What I ate today for vegans 3!!

[Kobanidaughters]

New thread for all the deliciousness!

Safe travels and arrivals @ppeatfruit

I’m hoping this menu pic posts as it wouldn’t earlier

That Easter treat box sounds lush.

@ppeatfrui. I hope the travel and trip go smoothly. Diet horrendous currently half way through a jar of biscoff spread with a spoon uuurgghj

Thank you so much everyone!

It's sugar cravings Coco They take will power to overcome. I'd wait till after the holidays to even try!! I get back my pre sugar taste buds by having as my first drink of the day a large freshly squeezed lemon juice in water, think of it like a medicine!!

B. smoothie, Sn. one or 2 of my easter buns.
L. Crunched up ryvitas with pnut butter\ nooch mustard dressed salad.
S. breadsticks dipped in tofu yoghurt with tamari.

@Kintsugi16 that menu looks so good!!

I’m now on a girls weekend away with my 9yr old DD U.K. the coast, waiting for her to finish gorging on morning cartoons before we head out for breakfast (and coffeeeeeeeee)

Yesterday:
L: picnic snack on the way overlooking the pacific, cucumbers, carrots, chipotle bitchin’ sauce, crisps and a brand new v tzatziki made by our supermarket and it’s so so so good
D: ordered an ok pizza in front of a movie
S: popcorn, a lot of it!

100% vegan day today and time to cook on a relaxed day at home

B: sweet potato rosti, fried mushrooms with red onion and thyme, tofu scrambled ‘egg’
S: lemon flapjack bar
L: chickpea & olive and couscous salad, dark chocolate alpro soya desert
Cocktail hour: rum with ginger ale and lime
D: spag bol made with soya mince, sundried tomatoes and roasted red peppers.

Hi, I hope you don't mind me being here and asking, I'm not vegan but I'm intolerant to eggs and really miss scrambled egg.
Does anyone have a good recipe please?

Lemon juice sounds good. As soon as I have something sugary it just triggers more cravings for it. I find I use the sugar to soothe me mentally so need a better way of coping x

My tofu scrambled ‘egg’ was silken tofu whisked with garlic powder, tumeric, black pepper and most importantly kala namak which is a ‘black’ (actually pale lilac!) mineral salt from northern India, it is sulphurous so gives that eggy flavour. I made a batch the other day and kept half in the fridge and then just quickly cooked it yesterday morning, I think it tasted even better for having been made 24 hours before.
I made a thread here about getting a more buttery flavour to it www.mumsnet.com/Talk/vegan/4208735-What-to-add-for-butteriness?msgid=106129507#106129507
I’m going to experiment with adding cashew and also mustard and nutritional yeast to it. I would have used onion powder too if I had any. But think I’ll stick with the method of whisking all the seasonings into the tofu first, ideally allowing flavours to develop for some time and then cooking, as that seemed to work really well. And making ahead the night before always makes me feel organised :-) tofu takes on the flavour of whatever you marinade it with so making ahead seems like a no brainier when you think about it.

I like to start my day with lemon water too, I stopped for a while as read the acid was really bad for teeth but now I do if I have enough time in the morning to wait a while before brushing (at least an hour) also drink it cold & not too strong & drink plain water straight after. Also use a straw :-)

@IndigoJasmine interesting I’ve not tried it with silken tofu, always just made a tofu scramble with the usual stuff - will
Give that a go

Yesterday was my first totally vegan Easter Sunday
B: French toast made with hot cross buns
L: asparagus puff pastry tart and lemon cheesecake
D: spring green and butterbean soup and a roll

Morning All!
@Kintsugi16 that cook at home menu does look lovely.
@Coconut80 hope you're surviving the sugar waves 
@Kobanidaughters hope you're having a lovely time on your weekend away.
@Fivemoreminutes1 what did you use to soak your French toast?
@IndigoJasmine great idea for tofu scramble, I'm trying that for breakfast this morning

Friday
B: hot cross buns with naturli
L: spinach and cheese tart with nice olives, M&S coleslaw and salad. Carrot cake
D: vegetable lasagna, broccoli.
S: truffle egg, lentil chips

Saturday
B: lightly toasted sourdough muffin with reggae sauce, filled with moving mountains sausage patty, slice of burger cheese and avocado
D: nut roast with roast potatoes/parsnips/carrots/cauliflower, broccoli, peas, green beans and gravy
S: lentil chips, biscoff egg, salted cashews

Sunday
B: sourdough toast with jam/marmalade
L: Mexican soup with avocado
D: fuck ramen (shredded cabbage, edamame beans, broccoli, sesame roasted sweet potato, tofu and of course LM duck). Magnum for pudding
S: chocolate rice cakes, handful of ritz with oatly cream cheese, salted cashews

@PartTimeDomesticGoddess I used maple syrup and almond milk as per this recipe www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/cinnamon-blueberry-french-toast

@Fivemoreminutes1 that recipe looks lush, I'll add that to my list
@IndigoJasmine just had tofu scramble and it was ace. First time I've ever really liked it, silken tofu seems so obvious I'm surprised it isn't what everyone does! That's a keeper

Blizzards and baltic here today
B overnight oats with cacao nibs
L lentil soup
D 3 bean chilli with potato
Sn banana, cracker, 3 dates
Xx

Morning everyone - doing a fast day so it will be boring and we got woken by a 4.0 earthquake at 4:45 so it will also mainly be sponsored by coffee

@PartTimeDomesticGoddess If you like tofu scramble, try tofu fried rice www.cauldronfoods.co.uk/recipes/scrambled-tofu-fried-rice

I find silken tofu pretty useless for most things i want tofu for (being cooked in chunks or slices as a meat sub) but whisked as a dairy/egg sub it works brilliantly! See also tofu chocolate mousse :-).

I want to use the same mixture liquidised a bit and try and make an omelette at some point. Tofmelette?

No silken tofu here, I’m not keen.

DH is making Paella tonight with seitan he made himself.
B: sourdough tomato mushroom avocado.
L: picked at lots of random stuff

Vegan sausage sandwich brown sauce
Snitzel with lettuce, tomatoes, pickles on a baguette
Vegetable vegan lasagne and salad

I would also say you have to have silken tofu in miso soup

We were lucky enough to go to Japan in 2019 and the best meal we had was at a tofu house where we had I think 5/6 completely unique tofu dishes - all silken - which made me fall for its charms

L: bits and pieces really, sugar snap peas, last of the bitchin sauce, cucumber, tzatziki, an orange, some olives
D: oh my word made the most delicious dinner in part inspired by all the roasting tin meals: garlic roasted cabbage steaks (in a lot of v butter) with roast potatoes and white beans and garlic topped with parsley, capers, spring onions and lemon zest.

@Kintsugi16 I can totally see how it isn't for everyone but I already found it to make a great egg sub. @IndigoJasmine I also do a quiche using silken tofu so see no reason why you couldn't extend that to an omelette too

Yesterday was
B: tofu scramble with sourdough toast, spinach, roasted cherry tomatoes and mushrooms
L: sandwich with nut roast, cranberry sauce and Mayo. Cornetto
D: jacket potato and cowboy beans. Cornetto

B: Monday smoothie (effectively a Monday after the bank holiday)
L: GRT Dahl and small piece of naan bread
S: Apple
D: harissa roasted cauliflower, red onion, yellow pepper and chickpeas with a whole roasted aubergine, served with harissa yogurt and sprinkled with sesame seeds

Fast day

Coffee
Lentil soup
Coffee
Lentil soup
Coffee
Lentil soup

And lots of water