VeganMoFo Day 27! Burgers & Sauteed Asparagus!

Sad to say, but this is the last day for VeganMoFo (Vegan Month of Food). Despite missing a few days due to sickness, I think I had a pretty good run. :-) And, what better way to go out than with veggie burgers!!! I love Dr. Praeger's California Veggie Burgers. It almost feels like you can taste the veggies inside. I layered this bad boy with lettuce, tomatoes, red onion, avocado, and daiya vegan cheese. I paired it with sauteed asparagus, mushrooms, and shallots. Yum!

VeganMoFo Day 26! Kale Chips!

I love this kale chip recipe because it's as close to the Alive and Radiant kale chips brand that I can get to without breaking the bank. Kale chips are such an amazing snack and are so much healthier for you than regular chips. 

Recipe:
1 1/2 cup of soaked cashews
1/4 red bell pepper
1 whole lemon squeezed
1/2 cup nutritional yeast
3-4 tbs of water
Pepper
Salt


Blend until creamy and then pour over you rinsed and cut up pieces of kale. Dehydrate for about 10-14 hours (depending on your dehydrator)

Here's the video: 



For the batch below I cut the recipe in half, because I didn't have as much kale as I usually do.

VeganMoFo Day 25! Beyond Meat with Brown Rice & Beans!

Today is Day 1 of getting back on track with my fitness routine. I'm so glad to be done with that stupid cold that held me back for that week and a half and threw my whole workout schedule off. There's nothing worse than having to start all over again when you just started an intense program. Trust me, I went through this when I was in the midst of the wildly popular Insanity program. But, I know I can do this so I'm pressing forward and giving Jamie Eason's LiveFit Trainer program, my full effort. Here's what I ate today to keep my body fueled:

Tofu scramble & Coffee for breakfast.

Perfect Fit Protein & Chocolate Zico post workout.

Soaked almonds, strawberries, and bananas with peanut butter  for snack.

Yay! So happy I snatched this up! It's a big bag of Beyond Meat. The Whole Foods close to my church sold this to me, which was great because the last Whole Foods I went to would only sell it to me through their marinated Beyond Meat salad. 

Beyond Meat Chick'n Salad with mixed greens, kale, spinach, carrots, tomatoes, red onions, avocado, raw zucchini, chia seeds, hemp seeds and topped with squeezed lemon, apple cider vinegar, and a little maple syrup. 

Raw bites for afternoon snack. 

Dinner was layered with brown rice, beyond meat, red beans, avocado,  and salsa with a side of steamed broccoli. 

VeganMoFo Day 24! Z-Pizza & Some Good Wine!

Tonight we had some good wine from BevMo and a yummy pizza and salad from Z Pizza. We ordered the Berkeley Vegan Pizza, which is the only vegan pizza they have, but it's quite good so I don't complain. I love a salad with avocado so I was more than happy to gobble it up. I also added some kale to mine and scooped off the olives and placed them on my husband's pizza slices, since I can stand olives and he seems to love them. I grabbed a bottle of Riesling from BevMo and couldn't bother to wait for it to chill so I just dropped in some ice cubes and had some with dinner. Stuffed and ready for bed! :-)

VeganMoFo Day 23! Yummy Cupcakes!

Who love cupcakes??? I do! I do! If you haven't checked out my previous post about Yummy Cupcakes, you should click the link...right...now! First Yummy Cupcakes Post

Yummy Cupcakes usually has about 2 to 3 vegan selections everyday. I wish they were a full vegan cupcake bakery, because they have such interesting and yummy sounding flavors. Unfortunately, they've been slacking my favorite flavor, Peanut Butter Chocolate, so I haven't been hitting them up as often. But, I guess in some ways that's a good thing for my waistline.lol Anyways, they had it today, so I had to make a quick pit stop and snatch up some goodies. Check them out! :-)

My favorite one! Vegan Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cupcake.

Vegan Vanilla, Peanut Butter Chocolate, and Oreo Chocolate Cupcakes. 

VeganMoFo Day 22! Beyond Meat!

Have you tried Beyond Meat yet? I've been waiting and waiting for the stuff to finally hit Southern California and it finally has. Woo Hoo! Beyond Meat is a great new meat substitute. And for those of you that are into products like Gardein, you're going to love this. Now, meat substitutes aren't for everyone but for transitioning vegans this will be great for when you feel like you're missing out. Serve this to some of your curious friends and I bet that you could fool most of them with Beyond Meat. Not only is Beyond Meat vegan, but it's also full of protein (19 grams per serving), no saturated fat (like real meat), no cholesterol, and gluten free! Check out their site and see if they're in your area. :-)

I had my Beyond Meat Sesame Chick'n Salad with some brown rice. 

Afternoon Snack!

Just a little afternoon snack for today:

Apples sprinkled with cinnamon and a nice blob of peanut butter. :-)