Vegan/Vegetarian Thread (discussion, recipes, laughs)

[nycfem]

This sounds so delicious! What's funny is that I recently began eating Greek yogurt (maybe replace w/soy yogurt or apple sauce?) mixed with quinoa, and it just blew me away how much I liked it. The sour with the grainy taste is just so good. I've been making veggie chili and having that mixture on the side. Thanks for the breakfast idea. Everything you listed below is a favorite ingredient, and I would not have thought of that! Can't wait to try!

Originally Posted by greco

Hi Veggie People,

Found this recipe and thought you may enjoy it,especially
those of you that enjoy Greek yogurt,

alas I will not make it until I find a substitute for
the yogurt so here it is:

omega-3 rich for breakfast or dessert

Ingredients:

1 cup
of quinoa, rinsed

1 cup of fresh, organic blueberries

2/3 cup of raw honey

1/4 cup of walnuts

1 teaspoon of nutmeg

2 cups of spring/filtered H2O (water)

1 cup of probiotic-rich organic Greek
yogurt

1 teaspoon of cinnamon

Directions:

In a medium saucepan, bring the water to a boil. Stir in the quinoa,
cover, and reduce heat and simmer for about 10-15 mins, or until
water is absorbed. Remove from heat and let cool, chill.

Mix together the honey, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.

Divide chilled quinoa into 6-8 servings.

Place blueberry-yogurt mixture on each serving. Drizzle
each serving with oney, cinnamon and nutmeg mixture.

Top with walnuts. Serve and enjoy.

This sounds delicious...any suggestions for yogurt
substitute?

Greco

[Greco]

nyc,

Will experiment with the apple sauce, good suggestion, soy yogurt if I can find a brand that has not been genetically modified (GMO) I'll give that a try as well.

GMO soy is not labeled in this country as such, what is labeled is when it is not genetically modified so will give it a shot.

Thanks, Greco

Originally Posted by nycfembbw

This sounds so delicious! What's funny is that I recently began eating Greek yogurt (maybe replace w/soy yogurt or apple sauce?) mixed with quinoa, and it just blew me away how much I liked it. The sour with the grainy taste is just so good. I've been making veggie chili and having that mixture on the side. Thanks for the breakfast idea. Everything you listed below is a favorite ingredient, and I would not have thought of that! Can't wait to try!

[Greco]

Hi Veggie People,

Here's the next recipe with yogurt

0-3 Parfait
Serves 4

Ingredients:

1.5 cups sliced organic strawberries

1.5 cups organic blueberries

1.5 cups organic raspberries

1 12oz container of organic,
probiotic Greek yogurt

1Tablespoon vanilla

3Tablespoons honey

1 banana sliced

3 teaspoons flaxseed, ground

1,5 cups of organic granola with
walnuts, almonds, raisins, etc.

Directions:

In a separate mixing bowl, stir together
the Greek yogurt, vanilla, honey. Set aside.

In a large clear parfait bowl, layer 1/2 cup
strawberries, 1/2 cup blueberries, 1/2 cup
raspberries, 1 teaspoon of flaxseeds, 1/3
of the Greek yogurt mixture, 1/3 of the sliced
banana, and 1/2 cup of granola.

Repeat this process until your parfait is built
with the remaining ingredients.

Serve or refrigerate and serve later.

This sounds delicious, though I would lessen
the amount of honey. The fruit is sweet enough
for my taste, may leave the honey out all together.

And the yogurt, I'll try it with something else
perhaps soft tofu.

Enjoy it.

Greco, still detoxing and finding it not
so difficult

[Dominique]

Greco, what are you detoxing from?

Jen, I get the yogurt and the quinoa....(sort of like having a granola in there)

I made a huge produce/whole foods run today......gee was I eating anything? Filled the whole back of my smart car up. It was heavy rain today, was *forced* to use the car if I wanted to shop

I also won't put honey into parfaits. I like bear nature granola. just saying.

Back to the honey. Since I am allergic to bee stings, somewhere in time I got it into my head that honey wasn't any good for me, so I don't touch it. Honestly, I don't even know what it tastes like

Blue berries were .99 a qt. I bought ten guarts. I'm wondering if that's enough. I may only have one more week to decide. I have a whole shelf of the freezer in frozen grapes.....but I know that looks like more than it really is.

My special find was asparagas. At first I thought, gee isn't it early for that? But we are going into the second week of July, so No, it's not early. It's good eats.

Greco, thanks for sharing./yb

[Tommi]

Subscribing. Learned I can live without meat. Learning I can shop at the vegetable market.

Learning. Just bought it this week, and found I love Greek yogurt.

Learning. Bought bean soup mixes to cook, and added kale, carrots, barley, broccoli, and cauliflower.

Learning. Bought whole tomato's, onions, and made tomato sauce for pasta.

[Greco]

Welcome Tommi. It is an incredible learning experience that is fun, and joyful, just wait until your energy starts to zoom!

As YB says, your body is going to love you for it!

Greco

Originally Posted by Tommi

Subscribing. Learned I can live without meat. Learning I can shop at the vegetable market.

Learning. Just bought it this week, and found I love Greek yogurt.

Learning. Bought bean soup mixes to cook, and added kale, carrots, barley, broccoli, and cauliflower.

Learning. Bought whole tomato's, onions, and made tomato sauce for pasta.

[Greco]

YB,

Detoxing from years of eating meat, and processed foods. I asked in a recent previous post, "How has being veggie/vegan changed you?"

I am sitting with that question for myself as well and the detox is assisting in my getting clearer about this change I've made to not participate in cruelty, even if unintentional, and other changes/decisions I am in the process of making.

And yes, honey I know is not necessary in these recipes, I use it rarely as the fruit really is sweet enough.

Have a great evening, Greco

Originally Posted by Yellow band

Greco, what are you detoxing from?

Jen, I get the yogurt and the quinoa....(sort of like having a granola in there)

I made a huge produce/whole foods run today......gee was I eating anything? Filled the whole back of my smart car up. It was heavy rain today, was *forced* to use the car if I wanted to shop

I also won't put honey into parfaits. I like bear nature granola. just saying.

Back to the honey. Since I am allergic to bee stings, somewhere in time I got it into my head that honey wasn't any good for me, so I don't touch it. Honestly, I don't even know what it tastes like

Blue berries were .99 a qt. I bought ten guarts. I'm wondering if that's enough. I may only have one more week to decide. I have a whole shelf of the freezer in frozen grapes.....but I know that looks like more than it really is.

My special find was asparagas. At first I thought, gee isn't it early for that? But we are going into the second week of July, so No, it's not early. It's good eats.

Greco, thanks for sharing./yb

[Dominique]

I keep a structured lifestyle because I feel better, if I deviate too much from my norm, I am almost forced to eat foods that are processed, or precooked, even microwave=impurities

When I eat the way I eat, live, fresh, or as they call it today...raw. I feel more alive because I am in essence, giving life to all the live parts of my body, cells, tissues. This enhances my overall health and vitality.

I think I said it in this thread, if I feed my body correctly, it rewards me with good sleep.

What about you?



ETA:.....welcome Tommy!

[Greco]

Morning Veggie Lovers,

This morning went for my run. What an incredibly beautiful morning!
So many folks out early, all ages, races, and sizes; people loving themselves
enough to get out into Nature, and move their bodies, enjoy being with others.
I really enjoy seeing other people out there.

So today I'm returning to regular green smoothies, and while I know the
detoxing will go on, it will do so more slowly.

By the way, for anyone wanting to detox a bit I used

celery
cucumber
apple

now these fruit are quite sweet so I used lemon to cut the sweetness down
used H2O to dilute it. So, results so far:

clear headed, no fog head none

energy lots of it

clear dreaming

releasing emotions I didn't expect
this one, but it was necessary I can
see now


releasing stagnant stuff from previous
eating of meat, processed foods
I won't get graphic

skin looks smoother

and I was on the detox juice for about
a week only and I've seen the benefits

I'll be doing a longer one in the middle of
August for four weeks and end it before
the Autumn Equinox, that's the plan

So, returning today to regular green smoothies
and combine what celery apple cucumber I have
left this morning with :

spinach
banana
H2O
aloe vera

Overall, this change to a veggie/vegan way to
eat has brought positive results to my body,
mind, and spirit. I'm excited to see what further
changes will be taking place as I now understand
what YB is talking about when she says that she
gives all parts of her body live food (paraphrasing)

YB, I think about all the dead food I've eaten through
the years, and some that perhaps wasn't real food
at all...the body is so incredible that even with all
of this, it seeks to take care of us...got off the subject
a bit

I agree with you YB, live food nourishes, and nurtures
every cell of our bodies, helping them heal us on many
levels.

While watching "Earthlings" was hard to do, I am grateful
that the truth was shown about how animals are treated
before, and during slaughter. I just could not contribute
by living in denial of such pain, now that it was brought
to my attention.

There must be another way to respect the animals that
share our earth with us, even if one is going to kill them
for food.

My journey into this way of eating, live foods has been
surprisingly easy for me, mainly because I love the reality
of my not contributing to cruelty, the energy
it has given me, and the clarity on all levels.

live foods = life

So, have a wonderful Sunday everyone, Greco