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

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Hello newbies, regulars etc.

Hi Twittlebee and welcome. I hope your DS is feeling better and you aren't feeling too shattered. Donuts and Skittles- we all need that sometimes (me on most days - although I tend to raid my kids(well they are adults really) dark chocolate supplies and Hobnobs)

KobaniDaughters The Just Egg sounds good, I've heard of it and read that it was due to be rolled out to the UK by December 2021 but I've not seen it anywhere - perhaps plans have been slowed down by the pandemic.

B: G&B hot chocolate, made mostly with hot water with a bit of Oatly Barista frothed up for the top. Seeded oatcakes. Apple.
L: Red Lentil Dal, spring greens, roti.
D: Chinese corn soup with riced cauliflower stir fried with edamame, peas, spring onion, pak choi, ginger, garlic, soy, sesame oil, white pepper, roasted cashews, chilli.

Welcome @TwittleBee that aubergine curry does sound good! Let us know if you try it at home and hope your DS feels better soon

DH has proclaimed he wants to cook more having binge watched some cooking programs, I’ll hold my breath to see if he actually does and make some batches of curries for the inevitable 😂 in fairness he has finally tested positive too and feels pretty rotten

Welcome @TwittleBee. Echo that you have to do what you have to do somedays 😊 and also hope your DS is feeling better. Jealous of a Nepalese takeaway option!
@SapatSea your dinner sounds lush
@KobaniDaughters hope your DH doesn't feel bad for long. DD18 has it for the second time ffs but isn't poorly. Seems to be managing quite well with room service 😂

Today has been

B: porridge with sultanas
L: spinach soup with nooch and pine nuts, marmite sandwich
D: ‘fish’ goujons (M&S), roasted baby potatoes and carrots, steamed cabbage/broccoli, peas. Gu salted caramel chocolate mousse. The M&S goujons and the chocolate mousse were both nice

@PartTimeDomesticGoddess when did she last have it?!

B: coffee, almond butter, date and banana smoothie
L: chickpea and Jalepeno and avocado salad
S: 4 (!!) ginger nuts, 2 energy balls I made for DC, dried mango, Bombay mix
D: got out ottelenghi’s test kitchen book and make summer squash with tomato salsa and smoked aubergine with tomatoes and tahini, with hummus and pita bread

@KobaniDaughters she had it end of July. She's since had both vaccines and the booster, but she's 18 and spends time in nightclubs etc!
I think 4 is a minimum portion of ginger nuts for what it's worth 😂

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone

@KobaniDaughters haha my DH can be like that!

Yesterday:
B: nut butter on toast
S: Jimmy Dodgers
L: one-pot creamy Pesto pasta
S: skittles
D: Roast vegetables

L: last nights leftovers with a side salad
S: Bombay mix, cashews and peanuts, a tangerine
D: Dahl, brown rice and Bombay potatoes

I'll bet those ottolenghi leftovers were lush @KobaniDaughters

Yesterday

B: porridge with sultanas
L: beetroot, handful of tomatoes, sandwich (quorn chicken slices, lambs lettuce and chipotle Mayo)
D: Asian spiced butternut, golden beetroot and chickpea stew with rice and steamed broccoli and pak choi.
S: collective raspberry yogurt

I wouldn’t know @PartTimeDomesticGoddess my sense of taste has gone!! I can taste if something is bitter or has heat or if it’s strong garlic but all flavours have disappeared 😭

@KobaniDaughters

I wouldn’t know *@PartTimeDomesticGoddess* my sense of taste has gone!! I can taste if something is bitter or has heat or if it’s strong garlic but all flavours have disappeared 😭

Oh no!!! Hope it comes back soon

B: Monday smoothie (I know it’s Thursday 😂)
L: vegan beef stew
D: macaroni cauliflower cheese, roasted cherry tomatoes and broccoli
S: chickpea puffs, mini magnum

Hope you are all recovered KobaniDaughters

B: Porridge, apple and blueberry puree, seeds, nuts.
Sn: Hobnobs
L: Leftover Dal, spring greens, roti
Sn: Pringles
D: Rice and steamed veg

Just checking in - no point in posting because frankly it all tastes like cardboard

KobaniDaughters I hope you are all feeling better and that you can taste again!

I've been stuck in a loop of Dal or channa Masalaand greens for lunch and rice, tofu and steamed veg in the evenings for various reasons. It has been nice to not have to think or plan too hard.

@SapatSea I know what you mean about time off from thinking about it.

@KobaniDaughters hope you're either managing to keep your food intake up with the taste situation or enjoying the side effects of eating less 😉 In either case, hope things are improving

Friday
B: porridge with sultanas
L: tofu and veg Thai red curry with rice
D: black bean soup and chilli cornbread
S: small slice Christmas cake, chickpea puffs

Yesterday
B: croissant and plant butter, soya milk moccha
D: flatbread with sticky squash and toasted cashews (Anna Jones from One, @wearefood) which was lush
S: chickpea puffs, popchips, chocolate

Oh and a whole packet of Oggs millionaires shortbread bites yesterday too 😂

Let's face it, those packets of Oggs millionaires shortbreads cannot be opened without being consumed within a few hours (usually minutes)

Today
B - homemade apple and blueberry crumble
S - pom bears (was with the kids in soft play 😆)
L - Pesto pasta salad
S - rest of the crumble that I was meant to be saving for breakfast tomorrow 🤦‍♀️
D - lentil and sweet potato hotpot

@TwittleBee

Let's face it, those packets of Oggs millionaires shortbreads cannot be opened without being consumed within a few hours (usually minutes)

Minutes is pretty accurate 😂

Yesterday was

Out for lunch - carrot and coriander soup with toasted sourdough
D: celeriac risotto with roasted cherry tomatoes and broccoli
S: Christmas cake, alpro blurry yogurt, chocolate fingers

Oh celeriac risotto sounds lush @PartTimeDomesticGoddess - do you have a recommendation on recipe?

@TwittleBee it's a Meera sodha recipe from the guardian. It's my favourite winter risotto

amp.theguardian.com/food/2019/sep/28/meera-sodha-vegan-celeriac-risotto-recipe-sage-caper-lemon-oil

Thank you

You're welcome @TwittleBee

Yesterday

B: Monday smoothie
L: beetroot, cherry tomatoes, costa vegan cheese and ham toastie (because I didn’t take any lunch to work, not had one before but I liked it)
D: no bull pasty, roasted carrots/cabbage, peas, broccoli and gravy
S: apple

Yesterday

B: granola with oat yoghurt and blueberry compot
S: Oates
L: Pesto pasta salad
D: roasted aubergine curry with samosas