Vegan/Vegetarian Thread (discussion, recipes, laughs)

[Dominique]

a cup or so of homemade unsweetened apple sauce (it did cook with cinnamon sticks) it was cold from fridge

diced celery maybe a handful

a handful of bagged spinach (i pull the stems off)

a scoop of whey isolate

grated a litted ginger root

three ice cubes

tossed in some flax seed


No mess and it was delicious.



(homemade applesauce has to be the easiest thing to do) select what kind of apples you want, I usually use a mixture...who cares.....I core them and cook them with the skin on (the skins loosen and you scoop the apple out when done) I put them inside a crock pot/slow cooker on low and let them cook with a few cinnamon sticks, don't lift the lid! within 4 hrs, apples are super soft and done. I use my immersion blender after i spoon the apples out of the skins. Sprinkle with cinnamon if you like (or don't have cinnamon sticks)
simple, good for you and boy does you home smell great while this is cooking.

Immersion bleender just chopps the apple chunks up for a smoother texture, if you plan to use in smoothy, no need. I consider myself a juicing and smoothy queen.

[Greco]

Thought this will interest those of you into running
and/or exercise

Tim's website:
http://runningraw.com/

I am not a raw food vegan, though I am experiencing the
benefits of green juices, and smoothies all in their natural
raw state

But I also enjoy cooking food.

I am finding that I will stay with this Summer
80%raw, 20% cooked

This morning's smoothie

banana
green powder
raspberries
apple
Vit C
flax oil
crushed ice
and H2O

delicious

Enjoy your day, Greco

[Dominique]

[I am not a raw food vegan, though I am experiencing the
benefits of green juices, and smoothies all in their natural
raw state

But I also enjoy cooking food.

I am finding that I will stay with this Summer
80%raw, 20% cooked


Greco[/QUOTE]

YES! That pretty much sums it up for me too, I am not vegan either.....just vegetarian (since birth.....I didn't like meat as a baby) I will eat white fish if I don't have to smell it cook, and I won't cook it. Tuna and samon, no thanks.


What do you think of the new food plates? I used to laugh and make jokes about they pyramid...if I ate like food pyramid suggested, I'd look like it.....
ok, have a good day

[Linus]

Food plates?

[Dominique]

Originally Posted by Linus

Food plates?

Yes, Michelle Obama (I think I heard her associated with this) wanted a better visual of proper eating, make it easier especially for children to understand. So they replaced the old pyramid with a dinner plate, divided by colors, and each section is proportion controlled so to speak for how much of each you should eat a day

i/e grain, fruit, veggies, protein (notice not meat) and dairy. I thought it was a huge step in the right direction

No room on the plate for fat or sugar

somebody already cheatd (not me, I HATE HATE HATE Chocolate)

[nycfem]

Thanks for this. And what a great bonus to learn how to make homemade applesauce!

I'm not familiar with whey isolate. Would you mind telling a little about this?

Thank you in advance.

Originally Posted by Yellow band

a cup or so of homemade unsweetened apple sauce (it did cook with cinnamon sticks) it was cold from fridge

diced celery maybe a handful

a handful of bagged spinach (i pull the stems off)

a scoop of whey isolate

grated a litted ginger root

three ice cubes

tossed in some flax seed


No mess and it was delicious.



(homemade applesauce has to be the easiest thing to do) select what kind of apples you want, I usually use a mixture...who cares.....I core them and cook them with the skin on (the skins loosen and you scoop the apple out when done) I put them inside a crock pot/slow cooker on low and let them cook with a few cinnamon sticks, don't lift the lid! within 4 hrs, apples are super soft and done. I use my immersion blender after i spoon the apples out of the skins. Sprinkle with cinnamon if you like (or don't have cinnamon sticks)
simple, good for you and boy does you home smell great while this is cooking.

Immersion bleender just chopps the apple chunks up for a smoother texture, if you plan to use in smoothy, no need. I consider myself a juicing and smoothy queen.

[Linus]

If I may add in:

Whey isolate, IIRC, is a protein powder that's often used by body builders and such to add additional protein to smoothies and such. Even those who are not body builders who are looking for additional protein can use this. However, it's not vegan (for those unaware) as it's a milk by-product (whey).

[Greco]

This morning's smoothie

2 bananas usually I have 1 want to
taste the difference

mango

less then one third green juice:
dandelion
kale
cilantro

aloe vera about 2oz

Vit C
and berry powder

have a great day

Greco

[Greco]

This juice is off the charts delicious! creamy, sweet but not
too sweet, and the green juice gives it a punch a good punch

I can see how the bananas mangos w/vanilla and coconut water
could be a great ice cream without the refined sugar

So thats it for me enjoy your Sat guys/ladies

Greco

[Dominique]

I left the house very earlt this morning to go on a kayak excursion. I had
yogurt (boring plain, I buy the one with the big 7 on it) 7 healthy things for your heart....so that was one glob dumped into the blender....a bananna I had frozen (i peel them, then freeze them, I also put one to flip top baggie then they don't stick together for portion control) a scoop of whey, (thanks Linus for explaining to Jen what whey was.....) and I threw in 4 ice cubes. It was thick and I felt like I was having a shake.


I came home starved.......and I ate 4 oranges. I just couldn't stop eating them. Now I am going to make something substantial as I plan to be gone for awhile and am packing a lunch (small cooler) so I can stay full and hydrated. Today is going to be a great day.

[Greco]

Hi Early Birds! Any folks up yet?!

Yesterday was a wonderful day of visits with family and friends and posting
intense music which I enjoy

The new juice experiment went very well adding the fresh green juice gave it
a real punch and I had much energy but Yellow Band I know what you mean

about getting up before the Sun then by 930pm or 10pm to call it a day.
At this point I cannot get up at 5am and I love watching the Sun come up.

This morning am having
banana 1 (two was too much for me except for a dessert)
apple
green powder
berry powder
tofu
flax oil

Yesterday sauteed onions oregano basil

cilantro sweet potatoes spinach broccoli

What I found interesting was that I didn't
miss meat or any refined carb like pasta

I love pasta and have a lot of it in my pantry
will have to give it to family friends neighbors
that can eat it

I'll eat spelt pasta which is an allergy-free pasta
for me and is delicious as well

Day before yesterday I had a bit of my jasmine
rice and I felt fogged out my head felt like it was
heavy funny I must have lived with that feeling
for years

This morning is my first morning without coffee
having green tea with lemon a bit of honey
and feeling alright

Running with a friend this morning not something
I normally do love running alone but this person
is pretty upbeat so know I'll enjoy it

That's it for me this morning have a good day
everyone and a great week

Greco

[Dominique]

Hi Greco and all other Veggie lovers

I just had a cup of coffee.....

I saw where Diva posted a recipe for how to make iced coffee. I actually never knew how....gonna try that. I only drink one cup of caffeine a day. I have ton's of energy....and try to avoid adding *extra*.....it does affect me.

I eat a bananna every day (one) because it a) thickens my shake and b) is a wonderful source of potassium. But weight watchers only allows ww folks half a bananna a day. Not that I count calories.....but I am aware of sugar intake
because diabetes runs deep in my family and I want nothing to do with that.

I was going to suggest spelt to you, kumut is also good. Both are high in protein and fiber. I love the taste of both. Quinoia also comes in a pasta form
and in a farina form (like oatmeal)

I made my morning shake out of cottage cheese, almonds, flax seed and the remainder of the bagged spinach, diced celery and flax seeds. A few iced cubes.

I wonder why you use flax seed oil instead of the seeds?

Also, I know cottage cheese in a shake sounds gross.....but it isn't. I too, was surprised. Notice I did not add any whey.

Also, to folks who are just starting to experiment with this shake stuff, you may wonder why I dice my celery before tossing it into the blender.....(it's really trial and error) if I dice up, the smaller the better, the celery, the blender will shredd it into strings. Yuk, who wants to drinks strings. Same reason I pull the stems off off my baby spinach leafs. If I can puree it enough in the blender, I don't have to use a strainer bag.

Sometimes, I have no manners, and just drink right out of the blender jar. (ok, since I'm resorting to self disclosure this morning) I use a rubber spatula and scrape the blender jar and lick the *spoon* too.

See.....................I need nothing for more energy.

Have a good day all.