Staying the Course

Blogging two days in a row,  maybe I can keep this up on a regular basis again.  Here is another tea I have sipping.  It is a mix of berries, white tea and little bit of Darjeeling. Good for a cold day.

Lemon hummus



My most recent batch of hummus was made with chickpeas, tahini and lots of lemon. I pulled this recipe from an old weight watchers cookbook. It is definitely a different flavor profile. I ate it with some flaxseed crackers that are high in seeds and whole grains.  I have had these several times.  They have a nice crunch and lots of nuttiness.

Green Smoothie

This time for breakfast I went with the green smoothie.  It does not look very appetizing in the blender.  It was made from an avocado, spinach, soy milk, protein powder and spirulina.  It was not the best tasting of smoothies. Bananas make a much better base.

 

Lunch was a simple baked sweet potato with a broccoli and pesto topping.  The broccoli was microwaved with garlic powder and lemon juice. 



I saw a list a few weeks back about things you do once you start eating vegan.  One thing on the list was that most meals are one dish meals.  That's what I do a lot of know.  Tonight's plan was a mix of rice, broccoli, cauliflower, potato, onion and carrot with some mole sauce.  On the side would be a sautee of greens - kale, collard greens and spinach.  However, I got home from the gym at 8:00 and decided to just mix everything together. That worked. I had already chopped everything up earlier in the day so it was a quick cook in a skillet. 



Hump day food

Breakfast started out with  a fresh fruit salad made from a peach, a pear, a banana, a Mexican papaya and some trail mix sprinkled on the top.  The Mexican papayas are very large (about the size of spaghetti squash) and not as sweet.  I like using them because  the small ones from Hawaii are grown from GMO seeds.

My mid day snack was a mix of mung beans, bulgar wheat, and broccoli sprouts with a little bit of pesto.

Lunch was quick and simple because I needed to eat it on the walk to my hairdresser.  I chopped a collard green leaf and mixed it with some hummus and stuffed it in a bell pepper.  Easy to eat while walking.

Before going to the gym I ate a ruby red grapefruit.  The ones from Whole Foods are sweet and juicy.  Post gym I had some brown rice with sauteed veggies and the coconut curry sauce.

It is really good, I promise

Before bed I had a green smoothie made with almond milk, cherry juice, banana, chocolate protein powder and spirulina.  Spirulina is a bacteria that is a complete protein containing all the essential amino acids.  It comes in a really large container and you only use a teaspoon at a time.