cereal, PB&J, corn and broccoli stuff with salad and bagguette

had some cereal this morning (grape nuts), and some of those peanut butter cookies i made last week. i mad so many cookies its insane. i should take more to work to share. yeah. also had some kombucha and some apple juice, and a vitamin.

packed a peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich on cinnamon raisin bread for lunch, with some cookies, and some seasoned mustard greens (from a can). the mustard greens were really good. and then i was thinking about how i bought the can for about 79 cents, but i have several mature mustard green plants in my garden, but i'm too lazy to harvest the greens and season them. but i think i might now that i've tasted the canned ones.

dinner

took a cast iron pot threw in some canola oil and frozen broccoli and cauliflower, and some diced garlic. then added frozen corn and mango salsa. let that cook for a while. added some more oil when needed. served with a salad with raspberry walnut vinaigrette, bread and soy milk (cause i was craving it). also cooking lentils to eat. they're not done yet. 

fruit, odwalla, veggieburger, veggieburger, cookies

today i was off work. and i got up super early in the morning to take the amtrak train up to los angeles. so i mostly ate train food.

i got a banana, an oatmeal raisin odwalla bar, a cranberry juice. for lunch i had a vegan gardenburger from the amtrak cafe. they changed the recipe on their veggie burgers. they're very good now. they've got mushrooms and walnuts and stuff. so i ate one of those.

ate another banana. a heart shaped apple bar thing, a muffin. soy latte. blue corn chips.

on the train back home i had another vegan gardenburger and some wine. cookies for dessert.

Grapenuts, burrito, and pasta

Grapenuts cereal w/ soymilk, walnuts, and strawberries. Kombucha, apple juice.

Bean burrito w/ lettuce salsa guacamole. Brown rice and pearl barley w/ peas and carrots, cauliflower broccoli garlic and hot sauce

Hummus

Penne with tomatoes garlic olive oil, mustard greens, sunflower seeds. Peanut butter cookies, walnuts

oatmeal and grape nuts, lentils, 'chicken' chipotle sandwich

oatmeal and grape nuts cereal mixed together. applejuice and kombucha mixed together (it was homebrew and it was too strong).

lentils, swiss chard, green onions, squash. tea. peanut butter cookie

chicken chipotle sandwich from vegan fast food restaurant natures express. sweet potato fries, chocolate chip cookie.
chips and salsa. 2 beers. cookie. yerba mate tea.

oatmeal burrito torta cookies

went shopping last night. bought Oatmeal, Grape nuts cereal, soymilk, more B12 sublingual vitamins, apple juice, strawberries, walnuts... i think that was it.

breakfast: oatmeal and grape nuts cereal mixed together. oat nuts? grape meal? with soymilk and vanilla sugar on top.
cantaloupe and honeydew melon strawberry smoothie with mango and mint

yerba mate

potato chips and burrito (black beans rice, lettuce, tomato, guac) spinach pattie torta(spinach mushrooms, onions, lettuce tomato, blablabla)

cookies i made

odwalla bar, veggieburger, artichoke

left for work in a hurry. so when i got there i ate an apple, banana nut odwalla bar, and got an energy drink (B12!).

for lunch i got a veggie burger combo with fries and a drink. Dr. Pepper. and 3 clementine oranges.

on my way home i visited the hubby at work, raided his work fridge, ate a peanut butter and apple butter sandwich.

for dinner we had garlic stuffed artichoke, mashed lentils with leftover squash, salad with walnuts and strawberries.

stir fried chickpeas, lentils, take-out vietnamese

i'm getting behind on my posts, but i've been writing down what i eat:

stir fried onion cabbage garlic collards celery and chickpeas, with garlic bread for breakfast.
yerba mate

cucumber slices on the way to work

lunch, i packed lentils, salad, 3 clementine oranges. got some coffee.

vegan marshmallow (no gelatin)

went out for vietnamese. rice chinese broccoli tossed in a ginger garlic sauce over spicy flat noodles with mock duck

chips, hummus, salsa, burrito,

i only ate one meal today. i was really busy. so i drank yerba mate tea and snacked on chips and hummus all day. ate a salad. PB&J. then more chips and salsa. then went out for a burrito with grilled bell pepper and zucchini and yellow squash. lots of salsa and black beans.

cinnamon raison toast w/jam collards and chickpeas, "chicken" chipotle sandwich

2 pieces of toasted cinnamon raisin bread (ezekiel 4:9) with grape jam. i boiled a little water and mixed both malt-o-meal and grits to make a sort of porridge. ate 2 white button mushrooms while preparing my lunch for later. popped a vitamin, then left for work.

lunch: i had fried up some onions and cabbage and collard greens and red and green bell peppers and chickpeas til they began to brown. really good. also ate an orange.

went out for dinner. Natures Express drive thru (5th and quince, san diego). spicy "chicken" chipotle sandwich. sooooo good. its fake chicken breaded and fried like a normal fast food chicken sandwich/burger, comes with a veganaise chipotle sauce, all vegan (i love san diego). drank a passionfruit kombucha.
went out for drinks: mimosa, burbon and ginger ale
late night snack: dolmas, bread and salsa, salad

bagette n hummus, sandwich dolmas and salad

(April 20 2009)
bagette with roasted red pepper hummus, mango salsa

sandwich with lettuce tomato onion cucumber (sliced into slivers and spread around over the) hummus mint leaves basil leaves garlic dressing and dijon mustard. orange.

chips and salsa. sunflower seeds. applesauce. huge salad with thinly sliced collard greens. dolmas.

i feel like i just snacked all day on leftovers.

tortillas, garlic baked artichoke, dolmas and sesame bread

4 corn tortillas with margarine, dipped in green enchilada sauce mixed with leftover garlic cashew sauce
candied almonds
orange juice mixed with carrot juice
banana

no work today, i went to visit relatives, so i snacked all day:
v8, vitamin water, prune juice (i was thirsty), nutter butters,

radishes, celery, fruit salad, bread, hummus, olives, dolmas (stuffed grape leaves), mango salsa, chips, garlic baked artichokes
ginger ale

wine

acai juice, orange juice, cherry tomatoes
more and more and more dolmas and sesame bread until my stomach felt like it was going to burst.
not a typical day.

pancakes, curried rice w/yam and corn, enchiladas n mashed squash n turnip

breakfast: pancakes (recipe below), leftover fig malt-o-meal. yerba mate tea.

snack: apple

lunch: curried jasmine rice with mashed yam and corn. orange juice. apple and coffee. a few pieces of chocolate

dinner: (pictured right) butternut squash and turnip mash, enchiladas with garlic cashew sauce (recipe below). yerba mate tea again. later i enjoyed some beer: india pale ale, and the rest of the chocolate bar.

instant pancakes: 2.5 cups flour. 1/4 cup sugar. 3 tsp baking powder. 1/2 tsp baking soda. 1 tsp salt. add cinnamon, allspice, ginger, nutmeg. mix with water to make pancakes. i have a jar of this dry mix next to the stove. when i want a pancake I take a bowl and add a couple tablespoons of the pancake mix with water. will keep forever. not really. but kinda.

enchiladas in picture: can black beans, chopped 1/2 onion, 2 handfuls of sliced mushrooms, 6 cloves garlic sliced, can diced tomatoes, can green enchilada sauce, a handful of cashews, a few de-stemmed sliced collard leaves, corn tortillas, oil.

in some oil fry onions til they turn translucent, add tomatoes, let simmer 5 min, add 1/2 the garlic, and collards and mushrooms. cover let simmer 5 min. mix well remove from heat mix with can beans. oil baking device (i used cast iron pan) take tortillas and fill with mix, roll over upside down til entire pan is filled with filled tortillas. cover with enchilada sauce. take your cashews and blend them til they're a powdery or smooth. add a few tablespoons of oil. blend well, add the rest of the garlic and a few tablespoons of water. blend til it lightens in color and appears creamy. garlic sauce is done. drizzle over enchiladas. bake or broil til top looks toasty and bubbly on sides of baking dish.

shopping trip!

$35

malt-o-meal, lentil tacos, macaroni

this morning, i put water to boil. took 2 figs out of the freezer, and diced them up. added them to the water. made myself some fig malt-o-meal. ate some sunflower seeds. drank matcha green tea 

when i got to work, i had a coffee.

for lunch i had 3 lentil tacos (brought from home. just seasoned (parsley, garlic salt, cayenne oil) mashed lentils and corn tortillas), a burrito filled with spanish rice and guacamole (ordered from a vegan friendly mexican restaurant near work), a carrot, 2 clementine oranges. 3 pieces of dark chocolate off the bar i bought today. more green tea.

dinner, macaroni. 

i save my cooking water when i boil vegetables. i had a jar in the fridge of boil water for the squash i made the other day. so to make a sauce to go over the macaroni, i took some of the vegetable broth/cooking water and added a few tablespoons of lentils, 1 diced garlic clove, 1/4 diced onion, pepper, paprika, and salt in a pot. let that simmer til the onions were cooked. mixed in some vegetable oil. like ratio of 1:1 broth to oil. poured that over the macaroni with peas and carrots (from freezer). also had a salad. with buttercrunch and romaine lettuce. 1 piece of chocolate.