Day One:
Breakfast: Not bad so far- Breakfast consisted of steelcut oats with organic peanut butter and a banana. Nothing foreign here, but I tend to eat lighter breakfast, so it kinda feels like a lead balloon just hit my stomach. I have the uneasy feeling that this might be a recurring thing for the next three weeks...
Lunch: OK- this seems easy enough, a decent bowl of chili, and aside from the absence of meat and the slight gumminess of the soy cheese, this was a total winner. Great texture and strong spicy flavors. I could see eating this on a regular basis, vegan or not...Allie's going to post the recipe for this one.
Snacks: Bananas and Allie's homemade powerbars, which are downright excellent!!! Recipe forthcoming from my better half soon.
Energy Check: Feedling pretty strong on an 8 mile run today, no weakness or lack of energy to report yet.
Dinner: A light green salad with goddess dressing, shaved fennel, mixed greens, and tomato. Standard fare there, nothing out of the ordinary. Followed by thai veggie red curry over brown jasmine rice. Add in a bit of chicken and I'd be perfectly happy...
All in all, not a bad intro to the cleanse. Allie and I are both craving something sweet, but I don't think either of us have showed signs of insanity just yet. Twenty more days until my next pork bbq. We are officially on countdown mode.
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Steel Cut Oats - I've been eating this breakfast for months. It's my favorite and worlds removed from any other oatmeal you've had. These oats require some time so I always make a big batch on Sunday and take a 1/2-3/4 cup portion to work each morning. To make these oats cook a ratio of oats to water of 1:5 with a dash of salt. Cook over medium heat for about 30-40 minutes or until it reaches your desired consistency. I mix a little extra water, cinnamon, 1/2 a banana and a 1/2 tablespoon of natural smooth peanut butter when I reheat the oats. Dried blueberries are also delicious.
ReplyDeleteVeggie Chili - This recipe isn't really a recipe at all. It's something that I used to make when I was a vegetarian and it's just sort of evolved over time. I generally recommend only using dried beans as they taste better and have a better texture, but this is an easy recipe and shouldn't take forever so I use canned beans.
ReplyDelete-1 large sweet onion, diced
-2 large cloves garlic, minced
-3 14 oz. cans of 3 different types of beans (cannellini, pinto, black)
-28 oz. can of crushed tomatoes
-1 or 2 14 oz. cans diced tomatoes
-1-2 cups sweet corn
-2 handfuls dark leafy greens (spinach, collards, mustard, etc.)
-3-6 tbsp chili powder (add some, taste, add some more...)
-2-3 tbsp cumin (same as with the chili powder)
-2 tsp dried oregano
-1-2 finely diced chipotle pepper in adobo sauce (again add this to taste)
Saute onion in a splash of olive oil until translucent, add garlic, saute for another couple of minutes. Next add the beans, tomatoes, seasonings and cook for as long as you can (the longer the better). Add t he corn and greens towards the end so they don't turn into mush. Serve with salsa, avocado and a bit of soy cheese.
Power Bars - I found inspiration for these bars from Elena's Pantry http://www.elanaspantry.com/power-bars/
ReplyDeleteI wanted to make something similar but with what I had on hand and without any caffeine (so no chocolate) and no sugar substitues (so no stevia). I really liked how they turned out but they don't really hold together that well at room temperature so I plan to keep on tweaking them.
-2 cups roasted, salted almonds
-1/2 almond meal
-1/2 cup natural, smooth peanut butter
-1/2 unsweetened coconut
-1/4 tsp sea salt
-1/2 cup coconut oil
-1 tbsp maple syrup
-1 tbsp vanilla
-3/4 cup dried fruit (I used dried blueberries)
Combine almonds, almond meal, peanut butter, coconut, salt, coconut oil, maple syrup and vanilla in the bowl of a food processer. Pulse until the contents form a rough paste. Mix in dried fruit and then press into a greased 8/8 pan and chill until set. Once set, cut into bars. Before cutting, I topped the bars with some additional coconut, but this isn't necessary.