Vegan/Vegetarian Thread (discussion, recipes, laughs)

[Greco]

Hi Veggie People,

Up this am at 4am I know early even for me

pre work out smoothie:

protein powder
banana
frozen strawberries
some green juice
frozen from yesterday

off I went to my run gray morning
humid running alone thankfully
felt really quiet this morning

ran as in a meditation
must have been the gray skies

back home H2O w/lemon

then about 8am post work out
smoothie:

banana
frozen spinach
berry powder
green veggie powder
Vit C
Vit D3
tofu

for lunch I'll have green juicy juice

kale
celery
dandelion greens
cilantro
lemon
fennel (a bit)

YB yes on the bee pollen and hope your races
go on though the weather doesn't look so hot
have a great time out there

preaching? naw, your just sharing some pretty
vital and terrific information keep it coming!

returning to work after this break

really I think I must find another career one
that is more about using my body like farming?

anyway this sedentary stuff is for the birds
and they're always flying so until I find something
different have to get back to my paperwork

Have a great day Veggie People, and you YB
Its great reading your posts

Greco

Originally Posted by Yellow band

I cooked quinoa, (chopped veggie infused) so I have some food to eat and take with me this week end. Will be living out of my small cooler again (if the weather cooperates) Heavy storms again last night, we are supposed to Dragon boat race at 10:00...we won't if the river is wicked.

Anyhow, on to all things green.

I made my base smoothie, that is always a bananna, and frozen berries of some sort and a few ice cubes. Plain yogurt or unsweetened almond milk. Today it was the almond milk. Today I used cilantro and I chopped a gala apple, skin and all (just not the core) I wanted the fiber.....and I added a spoonful of bee pollen. The shake was delicious.

Cilantro is slightly sweet. It's full of iron (but not constipating i/e like iron in a vitamin) and has anti inflamation qualities. B pollen. The oriental folks swear by this. In the powder form, not the vitamin. They claim its a super food. When you consider one bee will visit 240 plants gathering assorted pollens, then shed the pollen upon entering the bee's nest, thats how bee pollen is collected.....it is loaded with the B vitamins and is wonderful for your immunity. Now, I am allergic to Bee stings but am not allergic to B pollen. It's pricey but using it a teaspoon at a time.....it lasts a long time.
a teasoon will not add *grit* to your shake.

Just some info about things you may want to add to your shakes.

I made a shake to take with me for later. I put it into a stainless steel LLbean thermos a 10 ounce slim one. It's in the freezer right now, with out the lid. It will become slushy by the time I am ready to leave. I'll screw down the thermos plug and pack it with bottles of h20, also in freezer to be cold(er) common sense, I appologize if I am *preaching* (something I was once accused of some other place). So, getting to my point. I'll consume the thermos shake for lunch around noon.....They don't reccomend you pre make your shakes too far in advance. I'll eat the quinoa later in the afternoon with some cut up cantoloupe and an orange
that I sliced in 4 (just easier to eat while out playing)

Hope everyone has a great day......an extra wave to Greco who has to work all day!

Juice up folks, your body will love you for it.

YB