Stick to the vegan foods

This post was originally published as Day 5 : Eating Vegan by Laurel on Health Food blog.

I can’t believe I’m at day 5 already. Yesterday was my busiest day yet, but I still managed to stick to the vegan foods…even when my dance teacher brought milk chocolate covered raisins to class as a treat for us. I refrained and stuck to my water, but you can bet I had one of my leftover chocolate peanut butter cups when I got home. A girl needs her chocolate!

I made some whole wheat biscuits for breakfast (another recipe from The Kind Diet book). I thought the biscuits came out dry, but they tasted better with some Earth Balance butter and Crofter’s jelly spread on top. They were definitely filling, I’ll tell ya that!

At lunch I warmed up some leftover brown rice and grilled a vegan Field Roast Italian Sausage to put on top. It was my first time trying the Field Roast brand, and it was pretty good. The sausages have eggplant, onion, garlic, red pepper, but the fennel seeds were my favorite part. Next time I’d probably add some tomato sauce since it was a little dry. I also had half an avocado and a side salad made with leftover veggies (arugula, red onion, yellow pepper, fennel, grape tomatoes) and a light drizzle of olive oil.

My big lunch kept me full until the afternoon when I noshed a handful of raw almonds and a small bowl of Coconut Bliss ice cream with cacao nibs sprinkled on top. Ohhhhh yes. Bliss indeed.

Picked up a hot green tea on my way to dance. Three and a half hours later, I was beat and it was getting late. Thank goodness Maoz Vegetarian stays open until 11pm. I picked up the Junior Maoz sandwich for dinner which had a fluffy whole wheat pita, falafel, hummus, romaine lettuce, red cabbage, tomato, cucumber, onion, carrots, and pickles. I ate it so fast that I almost forgot to take a picture, but man it hit the spot!

I’ve got some fun things planned for the last couple of days including at least one more recipe of my own, so stay tuned! I hope you’re enjoying vegan week so far.

Whole wheat breakfast biscuits (Alicia Silverstone recipe from The Kind Diet)

Whole wheat breakfast biscuit with Earth Balance butter and jelly (Alicia Silverstone recipe from The Kind Diet)

Veggie sausage, brown rice, avocado, salad

Snack of raw almonds

Coconut Bliss Naked Almond Fudge with cacao nibs on top

Falafel pita sandwich from Maoz, half eaten

See also Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, and Day 4 of this blogathon.