Vegan/Vegetarian Thread (discussion, recipes, laughs)

[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

[Dominique]

That was a great post to read early in the morning Greco.

I too, try not to complain. Instead I prefer to focus on what I have.

Maybe my vision isn't what it used to be, but can still see those beautiful sun rises....

Maybe my car is ten years old, but at least I have a car.....

crummy food poisons you and the way you think. I'm convinced of that. In addition to the toxic foods, I try very hard to avoid the toxic people. OMG!
That can wear me down very quickly.

I make green tea in a mason jar while I am work. I put two bags in the jar, screw down the lid and sit it in the sun. Then when I come home, I have fresh tea (one for my evening drink and one for my thermos to go to work) it's concentrated so to speak in the mason jar.
I also buy the green tea in decaf, and almost always (i am a plain eater) no sweetner required.

I'm finally returning to normal after my too much sun stuff over the weekend. Thats good. I need to grocery shop and stock up with good things. I love grocery shopping ALMOST as much as I love clothes shopping.

Life is what you make of it. I prefer to enjoy my time here. I feel baddly for people who can't seem to find joy in life. I really do.

Well, Have a great day. thanks for the nice words.

[Dominique]

Jackpot at the grocery store. More and more selection of veggies and fruits. I scored on a cantoloupe. I just made a dinner green drink, nothing different than I'd do for my morning shake.

A bananna
1/4 cantoloupe
a cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk
finished the bagged spinach
frozen berries
cherries
flax seed
about 6 ice cubes

It was good!

Now, I cleaned up the cherries and froze them, I bought some kale (its important to change your greens around, different vitamins and minerals) if your new to kale, be forewarned it has a very distinct taste, so go easy on it at first. You can also substitute the almond milk for yogurt (yogurt has a little more protein). I love using the tops of celery in these green smoothies. If you find these are too bland, and you're tempted to sweeten them, use pineapple.
Lots of fiber in pineapple.

Fiber is a wonderful way to loose weight, not to mention, its good for you. Fruit and veggie shakes are fiber enriched already, you can add granola for more fiber. I'd experiment. You may not like the grittiness of the granola. Just keep in mind, if you are choking down these drinks, you most likely won't stick with this, so make them the way you like them and then start adding other things, your body will love you for this.

When I bring my treasures in from the stroe, I wash all of it and prepare (relatively speaking) so when it's 5 a.m. and my body is screaming feed me, I'm not cutting and cleaning a cantoloupe (for example) the fifteen minutes of time spent ahead of time is well worth it.

Enjoy the rest of your evening.......drink up!

ETA: I've noticed when I treat my body well, it rewards me with good sleep (I have a lifetime history of sleep issues) and when the two are working correctly, my coping skills are amazing. (serious!)

[Greco]

Its the end of my week in one job and I am done.
I am tired, not physically have plenty of energy and
will go on tonight to my second job.

I am tired of the bs. To see so clearly how clients
self-sabotage, and support them through self-awakening
if ever, no judgment, its simply not my way to be
co-dependent even if I am in a "helping" profession.

My heart is simply tired tonight. So, for dinner
my new comfort foods:

sauteed fennel
garlic
sesame oil
portabello mushrooms
broccolli
carrots

and miso soup

have a good evening everyone, Greco

[Dominique]

Yes, I juiced today........for sure every day at least once.
I had the tops of the celery, cherries, home made applesauce plain yogurt (a scoop of whey), some grated ginger root and a few ice cubes. Nothing to strain.

You know what else I am liking, I grabbed one at GNC, that coconut water. Its refreshing and if you look up coconut water, it's a wonderful detox.

It's so darn humid here again. That made the coconut water taste even better. Sometimes water all day gets boring. I drink an awful lot of water. I'm going to have to boil water and make some quinoia.

I had a spinach salad for dinner. Baby spinache, red onion, hard boiled egg whites. I squeezed lemon juice over it. All while I was making it, I was eating those cherries. Good thing I froze some. They never last long around me.

I'm afraid to eat cucumbers still (after all the food poisoning was blamed on cukes)

well, enough from me........whats juicing with you all?