For people who aren’t vegan, our diet can be a bit of a mystery. So for my own curiosity and that of others, I recorded what I ate for a week.
Disclaimer: I would say my diet is about 95% vegan. If unexpected cheese comes on a salad, I’ll scrape it off but might end up eating a few bits. I’m a cookie monster, so will often eat cookies at meetings, etc., even though I know there are likely eggs in them. In general, I find it’s hard to say I’m 100% anything in my life.
If I’ve included ingredients, it’s because I made it myself (all from memory, I might have forgot something). Much of the stuff I eat are things I make in bulk and freeze for later.
I’ve laid it all out here. No lies. (For example, you will shortly learn I like chocolate).
Sunday
- Banana muffin (bananas, whole wheat flour, unbleached flour, oil, apple sauce, turbinado sugar, molasses, baking soda, salt)
- Kirkland’s veggie burger (not vegan, contains cheese) on a store-bought white bun (at our street block party BBQ)
- San Pelligrino Limonata
- Leftover mac and “cheese” (whole wheat macaroni, potato, carrot, onion, shallots, cashews, whole wheat bread crumbs, vegan margarine, lemon juice, garlic, salt, paprika, cayenne pepper)
- Steamed broccolini with vegan margarine
- Chocolate coconut ice cream with sliced banana
- Hot chocolate (soy milk, turbinado sugar, cocoa)
Monday
- Banana muffin
- Fruit shake (strawberries, vanilla soyogurt, banana, blueberries, almond milk, cashew butter, ground flax seeds)
- Bread (whole wheat flour, unbleached flour, water, agave nectar, yeast), sunflower spread (sunflowers, roaster red peppers, potato, onion, tahini, agave nectar, flax seeds, nutritional yeast, garlic, paprika, basil, chili flakes – all in a food processor; as you can see it was a bit of an experiment), ½ avocado
- Toast with vegan margarine and my mom’s berry jam
Tuesday (busy – out most of the day)
- More fruit shake
- Veggie sandwich (wheat-free bread, avocado, red pepper, tomato cucumber) plus store-bought “veggie straws” and chocolate chip cookies (at a friend’s home)
- More veggie sandwiches, this time with cheese, plus some grazing on strawberries and cherry tomatoes (at a community event)
- Toast and sunflower spread
- Hot chocolate
Wednesday (busy – out most of the day)
- Banana muffin
- More fruit shake
- Sunflower spread sandwich
- Avocado spring rolls (at a restaurant post-board meeting)
- Two glasses of wine
- Hot chocolate
Thursday
- Toast with PB and banana
- Ginger ale
- Steamed sausage (vital wheat gluten, navy beans, soya sauce, cranberries, spices)
- Steamed broccoli
- Bowl of strawberries
- Ice cream and sliced banana
- Popcorn with melted vegan margarine, salt, and nutritional yeast
- Peppermint tea
Friday
- Banana muffin
- Toast with sunflower spread and tomatoes
- Kiwifruit
- Broccoli
- Veggie burger (black beans, rice, olives, tomato paste, basil) on toast with sliced tomato, lettuce, ketchup and Dijon mustard
- Brownie (white flour, whole wheat flour, cocoa, turbinado sugar, water, apple sauce, oil, baking powder, salt, vanilla) and icecream
- Another piece of brownie
- And another
Saturday
- Little pieces of brownie
- Crepes (white flour, chickpea flour, water, oil), strawberries, syrup
- Coleslaw (cabbage, carrots, celery, leek, rice vinegar, soy sauce, peanut butter, oil, brown sugar, garlic, ginger)
- More coleslaw
- Sushi (rice, rice vinegar, sugar, nori, wild rice tempeh, spices, bok choy, carrot, mango, Bragg’s liquid amino) – made by lovely couchsurfers from Florida
- Green tea
- Brownie and ice cream
I usually eat more beans than I did this week. And I usually eat fewer fruits and veggies.
Anything crazy weird in there? Curious about a recipe?
