breakfast: ezekiel raisin bread with tofutti cream cheese. oj.
lunch: hummus on toasted flatbread. sauteed green beans. organic apple sauce cup.
dinner: bbq seitan at handlebar (with emily’s mom!). served with collard greens and then also black beans because they screwed up my order and let me keep it. i’m going to say it: handlebar has the best bbq seitan in chicago.
lentil soup
a few sips of coffee
breakfast: ezekiel raisin toast (pretty much the most vegan tasting thing ever but i still like it) with tofutti cream cheese. here is a website entirely devoted to ranting about ezekiel bread! oj.
lunch: leftover curry
dinner: snacks at departmental wine and cheese event, which include but are not limited to: sabra hummus, baby carrots, several varieties of pita chips, potato chips, blood oranges, pineapple, guacamole, pretzels, etc. etc. etc.
breakfast: english muffin with earth balance and honey
lunch: amy’s black bean burrito
dinner: leftover curry and rice. sauteed green beans with olive oil, garlic, and tamari.
last brownie
breakfast: english muffin with earth balance and honey. breathe in and let it go, adam.
lunch: kettle chips, lightly salted. pb&j.
snack: last of the chocolate and last of kim’s magic pop
dinner: leftover curry with brown rice.
last of the chocolate bunny grahams
brownies from this recipe. i doubled it and it made soooooo many brownies. they’re pretty good; standard vegan brownie fare, i guess. they taste a lot like tofu but (1) it’s kind of satisfying in a weird way and (2) i may have put in way more tofu than the recipe called for, i had to use up a whole package before it expired
breakfast: english muffin with earth balance and honey. oj.
lunch: last of the bean/green/tofu thing with brown rice
kim’s magic pop, chocolate
dinner: curry stew. the stew aspect of it was sort of an accident, but i still think it turned out pretty well. i’ll see if i can remember all of the ingredients…
salt the eggplant and set it aside in a colander. fry the ginger, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and curry leaves in oil until mustard seeds start to pop. add the diced onion and chili flakes and cover. after a minute or two, add the sweet potatoes. when onions and sweet potatoes start to soften add the eggplant and spices; when eggplant softens add the tomatoes. let this stew until the tomatoes release their water; add more water if you want. add the coconut milk and simmer for several minutes until the vegetables are fully cooked; take off the heat and add lime juice, cilantro, and salt to taste.
i also sauteed some green beans with garlic and tamari.
dessert: chocolate, kim’s magic pop, the rest of that soy ice cream. ugh.
breakfast: english muffin with earth balance and honey. oj.
republic of tea grapefruit rooibus (another birthday present from emily, i love it em thanks)
lunch: a few bites of a salad that i then found disgusting for some reason. leftover pumpkin cake!
early dinner: amy’s samosa wrap
late dinner: leftover beans/greens/tofu (see previous post)
kim’s magic pop, ginger wasabi chocolate
1 piece of fried plantain which i actually then spit into the trash because it tasted weird and gross. too ripe this time! i officially give up on plantains.
breakfast: english muffin (i forget what brand, i’ll post that sometime when i’m home) with earth balance and honey. oj.
lunch: leftover bean/green/tofu (see previous post) with brown rice
apple with tj’s peanut butter (i think trader joes has my favorite peanut butter–it doesn’t have weird ingredients but if you stir it up before you put it in the fridge it stays pretty emulsified. i wish it came in larger containers though, i always feel guilty because i eat so much peanut butter)
then came an amazing birthday package from emily! i was able to try kim’s magic pop (so good! it has just a hint of the taste of burnt marshmallow in the best sense. i guess i wasn’t paying good attention to previous posts because i was still under the impression that this was a soda product) and also some wasabi-ginger 55% chocolate from vosages.
birthday potluck: i made pumpkin spice cake with chocolate ganache (i believe emily’s given the recipe for the ganache and i’ll update this post with the cake recipe at some point), and also roasted some brussel sprouts
toss everything except the lemon juice in the olive oil and roast at 350, shaking things around once in a while. add the lemon juice after it comes out of the oven.
also present at the potluck: mushroom/cranberry/walnut/cous cous filled acorn squash, vegan mac n cheese (this was awesome, i’ll have to get the recipe), and a vegan mocha cheesecake (same)
breakfast: toast with pb and honey. oj
lunch: leftover lad nar, which made me feel awful (a la taste of nirvana) for the rest of the day
dinner: a variation on something that emily and i cooked once: simple lemon-y chick peas, greens, and tofu
fry the ginger until slightly brown. add the chick peas and sautee until chick peas are lightly browned. add the greens, and when they’ve cooked down add the tofu. stir around until the tofu is warmed, then add the lemon juice, s/p.
a couple sips of ginger ale. chamomile tea.
breakfast: toast with pb and honey. oj.
lunch: sandwich with tomato, avocado, and red pepper hummus on awesome sourdough whole grain bread
dinner: banana with jiff peanut butter (i just looked today and apparently regular jiff doesn’t contain hfcs, which makes me feel slightly better about eating it. my strategy is to think of it as healthy frosting, rather than unhealthy peanut butter. that way, i feel like i am making a responsible frosting choice rather than an irresponsible pb choice.)
breakfast: oj.
lunch: lad nar @ noodles etc. like any pan-asian sort of place, they have a ton of vegan options and are always happy to leave out the egg or whatever.
flatbread with hummus
a tiny bit of pasta with red sauce, broccoli, tj’s soy nuggets (i started eating but realized i was late and had to put the whole plate in the fridge and run out)
ridiculously salty french fries @ the bottom lounge with katsup. rasperry lambic ($13!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
breakfast: banana-pb-cinnamon oatmeal. oj.
green tea
lunch: pb&j. chocolate bunny grahams. one kettle chip before i realized i had accidentally bought a flavor i don’t like (salt and vinegar)
snacks: leftover fried rice. 2 saltines.
dinner: leftover pasta and red sauce. broccoli. tj’s masala burger.
glass of 3 buck chuck red
half a pint of soy delicious cookie dough ice cream. ugh.
breakfast: toast with pb and honey. oj.
lunch: honey wheat bagel with hummus from einstein bagel in hyde park. classic kettle chips.
snack: chocolate bunny grahms and oj. 1 saltine.
dinner: tj’s soy nuggets with bbq sauce. odds and ends made into fried rice (garlic, powdered ginger, carrot, celery, broccoli, snap peas, leftover brown rice, tamari, a bit of lemon juice). reed’s ginger brew.
chamomile tea with honey
hey i need some new shampoo and bodywash–does anyone have a brand they like which is definitely not tested on animals? a friend recently told me that a lot of companies that say it on the bottles are really just outsourcing their testing and then jacking up the prices anyway!
breakfast: banana-pb-cinnamon oatmeal
lunch: cold leftover pasta with red sauce. spinach salad (i forgot to dress the salad before i took it to work so it was pretty unsatisfying)
departmental wine and cheese event: sparkling water (still a bit hung over from last night), tj’s pb-filled pretzel bites, other stuff.
2 ibuprofen: see above
dinner: pinto gallo, broccoli
dessert: annie’s chocolate bunny grahms
breakfast: banana bread, oj
lunch: pasta with red sauce Click for the recipe.
(you all know how to make a red sauce so i won’t bore you with instructions)
and broccoli
snack: reed’s ginger brew
dinner: gallo pinto and spinach salad. last piece of banana bread.
snacks at reading group: annie’s chocolate bunny crackers, mixed Deluxe nuts, pineapple, way too much riesling from my friend’s uncle’s winery
breakfast: oatmeal with bananas, pb, cinnamon, salt, brown sugar, soymilk
dinner: leftover gallo pinto, spinach salad with vinagrette. glass of 3 buck chuck (red)
banana bread
breakfast: oatmeal with pb, banana, cinnamon, brown sugar, soymilk, salt
lunch: spinach salad and a smart dog wrapped in bread with katsup
dinner: @ the counter burger, home of my favorite vegan burger in chicago. they also have amazing sweet potato fries! one note thing to know about counter burger: they put butter on the bun, so you have to specifically say no butter. apparently a lot of places do this, so if you’re getting a veggie burger you might want to ask about it. anyway, my burger had grilled onions, cranberries, greens, tomato, and sauteed mushroom on top, and came with a soy ginger glaze.
snack we snuck into the movie theater: reed’s ginger brew (so good! my first time having it) and homemade banana bread which i’m not going to link to because it turned out super dense, just like my banana bread always does. does anyone have a solid banana bread recipe which does not produce a block of cement?
breakfast: honey-os with soymilk, oj (i think i ate the last of my honey-os, so stay tuned for a different breakfast tomorrow)
lunch: last of the fried tofu and salad
snack: ants on a log
dinner: potluck! a lot of people accommodated my veganness, which was great, so i ate too many different things to post here. instead, i’ll just talk about the thing that i brought: inspired by a side dish at irazu, i decided to attempt gallo pinto, a variation on rice and beans. Click for the recipe.
heat oil in a pan (i used canola because i wanted the garlic and ginger to get a little crispy). add the garlic and ginger, fry till brown, then add the onion. after a minute or two, season with cumin, oregano, whatever form of chile you’ve chosen, and some salt to help the onions sweat. cover, stirring occasionally, until onions are soft. add a little more oil if you want the dish to be a bit crispy, and then the rice, beans, and tomato paste. sautee uncovered until the tomato paste mellows out a bit, and add the lime and cilantro just before you take the dish off the heat.
oh, i also tried turkish delight for the first time tonight. i thought that it was pretty gross and almost spit it out, but half an hour later i ate some more. i thought it was gross the second time too. so, not sure what to make of that, but glad i have you guys here to share that experience with.
drinks: a couple gin and tonics with lime
breakfast: honey-os w/ soymilk, oj
lunch: pb&j, kettle chips with salt and black pepper
dinner: hummus veggie wrap from cedars, which i believe we already linked to earlier. comes with incredibly greasy fries, salad. i ate half and took a break for an hour and then ate the other half!
breakfast: honey os (because i scoff at the plight of bees), soymilk, oj.
lunch: that salad (did i mention that i’m putting a homemade balsamic vinaigrette on it? it’s balsamic, olive oil, stone ground mustard, s/p) , that tofu, that bbq
obligatory purchase at coffee shop in which i was studying: green tea @ third world cafe. this place has a few viable vegan options, but it’s ridiculously expensive ($9 for some hummus and vegetables!!)
snack: a banana and half of a grapefruit izze pop (in texas we would call it an izze coke) that my professor was kind enough to share with me
dinner: shepherd’s pie!!!!!!! also a masala burger
dessert: dried cranberries, chocolate chips, almonds in peanut butter
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