My vegan food journal

[MrsR]

We had homemade granola with hazelnut milk for breakfast this morning
Leftover chilli in pitta bread with salad for lunch
Winter vegetable soup with homemade bread for dinner

My daughter said it looked like frogspawn but tasted delicious-a fair critique I think

 

[MrsR]

More granola for breakfast yesterday, then beans on toast for B for lunch and yesterday's soup for me and M.
Dinner was vegan sausage casserole again at the request of M. I did it with couscous this time and............B loves couscous!! So proud of him because he has texture issues with food but he wolfed down the couscous!

 

[MrsR]

Bean burgers for lunch:
Oil
2 small onions, chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1tsp ground cumin
1tsp ground coriander
1/2tsp paprika
600g can black eye beans drained and rinsed

To serve:
Burger buns (I made homemade bread instead)
Cucumber slices
Tomato slices
Homemade salsa
Gherkin slices

Heat some oil in a pan. Add the onion and cook until soft. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Stir in the spices and cook for another minute.
Add the drained beans to a food processor with the onion mixture and briefly process.
Flour your hands and scoop out some if the mixture, form into a burger shape. Repeat.
Fry the burgers in some oil until brown. Serve with the bread, vegetables and salsa.
This is B's

 

[MrsR]

I didn't take a picture last time we ate Thai style noodles so took some this time!

 

[MrsR]

Ooops, life got busy and I forgot to update! Lol.

This morning I've had granola with hazelnut milk I sprinkled pumpkin seeds and sliced banana on it too.
B had orange, strawberries, cherries and apple plus granola on Alpro cherry yogurt.

Planning on falafel for lunch and fajitas or chilli for dinner. That's subject to change though! Lol x

 

[Constantstar]

Im so impressed and for food witj no meat/ dairy ( which I thought nsde a meal! ) your dinners sound a look gorgeous! Well done! I might try some of ur recipes out xx

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[MrsR]

Thank you sweetie! I honestly used to think they made a meal too! But I'm absolutely loving the vegan meals and variety! xx I haven't actually missed meat/dairy/eggs at all

 

[MrsR]

Breakfast: me-muesli, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and sliced banana, M-seeded homemade bread with soya butter, B-Granola with hazelnut milk.

Snack-Cherries, peanuts, strawberries and banana

Lunch-lettuce, cherry tomatoes, cucumber slices, carrot sticks, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and nut/bulgur wheat burgers. The children found the burger texture not to their liking but liked the rest. Served with homemade seeded bread.

Leftover chilli for dinner tonight. I ground up cashew nuts, sesame seeds and pumpkin seeds and sprinkled it on top of the chilli yesterday plus used borlotti beans as well as kidney beans for extra protein. M keeps saying she prefers this meatless chilli to the meat one.

 

[willowwisp]

Loving it! I'm a vegan too ad I think a lot of people have no dea just how much variety there is!

 

[MrsR]

Oh fab Willow! Any recipes you particularly like/want to share? I always love new ideas I've found things like the vegan cakes absolutely delicious-more delicious than 'regular' cakes!
I never really paid attention to how much protein etc we ate as omni's and now I pay much more attention to what we get out of the food we're eating. It's really opened my eyes to all the different health benefits in plant based foods! Things I didn't even know or suspect previously!

 

[knopk@]

I tried oatmilk pancakes and they were lovely. I am avoiding soya cause I think my son is reacting to it, too.
They tasted a bit like flapjacks because of the oatmilk and werent too sweet to I used them with savoury filling too.
I am giving my son meat because he likes it but vegan recipes definitely help me with variety of foods he eats.

 

[MrsR]

Oooh they sound lovely! ill have to whip some up!

Oh gosh what a nightmare if he's allergic to soya as well!

 

[timtam78]

Hey, I'm vegan too ... Check out my Pinterest boards for some ideas

Savoury/Mains
http://pinterest.com/timtam78/eating-without-animals/

Sweet/Desserts
http://pinterest.com/timtam78/dairy-free-puds/

Will be stalking too x

 

[MrsR]

Thanks sweety, I'm following you!

Ok I am officially shocking at updating-honestly I haven't had a minute! Lol.

So yesterday for breakfast we had oranges, apples, bananas, mixed dried fruit and some toasted homemade seeded bread with soya butter. The children love a 'picky' meal where they choose what they want from a selection so it went down a storm.

Snack was veggie sticks with hummus.

Lunch was falafel in pitta bread with salad. B wasn't too impressed with the falafel-he has texture issues, but M enjoyed them and they both are the salad and bread.

Dinner was cauliflower lentil Dhal with naan bread and rice. B ate the rice and cauliflower but wasn't keen on the lentil texture. M ate it all

 

[MrsR]

This weeks dinner menu:
Friday-vegan sausage and mash with broccoli and carrots
Saturday-veggie spag Bol
Sunday-pasta bake with left over veggie Bol
Monday-sweet sunrise burgers with rice and green salad
Tuesday-tofu nuggets, mash, peas and cauliflower
Wednesday-peanut butter pasta
Thursday-creamy corn chowder (if I can get hold of silken tofu)
Friday-pasta with tomato veggie sauce

Found this website which I have to say I've found so useful http://www.vegkitchen.com/kid-friendly-recipes/

Lunches:
Saturday-vegetable soup
Sunday-baked potatoes with beans and salad
Monday-vegetable soup
Tuesday-homemade baked beans on toast
Wednesday-falafel in pitta bread with salad
Thursday-homemade baked beans on toast
Friday-veggie sticks, mixed seeds, mixed nuts, dried fruit and selection of dips

 

[timtam78]

Yay! Wow you are organised with your meal planning!

I'm intrigued at your peanut butter pasta one, do you have a recipe/link? Will check out the vegkitchen site too.

You can get silken tofu from Sainsburys or Waitrose. Tesco never seems to stock it.

 

[MrsR]

Thanks for that info! Sainsburys here I come!!

It's on that page but this is the direct link: http://www.vegkitchen.com/kid-friendly-recipes/noodles/

 

[MrsR]

Well I messed up today. Decided to have the sausage and mash today, I hadn't read the ingredients list and the sausages have egg white AND milk proteins in them! Didn't realise until M asked me what kind of sausages they were and I read the ingredients-AFTER we'd eaten them! they were really nice too!

 

[timtam78]

Have you tried the Redwoods brand? I think the Rosemary and onion Linda McCartney sausages are vegan too.

Also there's www.vegusto.co.uk - Their sausages are really good, and their 'No moo cheese sauce' is amaaaaaazing! You wouldn't know it wasn't cheese. Great for macaroni cheese or on pizza.

PS. thanks for the link

 

[MrsR]

Ooooh thank you! My children loved cheese and I have really struggled to find a nice cheese! I'll have a nosey now!! Thank you xx