I sauteed onions with mushrooms, greens, and basil, with a bit of balsamic, and when it was cooked put it on a potato bun with Miyokos cream cheese, black olive and capers.
For "dessert" I mixed a serving of canned pumpkin with black strap molasses, cinnamon, pecan pieces and unsweetened vanilla almond milk.
That's a good start but I wonder if you would consider adding beans or tofu or peas to your rice. It would give your family more nutrition and necessary calories.
I unbelievably came home from work and made vegan fried chicken from scratch.
First I made some homemade seitan, and allowed it to cool for a while.
Later I cut part of it into nuggets and dipped it in water mixed with yellow mustard, and rolled it in a dry mixture of chickpea flour, salt, pepper, garlic powder and baking powder.
It turned out pretty well. I wonder what it would be like baked.
I also had an assortment of fruit - watermelon slice, half a ruby red grapefruit - a slice of bread and some tortilla chip pieces stirred into salsa, and a cup of hemp milk during the several hours it took to actually make the nuggets.
I had another broccoli and mushroom stir fry over rice. but instead of using Tofu I tried LightLife meat less savory chicken tenders. I can't remember why I bought it but I'm glad I did cause I had inadvertently run out of tofu.
Taste wise it was fine but it is hard to judge in a stir fry. Nutrient-wise its pretty good except for the sodium. Its main ingredient is wheat gluten.
pizza - whole grain flatbread for the crust - pizza sauce, tempeh facon, pineapple, mushrooms, green olives, green onions, japapeno and a tiny bit of fake cheeze..... mmmmm
A large yam cut into chunks and oven roasted with sliced red onion, covered in a peanut sauce made of peanut butter, tamari, fresh lime juice, garlic powder and turmeric.
Vegetables: broccoli, pickles, a small amount of sunflower seeds, Cos lettuce and some whole grain bread. Simply flavored, too, with just salt and white pepper. Edit: tomatoes too.
Impressed? Of course you aren't.
Ready to lecture me on calories? Well here's why you shouldn't:
I didn't specify amounts, although it was small.
I had quite a large breakfast that was unnecessarily large esp given I drank some alcohol last night and wasn't especially hungry for breakfast
Lunch had a fair amount of calories from fat
I enjoyed my sauteed mish-mash of sliced portobello mushroom, broccoli, asparagus, Gardein beefless ground, and cooked couscous in a little low sodium organic tamari sauce. Really delish.
Last night I made yellow split pea soup in the Instant Pot and I am still having issues with the peas not cooking completely despite cooking it for 25 minutes on high. I am beginning to wonder if it isn't all the veggies that I add and that the salt content from those veggies is preventing the peas from cooking properly. I do tend to throw in the all but the kitchen sink (which drives my honey crazy). Celery, carrots, onions, potatoes, parsnip, turnip and last night some green beans also. A bit of garlic powder, cumin and paprika along with the bay leaves. If anyone has any ideas as to why this is happening I would be grateful to receive them. Next time I may just try the peas by themselves.
I went to the farmer's market today and returned with a bounty!
I cooked spinach, carrot tops, fresh torn basil, a half pound of mushrooms and zucchini in just a touch of water, a drizzle of tamari, and a splash of balsamic vinegar.
I also roasted potatoes, carrots and onions in the lightest spray of oil.
I enjoyed it with fresh local olive bread. I'll have left overs for two days.
Same with the dessert of local strawberries, Gravenstein apple and pluots tossed with a light drizzle of agave syrup, which could potentially double as a breakfast.
Gotta make up for those Beyond Burgers and Field Roast sausages I ate. Lord knows some rich privileged journalist with body image issues might be breathing down my neck, wondering how healthy of a vegan I am.
"White Hot dogs" on whole wheat with a homemade picante sauce and wombok cabbage.
White hot dogs are a mixture of boiled potatoes(wet), oat flour, sunflower seed flour, Italian herbs, salt(dry). Basically the dry ingredients are mixed with the potatoes until semi-dry then rolled into tubes and gently cooked. I made a bunch for the next few days.
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