Fat Free Vegan Recipes and lifestyle
 

I recently decided to take the plunge and do something extreme. (big surprise huh? lol) I have been juicing for some time now but still struggling with a few health issues and losing weight. I was still having issues with blood pressure and blood sugar. It's important me, part of my plan, to be healthy, strong and be an active force in my granddaughters life. She is my world and the truth is when she's 20 I'll be 70. I want to be a rocking 70 year old.

Anyhow, I recently stopped using all oils (for now), no meat, no dairy, no coffee and even though I only smoked very little I stopped that too. My diet consist of lots of green juice, steamed veggies, salads, rice, fruits. pretty much a vegan diet.

I love to cook and I am good at it. I also love to eat what I cook. lol I can do lots of vegetarian meals but admit I'm struggling to find vegan recipes that appeal to me. I need more variety and would like to perhaps get some tips. I have all the links and youtube videos so please refrain from posting countless links to sites. I'd like to know about the recipes you've actually tried and what your vegan lifestyle is like. I am eating quite a bit but already after 4 days my pants are loose. I am going through some withdrawals, especially from coffee and lots of other uncomfortable changes. :)

Thanks!

not sure if you saw this thread or not...scroll back..lots os great recipes...fat free and vegan...
 

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Linus hey sweetie....did you get a chance to see this thread for some ideas maybe> Have a great day..you rock!!!

Here's the link that Clay was trying to reference: http://www.butchfemmeplanet.com/foru...read.php?t=121

:)

We eat fat free vegan, and I have lost 56 pounds in 5 months. I posted a couple of really good recipes in the diabetes thread. There are several on-line groups, and mega recipes available. I feel better than I have in 10 years, and have so much energy! Good luck on this journey to long life.

If you have any questions feel free to ask or pm me.

I get some great stuff from http://vegweb.com/.
I modify it as I need it. I've jumped on the mostly green stuff, mostly raw train recently.. :) Now if only my juicer would arrive.......

Enjoy!!

I have had a strange side effect from the oil-free vegan diet (at least I think it is from the diet), and I have been trying to find information on whether it is common or not. My bones in my hips and knees are rubbing together, and I find walking the dog uncomfortable and sometime painful.

I have started taking Glucosamine to see if that will fix the problem, and for the interim my daughter is doing my early morning walks with the dog. It got so bad over the course of the last 3 weeks that I was afraid I was going to break a hip and fall, or fall and break a hip. Either way, not a lot of fun!

If the Glucosamine does not help then I will be off to the doctor to see if I have developed some other problem. Walking is imporatnt to me (duh?), and at 50 I'm not ready to be a couch potato because I am afraid to fall!

Too bad there has not been more activity here, I was looking forward to this thread! (f)

Thank you all!

actually I did add a little olive oil or extra virgin coconut oil. I'm going to allow one tablespoon a day. If I stir-fry that day I probably won't eat salad. If I eat salad I won't stir-fry. I just couldn't find any recipe or anything to replace oil on my salads and I'm one of those really fancy salad eaters! I have all kinds of organic greens, maters, cukes, roasted peppers, all kinds of stuff goes in my salad and it needs oil!

I'll move this over to the vegan thread.

As said posted above, try this thread: http://www.butchfemmeplanet.com/foru...read.php?t=121 It's very active.

And how "oil free" is your diet? Oils aren't inherently bad but the quantity we sometimes take in can be. Extra Virgin Olive Oil (cold press) can be a good thing to add into a diet in reasonable quantities.

No added oils, no nuts, no olives, no avocados, no coconut milk. This is the diet followed by President Clinton, and there are people joining every day...you do not need oils, and added fats, and processed food to live healthy, in fact most people cannot.

Animal fats can raise cholestrol, but SO CAN OIL! I have cut my Cholestrol in HALF! It was 280, now it is 140. For a person like me with heart disease and diabetes, oils are a killer. So, saying oils aren't inherently bad...not true for some.

I won't post here anymore if that is what you want, but I don't fit in the other thread due to the oil restriction, and the fact that most of what they talk about is juicing.

Oh well.

If I can find my recipe at home, I have a dressing that will make you drool. It adds apricot preserves whisked into the other ingredients which pulls it all together. You really do not miss the oil. I make it now to my taste, but I started with a recipe from the Doctor that started the oil free diet I am on.

Oh, and try stir frying in oil free veggie stock; it takes a little longer, but pretty much the same result.

I'm not saying not post here. You may find more options and more activity in the other thread. Juicing can be one way to do things but not the only way. If you stick with straight veggies and fruits you should eliminate pretty much 99% of oils/fats. A raw vegan diet with beans and other fibers should be enough for you to eat healthy without including additional items.

Actually I have been following a veggie diet for quite some time, and only switched to the oil free Vegan 4-5 months ago. I know what to eat, that's not the issue.

The issue was that I can feel my bones rubbing together when I walk which MIGHT be a side effect of the no oils diet, but could be only the fact that I'm getting older. Usually if you don't get enough oils your hair starts to fall out and your skin gets dry...I'm not having THOSE issues, just the bones rubbing.

This type of eating plan is very strict, and although extremely healthy and good for you, most people are not disciplined enough to be able to do it. Wanting to live healthier, and wanting a teasoon (for example) of oil on a salad because it tastes better, is hard to say no to for most people.

Still an oil free vegan! I've lost 56lbs but I'm at a plateu, or should I say my new vegan, no oil chocolate cake is yumbolicious! LOL I also solved the bones rubbing together by taking glucosamine...walked the dog today for the first time in a week with no problems. Yay me!

MsT, thanks for this great idea!Will have to try.

Awesome thread.

I've been vegan for 13 years. Currently I eat mostly raw fruit all day. Sometimes when there is not an abundance of ripe bananas available, I eat tons of rice and potatoes or any other high carb fruit/veggie source.

Eating a super High Carb diet keeps me lean and powered up for exercise.

If anyone has heard of Freelee, it's pretty much what I follow. I've had disordered eating ever since I became a teenager and moved to the US and began eating the fatty faire. I moved to the US when I was 11 years old and gained weight after puberty. When I lived in eastern europe the food was always lean, little animal products and little fried food/ oil, etc. Being a teenage girl in the US is horrible with all the pressure to stay model thin. So, I went through anorexic calorie restriction, fasting, trying to be bulimic, but I couldn't vomit, LOL.

At 15 I went vegan for animal rights and environmental reasons. For the past 3 years I have been experimenting with High Carb raw vegan/fruitarian lifestyle. I would say that this High Carb lifestyle has fixed my disordered eating. Making sure to eat at least 3000 a day from carbs. It's satisfying, helps digestion and super clear skin.

What I plan to eat today:

(Breakfast) 1/2 watermelon- 700 cals
(Day) 20 bananas- 2000 cals
(Dinner) mushroom/potato/veggie stew/steamed (no oil)- 1000 cals

Oil Free Veggie Stew
 

Mushrooms
Potatoes
Veggies, assorted chopped
Seasoning


Boil water for potatoes, boil until cooked.

Heat pan with a layer of water. Add chopped onion, garlic, ginger and mushrooms. Sprinkle with seasonings. I used curry, cumin, marjoram, mint, basil and a drop of smokey flavor. Also add the juice of a lemon. Keep on medium heat and stir every 3-5 minutes until mushrooms are mostly cooked. Make sure skillet never gets too dry, you need to keep adding water for steaming. Add chopped veggies or greens on top and steam for another 5-10 minutes. When potatoes are cooked, chop into quarters or eighths and add to the stew. Marinade flavors together and serve.

Your recipe sounds so good. Hope you'll post more of your fave recipes and tips. Tonight I'm having a casserole I love made with red onions, rainbow swiss chard, broccoli, red onion, artichoke hearts, carrots, green beans, garlic, brussel sprouts, balsamic vinegar, and tofu shirataki noodles.

Drool, drool, drool. Sounds yummy. I definitely want some right now.



Here's Dinner:

Mushroom soup
-3 cloves of garlic chopped
-2 packages of organic mushrooms chopped (about 4 cups?)

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Here is the brand of mushrooms that I buy from the Korean store. Mix 1/2 dark buttons and 1/2 white buttons.
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Bring 2-4 cups of water to boil. Add garlic and mushrooms. Let boil for 3-5 minutes until mushrooms are soft yet still retain a little chewiness. Let sit for 3-5 minutes.


Soba Primavera
-2 big handfuls of spring greens
-2 carrots chopped or grated
-1/3 cup cauliflower florets chopped
-36 oz buckwheat soba noodles (or any kind of grain)
-2 small fingers of turmeric chopped

Bring a pot of water to boil. Put turmeric into mesh bag and let sit in water while water comes to a boil. This will add flavor and color to whatever you cook. Add soba noodles to cook until soft, approximately 7 minutes, taste to confirm. Strain noodles and add on top of veggies.

In large bowl combine spring greens, carrots, and cauliflower. Add noodles on top and mix.

Both recipes do not use any salt or oil.


The rest of the day:
1/2 large watermelon- 700 calories
19 bananas- 1900 calories
Dinner- 1200-1400 calories
4 liters/ 1 gallon water

I love mushroom soup and those look good! There is a vegan Korean restaurant that I love in NYC called Hangawai, and they make a great mushroom soup (also love Thai mushroom soups when they don't have fish ingredients).

Tonight I made a soup also, with lots of water, a carton of vegan broth low sodium, a whole organic green cabbage, lots of green onions, 1 tblespn low sodium soy sauce, curry powder, carrots, and celery.

Yesterday-

1/2 watermelon
19 bananas, 3 plums, 1 date
4 cups oil free rice curry with mushrooms, carrots, cauliflower, tomato, avocado, turmeric, garlic, shallots, nutritional yeast.

Recipe:

1 cup rice
1/4 cup mung beans
3-4 cups King Trumpet mushrooms chopped (pictured above)
3 carrots chopped
2 florets cauliflower chopped
1-2 tomatoes sliced
1/2 avocado
1 finger turmeric grated
1/2 head garlic, chopped
1-2 shallots chopped
nutritional yeast to taste (I used about 4 Tbsp.)

Boil 4 cups water, add turmeric. When boiling add garlic, shallots, and mushrooms. After 5 minutes add rice and mung beans. Turn down temperature to slow boil. When the mung beans are almost cooked, add the rest of the ingredient, except for tomatoes. Keep cooking until the whole mixture is nice and creamy. While cooking, keep adding water if it gets too thick. You are aiming for a creaming curry texture. Serve with tomato slices on top.

Today-

Breakfast- 1/2 watermelon (700 cals)
2 cups of curry rice (2-400 cals)
1 full plum cobbler (1500 cals)
Will probably have a late night snack after dancing tonight

And now an amazing new recipe I just discovered and tweaked!

Recipe for fat free, all raw Banana/Date/Plum/Peach cobbler

8 bananas sliced- used as 'crust'
1 banana/10 medjool dates/1 large peach or 2 plums- blended filling

Slice bananas to be 1/8-1/4 inch think. Blend filling ingredients, Make sure to take out the pits from the dates and stone fruit before blending.. In pie pan or any time of container, alternate layers of sliced banana crust and filling.

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Yummy in mah tummy
 

Smoothie 1:

1.5 bananas (fresh or frozen- must be spotted brown)
7 large medjool dates
5 peaches
1-1.5 L water

Blend and enjoy.
Appx 850 calories


Smoothie 2:

3 bananas
10 medjool dates
1 container blueberries
1-1.5 L water

Blend and enjoy.
Appx 1000 calories

Snack:
Organic red grapes

Dinner will be:
2 cups jazmin rice cooked with fresh turmeric
3 medium small red potatoes boiled with skin on
1 cup soaked and cooked pinto beans
1-2lbs salad of lettuce, cilantro, cucumber, sweet peppers, okra, squash, carrots, cauliflower with lots of lime juice and seasoned with curry, cumin, dill and (1/4 avocado maybe)

Appx 1200 calories


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Exercise: morning bike ride to store for a box of dates, maybe 3 miles.
Surf 1-2 hours followed by climb back up hill
Dance practice 1-2 hours

1 L water as soon as awake

Breakfast-
1/2 Large ripe watermelon (blended)
1 container raspberries
750 calories

Lunch-
7 frozen bananas blended with 1L water
735 calories

Lunch 2-
10 dates blended with 1L water
660 calories

1 more L water

Dinner-
1 cup Jazmin rice (uncooked)
.3 cups Pinto beans (cooked)
Salad- 1/3 head lettuce, 1 bunch cilantro, 1/3 cup okra, 1 cucumber, sweet peppers, lime juice
855 calories

Total- 3000 calories
Breakdown- 91% Carbs, 3% Fat, 6% Protein
sodium- 75mg
Sleep-9 hours
Exercise- 2 hours dance practice

Loving this frozen banana cream shake.

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Another day, another banana
 

1 L water when awake

Breakfast-
1/4 large watermelon followed by 11 fresh figs
740 calories

1/2 L water

Lunch 1-
20 date smoothie with 1 L water
1330 calories

2 peaches- 200 calories

Lunch 2&3-
12 banana smoothie with 1.5 L water
1260 calories

Dinner- Soup
5 boiled small red potatoes
1 package Maitake musrooms
2-4 cups kale
1 carrot
1/2 large cucumber
600 calories

Total- 4000 calories
Sodium- 154 mg
Ratios- 93% carbs, 4.5% protein, 2% fat

Exercise- 1.5 hours surfing + hike
1.5 hours dance practice

Gratitude: That I don't have to restrict calories anymore. Also, Scored 70 lbs of nice ripe bananas today for less than $25. And mostly, bought a brand new tiny Brazilian bikini to surf in for 50% off.


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Another Day, another 33 bananas?
 

1 L water when awake

Breakfast- 1/4 large watermelon blended
350 Calories

Lunch- 20 bananas blended with 1 L water
2100 Calories

Lunch 2- 13 bananas blended with 0.5 L water
1365 Calories

Dinner- Mushroom/ Rice soup (2 L broth)
2 cups Maitake & Oyster mushrooms boiled
2 cups Rice
1/2 large cucumber
1-2 cups chard
500 Calories

1 more L water with lemon

Exercise- 1 hour surf and hike in the morning
2-4 hours dance practice

Total- 4285 Calories
Sodium- 88 grams
Ratios- 92% carbs, 5% protein, 3% fats
Sleep- 8.5 hrs, plus 15 minute nap

Feeling awesome today after a new record of 33 bananas in one day In fact eating all these bananas makes me not want rice at all. As in bananas are so much more appetizing than rice. Bananas>Potatoes>Rice>Pasta


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OMG, I'm so sick of bananas.... nah
 

1 L water when awake

Breakfast- 10 bananas blended with 1/2 L water
1060 Calories

Lunch- 10 bananas blended with 1/2 L water
1060 Calories

Snack- 2 pears
200 Calories

Lunch 2- 11 bananas blended with 1/2 L water
1160 Calories

1/2 L water

Dinner- Mushroom/ Rice soup (1 L broth)
1 1/2 cups oyster mushrooms
1 cup cooked rice
1/4 Kabucha squash, baked
2 1/2 cups chard greens
1/2 Large cucumber
1 florette cauliflower
300 Calories

Total-3780 Calories
Sodium- 255 mg
Ratios- 92% Carbs, 5% Protein, 3% Fat
Sleep- 7-8 hours

Exercise- Haven't had time to surf today, spent all day cleaning and gardening.

It's been an emotional day, I must go and drown my sorrows in food, because I'm such an emotional eater. LOL. Yes, I eat when I get hungry. Which Happy_Go_Lucky knows is all day everyday... eat eat eat. Banana after banana.

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1L water after waking up

Brunch- 17 bananas blended with 1/2L water
1800 Calories

2L water

Pre-Dinner- 5 pears
Then after 1/2 hour 8 bananas blended with 1/2L water
1300 Calories

Dinner- vegan pho
2 cups rice noodles in veggie broth with mushrooms, bokchoy, soybean sprouts and greens.
500 Calories

1 L water

Total- 3600 Calories
Sodium- not sure, because ate dinner out and the broth is prepared with salt :/
Ratios- 92% Carbs, 5%Protein, 3%Fat

Sleep- 7-8 hours

Exercise- 2 hours surfing, plus hike up and down from surf spot
2 hours dancing for friends' birthday

Feeling- a little gassy after that salty broth. Over well, maybe a littlebit undercarbed since I wasn't home much today to eat fruit. Another 500 calories would have been good.

Gratitude, that I remembered that I stuck bananas in the oven to ripen... Disaster averted.

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Anyone here?? Anybody following a fat free vegan diet?

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I follow a mostly fat free vegan delicious enjoyment...welcome!

It all began with viewing "Earthling" hurt like hell...anyway, then
learned about green smoothies and haven't looked back...smiling
Whole foods and plant-based

Greco

I watched EARTHLING also. I think my problem is, if I was living alone I could easily be a vegetarian/vegan with no looking back. However, I'm married and and my spouse is a meat eater. Also, I can't find an alternative to the half & half that I put in my coffee. I e tried everything: soymilk, almond milk, cashew milk, and nothing is as creamy. The plant milks are too watery in coffee for my taste, but I like them on their own. Also good vegan cheese is hard to find around here and it can be rather expensive. I could probably give up cheese cold turkey but the half & half............:seeingstars::seeingstars:

Bump Bump ! :)

Has anyone ever followed the McDougall plan? It’s starch based but from what little I read it seems to be vegan as well?