What Vegans Eat: A Week of Vegan Eats
Happy Saturday!! We have finally made it to the weekend :). And…we have almost made it to the end of my vegan week of eats. I have one more day of eating vegan (today), and two more vegan eats posts for you. So let’s get down to it. Here is what I ate during my vegan day yesterday:
Day #6: Friday, March 29, 2013
Breakfast
One of my go-to breakfasts is toast with nut butter. It seriously does not get much better than warm and melted nut butter on crispy, perfectly toasted bread. On Friday morning I ate two pieces of toasted whole wheat bread. One slice I smeared with Trader Joe’s cranberry apple butter, and the other I slathered in Trader Joe’s unsalted crunchy almond butter. I also sprinkled this piece with a few dashes of cinnamon.
I also ate a big bowl of fresh fruit, consisting of strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, and one mandarin orange.
Mid-Morning Snack
Partway through the morning I ate a banana. I forgot to take a picture, but I am fairly certain that you know the drill by now ;).
Lunch
For lunch, I made a tempeh and black bean taco salad using my leftover taco-seasoned tempeh and black beans from Thursday night. My taco salad consisted of Romaine lettuce, onions, taco-seasoned tempeh and black beans, tomatoes, and salsa. It was really good!
I also ate a Gala apple on the side.
Snack
Before heading out on a bike ride, I snacked on a package of Trader Joe’s whole natural almonds. Such a tasty and protein-rich treat!
Dinner
Last night’s dinner was a Spicy Buddha Bowl made from black beans, roasted sweet potatoes and cauliflower, zucchini, red peppers, and green cabbage. I will be posting this recipe next week, and let me tell you…it is a good one!
Snacks
And the vegetable plate makes its sixth appearance of the week. What did I tell you? This is one of my go-to snacks and an awesome way to get in more vegetables near the end of the day. Friday night’s plate consisted of green peas, celery, carrots, and hummus.
I also ate a small dish of fresh cantaloupe…
…paired with air-popped popcorn. I sprayed my popcorn with a little bit of olive oil spray, and sprinkled it with fine sea salt, nutritional yeast (for a cheese flavor), and a few dashes of curry powder. Let me tell you, I had no idea that vegan popcorn could be SO good!
And that is it for the sixth day of vegan eats! Don’t forget to check back tomorrow for a recap of my final day of vegan eats :).
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Oooh, cranberry apple butter sounds amazing, I’ll have to try to recreate that for a twist on PB&J! And I love nooch on popcorn, it’s even better than regular non-vegan popcorn.
This is the first time that I have ever put nutritional yeast on my popcorn, but let me tell you..it will not be the last! 🙂
the tempeh and black bean taco salad looks amazing, I love adding mexican flare to food
Mexican food is the best :).
Oh I want to try cranberry apple butter! I love how colorful your fruit bowl is!
It is pretty good! Not as tasty as the pumpkin butter, of course!
It’s great how you went vegan for a week! I’m really impressed. I loove toast. Nut butter is life! Black bean salad is so good. A great way to get protein with no meat!
LOVE black beans. They are definitely an awesome source of protein and they are SO tasty :).
That buddha bowl looks yummy! Looking forward to the recipe 🙂
It was super tasty!
Oh, you are eating so well, hun!
The taco salad!! It’s just calling my name! Time to spice up my life a bit 😉
The taco salad was amazing and SO easy to make! 🙂
that popcorn sounds tasty! nutritional yeast and curry powder = yuummm!
It was SO GOOD!
YAAAHH for nutritional yeast on popcorn!! That Buddha bowl looks so good.
I fell in love with nutritional yeast even more after making this popcorn!
Well you definitely don’t look like you’re missing out on anything by going vegan. It all looks very m,my. Love the idea of pop corn with nutritional yeast!
I really did not miss much except the eggs! 😉