What Are Ya EATIN' Right Now?

[Bowwowmeow]

I've discovered that we don't have a thread for this, and since I am eating some of the most delicious, cool, and refreshing hibiscus sorbet RIGHT NOW, I thought I'd better make a thread about it.

I've never had hibiscus sorbet before, and it is a very warm, sunny day, so this treat is really hitting the spot. Yum! :eat: :yum:

[paul]

WOW sounds good what does it taste like

[Bowwowmeow]

Its light and tangy, and has a pretty pink color. Have you ever had hibiscus tea, or any Jamaican drinks with hibiscus in them?

Here's a picture of one:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/lauralb/Nature/hibiscus.jpg

[paul]

ive had hibiscus tea and a cordial i think,many years ago.

[Oracl]

That hibiscus is really beautiful! :colors:

[Gliondrach]

I knew that some food comes from one type of hibiscus - okra - but I didn't know other types were edible. You lives and learns.

That flower looks like the plant I used to have but mine had red flowers.

[thevegantwins]

Sounds yummy, BWM.

I'm eating some mixed nuts right now: filberts, almonds, cashews and brazil nuts. And drinking water.

[thevegantwins]

Right now I'm eating a huge salad I made with organic lettuce picked Saturday, organic cucumber, organic kidney beans, organic corn kernels, organic green beans, organic raw sunflower seeds topped with a dressing made from garlic, chickpea miso, lemon juice, tahini and water. :yum:

[Gliondrach]

Is the water organic?

[thevegantwins]

:rolleyes: Of course!

I wish, it's Poland Spring bottled water which is owned by evil :stir: Nestle.

[Gliondrach]

Buy a filter.

[my3labs]

I'm eating some cajun trail mix. I shouldn't be eating at 10:00 pm but I forgot it was in the pantry and I couldn't resist.

[soozthecat]

I just made me, my mum and my non veggie cousin some realeat sausages with sweetcorn and chips covered in vegan gravey, went down a treat!

[Bowwowmeow]

Blueberry muffins!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/lauralb/Food%20Gallery/BlueberryMuffins.jpg

[thevegantwins]

Lemon Corn pancake with blueberry sauce from Vegan with a Vengeance. I made the pancakes yesterday for breakfast and there was leftover batter so I made one large one, like a crepe and spread the blueberry sauce inside then rolled it and placed it in foil for my breaky today. :yum: Great post-gym meal.

[1vegan]

My first attempt to make a burrito or a wrap thing, after I found vegan tortillia wraps :)

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z230/2vegan/IM005577.jpg

[Oracl]

This thread makes me very hungry! :hungry:

[1vegan]

lunch ...:eat:

Sourdough bread with sunflowerseeds in and on it, with choco-chocoreale and banana slices :D

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z230/2vegan/IM005597.jpg

[thevegantwins]

I love sourdough bread..wait, I love bread. :smallheart:

We had a work breakfast this morning, just the services unit. I made orange-glazed scones from Vegan with a Vengeance. I also had an everything bagel with Soy Garden spread and some fresh fruit. :yum:

[Gliondrach]

Did you make that wartime food from that recipe, TVT?

[thevegantwins]

Not yet. I'm not sure what 4oz of mashed potatoes equals yet so I have to be motivated to convert.

[Gliondrach]

Eh? Do you mean you don't know that 4oz is a quarter of a pound or that it is a quarter of 454 grams? You don't use Napoleonic measures, surely? Four ounces is also 64 drams. You must get into the spirit of the thing and use proper weights.

[1vegan]

In the U.S, an oz can also point to a volume, I think they call it fluid oz, and it's not always clear if they mean the weight or the liquid oz :)

(at least it's not always clear to me :o )

[dreamer]

I'm eating a Mexican seitan pizza right now...a recipe from a quick and easy Moosewood cookbook (from my vegetarian days, but this is a vegan recipe).

[thevegantwins]

Eh? Do you mean you don't know that 4oz is a quarter of a pound or that it is a quarter of 454 grams? You don't use Napoleonic measures, surely? Four ounces is also 64 drams. You must get into the spirit of the thing and use proper weights.
We don't use proper weights in the US, 4oz in the US would equal fluid ounces. I'm not sure what that would equal in solid weight. I'm guessing 1/4 cup but not sure.

[Gliondrach]

Over here, there are 20 fluid ounces or four gills to the pint. A cup of lead will be heavier than a cup of water. You need to buy some scales. Well, the average apple weighs about 4-6 ounces - compare the flour, or whatever it is, to that.

[Oracl]

A cup of lead will be heavier than a cup of water. You need to buy some scales.
True, but who on earth cooks lead? :bhead: :chef:

[Gliondrach]

I used to heat up lead when I was forging gold coins. Molten lead with a bit of yellow and brown dye makes very passable gold coins.

[Fauxmage]

Rainier cherries. :yum:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/lauralb/Food%20Gallery/Cherries004.jpg

[thevegantwins]

Those look tasty. I really, really wanted organic cherries today but the health food store wanted $9.99 a pound and they weren't that nice looking. Summer time= cherry time (watermelon too).

[thevegantwins]

This isn't what we're eating now but will be eating on July 4th as a special treat. This chef used to work at a vegan restaurant not far from us. The restaurant closed last spring but he does a vegan pick-up food service which I've never tried but will do so this week. The food sounds fantastic as does the cause:

This week (aside from just being a gorgeous seven days of summer time) will be the week of July Fourth. A holiday I personally celebrate (contrary to the conventional focus of the holiday) in respect to the indigenous peoples of this land we now inhabit. The original, forgotten inhabitants of this continent will be very much in my thoughts. So, I am offering a special menu for July 4th. It will include cooked and raw options so everyone is happy!

15% of the money taken in on that day will be donated to The National Society for American Indian Elderly. This will help fund resources and care to low or no-income native elders. Here is what the NSAIE says about their service:

“ American Indian seniors have the highest rates of poverty and some of the lowest rates for service intervention. The NSAIE reaches approximately 20,000 American Indian seniors which live in areas with extremely high rates of poverty. In fact, poverty rates for American Indian seniors over the age of 60 years exceed 70% in these tribal areas.”



Please have your orders placed by Sunday. Pick up is in Red Bank NJ between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m.



Have a beautifull and blissful weekend!

>Your friend,

Chef Adam Sobel



Wednesday July 4
Cooked Vegan Entrée $21.00
>Sage mustard grilled seitan, garlic greens, grilled fennel cabage slaw, and whole wheat baked macaroni and nutritional yeast cheese. (ordered this along with extra seitan)


RAW Vegan Entrée $21.00
>Rosemary hempseed crusted pizza with basil pine nut cheese, sun dried tomato sauce, black olives, herb marinated broccoli rabe, and sage rubbed portabello mushroom.





Baked Vegan Dessert
>Sweet potato pie with vanilla bean cream ($8.00 per slice, $28 for full 9 inch pie)



Raw Vegan Desserts
>Fresh blueberry tart with lemon coconut cream in a pistachio coconut crust ($8.00 per slice or $28.00 for 9 in tart)

>Hempseed chocolate pudding with cacao nibs ($7.00 each or $25.00 per quart) (ordered this)



Full trays of the cooked vegan items are available at the following prices:



Sage mustard grilled seitan ($40.00)

Garlic greens ($30.00)

Macaroni and cheese ($35.00)

Grilled fennel cabage slaw ($16.00 per quart)

[Gliondrach]

The cooked dishes sound nice.

[1vegan]

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z230/2vegan/im005646.jpg

Andijvie "stew" I guess with sauteed onions :)

It's basicly mashed potatoes, with the andijve (raw) mixed through it, and the sauteed onions is just my own "touch" to it, I felt like having them today :)

I don't think you can get andijvie in the U.S, it looks like this:
http://beeldbank.thegreenery.com/img/mediumthumb_corporate/822.jpg

[Bowwowmeow]

It looks like looseleaf lettuce, but from the name I would guess that here they call it endive, or escarole, though it doesn't look like escarole. It looks like grown up Belgian endive, maybe.

[Gliondrach]

I like mashed potato and slightly fried onions. Sometimes with baked beans. I might have that tomorrow.

[thevegantwins]

I have 2 heads of that in my fridge right now, picked last week at the organic farm. It is called escarole.

[Gliondrach]

Never heard of it. And I've never had endives.

[ChenLi]

Air...but will prolly make a tofutti cheese sandwich in a minute.

[1vegan]

It looks like looseleaf lettuce, but from the name I would guess that here they call it endive, or escarole, though it doesn't look like escarole. It looks like grown up Belgian endive, maybe.

I checked and it's escarole, like TVT said :)

[1vegan]

I'm having a salad, lettuce with some spinach, a grated red beet, kidney beans, some corn from a jar, and slices of cucumber with a dressing of olive oil, lemon juice and vegan mayo :) (and gomasio sprinkled on it)

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z230/2vegan/Food/IM005670.jpg

[thevegantwins]

1V, do you grate a raw beet or cooked one? I know beets are healthy but I sooooo hated pickled beets that my mother forced me to eat when I was a kid that I only can eat either raw beets or roasted ones now. Except when I was in Russia years ago, the food was so limited that I ate pickled beets.:blecch:

[1vegan]

I grate them raw :)

But raw beets can have very different tastes to them, the ones that are harvested in summer have a light taste to them, while if they are older can have a earth like taste to them.

[Gliondrach]

Yes, raw ones, or slightly boiled ones, do taste a bit like soil. I like boiled beetroot with baked beans on toast.

[1vegan]

Simple dinner tonight, too busy to really cook ..

Red cabbage from a jar, with potatoes and vegan gravy

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x97/veg_eric/IM005732.jpg

[Oracl]

Simple but colourful and yummy looking! :yum:

[Gliondrach]

Yesterday for dindins I had toast, spread with margarine and tahini. With a tomato, beetroot, black olives and olive oil on top. It was very tasty.

Nuts and raisins for afters.

[Oracl]

What? No baked beans? :shock: :D

[Gliondrach]

I'm saving my last tin for today, after I've done weight training. I'll have all the other things with the beans.

[Bowwowmeow]

Black cherries this time.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/lauralb/Food%20Gallery/BlackCherries.jpg

Can a person eat too many cherries? I've been eating them like mad since the price went down.:o

[Oracl]

I don't think it is possible to eat too much fresh fruit. :)

[thevegantwins]

I just had a chocolate hempseed brownie, somewhat homemade. I used a mix but added extra hempseeds and some shaved organic dark chocolate. I'm drinking a glass of iced earl grey green tea from the Netherlands. A nice 1Vegan I know sent me a care parcel months ago containing that tea. :)

[thevegantwins]

I can't wait to bite into my lunch. I have homemade pickles, watermelon cubes and a sandwich made of roasted tomato, zucchini and garlic (all organic and picked on Saturday) on a whole-wheat ciabatta roll. :yum:

[Gliondrach]

Bon appetit, as they say in Germany.

[thevegantwins]

Afternoon snack= Good Karma Organic Rice Divine Coconut Mango non-dairy frozen dessert. Long name but so worth it. I love that there is a fantastic tasting non-dairy soy-free dessert that is organic and fair-trade.

[Soynut]

Whole wheat pasta with bolognese sauce and steamed kale.:) Soo good!

[Soynut]

Black cherries this time.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/lauralb/Food%20Gallery/BlackCherries.jpg

Can a person eat too many cherries? I've been eating them like mad since the price went down.:o


Cherries are my favorites too! Have you tried sour cherries yet? They are the best IMO. I think they are more common in Europe, but I had some good ones the other day from Whole Foods.

[Bowwowmeow]

No, I haven't. I've heard of them, but never seen any for sale. :cherry:

[thevegantwins]

I just ate Boondi, spiced puffed chickpeas, that I bought at the Indian grocery last week. Very tasty. :yum:

They remind me of Kix cereal with a slight spicy kick. :chilipepper:

Now, I'm having a cup of Russian Caravan tea :teacup: with a splash of unsweetened soymilk. :soymilk:

[thevegantwins]

1/2 roasted organic spaghetti squash that I picked on Saturday. I roasted it with a little Earth Balance (vegan margarine), chopped organic garlic and vegan parmesan. Absolutely delicious. I highly recommend any squash haters to try spaghetti squash. It really is like eating spaghetti.

[Oracl]

I like spaghetti squash but it's not often available here. :pouty:

[thevegantwins]

You'll just have to fly to New Jersey next week and come with me to the farm to pick loads of organic spaghetti squash. Hide it under your shirt once you get to the airport and tell them you're pregnant. :D

[Oracl]

You'll just have to fly to New Jersey next week and come with me to the farm to pick loads of organic spaghetti squash. Hide it under your shirt once you get to the airport and tell them you're pregnant. :D
Good idea! I'm sure that would work. :rolleyes: :rofl:

[thevegantwins]

We had a work breakfast today that really ended up being a brunch. I made baked seitan sausage and mini tofu quiches w/ green bell peppers, onion and garlic. My vegan coworker made her famous chocolate chip cookies :cookiemonster: which are scarfed so quickly by my vegan-hating coworkers that you'd think she put crack in them. Her cookies are amazing. I snuck a few extra to bring home for Mr. TVT. It's been a carbfest all day, loads of bagels and rolls :sourdoughrolls:. I need a :nap: followed by :treadmill:.

[Gliondrach]

You make the joint sound more like an infant school than a place of work.

[thevegantwins]

Did I ever claim that this place was professional? It is about as professional as Bush is an intellect. :rolleyes:

[Gliondrach]

I recall that, in junior school, attended between the ages of 8 and 11, we had a church service once a week. Those of us who were going to Communion had our breakfast at school. You're not supposed to eat anything before Communion so we couldn't have breakfast at home. We had the service first thing and it ended just before morning playtime. Then we went back to the classroom and had our breakfast and the free bottle of milk that all school children had then. We only had sandwiches but they seemed to taste better at school. It must have been the novelty.

[Oracl]

My vegan coworker made her famous chocolate chip cookies :cookiemonster: which are scarfed so quickly by my vegan-hating coworkers that you'd think she put crack in them.
:D

[Gliondrach]

A delish, delcish, delcio, very tasty discovery apple. My favourite type of apple. They have been in the shops for about two weeks. They will disappear from the shops within a few days. They only have a short season and probably can't be stored. They have a very sharp, almost acidy, taste with an underlying sweetness. Early in the season - last week - the seeds are white. Now they are mostly brown as the season is coming to an end. And that will be it for another year.

I bought some flowery orange pekoe and some lapsang souchong tea today. I don't think I've had the pekoe before. My mother used to sing the praises of broken orange pekoe. This flowery one is really quite nice - I had a cuppa a few minutes ago and will soon have another. When I asked for the lapsang, the assistant asked me if I wanted China or Formosa. When I used to buy it, from that same shop, there was only one kind. She said that the Formosa is the smokier of the two. So I bought that. I hope I've made the right choice. But, in life, I usually make the right choices. It must have something to do with being born with a caul. We tend to be very lucky types.

[thevegantwins]

Smokier teas are always nicer. :teapot:

I had my first apple of the season this morning. I usually don't buy them over the summer because they are so tasteless but I saw an organic apple at the health food store yesterday. The sign above it said Red Delicious but it did not look anything like one nor did it taste like one. It was delicious though. :apple:

[Gliondrach]

I don't like red deliciouseseses. Nor the 'golden' ones - which are actually green. I don't like Mackintosh Reds. I don't like Granny Smiths. Egremont Russets are quite nice, if you get a good one. Worcester Pearmains will be out soon. They follow Discoveries.

[Enchantress]

I like any apple as long as it doesn't have a maggot in it :rolleyes2:.

[Gliondrach]

You don't like eating maggots? What are you - some kind of pinko, animal rights vegan?

[1vegan]

I'm having a sandwich with peanutbutter and sambal on it :hungry:

[Ped Ant]

You don't like eating maggots? What are you - some kind of pinko, animal rights vegan?
yeah, what's wrong with you? :crazy: maggots are awesome! :yum:

[thevegantwins]

I'm having a sandwich with peanutbutter and sambal on it :hungry:

What's sambal? Is that a spicy :flame: condiment?

[Enchantress]

You don't like eating maggots? What are you - some kind of pinko, animal rights vegan?

Guilty as charged :o.

[thevegantwins]

I'm eating a fantastic salad made with: lollo rosso lettuce, green lettuce, green beans, red bell peppers, green bell peppers, yellow tomatoes, red tomatoes, orange tomatoes (all organic and picked on Friday at the farm) and defrosted organic corn topped w/ Bragg's Liquid Aminos, a little Miso Ginger dressing and a little tahini. One of the best salads I've eaten in ages. I'm drinking a can of wild cherry seltzer too. Seltzer is the only carbonated beverage I drink except for kombucha.

[thevegantwins]

:yum: This stuff I'm eating now is soo good. I chopped some sweet potato, kale, carrots and garlic and put them in a container then added teaspoon each of mustard, lemon juice, miso and 2 teaspoons of tahini, tablespoon of nutritional yeast and some water. I cooked it in the microwave at work on high for 7 minutes. It is such a wonderful combination of tastes. My coworker said it smelled like someone did a doody, which it does, but it tastes fantastic (and is healthy).

[Gliondrach]

Much better than the usual things people cook or heat up at work.

[dreamer]

I just ate a chocolate pecan cookie that I made out of La Dolce Vegan that has soft tofu in it. I'm still not sure if I like it or not...it's kinda like eating a rubbery cookie. Has anyone else tried that recipe?

[dreamer]

OK, I have decided and I do NOT like these cookies...actually, they're all in the trash right now:blecch: The texture and how I feel a bit after eating them (not the taste) really wasn't good...I hate throwing food away though, especially chocolatey food:s:igh:

[Gliondrach]

Were they cooked properly?

[dreamer]

I think so, but I wouldn't swear to it...that's why I was hoping someone else had tried making them so they could give me their opinions of the cookies.

[dreamer]

This morning I had chocolate chocolate chip pancakes (from vegan with a vengence) with soy whip cream and tea with silk & sugar:yum: Then for lunch I had pizza with baby bella mushrooms, faux pepperoni, soy mozzarella, and sauce (dijon mustard, wine, sage). I'm glad it was my last serving (it fed me 3 times) as I'm tired of it now:whistle: For dessert I had my last yellow cake and lemon glaze cupcake (from la dolce vegan). In a few minutes, I'm gonna eat my dinner, which will consist of a hummus and avocado sandwich on whole wheat bread, low fat pringle's, and water. Then I'll have a smoothie (lemon soy yogurt, kiwi fruit, honeydew melon, silk, blueberry juice, and agave nectar) during class. I'll probably go home after class and eat a big salad with mung bean sprouts and brocoli slaw:hungry: [I'll probably also have some soy milk hot chocolate b4 I go to bed.]

[my3labs]

Then for lunch I had pizza with baby bella mushrooms, faux pepperoni, soy mozzarella, and sauce (dijon mustard, wine, sage). [I'll probably also have some soy milk hot chocolate b4 I go to bed.]
Dreamer, Your pizza sauce sounds wonderful. Do you use a white or red wine?

[my3labs]

Our pizza consists of spinach, soy sausage, pine nuts, mushrooms, follow your heart mozzarella and sometimes red pepper.

[dreamer]

I won't swear what kind of wine it was, the recipe it was based (I just followed it from memory, so I'm sure I left some stuff out) on called for white, but I think it was more of a sherry-type wine that I used. (White is better though.)

[thevegantwins]

I don't know what to call this dish. I made it on Saturday. It consists of steamed organic yams, steamed organic mixed veggies, organic acorn squash, organic purple rice in a sauce made with tahini, ginger, garlic, lemon juice, cilantro, nutritional yeast and mirn. Lots of flavor.

[Gliondrach]

Yesterday, I had stew made from one potatoe, two carrots, nine Brussels' sprouts, one tomato, and an onion. I drained the water off, drank it, mixed in a bit of olive oil with the veggies and then dolloped it all on to two slices of wholemeal bread that were spread with margarine and tahini. Very nice.

[dreamer]

Today I ate one of my bought cinnamon rolls with black tea, sugar, and silk. For lunch, I had Mountain Stew (from the Vegetarian Times cookbook, but I added Eggplant), an Olive Garden breakstick (sans butter, EB instead), and water. Then I had a Cherrybrook Kitchen mix "homemade" fudge brownie for dessert. For supper, I had an Amy's Samosa and water to drink. Then I had a homemade smoothie (Bolthouse farm's vanilla chai tea, banana, Whole Soy & Co lemon yogurt, and figs). When I get home, I'll probably have a big salad with broc, cauliflower, and carrots as well as miso-ginger dressing.

[1vegan]

I'm having a sourdough whole wheat and rice sandwhich, with self made kind of hummus on it.

That's sort of regular hummus with a few tbs of nutritional yeast added to it :)

oh, and lots of garlic of course :D

[thevegantwins]

Did you use tahini too or just chickpeas, nutritional yeast and garlic?

[1vegan]

including tahini :)

[thevegantwins]

I made spelt pancakes from the Candle Cafe Cookbook. One of the best batch of pancakes I ever made. Sarah didn't eat any (because she had her morning bowl of lentil soup :lol:) but Ben ate over 2. Mr. TVT enjoyed them as well.

[dreamer]

Today I had an oatmeal (from a mix) muffin with dates added into the batter, Earth Balance spread, and black tea (with Silk and sugar). At lunch, I had a seitan stirfry (seitan, vegan worsch. sauce, mung bean sprouts, garlic, portobella mushrooms) and water, then a huge chunk of avocado fudge:yum: I just ate my din-din, which consisted of a whole wheat bread hummus sandwich, veggie booty, and water. For a snack in a bit, I'm having a homemade smoothie: bananas, strawberry soy yogurt, blueberry juice, mango, & kiwi fruit. Then when I get home I plan to eat a big salad with cukes and miso dressing.

[thevegantwins]

I had 3/4 cup of flax raisin bran for breakie w/ soymilk and a coffee. Lunch was a slow cooker concoction of white beans, wheatberries, edamame, asparagus, broccoli, spinach w/ miso, soy sauce, coriander, tumeric, thyme and pepper plus a little leftover salad from yesterday. Dinner will probably be a veggie burger on toasted ezekiel bread and sauteed kale. Snacks were: 2 apples, 1 kiwi, 1 pear, 2 cups tea w/ soymilk, handful of peanuts and 1 sprouted seed cracker. Lots of water as well. I might have some warm hazelnut milk after dinner. Or Holly Nog. :yum:

[dreamer]

Today I haven't been very good:o I got up this morning and made a cinnamon-pecan pastry (it's supposed to be cinnamon rolls, but I end up just folding it on top of itself like an envelope because it's not "tough" enough to roll) that I ate with tea flavored with sugar and silk. For lunch I made a goulash from La Dolce Vegan (though I simplified it and added quinoa) and then had a walnut maple cookie from Vegan with a Vengeance. I've already eaten my dinner, which was a PB&J sandwich and potato chips. In an hour or two, I'll have my smoothie (peaches and vanilla chai smoothie). Then when I go home I'll have a big salad with cucumbers.

[Gliondrach]

I had my usual stew: one onion, one potato, four extremely large Brussels' sprouts (more like mini-cabbages), one carrot and one tomato. With olive oil added after it was cooked and drained. I just ate it straight out of the saucepan. I usually dollop it onto two slices of bread but I just ate the bread. I also had a spoonful of tahini but didn't put it on the bread. Then three Brazil nuts, five almonds, and raisins - about forty-seven of them. And two cups of tea with soya milk. I drank the water that came from the saucepan.

[thevegantwins]

Do you really count your raisins, Martin?

Did you know that in the south (southern US, that is), what you did with the veggy cooking water is called pot liquor, right dreamer?

[Gliondrach]

Doesn't everyone?

I just call it vegetable water.

[dreamer]

Yeah, I know "pot liquor" is what it's called with water from greens or beans...I haven't really heard it for anything else, though I did find this definition: A rich broth resulting from the prolonged cooking of meat or vegetables, especially greens. Also called pot liquor .

[dreamer]

Yesterday I think I had my best day ever when it comes to what I ate:

Breakfast= blueberry pancakes (from Vegan with a Vengeance) with Earth Balance & maple syrup; tea with sugar and Silk
Lunch= braised brussels and seitan (recipe from Veganomicon) with udon noodles, water; (about an hour later--)2 velveteen cupcakes with pecan "cream cheese" frosting (from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, with a couple changes I've made to the frosting)
Snack= huge baby romaine salad with mung bean sprouts and baby corn, miso dressing
Dinner= my mom's veggie soup (she left some for me), water
Later snack= huge sweet potato with Earth Balance; then vanilla soy yogurt

[Gliondrach]

I've bought a tin of potato and leek soup from the Co-op. The ingredienst are:

Water, Leek (20%), Potato (20%), Onion, Dried Red Lentils, Sunflower Oil, Sea Salt, Parsley, White Pepper.

This is just the weather for a hot bowl of soup, with bread to dip in it.

They also had Tomato and Basil, but it has sugar in it. I prefer soup to be unsweet.

[Bowwowmeow]

That's nice. If I want potato soup I still have to make my own. Even Amy's still puts milk in their canned potato soup. They even put it in their tomato soup. :mad:

[Gliondrach]

Yes, the tomato soup is called cream of tomato soup. I didn't know cream came from tomatoes. These two soups are not the Co-op's own brand. But they have a sign on to say that they are suitable for vegans. That's what the Co-op does with their things that are suitable for us.

[dreamer]

BWM, you may want to check out these soups (just ignore the horrible chicken soup:pouty: ):
http://www.imaginefoods.com/products/category.php?cat_id=208

They have "creamy" tomato soup and potato leek soup that contains no dairy. I've had the tomato soup and it was quite good. Some of their "cream" soups use soy milk instead of dairy.

[thevegantwins]

I had that tomato soup too, it's quite good. I like the container as well since you can pour out exactly how much you want.

[Gliondrach]

The soup was quite nice. It's made by Hawkwood. I think I'll buy a couple of tins to keep for when I fancy some.

[Bowwowmeow]

Thanks dreamer, I'll look for those. I like to cook, but I have such a tiny fridge since I've been living on this boat, and not much room for leftovers when I make a pot of soup. Its nice to just open a can and not to have to store a bunch of soup.

[Gliondrach]

I've bought some more soup of the same brand. This is called Barley Broth. The ingredients are:

Tomato puree, onion, cannellini beans, red aduki beans, borlotti beans (never heard of them), green aduki beans, split green peas, pearl barley, celery, vegetable bouillon, soya flour, carrot, parsley, marjoram, corn starch, turmeric, red lentils, sunflower oil, green lentils, sea salt, basil, chilli powder.

[Bowwowmeow]

BWM, you may want to check out these soups (just ignore the horrible chicken soup:pouty: ):
http://www.imaginefoods.com/products/category.php?cat_id=208

They have "creamy" tomato soup and potato leek soup that contains no dairy. I've had the tomato soup and it was quite good. Some of their "cream" soups use soy milk instead of dairy.
Thank you again, dreamer! I found the potato and the tomato at the store today. :)

[dreamer]

:)Hope you enjoy it:thumbsup:

[dreamer]

Yesterday I ate pretty well:

B = 2 lemon poppy seed (with flax meal) muffins, Earth Balance; black tea with Silk & sugar
L = "chicken" seitan with peas, carrots, no-chicken broth, Silk, and dumplings; water; 2 chocolate chocolate chip cookies
snack = large baby romaine salad with cukes & sweet dijon dressing
D = Amy's alphabet soup, PB&J sandwich; water; Braeburn apple

[Gliondrach]

The Barley Broth, from post 110, was all right. I might not buy it again. Not nearly as nice as the Potato and Leek. I might give the Tomato and Basil a try next.

[thevegantwins]

I am eating raw tabbouleh made with sprouted quinoa, parsley, mint, tomatoes, scallions, lemon juice, olive oil and salt. It is :yum:. It is on a based of shredded red cabbage and shredded collard greens. Delicious!!

[dreamer]

I'm eating the buttery lemon cutout cookies I made from Vegan with a Vengeance:dribble:

[thevegantwins]

I made 1/2 batch of the chocolate chip cookies from VwaV adding a handful of hempseeds as well. They were sooo good. Mr. TVT loved them and asked me why I didn't make the whole batch. Well, duh. The more cookies there are, the more cookies I eat. :o

[Oracl]

Mr. TVT loved them and asked me why I didn't make the whole batch. Well, duh. The more cookies there are, the more cookies I eat. :o
Men! :rolleyes:

[Tails4wagging]

Will be having breakie in a min, of fruit and oats cereal with soya milk then toast and marmite.

Just had a cup of green tea with lemon.

[dreamer]

I've had a pretty good eating day today:
b=chocolate chocolate chip pancakes (VWaV) with soy whip; black tea, Silk & sugar
l=stir-fry with portobella mushrooms, asparagus, garlic, bean sprouts, tofu, soy sauce, sesame/canola oil; water; spiced ginger cookies (VWaV)
d=a salad with brocoli slaw, lettuce, and sweet dijon dressing; eggplant hummus sandwich with brocosprouts, veggie booty, and water
snack later=homemade smoothie made of honeydew melon, blueberries, and vanilla soy yogurt
snack much later=either heated Silk or cocoa made with Silk (probably cocoa)

[thevegantwins]

I just ate 2 of my coworker's chocolate chip cookies. She makes the best cookies. All our non-vegan coworkers get so excited when she brings in cookies.

[dreamer]

I made peanut butter cookies last week and brought them in (this from La Dolce Vegan). They said they were really good and seemed "non-vegan":rolleyes:

[thevegantwins]

I just had a rye bagel that a coworker brought in. It was so good.

[Soynut]

I'm enjoying Tofutti Tofu Blitzes (from Trader Joes) with cherry jam. My husband says they taste much better than the dairy ones and he actually bought them for himself... go figure.;)

[thevegantwins]

Those are vegan now? I thought they had egg whites. I don't know why they just don't make all their products vegan. They also have chocolate bars, cheezecake, the blintzes, frozen pizza, their cream cheeze, sour cream,ice cream and some other stuff. Some is vegan, some isn't. Some is partially-hydrogenated, some isn't. Get some consistency, Tofutti!! :p

I just checked the label online and the blintzes do contain egg whites. :mad:

[Gliondrach]

Perhaps some of the blitzes are vegan. The Co-op here sometimes has biscuits that are vegan one month but not the next. You have to check the packet each time.

[dreamer]

B=blueberry pancakes (from VWaV), black tea with sugar and soymilk
L=lentil and rice stew with broc, water; oreos & soymilk
S=big salad with cukes & sun-dried tomato garlic vinagrette
D=tofurky sandwich on whole wheat bread with vegenaise and mustard, veggie booty, & water
S=smoothie with vanilla soy yogurt, blueberries, honeydew melon

[thevegantwins]

Right now, I'm eating a salad w/ boston lettuce, cucumbers, romaine lettuce, celery with meyer lemon vinagrette.

[Soynut]

:p

I just checked the label online and the blintzes do contain egg whites. :mad:

I can't read labels anymore, I have to get those reading glasses ("vegan scanners") once for all.:D
Thanks, TVT.;)

[thevegantwins]

I have weird vegan scanning vision. I don't read fine print too well except for scanning ingredient lists. I can always spot the icky whey, honey, egg white etc.. :magnify:

[Enchantress]

I've just finished eating some parsnip crisps/chips.

[thevegantwins]

I'm eating chopped raw kale and cherry tomatoes w/ hempseeds and ume plum vinegar. :yum:

[Fauxmage]

A three-seed-and-toasted-onion bagel spread with creme cheeze.

[Enchantress]

Chopped banana and vanilla custard.

[dreamer]

I had a really scrumptuous meal on Satuday. I made "chicken fried" tofu (from Southern cooking, vegetarian style), cooked kale, and cooked potatoes with garlic & rosemary. Then for dessert (from the same cookbook), I made shortcakes and covered them with soy whip and strawberries:yum:

[my3labs]

I have a chicken fried tofu recipe from "The Meat & Potatoes Vegetarian Cookbook" book. I'm making it for dinner tomorrow night.

[thevegantwins]

I just ate a small order of the garlic bread from the pizzaria across the street. Unhealthy as can be, Italian bread w/ lots of olive oil though loads of chopped garlic which is good. So good.

[thevegantwins]

Good eats tonight. I started with a salad made w/ baby spinach, red swiss chard, tomatoes, marinated mushrooms and carrots in my homemade raw cesear dressing then followed it up with roasted organic broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms, chard and a potato and now I'm about to have a cup of warmed unsweetened vanilla almond milk with added cinnamon and cardomon powder. :yum:

I made Mr. TVT a separate dinner since he is working tonight and will be on the road from 5pm until probably 11am tomorrow morning. I made him tofu scramble with added broccoli and swiss chard seasoned with lemon juice, garlic, miso and nutritional yeast. The kids are eating raw tofu :blecch:, carrots and chia seed tortilla chips.

[Gliondrach]

18 hours on the road! That's a long time.

[thevegantwins]

18 hours on the road! That's a long time.

It got worse. He got home at 3am this morning then woke up at 6:30am for another job. He got home again at noon then, while we were on the road for a family outing, he got called for another job and he was on the road from 2:30pm until probably 9pm. Poor guy. At least he has my yummy tofu scramble to keep him full during his driving. He's driving through NYC tonight but doesn't want to eat out. Doesn't make sense to start earning money again just to spend it at vegan restaurants.

[Gliondrach]

I hope he's careful and manages to stay alert.

[dreamer]

I was trying to drink (I know, not really eat, but still:rolleyes:) a smoothie I made, but I don't think I can finish it. It's soy yogurt, blueberries, and ginger ale. The ginger ale is so sweet (with sugar) that I can't take it...what a waste!

[thevegantwins]

I can't imagine a smoothie made w/ soda. Smoothies are so sweet naturally. I'm thinking of making one later with raw swiss chard, pineapple, frozen banana, raw almonds and water.

[dreamer]

I agree with ya...I just didn't have any fruit juice or anything to "water down" the yogurt (besides water, which I thought would take away too much flavor). I certainly won't be using any such sugary drinks in my smoothies EVER again:dump:

[thevegantwins]

Water is fine in a smoothie and particularly tasty if you throw in a handful of raw nuts like cashews or brazil nuts. Then you've created your own homemade nut milk along with a smoothie! :thumbsup:

[Gliondrach]

You could have added some unsweetened soya milk to take away some of the sweetness.

[thevegantwins]

I am eating a delicious salad made w/ raw red swiss chard, butter lettuce, carrots, cherry tomatoes, zucchini and balsamic-marinted red onion with a drizzle of tahini. The salad smells a bit funky but tastes really good.

[boogabaah]

curry with potatoes, carrots and tempeh over brown rice. :eat:

[thevegantwins]

I just had 3 raw donut holes that I made the other day from an Ani Pyho recipe and a cup of Yerba mate tea.

[dreamer]

Amy's bowl (brown rice, black eyed peas, & veggies)

[thevegantwins]

I just finished breakfast: 1 organic mango (:yum:) and 2 teeny blood oranges and a cup of yerba mate tea. I might have a small banana in a bit, maybe some pumpkin seeds as well.

[Enchantress]

I've just had lunch. I had tofu and spinach (tofu marinated in tamari, then fried in sunflower oil with spinach and garlic) and pasta salad (wholemeal pasta, raw courgette, raw avocado, raw cucumber, raw red cabbage, raw organic mixed sprouts, olive oil and lemon juice dressing).

[thevegantwins]

I'm having some salad now. I made a huge salad for lunch (because you know vegans eat only salad ;) ). It has chopped raw kale, chopped zucchini, chopped carrots, sauerkraut (only item non-organic) and a dressing made from pureed red onion, garlic, cherry tomatoes, parsley, miso, macadamia nuts, pine nuts and water. I was already a bit gaseous today. I hope no one lights a flame near my buttocks this afternoon. :fart:

[Oracl]

I hope no one lights a flame near my buttocks this afternoon. :fart:
:flamethrower: :wigglebutt: :rofl:

[thevegantwins]

I bought some whole-wheat matzoh to have with peanut butter for breakfast today but then my vegan coworker brought in some of her veggy hummus, which is the best so I had hummus and matzoh. :yum:

[thevegantwins]

I treated myself to Indian takeaway today. I got baignan bartha :smallheart: which is a roasted eggplant, tomato and onion dish served with basmati rice. I went for medium spice which was perfect. Delicious meal.

[Bowwowmeow]

Nutrilicious Blueberry Donut Holes. :o

Blueberries are full of antioxidants. :whistle: :crossfingers: :agree:

[Tails4wagging]

I treated myself to Indian takeaway today. I got baignan bartha :smallheart: which is a roasted eggplant, tomato and onion dish served with basmati rice. I went for medium spice which was perfect. Delicious meal.


I have the ingredients to make this myself, whats the spice in it, as Im useless at mixing spices.

[thevegantwins]

I have the ingredients to make this myself, whats the spice in it, as Im useless at mixing spices.

Here's the link to a recipe for it: http://recipejunction.blogspot.com/2006/11/baingan-bhartha.html

[thevegantwins]

I made banana walnut waffles from Veganomicon for breakfast. Everyone enjoyed it. I used a mixture of whole wheat pastry flour and spelt flour. Last night for dinner, I made the chickpea cutlets from Veganomicon. I have to make those weekly anyway, they are requested by everyone. :yum:

[Gliondrach]

I had banana, margarine and tahini on toast.

[thevegantwins]

We had homemade calzones for lunch. I made the dough using spelt and whole wheat pastry flour along with homemade vegan cheeze sauce and tofu ricotta. The marinara was jarred. The kids helped roll out the dough which they loved doing. Some of the calzones had just those fillings, one had broccoli and two had red swiss chard. I used the pizza dough recipe from Vegan with a Vengeance. Very tasty.

[Tails4wagging]

I had, yesterday, a lovely nut roast and roast potatoes and veg at the fundraising bash to raise money for the hen rescue, my friend and I had two lunches and two puds greedy pigs and we were!. One a stuffed apple and the other a peanut butter pie and custard. All for a good cause.

[thevegantwins]

I'm eating a delicious salad I made last night. It has shredded raw collard greens, sweetcorn, chopped carrot and artichoke hearts that I topped with lemon juice and extra virgin olive oil. Yum.

[thevegantwins]

I was in the mood for Indian food today but didn't have alot of money so me and a coworker drove to Little India to a cheapy place I wanted to try. The man working there said they serve Gujarati food which is mostly prepared with ghee but he could make me samosa chaat which was made with no dairy. It was only $5 and it is delicious! Lots of different beans, mint chutney, a samosa, and other stuff in a spicy gravy.

[Gliondrach]

I had some chickpeas today. My sister sent them in a jiffy bag. She posted them yesterday. She cooked them then lightly fried them in olive oil with garlic, salt and pepper. I ate them straight from the bag using my fingers. Scoffed the lot. About a cupful. They were very nice.

[thevegantwins]

I love crunchy chickpeas. Have you ever had those dried chickpeas? I first tried those in Turkey, they are a common snack food.

[Gliondrach]

I've had them in Bombay Mix.

[thevegantwins]

Can't get Bombay mix here. :(

[Oracl]

What is 'Bombay Mix'? (OK, I know, I should Google it!! :rolleyes: :bhead:)

[Oracl]

Now I know! :)

Bombay mix is the name used in the UK for a traditional Indian snack known as chiwda or chevda (चिवडा) in India, or chanachur in Bengal. The English name is from the city of Bombay, now called Mumbai. It consists of a variable mixture of spicy dried ingredients, which may include fried lentils, peanuts, gram flour noodles, corn, vegetable oil, chickpeas, flaked rice, and fried onion. This is all flavoured with salt and a blend of spices that may include coriander and mustard seed. It is usually either consumed with the hands, or by spoon or fork.
:yum: :eat:

[thevegantwins]

I just finished lunch at work. I started with a salad w/ cherry tomato, yellow tomato, peppers, cucumber, green lettuce, romaine and avocado topped with lemon ginger dressing. I also had mississippi seitan ribz, pierogies w/ spinach and onions and eggplant parmesan. :yum: We had a lottery luncheon and most of the food was dead animal except for what I listed which was so much better. I ordered vegan food from Kaya's Kitchen and Mr TVT and the kids picked it up and dropped it off at work. At least 4 omni coworkers tried the seitan ribz and said it was delicious. :yea:

[dreamer]

I'm eating a tofurky sandwich on whole wheat bread with vegenaise and dijon mustard, as well as low fat potato chips. Later I'm going to have a vanilla soy yogurt and peach smoothie.

[thevegantwins]

I usually eat raw for breakfast but I was really hungry today when I got to work. Before work, I did 45 minutes on the elliptical followed by my weights. For breakfast, I had leftover steamed sweet potato and asparagus covered in homemade miso tahini dressing (miso, tahini, garlic, ginger, lemon juice pureed in blender), yerba mate tea and a banana. I feel very sated right now.

[thevegantwins]

I had an odd breakfast this morning but it hit the spot. I made the hot sauce glazed tempeh from Veganomicon along with hot sauce glazed red onion and sweet potato. All was grilled on my cheapy stove top grill pan. Delicious!! I'm not a huge fan of tempeh nor hot sauce but the combination was phenomenal.

[Bowwowmeow]

A root beer float made with Virgil's root beer and some french vanilla soy cream. :yum:

[Gliondrach]

But they don't have stottie cakes. I don't think they have pease pudding.
Probably no mushy peas.

[thevegantwins]

I'm drinking a lovely iced coffee made with organic fair trade Colombia coffee and some unsweetened soymilk. I ate raw today so far but I had 2 cups of tea and now this iced coffee, still need my caffeine.

[dreamer]

Whats rootbeer float?
You just put root beer and soy ice cream in a glass, that's a root beer float :yum:

[thevegantwins]

You just put root beer and soy ice cream in a glass, that's a root beer float :yum:

:blecch: I never understood the reason behind wasting perfectly good ice cream in nasty soda. :D

[thevegantwins]

I just had 2 ryvitas with organic salt-free peanut butter and Dundee orange marmalade. Very tasty. I might have a 3rd later. I feel a compulsion to finish the last teaspoon of marmalade. I also had a cup of russian caravan tea with a splash of unsweetened soymilk. Ahhhhh.

[thevegantwins]

I've eaten raw this morning so far except for a cup of yerba mate tea and a cup of black tea w/ soymilk. I had 2 champagne/haitain mangos, 2 peaches, salad with different lettuces, chopped tomato, chopped cucumber and onion and a large (too large) handful of raw nuts. I went to the gym this morning and sometimes, I am so hungry after I get to work. I don't eat before working out.

The champagne mangos are so good. I can buy them down the street for $1-1.50 each but I went to an Indian cash and carry yesterday and bought a case for $9.99. There were 24 in the case. The biggest difference between champagne mangos and other mangos is that the champagne ones don't have those threads that get stuck in your teeth.

[thevegantwins]

Dinner tonight for me and Ben was pesto pizza. I took a premade Trader Joe's multigrain pie crust and added homemade pesto, jarred marinara and shredded vegan gourmet mozarella. Came out quite good. Ben is eating his second slice as I type this.

Sarah is sleeping, she still has a fever. :( She did drink quite alot of homemade echinacea tea I made.

[Gliondrach]

Try to get some elderberry extract for Sarah. It lessens the time of infections.

[Gliondrach]

If my oven worked I would try to make a cheezly flan. An open crumbly pastry case, with a filling of tofu, cheezly and onion all mixed together.

[Gliondrach]

I don't want some meathead with filthy hands touching my cooking machine.

[thevegantwins]

Try to get some elderberry extract for Sarah. It lessens the time of infections.

She's been taking it for weeks. She's back on colloidal silver as well. Actually, next weekend, I'm picking organic elderberry at the farm. Farmer Sue is showing me her secret stash. I'm making homemade elderberry extract from that.

[Gliondrach]

Some extracts are not as good as other extracts. At least yours won't have anything left out.

[thevegantwins]

Oops, I didn't mean elderbery extract, I meant I'm making elderberry syrup. I'm just going to cook down the berries until they are syrupy.

[Gliondrach]

Have you been buying the medical herbalism extract?

[thevegantwins]

Yes. It was hard to find one that did not contain 'natural' flavors which could be anything, even animal-derived. We finally found a brand that contains elderberry, coconut glycerin and water.

Sarah & Ben are eating slices of multigrain bread with pesto. We have so much pesto, they will be eating it on lots of things.

[Gliondrach]

I've just had a yellow pepper. I bought some to eat in place of apples. There aren't any nice apples at this time of year. I cut the peppers in half, take out the seeds and then eat the peppers.

[Gliondrach]

Clean what?

[Gliondrach]

From the filthy-handed meathead? The infection will be hard to clean. It will need an exorcism rather than soap and water.

[thevegantwins]

Hmm, my salad is soooo good. Organic romaine hearts, organic cherry tomatoes, and organic sprouts (adzuki, lentil, pea). I whipped together a dressing this morning that is fabulous: garlic, horseradish mustard, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, water, nutritional yeast, cumin and coriander.

[Gliondrach]

I've just had three slices of toast, spread with margarine and tahini. And a cuppa. I'm going to make another cup in a minute.

[thevegantwins]

Duh, tails. He had margarine and tahini as well. :rolleyes:

[Oracl]

:D And a cuppa! :p

[Gliondrach]

When I were a lad, we couldn't afford spam. Spam were for toffs in big house up hill.

[thevegantwins]

I'm eating organic Romaine leaves spread with homemade basil pesto.

[dreamer]

I think I'm having one of my best eating days ever today :D

This morning I had 5 homemade drop biscuits with blackberry all fruit, hot black tea with sugar & Silk
For lunch I had water to drink and to eat better than boullion chicken flavored broth (vegan) which I cooked rice, kale, tofu (cut into cubes), and bean sprouts (put in at the end of cooking) in; then I had a velveteen cupcake with cream cheeze frosting
For dinner I'm going to have notuna salad (from the Nutritional Yeast cookbook) on whole wheat bread, a big salad, and water
Then b4 I go home I'll drink my smoothie made of a fresh SC peach, Silk, and vanilla Whole Soy & Co. yogurt
I may even have some popcorn when I get home if I'm still hungry after all that;)

[thevegantwins]

Sounds good, dreamer.

I'm eating Channa right now, spicy fried chick peas I bought at the Indian cash n carry.

[thevegantwins]

:ill: I just ate way too many organic cherries after eating a big salad with a homemade creamy extra-garlicy dressing and it is all gurgling in my stomach right now.

[thevegantwins]

I'll probably fart and belch a few times and be fine. I'm in my office, I don't care if I stink up this shithole. :fart:

[boogabaah]

pineapples! :pineapple:

[dreamer]

I just finished a smoothie with strawberries, blueberry soy yogurt, and cranberry/blackberry juice in it:yum:

[Oracl]

:ill: I just ate way too many organic cherries after eating a big salad with a homemade creamy extra-garlicy dressing and it is all gurgling in my stomach right now.
Helpful hint: always eat fruit before other foods! :professor: :D

[Gliondrach]

pineapples! :pineapple:

I thought you only ate carrots. Good to see you posting again.

[Phoenix]

It's almost 10:30 pm so I'm not actually eating right now, but today's lunch was a risotto-style creation made with coconut cream. Delicious. :dribble:

Funny, since I've only been to the gym twice (this week and prior to that, not for thirteen years) but I suddenly feel acutely aware of what I'm putting in my mouth. It's like my body has a mind of it's own! :laugh: I have stopped thinking of chocolate as a major food group now. :o :rofl: Perhaps it's got to do with all the pain (from exercising) and a sudden awareness that what I eat :eat: today has to be dragged around the gym tomorrow. :rolleyes2:

[Gliondrach]

I had three slices of banana on toast. By that, I mean three slices of toast - not three slices of banana. There were 18 slices of banana and a bit of the banana left over which I ate by itself. I also had margarine and tahini on the toast. And two cups of tea. The cups of tea weren't on the toast.

[Gliondrach]

I'm glad that you find my diet funny. I like making people happy. Often, when I walk down the street, strangers point at me and start laughing.

[Oracl]

I had three slices of banana on toast. By that, I mean three slices of toast - not three slices of banana. There were 18 slices of banana and a bit of the banana left over which I ate by itself. I also had margarine and tahini on the toast. And two cups of tea. The cups of tea weren't on the toast.
I don't understand, please explain more clearly! ;) :D

[Gliondrach]

You should eat more bananas. They are good for the brain.

[Gliondrach]

How many toasters do you get through in a year?.:)

Shame you are not a bit nearer to me, I could cook you a healthy meal ever so often.


I've had the present one for a couple of years. Thanks for the offer of food. I'll pop in next time I'm passing.

[Gliondrach]

Beans on toast don't take long.

[Gliondrach]

Or with fried bread.

[thevegantwins]

I had a good lunch, leftover mix-veg curry (no recipe) made w/ onion, garlic, okra, yellow squash, green peppers, chili peppers, ginger, kale, tomato, courgette, eggplant, coconut milk, cardomon pods, and cumin seeds over brown rice.

I can't call it a great lunch because, alas, I ate it without toast. :laugh:

[boogabaah]

purely decadent dairy free ice cream.. the NEW flavor.. blueberry cheesecake.. tis very good! :eat:

[thevegantwins]

No tails, it is a vegan ice cream called Purely Decadent that's available in the US. Very yummy. :yum:

[thevegantwins]

Raw kale salad with chopped tomatoes, garlic, ume plum vinegar, brown rice vinegar, lemon juice and hemp seeds.

[thevegantwins]

I'm eating a samosa chaat from a restaurant in Little India. I asked for it spicy. Yup, it is :flame:

[dreamer]

I am eating a fresh S.C. peach...straight from the peach shed:yum: I can't even buy "fresh" peaches in the grocery or at a farmer's market anymore since growing up just across the street from a peach shed. [I also like the SC peaches better than peaches from anywhere else in the country.]

[thevegantwins]

I love peaches. I'll only buy organic now though because peaches are one of the 'dirty' top 5. But I bet those shed peaches taste good!

[dreamer]

They are REALLY good...wish I could share with all you guys:uhuh: I'm sure they're not organic though...so I'm eating something "dirty" hunh:confused:

[thevegantwins]

Well, small farmers tend to be more conservative with their use of poison since they have to pay for it themselves plus they are well aware that while the poison kills insects that damage the crops, it also kills insects which are beneficial and depletes the soil. So you can assume that your peach shed farmer grows healthier peaches than available in the supermarket. :agree:

[dreamer]

I hope:crossfingers: I went on-line to read about "dirtiest" produce and what it said about peaches was pretty awful:pouty:

[Pob]

Two potato cakes, warmed up in the toaster.

Dinner was a little light on carbs, so we got a bit peckish.

[Cherie]

Romaine, spinach, and mixed baby leaf salad with my nutritional yeast dressing (I'm glad my bf likes it, as VT doesn't, and I was worried I was unique to liking it, so at least some people do and he will eat salad with me).

Speaking of peaches, I went to a local farmer's market and saw a peach guy there and asked if he used any poisons. He asked what I meant by "poisons." I said insecticides/pesticides. He explained to me that he does spray but that the amount is so minute that it doesn't matter. I said, well, would you eat directly the stuff you're spraying on the peaches, and he said emphatically "no" of course. I enjoyed talking with him and I"m sure he uses less than others, so I bought a few peaches and ate a couple (yum) but then the rest went bad fast, like 1-2 days. As a raw foodie, I always think fruit will be gone in a day. Not sure why those peaches weren't in my tummy before they got moldy. :p

[Cherie]

OH, and now that you mention Indian food, I am totally thinking about chana masala but I won't do it!

[thevegantwins]

Romaine, spinach, and mixed baby leaf salad with my nutritional yeast dressing (I'm glad my bf likes it, as VT doesn't, and I was worried I was unique to liking it, so at least some people do and he will eat salad with me).

I think I'd like your dressing if I changed the oil to extra-virgin olive oil. I truly dislike coconut oil and flax oil and can mildly tolerate hemp seed oil

Still think you should open a raw vegan restaurant somewhere in NJ. :D

[Cherie]

The thing is, Lando said he could get the funding/investors and he has friends that might be interested, but it makes me nervous to change careers and I could lose a lot of money and increase my stress, you know? It's a big change!

[Cherie]

I do think it'd be nice to have a raw place with lower-fat and more freshly-made items. I have no business experience. And, for example, instead of raw agave, use fruit or something or at least don't use maple syrup or crystals, like Pure does, because those aren't considered raw (and I'm not a purist, but every time I see maple syrup in a raw book, I cringe).

[thevegantwins]

It would be really nice to see a raw restaurant that had things like a fresh fruit platter, maybe with a dipping sauce (pureed strawberries etc.) and outstanding organic veggies. Maybe you could start with a part-time stand somewhere?

[Oracl]

I said, well, would you eat directly the stuff you're spraying on the peaches, and he said emphatically "no" of course.
Of course!! :s:igh:

[Gliondrach]

The thing is, Lando said he could get the funding/investors and he has friends that might be interested, but it makes me nervous to change careers and I could lose a lot of money and increase my stress, you know? It's a big change!

Would it get much custom - is there much interest there in raw food?

[thevegantwins]

I'm eating horseradish hummus with watercress on a pumpkin seed ciabatta (all from Trader Joe's). :yum:

[thevegantwins]

Have you the recipe?.

Yes. Drive to Trader Joe's, buy container of horseradish hummus, open. :D

I really don't know how they make it. I assume it is regular hummus then added cooked, pureed horseradish root. It has a nice tang to it.

[dreamer]

I fixed an acorn squash and then stuffed it (a recipe from the Moosewood collective, intended for Thanksgiving). It took so long I was almost late for work:o But it was worth it! [It also meant I didn't make the cookies I'd planned on making today:rolleyes:]

Tonight I'm going to have a hummus sandwich (just storebought stuff) with avocado slices on whole wheat bread as well as a big salad.

[thevegantwins]

I just finished a delicious salad: romaine lettuce, cherry tomatoes, corn in homemade basil pesto. The lettuce, tomatoes and pesto were organic and were picked by me and the kids at the farm. The corn was from a farm near the organic farm. It was a locavore salad!

[1vegan]

whole rice, carrot, yellow bellpepper, savoy cabbage, brocolli, garlic, drizzle a bit of teriyaki sauce over it.... :hungry:

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x97/veg_eric/dinner/IMG_4419.jpg

[Pob]

Just gonna eat some spring rolls from Asda. From the freezer section, think they are new. They weren't in the veggie area.

[Pob]

Just to say,they were bloody nice. Box of 4 medium sized spring rolls (oven bake ones) for 98p, or 5 boxes for £4.

I will be stocking up. They are much nicer than the ones from the chiller in Sainsburys.

[Oracl]

That really looks nice. Very tasty. Enjoy :)
:agree: You take good food pics, 1vegan! :nanakiss:

[Oracl]

Just gonna eat some spring rolls from Asda.
I love spring rolls! :hungry:

[1vegan]

Today, 123'z mac and chreeze (chedar style) with carrot, green bell pepper, savoy cabbage and tomato.
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x97/veg_eric/dinner/IMG_4427.jpg

:agree: You take good food pics, 1vegan! :nanakiss:

I had nice natural sunlight on the window sill yesterday :)

[veganbikerboy]

I was a bad biker boy! I had chips & mushy peas (again) I spent all of last week eating healthy only to ruin by having chips twice in three days:disbelief:

[Gliondrach]

There's nowt wrong with chips. I haven't had any for years. 1vegan's food always looks nice. It gets me thinking that I should cook things but then the impulse passes.

[Gliondrach]

:agree:

[1vegan]

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x97/veg_eric/dinner/IMG_4431.jpg

Chimi style burrito. Filling of supermarket pre-cut veggies (Italian mix), with broccoli, pumpkin, garlic. On top, store bought Fajita sauce.

Inside :
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x97/veg_eric/dinner/IMG_4442.jpg

[1vegan]

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x97/veg_eric/dinner/IMG_4536.jpg

Pre-cut veggie mix ("Italian style") with brown beans, garlic and tortilla chips.