Vegan/Vegetarian Thread (discussion, recipes, laughs)

Dominique · 07-19-2011, 04:06 AM

Severe srorms going on, and i chose to sleep in ...in stead of go to the gym (see, I am human) I just tried the ground oatmeal green smoothie, Absolutely delicious. I don't know why I didn't think of that. Thank you for posting it!

I had the oatmeal ground, a frozen banana, frozen berries, spinach and the tops of some celery and a glob of yogurt (plain).....ice cubes.

please post the coffee smoothie Jenn. Coffee is my hobby. Thats hobby, noy Hubby.....

have a great day...stay cool if you can...it's 84 already! I'd call that steamy storms.

nycfem · 07-19-2011, 09:17 AM

BB went for a blueberry smoothie today so no coffee one yet. I will definitely post all about it when hy does make it. This is one I thought looked cool (hopefully this youtube link will work):

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX4M9TY1A3Y"]‪Chocolate Coffee Breakfast Smoothie‬&rlm; - YouTube[/nomedia]

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Originally Posted by Yellow band

Severe srorms going on, and i chose to sleep in ...in stead of go to the gym (see, I am human) I just tried the ground oatmeal green smoothie, Absolutely delicious. I don't know why I didn't think of that. Thank you for posting it!

I had the oatmeal ground, a frozen banana, frozen berries, spinach and the tops of some celery and a glob of yogurt (plain).....ice cubes.

please post the coffee smoothie Jenn. Coffee is my hobby. Thats hobby, noy Hubby.....

have a great day...stay cool if you can...it's 84 already! I'd call that steamy storms.

nycfem · 07-19-2011, 10:23 AM

Yellowband, what do you use to grind stuff up?
Thanks, Jennifer

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yellow band

Severe srorms going on, and i chose to sleep in ...in stead of go to the gym (see, I am human) I just tried the ground oatmeal green smoothie, Absolutely delicious. I don't know why I didn't think of that. Thank you for posting it!

I had the oatmeal ground, a frozen banana, frozen berries, spinach and the tops of some celery and a glob of yogurt (plain).....ice cubes.

please post the coffee smoothie Jenn. Coffee is my hobby. Thats hobby, noy Hubby.....

have a great day...stay cool if you can...it's 84 already! I'd call that steamy storms.

Dominique · 07-20-2011, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by nycfembbw

Yellowband, what do you use to grind stuff up?
Thanks, Jennifer

Hi Jennifer....I put the dry oatmeal into the blender all by itself, and *blend*, it chops it to dust.

I got a good chuckle out of the coffee utube, when the woman was adding metamucil for 6 grams of fiber. Oatmeal will give you 8 grams. BUT!....

Oatmeal is the only food known to do this, and is endorsed by the american heart association because of it. Oats are soluable. They go into your body and absorb excess grease (cholesterol) and eliminate it when you have a bowel movement. Cholesterol issues can be genetic and are not always caused by high fat diets. If I could make a suggestion, I'd suggest using quick oaks (mothers oats) instead of instant oats, because of the salt. No other reason.

We learn from one another....I never thought to do this....(thank you again)and I love oatmeal. But eating raw, you shouldn't introduce boiled foods into your diet. Now I can have oatmeal, and the benefits of it again.

Greco · 07-24-2011, 11:36 AM

Another experiment again no bananas

crushed ice (filtered H2O)

frozen raspberries
frozen strawberries

broccoli (two handfuls)
spinach (two handfuls)

soft tofu
flax seed oil

Vit C
Vit D3

really refreshing, delicious, filling

The importance of green leafy veggies?

Fiber, Fiber, Fiber which is also found in
oatmeal, and other grains, beans

Fiber helps absorb toxins, and "sweeps"
the intestinal tract...graphic? I'll stop
here except to say that if also increases
the bodies ability to absorb nutrients

And the best part, it takes d_mn good
in a smoothie...green smoothie.

When I juice the greens, the nutrients
go directly into the blood stream and

as I've shared before I use the pulp for
soups, salads, sauteing thereby not
losing the precious fiber.

Ok, that's it for me today

enjoy your veggies, Greco

Dominique · 07-24-2011, 12:27 PM

[QUOTE=greco;384708]Another experiment again no bananas

as I've shared before I use the pulp for
soups, salads, sauteing thereby not
losing the precious fiber.

I like bananas and I don't trust the soils of today (except my own, another plug for worm farming) for magnesium...anyhow....your smoothie sounded great. I had another beet. Gives a new meaning to home grown.

I peel the beet then grate it, yes, slightly labor intensive....but I know I will reap the rewards.....before i toss it into the blender because I do want it to be emulsified and don't want to be swallowing chunks of beets.
I had red stained fingers for a while.....AnYhOw made the cold radish soup

I saved a few for my smoothies this week....and forced some of the cold soup on my neighbors (they had it last year too, picturing it going down garbage disposers as soon as I left) and I have 6 giant containers to freeze and a vat to take to work tomorrow (i picked up pumpernickle bread too) I don't know how your your place of employment is, but where I work, ANYTHING gets eaten....before 10am.

Those fiberous things you toss into your soups you can fry up as a burger too you know? i/e the part I highlighted up there^

We skipped the baseball game today,

< how humidity affects me
have the a/c blasting, sitting in my underwear under a blanket and complaining, I'm going to have to get a second job to pay for the electricity........DO I MAKE ANY SENSE (doesn't require an answer)....now I want an apple.

nycfem · 07-25-2011, 11:29 AM

Cold Radish soup sounds great! What recipe do you use? Thank you in advance!

Greco · 07-29-2011, 08:02 PM

Hi Veggie People,

A while back I asked the question, "How has being veggie/vegan changed you?"

I'll answer that question as much as I know myself tonight...First I'll say that I had no intention of stopping the eating of meat, no. What I remember is someone suggesting I see the video "Earthling". I did, and its changed my life.

Before watching this video, I thought I ate a healthy, little did I know that the way I ate meat also contributed to cruelty, and a completely unsustainable way of eating/life. Who knew?! I sure didn't.

I watched "Earthlings", and all the cruelty, pain, and unfairness I have ever personally known in my own life became clear, so very clear to me in the lives, and deaths of the animals that we kill so unmercifully.

So, I decided then and there that I would only eat veggies, and I have since then found clarity, some form of redemption in knowing the truth, the ugly truth of what is done to the other animals in the guise of making them our "food".

Personally, I had already been on a personal quest to survive a major loss (too personal to discuss here), and this realization of the cruelty and the unsustainablility of factory farming put, "the icing on the cake" for me.

This is a rather long story, and I won't bore you with it all, but suffice to say that as I return home, I return a changed person. A person that has known cruelty, taken and given, and a person who has stopped it, in all ways I am different.

Clarity brings with it responsibility. I leave on Monday with the goal of looking and revising the path of my life, as much as I have control over it, and of creating a life based on love for life, love for myself, and my family, friends.

The "work" I do in the World is changed as well...though remnants of my old life must be shown, the new images are here as well. Not a new life, new Self, but a Self new to this World. A World based on love.

This, I know sounds like I should be posting on "Listening...to..." thread, yet my words are most appropriate here, the thread where my new beginning took place.

I will be posting music, green smoothies, etc. as much as I feel right until Sunday night. Monday I leave for home and will be there for a long while.

I wish you all good health, and healthy eating, clarity of Self, and as my friend YB says, "Your body will thank you for it."

Greco

nycfem · 07-31-2011, 09:42 AM

***Shamelessly bumping my question***

Quote:

Originally Posted by nycfembbw

Cold Radish soup sounds great! What recipe do you use? Thank you in advance!

Tommi · 07-24-2011, 11:43 AM

Anyone have a healthy Oatmeal cookie recipe.? I'd like to make a healthy snack for lunch.

My Gramma used to make me chocolate drop oatmeal cookies full of sugar, and I don't know what else.

I have Scottish porridge every day with almonds and some kind of fresh fruit. If I use a less water , it makes a reallly thick mass of good chewy stuff.

07-19-2011, 04:06 AM	#1
Dominique Member How Do You Identify?: Female/Lesbian/half the athlete I used to be Preferred Pronoun?: she/her Relationship Status: Dates Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: So proud to be a Pittsburgher Posts: 1,484 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,645 Thanked 3,730 Times in 1,166 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	Severe srorms going on, and i chose to sleep in ...in stead of go to the gym (see, I am human) I just tried the ground oatmeal green smoothie, Absolutely delicious. I don't know why I didn't think of that. Thank you for posting it! I had the oatmeal ground, a frozen banana, frozen berries, spinach and the tops of some celery and a glob of yogurt (plain).....ice cubes. please post the coffee smoothie Jenn. Coffee is my hobby. Thats hobby, noy Hubby..... have a great day...stay cool if you can...it's 84 already! I'd call that steamy storms. __________________ As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be??

07-24-2011, 11:36 AM	#5
Greco Senior Member How Do You Identify?: GNC, not Trans, REAL. TIME. ONLY. Preferred Pronoun?: REAL. TIME. ONLY. Relationship Status: REAL. TIME. ONLY. Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: In a good life. Posts: 3,200 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,160 Thanked 6,618 Times in 2,287 Posts Rep Power: 0	Green Smoothie Another experiment again no bananas crushed ice (filtered H2O) frozen raspberries frozen strawberries broccoli (two handfuls) spinach (two handfuls) soft tofu flax seed oil Vit C Vit D3 really refreshing, delicious, filling The importance of green leafy veggies? Fiber, Fiber, Fiber which is also found in oatmeal, and other grains, beans Fiber helps absorb toxins, and "sweeps" the intestinal tract...graphic? I'll stop here except to say that if also increases the bodies ability to absorb nutrients And the best part, it takes d_mn good in a smoothie...green smoothie. When I juice the greens, the nutrients go directly into the blood stream and as I've shared before I use the pulp for soups, salads, sauteing thereby not losing the precious fiber. Ok, that's it for me today enjoy your veggies, Greco

07-24-2011, 12:27 PM	#6
Dominique Member How Do You Identify?: Female/Lesbian/half the athlete I used to be Preferred Pronoun?: she/her Relationship Status: Dates Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: So proud to be a Pittsburgher Posts: 1,484 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,645 Thanked 3,730 Times in 1,166 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	[QUOTE=greco;384708]Another experiment again no bananas as I've shared before I use the pulp for soups, salads, sauteing thereby not losing the precious fiber. I like bananas and I don't trust the soils of today (except my own, another plug for worm farming) for magnesium...anyhow....your smoothie sounded great. I had another beet. Gives a new meaning to home grown. I peel the beet then grate it, yes, slightly labor intensive....but I know I will reap the rewards.....before i toss it into the blender because I do want it to be emulsified and don't want to be swallowing chunks of beets. I had red stained fingers for a while.....AnYhOw made the cold radish soup I saved a few for my smoothies this week....and forced some of the cold soup on my neighbors (they had it last year too, picturing it going down garbage disposers as soon as I left) and I have 6 giant containers to freeze and a vat to take to work tomorrow (i picked up pumpernickle bread too) I don't know how your your place of employment is, but where I work, ANYTHING gets eaten....before 10am. Those fiberous things you toss into your soups you can fry up as a burger too you know? i/e the part I highlighted up there^ We skipped the baseball game today, < how humidity affects me have the a/c blasting, sitting in my underwear under a blanket and complaining, I'm going to have to get a second job to pay for the electricity........DO I MAKE ANY SENSE (doesn't require an answer)....now I want an apple. __________________ As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be??

07-29-2011, 08:02 PM	#8
Greco Senior Member How Do You Identify?: GNC, not Trans, REAL. TIME. ONLY. Preferred Pronoun?: REAL. TIME. ONLY. Relationship Status: REAL. TIME. ONLY. Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: In a good life. Posts: 3,200 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,160 Thanked 6,618 Times in 2,287 Posts Rep Power: 0	Quest Hi Veggie People, A while back I asked the question, "How has being veggie/vegan changed you?" I'll answer that question as much as I know myself tonight...First I'll say that I had no intention of stopping the eating of meat, no. What I remember is someone suggesting I see the video "Earthling". I did, and its changed my life. Before watching this video, I thought I ate a healthy, little did I know that the way I ate meat also contributed to cruelty, and a completely unsustainable way of eating/life. Who knew?! I sure didn't. I watched "Earthlings", and all the cruelty, pain, and unfairness I have ever personally known in my own life became clear, so very clear to me in the lives, and deaths of the animals that we kill so unmercifully. So, I decided then and there that I would only eat veggies, and I have since then found clarity, some form of redemption in knowing the truth, the ugly truth of what is done to the other animals in the guise of making them our "food". Personally, I had already been on a personal quest to survive a major loss (too personal to discuss here), and this realization of the cruelty and the unsustainablility of factory farming put, "the icing on the cake" for me. This is a rather long story, and I won't bore you with it all, but suffice to say that as I return home, I return a changed person. A person that has known cruelty, taken and given, and a person who has stopped it, in all ways I am different. Clarity brings with it responsibility. I leave on Monday with the goal of looking and revising the path of my life, as much as I have control over it, and of creating a life based on love for life, love for myself, and my family, friends. The "work" I do in the World is changed as well...though remnants of my old life must be shown, the new images are here as well. Not a new life, new Self, but a Self new to this World. A World based on love. This, I know sounds like I should be posting on "Listening...to..." thread, yet my words are most appropriate here, the thread where my new beginning took place. I will be posting music, green smoothies, etc. as much as I feel right until Sunday night. Monday I leave for home and will be there for a long while. I wish you all good health, and healthy eating, clarity of Self, and as my friend YB says, "Your body will thank you for it." Greco

07-24-2011, 11:43 AM	#10
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07-25-2011, 11:29 AM	#7
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