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| cjewell
Joined: 01/01/11 Location: new england -- ct Posts: 10 |
Share Your Tips! Posted Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 12:38 PM What are your best tips for being vegan and being healthy? Veggie Stock: When cutting veggies, I save all the stems and stuff and keep it in the freezer. Fill up a big pot of water, add any kinds of veggies chopped big and simmer for about 3 hours. I don't use onion skins, I think that's weird. I also add whole peppercorns, lots of garlic and fresh spices. Be creative! Tabatchnick in the freezer: I NEED SOME EXERCISE TIPS! When / how do you exercise? I have some yoga / pilates DVDs to get back into SOON! |
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Oceandog
 Location: California, USA Posts: 644 |
RE: Share Your Tips! Posted Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 12:59 PM Wow this is a full topic! I eat lots of fruits, as a snack I like a potato baked and eaten like an apple! I eat soups and beans, I make my own corn tortillas. I eat spaghetti squash with marinara, for grains I like brown short grain rice and quinoa, I make fresh spring rolls, etc... Exercise is a bit harder for me. I work 2 jobs and get up early. I walk one of my dogs before work in the morning and I do an at home program in the evenings. I guess my motto is pretty basic. Do No Harm. Make the best/kindest/healthiest choice where ever I am in whatever I am doing. Be kind to others AND myself. Be grateful for my blessings. Short and sweet that is how I try to live my life. Always offer kindness and a soft word to the beings around you; You do not know their journey. Your words can be the hug they need or the shove that breaks them. |
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| marge
Joined: 09/08/10 Location: Seattle Posts: 217 |
RE: Share Your Tips! Posted Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 4:53 PM with exercise, you have to find something you love or you won't stick with it. I couldn't stand going to the gym, so I took up walking and then started bicycling. I love cycling so much I don't even consider it exercise.(in fact my husband and I got into cycling so much, we have 5 bicycles between us and only one car)I am going to have to go back to the gym, to lift weights, so my bones remani healthy. |
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| cjewell
Joined: 01/01/11 Location: new england -- ct Posts: 10 |
RE: Share Your Tips! Posted Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 4:57 PM Exercise: Food: I'm doing okay in the vegan department, I have an intolerance to dairy, so I wasn't eating much, anyway. Occasionally we'll sway, but this is about doing what's right. I like what oceandog is saying about making conscious choices, I'm trying to do the same. |
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| marge
Joined: 09/08/10 Location: Seattle Posts: 217 |
RE: Share Your Tips! Posted Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 5:07 PM cjewll, I agree with you, I stopped buying tempeh, because I purchased it twice in the last 10 months and both times I had to put it in the recycle bin, because it went bad before I ate it. That was part of my New Year's resolution, to quit wasting food! So far this month I've eaten eveything we purchased, and I'm hoping to stick with it. Soup is a wonderful base to use up things like 1/2 of a leek or 2 mushrooms or a 1/4 of a carrot. |
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| Oceandog
Location: California, USA Posts: 644 |
RE: Share Your Tips! Posted Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 5:20 PM When I buy spaghetti squash, I cook it within a day or two and when I scrape out the insides, it is usually enough for a dinner and lunch for my sister and I. So I don't have trouble with it going bad. I might add that we both have Celiac Disease so it is used instead of pasta and as a main course so the portions maybe be larger than you are eating if you have it as a side. Always offer kindness and a soft word to the beings around you; You do not know their journey. Your words can be the hug they need or the shove that breaks them. |
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| carolward99
Joined: 12/30/10 Location: Bryan, TX Posts: 27 |
RE: Share Your Tips! Posted Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 5:28 PM I had spaghetti squash last night with the easy marinara sauce. I saw on rachael ray where she just shreds the squash with a fork and pours the sauce over the top and uses the squash for the bowl. So easy. |
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| Oceandog
Location: California, USA Posts: 644 |
RE: Share Your Tips! Posted Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 5:29 PM Perfect! Lo-Cal and yummy and celiac safe! Always offer kindness and a soft word to the beings around you; You do not know their journey. Your words can be the hug they need or the shove that breaks them. |
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| Bugsmom
Joined: 09/13/10 Posts: 2087 |
RE: Share Your Tips! Posted Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 7:14 PM marge wrote: cjewll, I agree with you, I stopped buying tempeh, because I purchased it twice in the last 10 months and both times I had to put it in the recycle bin, because it went bad before I ate it. That was part of my New Year's resolution, to quit wasting food! So far this month I've eaten eveything we purchased, and I'm hoping to stick with it. Soup is a wonderful base to use up things like 1/2 of a leek or 2 mushrooms or a 1/4 of a carrot. We toss those left bits into things like coleslaw or salads (2 mushrooms, 1/4 carrot, etc) Although, we rarely have those kind of leftover bits since we just expand whatever the recipe (or reduce the quantity purchased) to fit. Reheated leftovers are my lunch mainstay 5 days per week at work. One of our fav "leftover" things for sturdy leftovers (stir fry type veggie/rice combos, steamed broccoli, chili, etc) is to make pocket pies out of them - a simple whole wheat crust rolled out and filled with tasty leftovers then baked. Steamed broccoli and not-cheese sauce; chili; crumbles with any kind of sauce (bbq or tomato for example); etc all work great as pockets. |
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| Bugsmom
Joined: 09/13/10 Posts: 2087 |
RE: Share Your Tips! Posted Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 7:19 PM Exercise: we invested in a good quality treadmill (when we bought it, hubby was well over 300 lbs so it had to be high end to handle that) and that is in a finished area of the basement. We wall mounted a small TV with a connection to basic cable (just like at a gym). This way we have few excuses to not spend at least 30 minutes per day walking (a valid excuse is: illness/injury, shovelling snow for more than an hour, mowing the yard, not being home in a given 24 hr period). Hubby has even created a rig to stabilize the game controller so he can play PS2 games while walking. And, the TV has a DVD player as well so "nothing to watch" isn't an excuse - pop in a movie and get moving! We also have an exercise bike (recumbent kind) but that doesn't get used as much. That seems to be more problem for my knees than the treadmill. But, 12 yr old son will get on and peddle for a while when watching TV - particularly good when we've got 2 to 3 feet of snow outside and major wind chills, he can just burn off energy safely (and warmly). --Deb R |
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| theodore
Joined: 09/16/10 Posts: 643 |
RE: Share Your Tips! Posted Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 7:34 PM My motto is: Never eat anything that has an ass. Never make assumptions. You'll end up being an A**, and the UMP will TION you. -- Coach Smiley -- Fresh Prince of Bel Air |
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| Oceandog
Location: California, USA Posts: 644 |
RE: Share Your Tips! Posted Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 7:46 PM Nice motto Theodore, I am sure many arses appreciate it! Always offer kindness and a soft word to the beings around you; You do not know their journey. Your words can be the hug they need or the shove that breaks them. |
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| theodore
Joined: 09/16/10 Posts: 643 |
RE: Share Your Tips! Posted Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 8:07 PM Just a thought: do fish have arses ?? Never make assumptions. You'll end up being an A**, and the UMP will TION you. -- Coach Smiley -- Fresh Prince of Bel Air |
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| Bugsmom
Joined: 09/13/10 Posts: 2087 |
RE: Share Your Tips! Posted Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 8:11 PM theodore wrote: Just a thought: do fish have arses ?? I suppose that depends on how you define things. They do have one end with a face and another end where exrement comes out from - I suppose that would be an arse to some extent. But, they don't really have that fleshy area surrounding that orifice, so I don't know if that counts as an 'arse' or not. --Deb R |
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| theodore
Joined: 09/16/10 Posts: 643 |
RE: Share Your Tips! Posted Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 8:37 PM I'd say that definitely counts. Never make assumptions. You'll end up being an A**, and the UMP will TION you. -- Coach Smiley -- Fresh Prince of Bel Air |
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| Oceandog
Location: California, USA Posts: 644 |
RE: Share Your Tips! Posted Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 8:40 PM I would agree.... I used to say I don't eat anything that has a heart, then there were artichokes (and most meat eaters LOVE that debate), so I said nothing with a face or central nervous system. That pretty much took care of the rest! Always offer kindness and a soft word to the beings around you; You do not know their journey. Your words can be the hug they need or the shove that breaks them. |
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| theodore
Joined: 09/16/10 Posts: 643 |
RE: Share Your Tips! Posted Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 8:58 PM [Edit] Never make assumptions. You'll end up being an A**, and the UMP will TION you. -- Coach Smiley -- Fresh Prince of Bel Air |
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| ladijo
Joined: 09/07/10 Posts: 3 |
RE: Share Your Tips! Posted Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 9:46 PM We love Tabatchnick soup. Grew up on them and since left New York had a really hard time finding them. Now fortunately we are able to find them at our local supermarket. The split pea is good! Actually they all are great. Jo |
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| Katherine Lawrence
Joined: 01/12/11 Posts: 24 |
RE: Share Your Tips! Posted Friday, January 14, 2011 at 11:13 AM One thing I found to be really helpful when I changed my diet is having a few staples cooked and on-hand. Every Sunday, I cook one type of beans and one whole grain. Then I can eat from these all week in a variety of ways and there is much less cooking/prep time required during the week. For example Beans: Black Beans Grain: Brown Rice Thanks, Katherine Lawrence Katherine Lawrence |
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| Bugsmom
Joined: 09/13/10 Posts: 2087 |
RE: Share Your Tips! Posted Friday, January 14, 2011 at 11:21 AM We do the same, cook up a bunch of something and use it throughout the week. Black beans end up in soup, as chili, with rice and veggies, as black bean "burgers". We add steamed veggies, salads, etc alongside to round things out. Right now, in the fridge, we have several jars of cooked black beans, a couple more of navy beans, and one jar of chickpeas (finished the other one last night in salad). That's probably our favorite section of the Veganomicon - where it says to pick one from the beans, one from the grains, and round out with veggies. --Deb R |
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