Forums: January 2011 Kickstart Forum: What is your food today Fri Jan 7th?
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cch22 Joined: 09/08/10 Location: New York State Posts: 999	What is your food today Fri Jan 7th? Posted Friday, January 7, 2011 at 7:24 AM hi.. today is another easy day for me! b-cereal w/apple & soymilk snack-orange & banana lunch- either left over soup or quonia salad dinner- honey is taking care of..he made a pizza last night..with store bought whole grain pizza dough. he says it is the best pizza ever.. i will try it later.. last night i did try the apple with cinnamon. I liked it!! that is a great snack.. one idea that i got from another day... now i just have to bite the bullet and pick up some kale this weekend..don't know how much i will get out.. it is supposed to snow 8-12 inches!!! omg!!!!
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Bugsmom Joined: 09/13/10 Posts: 2068	RE: What is your food today Fri Jan 7th? Posted Friday, January 7, 2011 at 8:48 AM B: usual cereal and plant milk L: brown rice, steamed broccoli and not cheese sauce (leftovers from the other night) D: lentil soup or vegetable soup (which usually has some sort of beans, or quinoa or something in it as well) and homemade whole wheat bread (Hopefully, if hubby makes it, as he's planning to do) If no bread, then probably a handful of AllBran multigrain crackers (I just double checked the ingredients last night and no dairy or egg, I think it does have a small amount of honey but I'm okay with that) S: apple, banana
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peasandrice Joined: 12/29/10 Posts: 77	RE: What is your food today Fri Jan 7th? Posted Friday, January 7, 2011 at 11:09 AM I want to try and stick to the diet closer, but am running out of the fresh ingredients. It's hard for me to go shopping more than once a week. I do plan to go tomorrow though. The curried lentil soup sounds awesome, but I only have about have the ingredients. Also we will try eating out at a Mexican restaurant tomorrow, since we will have a babysitter. I'm really nervous about calling a head to find out if the beans and rice are made with lard or not. I know the menu well and they have an all veggie fajita option with beans and rice. It would be easy to say no cheese or sour cream. What about the tortillas though? Lard? It just seems like such an awkward conversation, esp. with the language barrier. I was raised in a Spanish speaking community and I get so embarrassed that I can't speak it. I guess that's enough complaining I plan to eat: B: Cereal & Soy milk + cinnamon apples (I think my toddler might like this) + coffee/soy + 2 glasses of water L: Fruit smoothy + 2 glasses of water D: A stir fry to use up the left over zucchini and something with the sweet potatoes. I have absolutely no idea what to do with a sweet potato other than to make a pie out of it, but I will figure something out + 2 glasses of water
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Bugsmom Joined: 09/13/10 Posts: 2068	RE: What is your food today Fri Jan 7th? Posted Friday, January 7, 2011 at 11:13 AM Is it a corn tortilla or a flour tortilla? We make our own whole wheat tortillas and I think the recipe uses a little vegetable oil but not shortening or lard (and it's not designed as a veg*n recipe or anything, we've been using it for years even pre-vegan). I'm not sure about a corn tortilla's ingredients - I know corn bread is a whole other matter in some ways from whole wheat bread (regular yeast bread doesn't have egg or milk necessarily, which corn bread typically does - though the Veganomicon has a nice vegan variation that we had last night with our veggie chili) --Deb R
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marge Joined: 09/08/10 Location: Seattle Posts: 211	RE: What is your food today Fri Jan 7th? Posted Friday, January 7, 2011 at 11:48 AM Breakfast, shake made with organic soy milk,gemma protein powder, a banana and fruit salad, snack, orange (don't you love citrus this time of year?) lunch, leftover veggie pot pie with a slice of Dave's Killer Bread, snack 1/cup leftover collards. Dinner? don't know yet perhaps ramen, it's a recipe we adapted from "Gentlemen, Start Your Ovens: Killer Recipes for Guys" by Tucker Shaw. It's called the "ramen that eats like a meal". got to be careful with ramen, the regular cheap-o 10 for a dollar stuff has 8 grams of fat per block!!! do an ingredient hunt an get the baked ramen that only has 1 gram of fat, and throw out the nasty seasoning packet, which is a sodium bomb.
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peasandrice Joined: 12/29/10 Posts: 77	RE: What is your food today Fri Jan 7th? Posted Friday, January 7, 2011 at 11:59 AM Bugsmom wrote: Is it a corn tortilla or a flour tortilla? We make our own whole wheat tortillas and I think the recipe uses a little vegetable oil but not shortening or lard (and it's not designed as a veg*n recipe or anything, we've been using it for years even pre-vegan). I'm not sure about a corn tortilla's ingredients - I know corn bread is a whole other matter in some ways from whole wheat bread (regular yeast bread doesn't have egg or milk necessarily, which corn bread typically does - though the Veganomicon has a nice vegan variation that we had last night with our veggie chili) --Deb R Sadly a lot of California style/Southwest Mexican food is prepared with lard for the flavor, so when a restaurant is trying to go the extra mile for taste/authenticity, etc they tend to use lard in things like flour tortillas, beans, and tamales. At least that's how my family/extended family, friends etc. did it when I was growing up. So it's hard to avoid pork fat where you wouldn't expect it. At home I have found vegan ways to make all these things, but I worry about eating out at the local restaurant, and dread asking. I get nervous and hate to make waves, at least I only have to do it once per restaurant... Maybe with all the concern over cholesterol they may have switched to vegetable oil/broth?
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Shadowheart Joined: 09/05/10 Posts: 83	RE: What is your food today Fri Jan 7th? Posted Friday, January 7, 2011 at 1:31 PM B: cereal with almond milk L: leftover lentil soup S: ?? not sure maybe a banana D: couscous with veggies Amazed, I stepped on the scale and I'm down a couple of pounds! Last kickstart I didn't lose anything, but was dealing with the dreaded bloat from getting use to beans. Happy today
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pippin Joined: 09/07/10 Posts: 175	RE: What is your food today Fri Jan 7th? Posted Friday, January 7, 2011 at 1:43 PM Oh my. Is today half over already? Time flies... Breakfast today was steel cut oats, soaked overnight in lowfat soy milk, with diced apricots and raisins. I just finished my lunch. Started with a small green salad with lots of veggies and non-fat dressing. Then had leftover stewed veggies and beans over brown rice. I think I will stick with the spirit of today's meal plan, and make veggie fajitas in whole wheat tortillas tonight. I have peppers, onions, potatoes, corn, summer squash... beans... and a few other goodies to throw in the stir fry pan.
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wen Joined: 09/08/10 Posts: 54	RE: What is your food today Fri Jan 7th? Posted Friday, January 7, 2011 at 2:39 PM b: cereal and almond milk, with berries lunch: pinto bean+ brown rice salad( purple cabbage, cucumber, green, sprouts.etc.), 2 slices bread dinner: no idea yet... about my lunch...sounds like too much carb??? I planned to have pinto bean + rice salad only, but, I was still hungry, therefore, I went ahead, and had another 2 slices bread...but, bean, and rice, and bread...that is a lots... still trying to get used to this meal planning...
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cch22 Joined: 09/08/10 Location: New York State Posts: 999	RE: What is your food today Fri Jan 7th? Posted Friday, January 7, 2011 at 2:44 PM Hi Wen, I don't know if it's a lot.. susan would be able to tell you.. or maybe molly.. I probably would have reached for more beans/rice, veggies or a piece of fruit. But that's just me.. i am not a big bread fan.
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Bugsmom Joined: 09/13/10 Posts: 2068	RE: What is your food today Fri Jan 7th? Posted Friday, January 7, 2011 at 2:58 PM wen wrote: b: cereal and almond milk, with berries lunch: pinto bean+ brown rice salad( purple cabbage, cucumber, green, sprouts.etc.), 2 slices bread dinner: no idea yet... about my lunch...sounds like too much carb??? I planned to have pinto bean + rice salad only, but, I was still hungry, therefore, I went ahead, and had another 2 slices bread...but, bean, and rice, and bread...that is a lots... still trying to get used to this meal planning... What kind of bread are we talking about? A whole grain high fiber type bread or something from the grocery store that's mostly starch? What I might have done was have a glass of water and wait a little to see if I was still hungry. If I was, then I'd probably have grabbed more veggies before grabbing more bread. It is a lot of carbs but it's also a lot of fiber (beans, brown rice, crunchy veggies) which does make a difference. --Deb R
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shancock Joined: 01/03/11 Posts: 16	RE: What is your food today Fri Jan 7th? Posted Friday, January 7, 2011 at 6:38 PM Breakfast: Blended Salad (a la Dr. Fuhrman: banana, frozen blueberries, spinach, assorted greens, ground flaxseed, almond milk and a teaspoon of liquid chlorophyl). Lunch: 1 cup cooked brown rice noodles topped with peanut sauce (Dr. Barnard's recipe), a few cashews and a big handful of raw spinach. Dinner: Tofu-vegetable stirfry with Kungpao sauce (Rebar cookbook) on brown basmati rice. Snack: Hummous--the recipe from the Kickstart menus with the roasted peppers (it is absolutely delicious...especially since I marinate my roasted peppers in balsamic vinegar, so it makes the hummous a little sweet). I actually started last Saturday, so it's been a week, and I feel great. I usually eat vegan anyway, but sometimes I'll fall off the wagon and go on a six-month cheese and egg bender.
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lisag81 Joined: 12/31/10 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 64	RE: What is your food today Fri Jan 7th? Posted Friday, January 7, 2011 at 7:42 PM http://vegamorphosis.blogspot.com/2011/01/21-day-vegan-kickstart-day-5.html Breakfast: orange/pineapple/banana smoothie snack: apple Lunch: last of the couscous confetti salad snack: pita w/ hummus Dinner: homemade Mexican TGIF! Check out my blog as I do the 21-Day Vegan Kickstart! http://vegamorphosis.blogspot.com www
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presentcrisis Joined: 01/03/11 Posts: 26	RE: What is your food today Fri Jan 7th? Posted Friday, January 7, 2011 at 8:33 PM B: Apple, GF oats with almond butter, cinnamon, stevia, and brown rice protein S: dried papaya, cashews L: Zucchini and brown rice bowl, tofu dill salad on top of a bed of lettuce D: Black bean soup with Trader Joe's flax chips S: peas & lima beans topped with a little Parma For whatever we lose (like a you or a me) it's always ourselves we find in the sea www
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veggies4me Joined: 01/05/11 Posts: 172	RE: What is your food today Fri Jan 7th? Posted Friday, January 7, 2011 at 10:39 PM Margie Thanks for the ramen noodle tip - I was wondering how kickstarters were eating them - I'm cheap and buy the cheap ones, but know they are really nutritionally awful. I'm going to search out the baked ones. PeasandRice Sweet potatoes are great - for a snack today I through it in the microwave and added a bit of nutritional yeast and pepper. They would be good with other veggies like eggplant or with black beans. Todays meals: B: (Regretfully the morning came and went without a meal) L: leftover blackbean burrito S: baked sweet potatoe w/nutritional yeast D: Salad and veggie pizza I'm not ready to eat out yet - I never trust how the food is prepared.
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peasandrice Joined: 12/29/10 Posts: 77	RE: What is your food today Fri Jan 7th? Posted Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 12:01 AM Veggies4me: Thanks for the tip on the sweet potatoes. I will try it tomorrow. My 11 month old got sick (stomach bug) so we spent the evening working with him and I just made us some convenience food. What we actually ate today (vs what I previously posted) B: Cereal w/soy +coffee w/soy + 16oz of water S: Cinnamon apples + 16oz water L: PB&J smoothie (everyone loved except my 2 yr old who wanted just the peanut butter on the spoon :roll D: Morningstar's riblets (which I was shocked to discover are vegan, most of their other stuff isn't) on pumpernickel hoagies. + 16oz water I don't remember who posted the cinnamon apples tip, but thank you thank you thank you! my two year old actually ate it. He won't eat anything that isn't smooth or pureed, or really soft, it's like he won't acknowledge he has teeth. I was so shocked he ate this. I think it helped that I let him add the cinnamon and shake the bag. My 11 month old also liked it, but I microwaved it for 30sec to soften it for him. Anyway,thanks again.
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cch22 Joined: 09/08/10 Location: New York State Posts: 999	RE: What is your food today Fri Jan 7th? Posted Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 8:07 AM Hi Peas.. i am hoping that after shaking the bag w/apples & cinnamon that you put the apples in glass before the micowave...? I have read several articles where it is not a good thing to microwave in anything plastic. I store my soup in glass bowls w/lids so i can pop them in the microwave.. also i even threw away that top plastic cover to put on food. (that might have been a bit much, not sure.. better safe than sorry) I am surprised to find how many people at work still put plastic in the microwave.. so i know people still do it.. do you?
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