Slowly, slowly I am inching myself back towards being vegan again. I
was vegan beginning in college and it lasted for a good 9 years. It was such a
huge part of my identity, affecting everything from the food I ate to the shoes
I wore. My reasons then were purely animal rights related, but at this point it’s
much more. The reason I stopped being vegan was because, during that season of
my life, I fell back on highly processed convenience foods (lots of ‘tofurky’
and frozen burritos). At this point, I know more about how to cook real food
from local sources and I have much more time to plan and prepare nutritious
meals. In an effort to move slowly (read: not crash and burn), I’m simply
creating vegetarian options for myself in this week’s plan. My family isn’t
with me on this just yet, but that’s totally fine. Free thinkers and all :)
Breakfast:
Plain yogurt with fresh berries (and a little maple syrup) mixed in
Cereal or granola and fruit on the side
Eggs (for the kids), sesame banana berry smoothie for me
Lunch:
Falafel with hummus, tabouli and tzatziki
Homemade veggie burgers and salad (I'm making the burgers less spicy for kids)
Beans and rice
Dinners:
Monday- Slow cooker gumbo and buttermilk cornbread
Tuesday- Tacos (black bean for me, ground turkey for the rest of the
fam)
Wednesday- Spaghetti (with meatballs for the family), bread, salad
Thursday- ‘Tofu Joes’* and roasted veggies
Friday- Pizza and salad
Snacks are chia pudding, homemade granola bars, and lots of
veggies/pita dipped in hummus. I also found a recipe for vegan chocolate chipcookies that I want to try!
*Tofu Joes are something that I thought my friend and I invented when
all we had in the cupboard was barbeque sauce, peanut butter and tofu. Turns
out, it’s an actual thing from the cookbook Let Them Eat Vegan and the
author calls it BBQ Sunflower Tofu. My version is literally to cook some extra
firm tofu, dump in some BBQ sauce, and then spoon in creamy peanut butter until
I like the consistency. Then I put it on some burger buns and it’s like a vegan
sloppy joe! Oh man, I can’t wait for Thursday.
So what are you eating this week? Any thoughts on vegetarianism?
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