Vegan no,4 What we eat every day !! Everyone welcome

[ppeatfruit]

Hello newbies, regulars etc.

L: jalapeño chao cheddar and spinach quesadilla, blueberries
D: Mexican feast of tortilla crisps, guac, salsa, queso, tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet peppers, crispy jalapeños with pimms!

B: smoothie made with dates, coffee, frozen banana, cashew nut butter and mylk
L: beetroot, mango, kiwi, green soup and seeds
Dinner was essentially a series of snacks as we were at cricket from 4-10pm! M&S Mexican rice salad (which had plenty of black beans, Sweetcorn, avocado in it), cherry tomatoes, s&v kettle crisps, chips

Wow Kobani I keep forgetting you're near Mexico . Is the food good there? We went across the border while staying in San Diego and were very disappointed with the restaurants, oh and the Painted Zebras! Maybe we went to the wrong ones!

B.Hm almond (ground and milk) rasps. nectarines, flaxseed, dates.lemon.smoothie.
L. Slices of spelt bread with Yeast extract,pnut butter, olive oil, shallot and cucumber salad.
S.sn. Some smoothie, mirabelles, plums. walnuts.

B: Overnight oats with almonds, raisins, chia and coconut yoghurt
L: Bean Burrito (Tesco takeout)
D: Jamie Veggie curry with Naan

I'm going to stop lurking on these threads
B toast with marmite and peanut butter
L walnut and pear salad with soya yoghurt dressing
D roasted veg hummus and seeds and two kiwis

Also too much dark chocolate

B: coconut and cinnamon muesli with nuts, seeds, blackberries (from the garden!), strawberries and coconut milk
L: quinoa with olives, sundried toms, pine and macadamia nuts with sauerkraut
L no. 2: carrot & lentil soup with sourdough bread
D: burger & chips
S: fruit salad, blackberry cupcake & usual veg juice

Quite a bit of food really!

Well I made it all myself @ppeatfruit but yes you can get incredible Mexican food where I live - and Japanese food. Both are so subpar in the U.K. compared to what I’m now used to! But the curry is better at home….
There’s actually a great hole in the wall Mexican place round the corner that does insanely good vegan mole with tofu and roast veggies

B: Beans on wholemeal toast with nooch
L: Dal
D: Ramen with edamame beans, fine beans, mushrooms and gyoza.

L: falafel, salad, hummus, tahini, babganoush, grilled veggie kebab
D: raw veg Thai noodle salad, blueberries

Cor' you're a bit of a domestic goddess too! Kobani ! That's lovely to have a local vegan place (or one that'll do it for you).

Welcome to the newbies esp. lurkers !! Makes me conscious of my spellings

B. Finished smoothie walnuts
L. Defrosted a veg curry and whole rice (after defrosting the freezer, It's so deep you don't know what's in it!). A list would be helpful but we're not that organised.
S.sn. A bowl of oats and spelt flakes with almond milk and molasses.

Yes, hello old and new 😊 (I love a delurk 😂)

@KobaniDaughters I agree with @ppeatfruit, that Mexican feast sounds amazing 🤩 I love Japanese too. Hole in the wall makes me think of a cash point that will dispense amazing Mexican food 😂

Yesterday was

B: overnight oats with soya milk, raspberries, blueberries and seeds
L: rose harissa chickpea stew
D: roasted veg (courgette/aubergine/sweet potato/cauliflower) with hm katsu sauce and rice
S: Apple, kiwi

And today is an IF day

L: kiwi, new potatoes and spiced veg
S: protein shake
Dinner will probably be silken tofu/spinach shakshuka with tenderstem

B: toast with oatly cream spread and cucumber
L: Bulgar wheat salad
D: Garlic and rosemary roast potatoes with smoked tofu, broccoli and a corn on the cob

And loads of tesco dark digestives because I can and I'm pregnant

B: cinnamon and all spice muesli with oat milk & berries
L: quinoa with olives, nuts and veg
D: tofu and mushroom Vietnamese curry with rice
S: banana, blackberries, rice cakes with yeast extract and violife spread

@Greenrubber I am also pregnant and didn’t know Tesco dark digestives were vegan! DH being sent out tomorrow thank you, you are the best thing on the internet

B. Muesli, strawberries, alpro yoghurt, walnuts
L. This isn’t bacon sandwich with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, garlic Mayo on toasted seeded bread. Pom bears
S. Pear, apples, dark choc macadamia cereal bar
D. Oven chips, grilled tomatoes, Lidl chickpea based pretend frittata, more facon

@BeastOfBODMAS

Glad I could help only found out a few months ago

B soya yoghurt seeds oats pear and broccoli
L roast veg salad and hummus, chocolate chickpea brownie
D butternut and red lentil soup toast and marmite, kiwi and a swedish glace ice cream

Aw thanks @ppeatfruit and @PartTimeDomesticGoddess

PartTime I brought some rose harissa (and apricot harissa) back from the U.K. - can you tell me more about some of the stews and dishes you use it for? I know you use it a lot!

L: huge amount of Thai food ordered by my editor - veggie dumplings, green curry with beefless strips and spicy aubergine and chick’n
D: half a tub of chickpeas as was still stuff from lunch but needed protein before physio therapy

Oh blimey ! Now we have 2 babies on the way!! How exciting Congratulations Beast and Green. !

B. soaked dates and prunes/pears/ground almonds and linseeds with apple juice and water smoothie
L. Salad of fresh parsley\basil\chives\pink onion/grated carrots and rutabaga with dressing of olive and walnut oil with tamari and garlic. with ryvitas pnut butter\yeast spread.
S. rest of my curry and rice

We're getting close to payday which means not much shopping is happening, and we're using up bits and bobs in the cupboards and freezer.

B: avocado on toast
L: potato wedges with salad and houmous
D: lentil ragu with spaghetti

I bought a massive tub of tahini from my local shop so should be able to keep myself in steady supply of houmous at least.

Does anyone find that dried chickpeas that you soak and cook yourself make better houmous that tinned chickpeas? I have only ever used tinned but never get that smooth consistency that I crave.

Babies!

B: cinnamon and raisin bagel and jam
L: hummus and salad sandwich
S: protein bar after bike ride
D: Dahl Makhani & Rice

theneverending I try to always soak my white beans for dips they blend up beautifully. ( I can't eat chickpeas they give me belly ache and blow me out ) Which is a bit tricky in WRose, I think they must own chickpea fields somewhere!! I like pure tahini though, specially creamed up with extra garlic and olive oil\water.

@ppeatfruit

theneverending I try to always soak my white beans for dips they blend up beautifully. ( I can't eat chickpeas they give me belly ache and blow me out ) Which is a bit tricky in WRose, I think they must own chickpea fields somewhere!! I like pure tahini though, specially creamed up with extra garlic and olive oil\water.

I'm going to give it a try I think!

I love tahini too, and often just eat a spoonful straight out of the jar 😳

Big fat hummus fan too! I actually like a bit of texture to mine but I do cook my chickpeas from dry using the instapot (and with a bay leaf in the cooking water for good measure)

@KobaniDaughters

Big fat hummus fan too! I actually like a bit of texture to mine but I do cook my chickpeas from dry using the instapot (and with a bay leaf in the cooking water for good measure)

I used a different brand of chickpeas today (random cheap brand from tesco rather than asda ones) and it came out a lot smoother. And garlicky enough to keep all vampires within a 50 mile radius away.