February 28, 2010

stacey

February 28, 2010 - .  

brunch: steamed soymilk with peppermint tea; a side of tempeh “sausage;” cinnamon-orange vegan french toast and a vegan “steak and cheese” wrap from Julian’s.  I have been there once before and had the french toast; pesto-fu and st. jamez ‘benedict.’  The first time I went there, I loved the food. This time around I thought the steak and cheese sandwich was too greasy and the french toast was too dry.  My dad loves this restaruant and is making us go back tonight for dinner, so I will be able to report on their dinner menu as well.

snack 1: a spoonful of Turlte Mountain’s Purely Decadent Cookie Avalanche ice cream (just 1 spoonful! I can’t beleive I had enough self control- perhaps it was because I was still so full from brunch.

snack 2: an apple, 2 bananas,  grapes and peppermint tea

dinner: Apparently Julian’s dinner on Sunday is all specials.  None of their specials were  vegan, but they made me some vegan food.  I split the food with my mom so we got two meals.  We had a dish withveggies and lentils and a sandwich that had asparagus and tofu. I can’t remember what else was in the food.  The meals were ok.  They were pretty tasty, but basic (nothing you couldn’t make easily at home for 1/100 of the cost).

drink: Narragansett beer (local!)

February 27, 2010

stacey

February 27, 2010 - .  

breakfast: grapes, banana, cooked onion and spinach, garlic bagel with Earth Balance on one half and avocado on the other half, Ritz crackers (I was really hungry this morning and my parents don’t have a lot of food in the house so I ate some Ritz crackers)

lunch: pistachio nuts and some more Ritz crackers

dinner: I met my grandparents, cousins and aunt and uncle at Twist. I had a salad with whole grain mustard sage dressing and a meal they made for me with rice noodles, shitake mushrooms, baby bok choy and other veggies. it was spicy but lacking flavor.

desert: Turtle Mountain’s Purely Decadent Cookie Avalanche ice cream

February 26, 2010

stacey

February 26, 2010 - .  

breakfast: a pretzel rod and some salty pumpkin seeds

lunch: leftover salads from Everlasting Life.  All of my non vegan co workers loved the “chicken salad.”  i think there was probably enough for three meals out of this, but I went overboard and almost finished it.

snacks: coffee and soy milk from Marvelous Market. Pretzel rods

dinner: leftover salads from Everlasting Life and pasta with melted Follow Your Heart cheese with tomatoe sauce, onion and garlic

desert: apple

February 25, 2010

stacey

February 25, 2010 - .  

breakfast: coffee with soy milk from Marvelous Market

lunch: Gardein Santa Fe Good Stuff “chicken” with leftover homemade apple gravy and frozen mixed vegetables. I previously posted a comment about Gardein and my lack of enthusiasm for it.

snack: very salted pumpkin seeds and unsalted almonds

dinner: 4 side dinner from Everlasting Life.  Their food is awesome. I went once before with Katherine and the mac and cheese tasted spoiled.  Last night I got bean curd (tofu skins), beets, garlic kale salad and “chicken salad.”  I also split a side of mac and cheese with Meredith.  The mac and cheese was great (nothing like the last time I had it).  I liked it better than Soul Veg because it was less greasy and creamier.  The people who work there are really nice.  They let Meredith and me try a bunch of sides so that we could decide what we liked.  Also, they have a Customer Loyalty card- for every 10 dollars (I think they said 10, but the card says 8 ) you spend you get a stamp on the card.  After 7 stamps your 8th meal is free (value= $10)

drink: Yuengling and Dogfish Head Raison D’Etre 

February 24, 2010

stacey

February 24, 2010 - .  

breakfast: everything bagel with strawberry jelly.  grapes and strawberries and this really nasty cran-apple juice that was free from a law firm

lunch: a disgusting amount of pretzels rods; pumpkin seeds;  some leftover gravy from Sunday; edamame

dinner: popcorn with Braggs and nutritional yeast

drink: Yuengling

desert: nonpareils from Marvelous Market. I had not had nonpareils since I became a vegan 10 yrs ago. Joanna found vegan nonpareils at Marvelous Market!  I ate way too many.

February 23, 2010

stacey

February 23, 2010 - .  

breakfast: Oats with water and salt

lunch: leftover three bean salad (recipe previously posted by Katherine) and a lot of pretzel sticks and pumpkin seeds

coffee with free soy milk from MarvelousMmarket

dinner: whole wheat spaghetti with store bought pasta sauce, Follow Your Heart vegan cheese and these vegan chicken strips from Trader Joe’s (they aren’t very good)

February 22, 2010

stacey

February 22, 2010 - .  

breakfast: coffee from Marvelous Market and an apple

snack: bread with horseradish hummus

lunch: Baja Fresh side of beans and rice.  It used to be $1.75, but they just raised it (it’s about $2.75).  Not nearly as good of a deal, but still ok.

dinner: Joe’s O’s from Trader Joe’s

February 21, 2010

stacey

February 21, 2010 - .  

brunch: hash browns (onion; garlic; shredded, towel-dried potatoes; oil (lots and lots and lots of veggie oil; salt and pepper); 3-bean-bok-choy salad.  Katherine already posted the recipe.  I can’t remember the third type of bean, but the next time I got to Bestworld (formerly known as Bestway), I will look it up.

biscuits (we mostly followed this recipe, but we used more whole wheat flour and less white flour) with sausage-apple gravy. The gravy was fried onions and garlic, small apple slices, 2 cups broth from Rapunzel bouillon, rosemary, 8 leaves fresh chopped sage, roasted red pepper, salt and pepper, a roux made with white flour and oil, and Field Roast’s sage and apple sausage (sliced and fried). Katherine didn’t like the gravy that much, but I did.

dinner: Cajun french fries and ketchup from Five Guys.  lots and lots of peanuts.

February 20, 2010

stacey

February 20, 2010 - .  

breakfast: coffee with soy milk from Sankofa (the staff was extremely friendly and are now considering stocking vegan cream cheese and vegan cheese after our suggestions); leftover vegan pizza from Duccini’s

snacks provided during cooking demonstrations at Rooting DC: a low cost vegan salad (I am not sure of the recipe), spicy kale salad made by Tracye McQuirter (a nutritionist who has been vegan for 20 years).  She posts the kale salad recipe and other recipes on her website.  I also tried 2 different raw green smoothies.  If you want the recipes, send me an email and I will forward them to you.

lunch: half a loaf of vegan chocolate chip banana bread, also purchased at Sankofa

snacks during Shutter Island: fruit Fig Newmans (thanks Nate); maple cookies from Trader Joe’s, just like we used to eat by the box in Oberlin and Un-Chicken Fajita made by Sunneen.

drinks: free sample of brandy from Sportsman Liquors in Mount Pleasant; gin and tonic with lime; Yuengling; Peak Organic nut brown ale

“dinner” (provided by honey and nate): tempura mix pancakes chopped and fried with onion, garlic, carrot, roasted red pepper, sea salt, black pepper, vegetarian oyster sauce, and lime. Broccoli tempura (after realizing the mistake).  This was the most amazing dish I have had in a long time!

February 19, 2010

stacey

February 19, 2010 - .  

a very strange day of food:

leftover mac and cheese, broccoli and fake vegan chicken from Whole Food’s fresh food section

3 bowls of cheerios with soy milk (not Silk)

a few slices of Follow Your Heart mozzarella “cheese”

a gigantic slice of vegan pizza from Duccini’s (see Katherine’s post on 2/19/2010 for more information and a picture).  This pizza was the closest I have come to finding pizza that tastes like real cheese pizza.  I have tried Daiya cheese before and didn’t like it.  I am not sure how Duccini’s made this, but it’s great.

February 18, 2010

stacey

February 18, 2010 - .  

breakfast: coffee with soymilk from Marvelous Market.  Horseradish hummus with pita

lunch: sesame noodles whit red pepper and tofu from Whole Foods salad bar

snack: Godiva 85% cocao Santa Domingo chocolate.

dinner: popcorn with nutritional yeast and Bragg’s and some french fries from Five Guys

dinner: Rum and coke

February 17, 2010

stacey

February 17, 2010 - .  

breakfast: coffee with soymilk from Marvelous Market

lunch: veggie bento box from Teaism.  I am not the biggest fan of their bento box, but I thought it would be a nice change.  They have a menu that labels which items are vegan (you have to ask for it though).

warhead (I bought a pack of these a very long time ago and i’m having trouble getting through them)

dinner: broccoli and very boring mac and cheese.  I mostly used this recipe, but I added some lemon juice, mustard and nutritional yeast.  I didn’t feel like going to market or cooking, so this seemed really simple.  Plus, I have some Follow Your Heart cheese that is going to go bad soon.  Anyone have a good recipe that calls for vegan cheese?

snack: soymilk and Joe’s O’s

February 16, 2010

stacey

February 16, 2010 - .  

Trader Joe’s cereal and Trader Joe’s vanilla soy milk.  I am not sure what type of cereal it was, but it was vegan.

Pita and Trader Joe’s horseradish hummus (this is currently my favorite type of hummus. I know it sounds strange, but try it)

leftover vegan lasagna (see previous post)

cashews

More pita and hummus

drink: Yuengling (I need to email them to confirm).

Speaking of drinks, I received a response from MillerCoors about their products. Click for the response.

drinkThank you for contacting MillerCoors.

MillerCoors does not use any animal by-products in our brewing process, nor are there any animal sources used in our packaging. Isinglass is not used in our brewing. There are five basic ingredients in all MillerCoors products. These include pure water, malted barley, corn syrup, hops, and yeast. Corn syrup is one of the basic ingredients used in most MillerCoors products as US consumers prefer its taste. Again, we do not use animal derived ingredients in our beer.

We appreciate your interest in our products.

Sincerely,

MillerCoors Consumer Affairs Department
Ref: Case#N20551580
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I am wondering if your beers are vegan.  I do not use any ingredients derived from an animal including gelatin, milk, honey, whey, casein, isinglass, etc. I am interested both in the filtration process and in the ingredients that go into the beer itself. Thank you for your help.

February 15, 2010

stacey

February 15, 2010 - .  

breakfast: Crispen made me breakfast in bed! french bread with porridge

“food”: Kettle salt and vinegar chips.  Trader Joe’s horseradish hummus with pita. leftover lasagna and leftover quinoa and chickpea dish.   Orange juice.  This was a disgusting amount of food.  After three days of eating really badly, I am ready to eat healthier.

dinner: lemon baked tofu (I posted the link to the recipe previously), mashed potatoes and peas.

drink: Yuengling

February 14, 2010

stacey

February 14, 2010 - .  

pre breakfast: saltines

brunch: french toast, home fries (I used Katherine’s recipe), orange juice and hot chocolate

lunch (if you can call it that): Kettle salt and vinegar chips (I have an addiction). Trader Joe’s Mango Vanilla soy ice cream.  The ice cream is split into two sides with vanilla ice cream on one side and mango on the other.  The mango tastes like sorbet.  I like the vanilla ice cream, but I am not a huge fan of sorbet so I didn’t really like the mango side.

dinner: leftover lasagna

drink: Yuengling

snack: Trader Joe’s hummus (horseradish) and pita- yummy!

February 13, 2010

stacey

February 13, 2010 - .  

breakfast: french toast with french bread and sourdough bread.  This was very good. I thought the french bread worked better, but Crispen preferred the sourdough bread. The sourdough loaf fell apart and was a little too mushy for me.

the middle of the day: Trader Joe’s salt and vinegar chips (a lot of them).  This is the third brand that I have found with vegan salt and vinegar chips.  Trader Joe’s taste was somewhere between Cape Code and Kettle.

leftover pizza (see previous post)

dinner: lasagna.  The recipe I used is from the cookbook Moosewood Cookbook New Classics on page 279.  This recipe is pretty good.

drink: Yuengling

February 12, 2010

stacey

February 12, 2010 - .  

breakfast: clementine, cashews and a banana. coffee with soymilk from Marvelous Market

lunch: leftover pizza and leftover quinoa with chickpea dish

snack: another banana a some more leftover pizza

dinner: drunken noodles and ka pow jae from Thai Pot in Williamsburg VA.  The food is just ok, but it’s about the only restaurant I have found in Williamsburg that can make vegan food.

desert: chocolate chip cookie (see previous post)

drink: Yuengling

http://www.yelp.com/biz/thai-pot-williamsburg

February 11, 2010

stacey

February 11, 2010 - .  

breakfast: oatmeal with salt and half of a chocolate chip muffin

lunch: cashews and banana

dinner: homemade pizza (not really): whole wheat dough (from Trader Joe’s) with fake chicken strips from Trader Joe’s, Follow Your Heart mozzarella cheese (probably the best vegan cheese I have had, although it doesn’t taste like cheese), tomatoes, red pepper, carmelized red onion and some lightly cooked red onion.

desert: clementines and the rest of the chocolate chip muffin. some homemade hummus and tortilla chips (not homemade)

February 10, 2010

stacey

February 10, 2010 - .  

breakfast: pita and homemade hummus

lunch: 3 leftover chocolate chip cookies (see previous post for recipe) and some of the leftover quinoa and chickpea dish (see previous post for recipe).

snack: 2 more chocolate chip cookies and some more pita and homemade hummus.

dinner: homemade hummus and homemade pita chips. Click for the recipe.

appetizerwhole wheat pita

olive oil (to coat pita)

salt, pepper, parsley, basil, oregano, italian seasoning (I know this is redundant), thyme, chili powder, garlic powder and onion powder

directions: cut pita into triangles and brush with olive oil on both sides.  coat both sides with spices, salt and pepper.  We just threw a bunch of shakes of each spice.

desert: chocolate chip muffins Are you noticing a theme yet?  In case you aren’t, let me help you out: chocolate chips.  This is the result of the city freaking out about snow.  I don’t think the grocery stores even closed down because of the weather (they did close early), but people went nuts.  You would think the world is ending.  There is no produce in the markets and the lines are up to 3 hours.  I have no patience for such nonsense, so I am cooking with ingredients that I have around the house (i.e. chocolate chips).

February 9, 2010

stacey

February 9, 2010 - .  

breakfast: none (don’t worry, I more than make up for it later in the day)

lunch/snack/lunch/snack: a lot of popcorn with bragg’s and nutrional yeast, chocolate chips, leftover quinoa and chickpea dish (see previous post), pita and homemade hummus

drinks: I drank basically all day long. I had rum and coke and about 5 beers (the beast)

etc. I went to a potluck where I had some amazing vegan apple crisp and some beets

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