate so toast and marmite
L: at 5pm after a long bike ride, homemade soup and some nuts
D: Jamaican curry (food van) with plantain

@PartTimeDomesticGoddess nope! It came up on Pinterest and I have all the ingredients!! Decided we’ll do it on Monday though

Aw @PartTimeDomesticGoddess that’s so sweet of you to share all those recipes!!

Today was deliciously gluttony
B: chocolate croissant from our local coffee roasters which has started sticking lush vegan pastries
L: soyrizo hash - with the leftover Brussel sprouts and MY TUMMY IS FINE!!! Yay
S: sneaky bar of chocolate
D: taught DS how to cook risotto, did a basic but delicious base and topped it with roast kabocha squash, followed by a blood orange and a date

Coconut You're in Skye! Blimey that's a looong way from MW Fr. your weather !!! Did you get much snow? We got ice literally an ice rink on our terrace. Snap about choc. once I start it's hard to stop. I finished the marzipan ones yesterday and found some ginger ones aaaah it's the theobromine, it's an addiction.
Thanks for those recipes Part Time that tiramisu sounds soo rich. Oh btw I couldn't post at all last saturday I reckon MN do their office work on that day.

B. Nice slice of pineapple (they do sweet littleish ones from Reunion here), figs, a large pear.
L. Leftover root\pea soup with Tofu yoghurt and pumpernickel\ tamari.
Sn. Vegan ginger string chox. Bowl of porridge with HM oat milk and molasses.

@Coconut80 yes, depth is exactly what the treacle does/gives
@ppeatfruit yes quite rich

Yesterday was
L: mango, 2 dates, 2 slices wholemeal toast with miso/garlic mushrooms and spinach and roasted cherry tomatoes
D: Tesco lattice, roast potatoes/parsnips/swede/squash/sprouts, broccoli, peas, carrots and gravy
S: beetroot, tortilla chips and Leon pea-lentiful dip (which was good), rose cream chocolates