Vegan/Vegetarian Thread (discussion, recipes, laughs)

[Greco]

Angela Stokes is inspiring, nycfembbw terrific links

I was thinking today about the term healing crisis I used it
in my last post

Today I want to reconsider that term why? To continue
on this path on the positive

Fact is my body is healing from all the foods I ate before
and yes, there has been a bit of uncomfortable moments

but it has certainly not been a crisis so I erase that word
and concept for drinking my green juices they are
incredibly healing

This afternoon after dropping off a friend to her bus
I went shopping for my now food staples

bananas
dandelion (haven't juiced this one yet, looking forward to the experience)
celery
cilantro
avocado
mango

organic cheap relatively speaking and fresh beautiful

I sound weird I know so be it I'm digging this

Have a good evening, Greco
ps as far as the coffee tomorrow is the
last day now what will I have with my
cigar? I'm not stopping my cigars
so need to find a new drink for my cigar
evenings luxury problem I know

[nycfem]

greco,

when you make your juices, how do you decide how much to put in of ingredients or do you go by recipes? do they ever come out "not good"?

i've always been interested in juicing but it also has a mystique around it for me.

jennifer

Originally Posted by greco

Angela Stokes is inspiring, nycfembbw terrific links

I was thinking today about the term healing crisis I used it
in my last post

Today I want to reconsider that term why? To continue
on this path on the positive

Fact is my body is healing from all the foods I ate before
and yes, there has been a bit of uncomfortable moments

but it has certainly not been a crisis so I erase that word
and concept for drinking my green juices they are
incredibly healing

This afternoon after dropping off a friend to her bus
I went shopping for my now food staples

bananas
dandelion (haven't juiced this one yet, looking forward to the experience)
celery
cilantro
avocado
mango

organic cheap relatively speaking and fresh beautiful

I sound weird I know so be it I'm digging this

Have a good evening, Greco
ps as far as the coffee tomorrow is the
last day now what will I have with my
cigar? I'm not stopping my cigars
so need to find a new drink for my cigar
evenings luxury problem I know

[Greco]

jennifer,

well I don't go by any recipe for the green juices or the smoothies
for the cooked foods I do

for green juices I know that fennel, dandelion, arugula can be intense
somewhat bitter so I do those about a third or less

kale, chard, spinach I have at it!

same with celery and cucumber both hold a lot of organic
water and are great tasting

add ginger a bit mind you, it will take you to outer space
I love it with ginger


for smoothies

bananas are my base I love sweet and creamy taste and texture

fruit berries are less sweet but different colors contain different
phytonutrients

and I also add a green like spinach

walnuts, or almonds or seeds

and flax oil, aloe vera

the smoothies are filling sweet and creamy

the green juices clear my brain, my eyes,
and give me off the charts energy

so mostly I'm learning about it all and having
fun yes fun

there you have it I encourage you to make
a green juice and a smoothie enjoy them when
you do!

Greco

Originally Posted by nycfembbw

greco,

when you make your juices, how do you decide how much to put in of ingredients or do you go by recipes? do they ever come out "not good"?

i've always been interested in juicing but it also has a mystique around it for me.

jennifer

[Linus]

Originally Posted by nycfembbw

greco,

when you make your juices, how do you decide how much to put in of ingredients or do you go by recipes? do they ever come out "not good"?

i've always been interested in juicing but it also has a mystique around it for me.

jennifer

I'm along the lines of greco. Basically, I wing it. If it tastes good, then yay! if not, try again.

I first started doing this based on what I read by Victoria Boutenko. She's pretty good about recommending experimentation.

[Greco]

jennifer here'e a video with the person you mentioned
yesterday she is very very inspiring

Linus she mentions the Boutenkos

I found the video kind of funny as well but in a sweet
way

Greco

[Dominique]

I buy paint strainer bags at home depot. They are about the size of the blender jar and pretty inexpensive like 2 for a dollar, you can rinse them out and use them a couple times making your blender a very useable juicer Jennifer. (after I squeeze the cloth paint bag out, I feed the contents to my worms, but thats for another thread) I also wanted to add, celery. It is salty......(this is an oximoron) but its a diuretic.......

I have never lost any weight when juicing or eating raw (I don't need to loose weight) I have a problem getting enough to eat, especially with exclusive juicing.

[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.

[Greco]

Good morning

Yellow band hey enjoy your coffee I did for a long time. Have found that
I was so addicted to it that I had to have it and frankly I no longer want
to have to have anything

So far so good I was already having only two cups a day green juices and
the green tea this morning is helping and the run I'm sure

I meant to say in this morning's post that I cannot not get up at 5am
since I stopped eating meat and juicing veggies and fruit everyday

Am very glad its Summer as I make this transition thanks to "Earthlings" video
more changes then just physical ones as well

Also don't do refined sugar, a bit of raw organic honey, on this for awhile now
and cutting the fruit "sugar" with the green juice or powder

I like the flax oil because it helps make my smoothies creamier, and I also use
on salads so two for one I say

Spelt is delicious, quinoa, kamut (is new to me, thanks for the suggestion)

So have a great day everyone

off to hang-out in the Sun again!

Greco

Originally Posted by Yellow band

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.

[Greco]

I have been taking my green smoothies to my office and they
give me energy the whole day

Green tea in a thermos no more coffee
Did have some withdrawal from the coffee
yesterday today none that I could tell
thank the Universe

Other changes: in my attitude
usually a pretty intense person
beginning to ride a gentler wave

This morning once again up before
the alarm clock

and watched the Sun come up over
the horizon a feeling of gratitude
welled up in me I really cannot
put it into words except to
say that I am grateful to be alive
healthy and having the opportunity
to create this new chapter in my
life.

Live food is a blessing
At an age when many people are
excited about retiring I'm looking
forward to whats next
I say this without judgment for
others
this is my path my life and I know
more then ever how very precious
life is my life is precious.

So in a way this is my prayer of thanks
to the Universe to Nature to the Earth.

Tonight slowing down the detox a bit
and had mozzarella cheese with tomatoes
basil olive oil and calming tea.

Have a lovely evening, Greco