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    What I Ate Weekday Style

    Jan 14, 2015 • What I Ate

    It’s been months since I’ve shared a What I Ate Weekday Style post, so here it is! I always love to see what other vegans eat for a full day. Sometimes it can be helpful for anyone new to the vegan lifestyle or just to feel motivated to try new things. I know seeing what other people are eating helps me to feel inspired or reminds me to cook something I’ve been meaning to try. 

    What I Ate: Weekday Style - what a full day of yummy plant based vegan meals looks like!

    Every morning, I start the day with 32 ounces of warm lemon water, using the fresh juice from 1/2 of a lemon. I then have 1 tablespoon of E3Live mixed with 1/2 cup of cold water. Both of these wake up the digestive system and detoxify the body. I also have a probiotic every morning and night. Then I pour a cup of coffee with a splash of coconut creamer (from Trader Joe’s) and assess how hungry I am. I felt like blending up a smoothie so I made a vitamin-C packed pink smoothie then poured it into a bowl and sprinkled it with granola for a little crunch. Obviously drinking it with a straw is much quicker but I was planning to respond to emails and eat my smoothie bowl 🙂 Marty thinks I’m nuts and calls it “fruit soup” haha but I love smoothie bowls! I’ve been adding ground flax to all of my smoothies for omega-3’s and I’ve been feeling really good afterward. The maca powder helps me feel balanced. 

    To make this Vitamin C Strawberry Blast: Blend up 6 strawberries + 1 orange (peeled) + 1 banana + 1 small piece of frozen pitaya (optional) + 1 tablespoon ground flax + 1 heaping teaspoon maca powder + 1 cup almond milk and a handful of ice. It’s creamy and will leave you feeling energized. Top with a handful of granola if desired!

    Pink Smoothie Bowl - What I Ate: Weekday

    Marty loves his green juice just as much as I do so I try to make one every morning for us. I can make them super fast now – in under 10 minutes including all the chopping of produce. I saved my green juice for a mid-morning snack. He chugged his immediately ha. This recipe had 3 cups of kale + 1/2 of an english cucumber + 2 celery stalks + 1/2 of a lemon with peel + 1 fuji apple + a 2-inch piece of fresh ginger + a handful of ice and about 2 cups of water. Blend it up in a high-speed blender to make the most hydrating and refreshing pick-me-up. Makes 2 large servings.

    Hydrating Green Juice - What I Ate: Weekday

    For lunch I wanted something warm so I heated up a bowl of Mushroom and Kale Farro Salad and it really hit the spot! Thank goodness for leftovers. Plus it actually keeps me full until dinner. 

    Mushroom and Farro Salad - What I Ate: Weekday

    For dinner I wanted something light and was craving vegetables so a crunchy rainbow salad it was. With salads, it’s all about the texture. Adding lots of crunchy vegetables and seeds helps me feel satisfied. I don’t give it much thought, just chop up whatever we have and throw it in a bowl. The dressing makes all the difference as well. I’m all about quick homemade dressings and since I’m sticking to my oil-free for January challenge, this low-fat Lemon Dijon and Turmeric recipe is perfect. For the salad, I used 2 cups of dino kale + 1 cup of baby kale + 1/2 cup red cabbage + 6 chopped baby carrots + 1/4 of a cucumber + 1/2 of an avocado + 1 tablespoon raw sunflower seeds + 1 tablespoon hemp hearts. For the dressing, mix: juice from 1/2 of a lemon + 2 tablespoons dijon mustard + 1 tablespoon raw apple cider vinegar + 2-3 tablespoons water + 1 teaspoon maple syrup + 1/2 teaspoon turmeric. So yum!!

    Crunchy Rainbow Salad - What I Ate: Weekday

    Later on, I had 2 raw brownie batter bites (recipe to come soon!) it was too dark to take a picture but I can’t wait to share it with you. What is a “What I Ate” post without a little dessert?!

    Hope you enjoyed this What I Ate Weekday Style post 🙂  what does a full day of vegan meals look like for you?!

     

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    1. Kathy Sturr of the Violet Fern

      January 15, 2015 at 9:23 am

      This is so timely! I have been gaining weight and I need to reassess. I signed up with myfitnesspal and started logging my meals – what a little piggy I am! I eat way too much and it’s because I find vegan plant-based foods so damn good! I am starting, trying, to pull back and your day is very different from mine. I need more salad – salad is the main meal – and less carb, fat. I admire that you are trying oil free. That is something I also need to work towards. Yesterday I ate a heaping plate of soba noodles with sautéed kale, collards, ginger, garlic, red pepper, broccoli and tofurkey sausage – normally I do tofu. I make a sort of sauce with rice vinegar, sriracha, peanut butter, amino acids and water. I love those damn soba noodles. That right there was nearly 1200 calories! (which I’m trying to make my daily limit). I am usually a ravenous cavewoman in the morning so I have “brunch.” I should call it the MEAL OF THE DAY. I also had a kale smoothie with ginger, apple, pumpkin seeds … a smoothie a day keeps the Dr. away. For dinner I had rice and roasted butternut squash and brussel sprouts with a slice of ciabatta bread with Earth Balance (oil), Oh! and a decadent three glasses of wine – that’s my desert. Not the best day but certainly not the worst.

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    2. Ceara @ Ceara's Kitchen

      January 15, 2015 at 7:09 am

      I love this – it’s funny seeing what other people eat! I love all the wonderful greens and salads worked into your day!! Yummy!

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      • Shannon Leparski

        January 15, 2015 at 10:06 am

        Hi Ceara, it is kinda funny seeing what other people eat! Greens all the way 🙂

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    3. Catherine Attfield

      January 15, 2015 at 5:23 am

      Thanks for sharing this! I always love to see what other vegans eat too – always nice to get a peek into what other people’s meals looks like!

      My day at the moment typically looks like:

      Breakfast – big bowl of oatmeal and fruit + a coffee (or two)
      Snack – 25 cherry tomatoes and a bell pepper
      Lunch – some kind of vegetable and pulse stew, or another bowl of oatmeal with a different fruit
      Dinner – LOTS of raw food! Typically I eat a salad of romaine, tomatoes, cucumber, pepper, radish, a bowl of zoodles with a garlic, tomato and basil sauce, or with avocado and garlic sauce. I pretty much always throw red grapes into my zoodles too.
      Dessert – banana nicecream

      I’m a ultramarathon runner – so sometimes I’ll have to add in another meal and more snacks in order to replace what I’ve burned during training (typically 1000 per day). Makes for a lot of eating….!

      Keep up the good work! xx

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      • Shannon Leparski

        January 15, 2015 at 11:15 am

        Hi Catherine – looks like an awesome day of meals and I love all those ideas. I’m in love with zoodles too and starting my day with oatmeal plus lots of fruit. Banana ice cream is the best and never gets old!! Thank you for sharing your meals!

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        • Catherine Attfield

          January 16, 2015 at 5:10 am

          Banana nicecream is truly the best isn’t it! You can add so many things to it and make so many different combinations. Love love love the stuff! xx

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