inspired by stacey litner.
April 25, 2010
katherine
orange slices
brunch at Boneshakers (Brooklyn, NY), which I just discovered by accident this weekend… it is all vegetarian and almost all vegan, with many sandwiches and baked goods and delicious brunch options, and only 0.6 miles from my apartment: half of vegan chipotle+sage biscuits with gravy and soy sausage; half of vegan omelette of the day (tofu egg with tempeh bacon, tomato, and American-style vegan cheese), served with large potato wedges; greens with light balsamic dressing (greens came with both brunch dishes, each of which cost $10); coffee
dark-chocolate-covered espresso beans; rice crackers
dinner: soba noodles dipped in soy sauce with green onions; broccoli, baby portabella (I forgot our spelling consensus…) mushrooms, garlic, green onion, minced habañero pepper, and roasted peanuts stir fried with Bragg’s, vegetarian oyster sauce, and olive oil; fried vegetable dumplings
stacey
breakfast: grapes and matzah with garlicky hummus
lunch: leftover raw kale salad and tons of chocolate chips
snack: the rest of the kale salad and more chocolate chips
dinner at Shelley’s: she made a vegan galette. it was amazing. i’m going to try to get the recipe from her.
drink: budweiser
emily
grapefruit
vegan brunch platter at kerbey lane cafe: well-seasoned but kind of dry tofu scramble; well-seasoned but kind of dry homemade soysage; short stack of delicious strawberry blackberry vegan pancakes. thanks for brunch, marcy’s parents!
peach rooibos iced tea at thunderbird
carrot
italian-themed potluck: white bean-arugula soup; linguine made with egg-free pasta dough from ’1000 vegan recipes’; buckwheat-spelt pasta; andrea’s secret family pasta sauce recipe; prima pils from victory brewing co (vegan according to barnivore, updated 1 month ago); marcus james cabernet sauvignon; haagen-dazs mango sorbet with bittersweet chocolate sauce (baker’s chocolate melted in a small amount of hot soymilk)
marcy
honey os with ricemilk. oj.
carrots and hummus
potato gratin: sliced potatoes with collards and the nutritional yeast cheese sauce emily gave us a while back. i sliced the potatoes pretty thin, boiled them for just a couple minutes, and then layered them with the sauce. bread crumbs on top (duh)
trader joe’s organic baked beans
more ciao bella coconut sorbet
April 24, 2010
katherine
breakfast: toasted everything bagel with tofu cream cheese (not Tofutti… maybe Follow Your Heart? It was very creamy) and red onion from The Standard; coffee
lunch/snacks on bike trip around Jamaica Bay: whole wheat pita with Tribe chipotle hummus; Clif builder bar (most of a cool mint; small portion of a vanilla almond. The cool mint was better); bulk snacks from market at 243 Brighton Beach, just east of the the Ocean Parkway subway stop: dried apricots from Uzbekistan, dried strawberries, assorted dried vegetable “chips”, dark-chocolate-covered espresso beans (vegan according to an employee in the store). Bags of these four things plus rice crackers plus sunflower seeds plus dried papaya cost just $10. Not huge bags, but I was happily surprised by how cheap it was.
dinner: BBQ tempeh (from this recipe) on a hamburger bun with roasted red pepper + eggplant spread, romaine lettuce, and pickle
more dried vegetable chips; Ithaca Brewery Cascazilla red ale and Nut Brown Ale (both vegan according to workers in the Ithaca Brewery Store)
stacey
brunch: whole grain bagel from whole foods (thanks april!) and leftover salty popcorn from last night
lunch: chocolate chips (very nutritious) and ground break beer from ithaca beer co.
dinner: raw kale salad (see recipe archive)- i used turnip greens and some other green that had no name (i have never seen it sold before). more chocolate chips
emily
oatmeal with peanut butter, banana, agave, almond milk; graham cracker
mini whole wheat bagel, banana at the texas round up 10k (i decided at 10 pm the night before to run in it. then i rewarded myself by continuously eating and drinking for the rest of the day…)
whole wheat tortilla with romaine, tofu, muhammara; small navel orange; chocolate chip banana muffin; handful of animal crackers
coffee, half a piece of carrot-pumpkin cake at thunderbird (about half their baked goods are vegan including chocolate muffins, chocolate cake truffles, really delicious-looking peanut butter cups)
graham crackers
whole wheat sweet potato gnocchi (i forget the brand but it was from mediterranean aisle at fiesta) with creamy asparagus sauce from ’1000 vegan recipes’ plus peas and olives
bombshell blonde from southern star brewing co (all their beers are unrefined), strawberries
homebrewed ipa and another homebrew; lots of animal crackers
marcy
honey os with ricemilk. oj.
leftover lentil soup and mushroom rice
hazelnut black tea with rice milk
chipotle burrito (mild salsa only)
the cheapest whiskey and ginger ale available
late night mexican: 2 sopes with refried beans, rice, lettuce, tomato, onion, avocado
April 23, 2010
katherine
breakfast: Rice Krispies and cinnamon shredded wheat with soymilk; coffee
lunch: another salad like yesterday (romaine lettuce, green onion, fresh thyme, radish slices, cashews, black beans, the few last drops my Annie’s Goddess dressing, Annie’s Lemon & Chive dressing, fresh lemon); tahini-lime cookies
stress-induced Skittles (regular)
dinner: Garden Blend burrito (flour tortilla, Garden Blend fake meat, black beans, rice, lettuce, corn salsa, and spicy red salsa) at the NYC Chipotle that is selling it (it started in DC, now it is at at least one location in NYC); Brooklyn Brewery ’55 Pennant Ale (vegan according to Barnivore); tahini-lime cookie
mango sorbet with cayenne and half of ABC lemon poppyseed cookie while watching Moon (I loved this movie…)
stacey
breakfast: salty oatmeal
lunch: leftover orange tofu salad, sourdough bread with homemade garlicky hummus
snack: soy latte from a place that shall not be named
dinner: leftover caesar salad and a Soy Boy Courage Okara burger with grilled sourdough bread, red onion, mustard greens, tomato, veganaise and ketchup. Katherine was right, it’s pretty good. The last time I had this, I made it in the microwave (which is nasty). This time i grilled it in a pan (without oil). that worked well. It’s good as part of a sandwich, but on its own, its not great
snack while watching “women without men”: I made salty popcorn to bring to the movie theater. I really wanted to put bragg’s and national yeast on it, but i resisted. i was afraid people wouldn’t appreciate the smell.
emily
flour tortilla with black beans and mango
whole wheat tortilla with romaine, tofu, muhammara; small navel orange; coconut guava bar
banana walnut breakfast muffins from ’1000 vegan recipes,’ except i substituted dark chocolate chips for the walnuts
dogfish head 60 minute ipa and edamame at the steeping room happy hour. want a tip on getting wasted for cheap? pick a happy hour that’s a good deal and about 10 miles away, and then bike to it right before dinner time. the dogfish head was $3 and i was so tipsy on the bike ride home!
cashews (black pepper, mesquite bbq, and spicy cayenne flavors) and dried apricots from heb bulk
leftovers: brown rice, sweet potato, mustard greens, kidney beans, black-eyed peas, ginger miso sauce; whole grapefruit
marcy
honey os with kiwi-strawberry/oj mix
potato chips
hummus and pita
massive amounts of a smoothie my friend made. i think it had every frozen fruit you can imagine, lemon sorbet, oj, and protein powder (soy based)
olives
dr praeger burger on english muffin with bbq
coconut sorbet
April 22, 2010
katherine
breakfast: Rice Krispies plus cinnamon shredded wheat with soymilk; coffee; bits of ingredients while preparing my lunch (see following)
lunch: salad with romaine lettuce, green onion, fresh thyme, radish slices, cashews, black beans, Goddess dressing, and fresh lemon
at lab meeting: tortilla chips with salsa; tortilla chips without salsa; potato chips; carrots with hummus
sip of Magic Hat Lucky Kat beer; Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA (vegan according to Barnivore)
dinner: Soy Boy Courage Okara burger and vegan cheese on bun with romaine, green onion, Jack Daniels mustard, and ketchup; a bit of leftover Israeli couscous with tofu+eggplant+radishes
mango sorbet with cayenne; more tahini-lime cookies
stacey
breakfast: grapes, pineapple slices, watermelon
lunch: vegan day at bread and brew! I got a caesar salad with crispy capers and homemade garlic croutons. I also got their Vietnamese sandwich (vegan bahn mi with lemongrass-soy marinated tofu and mushroom pate) with plantain chips. The salad was amazing, the sandwich wasn’t great. I liked the mushroom pate, but the tofu didn’t have much flavor.
dinner: leftover caesar salad and fries from ollie’s trolley. eva and i tried to see women without men, but it was sold out, so we saw the secret in their eyes. We had time to kill before the movie started so we decided to get fries. the fries at Ollie’s Trolley are not the best. They have a strange seasoning on them.
emily
oatmeal with banana and agave
creamy peanut butter and strawberry preserves on oat bread from heb; carrot; small navel orange
cornflakes with raisins and almond milk
leftovers: brown rice, sweet potato, mustard greens, kidney beans, black-eyed peas; ginger miso sauce (in recipe archive); mango
stauffer’s animal crackers (the only vegan ones i’ve found); lindt 70% dark chocolate
marcy
banana nut muffin with earth balance. strawberry kiwi juice.
leftover lentil soup with mushroom rice. white baguette from medici. parts of one regular orange and one blood orange.
gingerbread black tea, a gift from a recent houseguest. she sent us a bunch of amazing teas (flavors include pumpkin spice, chocolate chai and many other exciting options).
weird dinner: carrots with hummus. kalamata olives. banana with peanut butter. ciao bella coconut sorbet (still my favorite vegan ice cream)
April 21, 2010
katherine
breakfast: cinnamon shredded wheat with soymilk; coffee from The Standard
lunch: toasted everything bagel with Tofutti cream cheese from Giant Bagel Shop; regular Skittles
at work meeting: grapes, strawberries, Kirkland German Beer, Kirkland Amber Ale
dinner: Boca burger and vegan cheese on bun with romaine lettuce and ketchup; Israeli couscous with tofu/eggplant/radishes leftovers
tahini-lime cookies; a few bites of mango sorbet
stacey
breakfast: I splurged and got breakfast at Java Green. I have always wanted to try their breakfast. I got Eggcentricity (tofu egg, soy chicken & vegan cheese). It is ok. There tofu egg is nothing special (sticky fingers makes a much better egg)
lunch: baked tofu bean salad (chickpeas, green beans, beats, tofu, lemon juice salt and pepper, parsley), i realized i forgot to add red onion
snacks: baked lays and a banana
cupcake peanut butter something or other for admin appreciation day
I don’t remember what I had for dinner!
emily
flour tortilla with black beans, mango, salsa huichol
whole wheat tortilla with tofu, muhammara, romaine; small navel orange; guava coconut bar
samples at central market: magic pop w peanut butter and agave, pineapple, clementine, yellow watermelon (ew); dried apricots and dark chocolate sandwich cookies (contain confectioner’s glaze) from bulk
medjool date from heb bulk
leftovers: brown rice, sweet potato, mustard greens, kidney beans, black-eyed peas, peanut ginger sauce; perfectly ripe mango (currently 4/$1 at heb)
medjool dates and dried apricots from fiesta bulk (yes i went to three grocery stores today!!)
half a cranberry kombucha (from local brewer buddha’s brew) and half a fireman’s four blonde ale at cherrywood coffee house
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