What Did You Eat And Drink Last?

[Tornadic Thoughts]

Store bought veggie burgers/most all meat replacements haven't impressed me one bit, @Changing4Best . I eventually learned I had to make my own from scratch if I wanted it to taste good, too. I make my own with chickpeas/sweet potato, or black beans, or use marinated portobella mushroom caps.

I also make my own tofu with chickpea flour rather than use the soy option. It's super easy to do and the flour is inexpensive. Here's the recipe:

My one store bought meat replacement/vegan junk food weakness is the tofurkey brand Italian sausage links. I put them on romaine lettuce boats topped with sauteed peppers and onions and spicy brown mustard, or slice them up and add to marinara sauce and serve on mung bean noodles. Yum!

A friend gave me a curry based lentil soup, but it wasn't enough for two good servings, so I added cannelini beans/raw cashews/veggie broth/coconut milk/curry/cumin/turmeric/dulse flakes/fresh cilantro/chopped kale and served it over mung bean thread noodles. Then munched on some pretzels and sunflower seed butter.

 

[Friday]

@Tornadic Thoughts ... that’s so weird. Tofu, by definition, is fermented. That’s why it has a totally different profile than soybeans do (doesn’t create the estrogen problem). She’s making chickpea cake, & porridge, but she’s not fermenting it at all. Tofu substitute, sure, but not tofu. Like “here’s how to make wine” but only showing juice. Or calling coleslaw kimchee. :confused: Makes my brain hurt.

Cool sub, though.

 

[Changing4Best]

Store bought veggie burgers/most all meat replacements haven't impressed me one bit, @Changing4Best . I eventually learned I had to make my own from scratch if I wanted it to taste good, too. I make my own with chickpeas/sweet potato, or black beans, or use marinated portobella mushroom caps.

I also make my own tofu with chickpea flour rather than use the soy option. It's super easy to do and the flour is inexpensive. Here's the recipe:

My one store bought meat replacement/vegan junk food weakness is the tofurkey brand Italian sausage links. I put them on romaine lettuce boats topped with sauteed peppers and onions and spicy brown mustard, or slice them up and add to marinara sauce and serve on mung bean noodles. Yum!

A friend gave me a curry based lentil soup, but it wasn't enough for two good servings, so I added cannelini beans/raw cashews/veggie broth/coconut milk/curry/cumin/turmeric/dulse flakes/fresh cilantro/chopped kale and served it over mung bean thread noodles. Then munched on some pretzels and sunflower seed butter.

One of the biggest problems I have is that I live way out in the middle of nowhere, so getting a lot of these ingredients for me is tough to impossible, unless I order them online or something. We have one grocery store here and they are not super cooperative when it comes to putting healthy options on their shelves. Even finding 100% whole grain products is not easy there. It will say "Whole wheat" on the label, but if you look closely, it is mixed with white flour! UGH.

I have been taking a cooking class at the local Seventh Day Adventist Church. They have some great ideas and they as a group push the store to buy the things they use in their healthy diet, so at least we have what they recommend.

Thanks for the tips. I love lentil soup, it is my go to comfort food!

 

[Tornadic Thoughts]

It all makes my brain hurt, @Friday , some days more than others, but the belly hurts a hell of a lot less now, so yay? lol

I hear ya, @Changing4Best . I ordered lots of stuff online as I got tired of having to drive to other towns to find international groceries with more healthy options and reasonable prices. A couple of them are getting better, though, with a few things. Many stores have to follow specific plan-o-grams, unfortunately. It disturbs me to know they have only one or two aisles at the most designated for "health food", outside of the produce section. Doesn't say much about the other umpteen aisles, ay? lol The cooking class sounds like fun. :)

 

[Teasel]

Buttered toast
Sparkling water

 

[Lionheart]

Dinner fries with a variety of sauces. Flavored water.

 

[LuckiLee]

PBNJ and moo juice.

 

[Friday]

Ham & espresso

I burned the focaccia. :facepalm: Vexing. I keep saying timers provoke laziness :shifty: But do I listen to myself? Nooooooo. It’s baking. We only set timers for hard boiled eggs and baking. Set the timer. Doesn’t go off. Burned bread. Outstanding. f*ck timers. We only use timers for boiled eggs from now on.

 

[hithere]

I fried this stuff that is some sort of german sausage that falls apart easily. I can't read the ingredients cuz they are kind of gross. It has some sort of "seeds" or grain in it that pop when fried. Really tasty; 8 grams of protein and 11 net carb grams and 1 sugar gram --not the healthiest but yum. Then I went to my fav roaster in town had a cappucino and bought a 12 oz bag of beans for $15.

 

[Survivor3]

Pasta and green pesto. Yup I'm on a budget. In my mind I had a bloody steak with broccoli, asparagus mashed potatoes and peppercorn sauce.

 

[LuckiLee]

I think my guy is trying to get me fat. Tonight was fried chicken, mushroom rice and green beans. (he farted and fell asleep like a baby). LMAO! :D

 

[Tornadic Thoughts]

Junk from the local pizza joint and more junk from the non-dairy freezer section at the store. Grateful for the means and desire to acquire said junk. Even more grateful for my body not revolting too badly in response to the large dose. May tomorrow bring lots more greenage...in many forms.