Depends on who you ask.
Rumpy is not pleased. He misses bites of tasty morsels as I noshed to my heart’s content.
It’s a choice that I make every day.
Do you know what a struggle it can be to find something to eat besides a salad in many restaurants around here? Fast food? Sure, I can head to Subway for a veggie delite (no cheese, please). Otherwise I pack a peanut butter sandwich if it’s going to be a busy day.
And while some say cheese is their greatest struggle, for me it’s been to find a coffee creamer I can live with.
I look forward to my morning coffee. I find it a comfort as well as a pick-me-up. I’ve toyed with the idea of giving up coffee for awhile now, but I’m not ready to do that.
Both taste and mouth feel of a creamer are important. I like the mouth feel of Silk soy creamers, but the stores around here only carry the flavored creamers, and whoa! 3 grams of sugar in a TABLESPOON? Are you kidding me? You learn real quick that the label Vegan does not equal healthy.
The others I’d tried simply didn’t have the mouth feel I was looking for. Until I found Nutpods.
As for food, I’m eating well. Here are some photos of recent meals. Links to the recipes are at the end of the post.
Enjoy!
Cabbage Sloppy Joes-just use your favorite recipe and sub equal parts veggie burger crumbles and cabbage for the beef. The recipe I used called for 1 cup ketchup. Ketchup has a lot of sugar, but I bought the low-sugar kind so it wasn’t so bad.
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That chickpea salad, layered in a jar, could make a fine substitute for a PB&J lunch, Jen. Just sayin’ 😉 xoM
Good idea!
I noticed your photo posts of nice meals, and the salad was especially appealing, on Facebook. I sadly must have missed a great deal prior to this blog post. Am I right having the impression that a vegan diet is something you have recently embraced? I think I would have a really hard time with coffee creamer too. I have never heard of “Nutpods” before. I would love to have a conversation with you sometime (if this is a relatively new thing for you) about what led to the decision to follow a vegan regime. Health? Personal reasons re” animal welfare? Sustainability and local economics? And it would be a conversation not based on judgement on my part, but one of seeking knowledge. Someday I should buy the “crumbles” to see how they hold up taste wise and cooking wise, compared to ground meat. I’ve never been especially fond of garbanzo beans, but the BBQ for the salad interested me. Do you also have to do a lot of label checking for condiments? Anyway…I hope my comment wasn’t too intrusive or silly. Thanks for sharing your going vegan journey.
I recently had my cholesterol checked and it was higher than it has been. Still in the normal range and I want to keep it that way.
Good for you! it’s not easy, but it will be worth it. Hang in there
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If my cholesterol goes down it will be worth it!
I love the pie… it says eat me!!!!! and calls my name :o) it sounds mean, but hey I enjoy the non-begging Easy since meat is banned from my kitchen nwish I could switch to vegan, but I’m a weak thing)
We each make our own choices. I may choose to eat differently tomorrow.
looks tasty,while I don’t miss meat from warm blooded animals I do love my fish and dairy and I couldn’t do with out that,xx Rachel
But Speedy is a vegan, right? 😉
Absolutely 😉
I don’t eat eat and the dogs have survived without the taste of the real thing. I do like veggies and they are the largest part of my diet. I am a purist when it comes to coffee. There is no milk involved at all. I don’t drink milk or any of the other additives that people use in their coffee. It has to be black and strong. I weight less today than I did in elementary school. I must be doing something right.
As much as you walk I don’t wonder! 😃
My biggest problem is cheese, but I’m glad to see an alternative for Creamer, I was looking for one!
My favorite cheese is Follow Your Heart.
I’ll have to check that out! Thanks for the tips 🙂
Sure thing!
I couldn’t do what you’re doing. I like meat and sea food and cheese. What about Rumpy and the cats, can they have meat in his food?
Yes the animals eat meat. I like not having to spend the rest of my life on cholesterol meds, so to me it’s a small price to pay.
Great job, Jen! So glad the choice to go Vegan is going well! Those BBQ chickpeas look delish!
Thank you for the recommendation! We really glad you are enjoying nutpods. – Michele, Senior Marketing Manager, nutpods
I really like your idea of creamer except one thing it is really small I’m allergic to coconut so that won’t work for me any other ideals
perfect description of vegan life!
That all looks yummy! I can recommend Dreem rice milk (the original one, though they do an organic one with added calcium too) It tastes really good, like full cream milk – it took me a while to get used to it as I’d been drinking semi-skimmed milk for years. It’s low in fat, similar to semi-skimmed milk I think. The “milk” comes in flavours too, chocolate and vanilla I think, and they make ice cream though I’ve not tried that.
Will try it! Thanks!
All thee food looks so yummy!! Mee goin to show LadyMum yur bloggie…..
Rumpy dog maybe there are doggie Vegan foodss you could eatss???
***paw patsss*** Siddhartha Henry xxx
As a vegetarian, my only question is what time is dinner? 😉 Everything looks delish! Glad you found some creamer you can use. On that front, I have used (and eventually got used to) soy milk but decided animal protein was superior to GMO products. If it’s not one thing, it’s something else. 😦 Good luck.
I’ve literally been searching for a creamer that works as I am also a big coffee fan! and turning vegan that as also been my biggest struggle. So will definitely check this brand out! oatly barista is suppose to be a good shout as well!
Haven’t heard of that brand. I’ll check it out. Thanks!