Lunch today is some cold potatoes, baby avocados and salsa. Super simple but so delicious! Did you know that cold potatoes are an awesome prebiotic?
I was so pleased that this batch of baby avo’s have turned out to be perfect (which any one in the uk can attest to is a rarity. Most avocados you buy either stay hard or go brown and gross before you can eat them)
I had two as they are so small (about the size of a plum) and who ever begrudged a girl some healthy fats!?

I love cooking big batches of potatoes and sweet potatoes for days when I’m not in the mood to cook but still want a healthy carby hit

Healthy af spaghetti bolognese for 2.

Sauce
1 medium carrot
1 stork of celery
1 small onion
1 tbs garlic (or more if you are a garlic lover like me)
1 can lentils or about 1 ½ cups soy mince
1 tbs dried Italian herbs
1 tbs tomato purè
1 can tinned tomatoes
2 tsps miso

(Optional)
1 tbs liquid amino (I use maggi liquid seasoning)
½ tbs chilli ( I used West Indian chilli sauce)
¼ cup red wine

Method

Dice onion, celery and carrot + mince garlic

Put onion + garlic in a nonstick saucepan with aprox 2 tbs of water

Sweat of onion and garlic until soft (if things start to stick just add a little more water)

Add in the carrot and celery and cook down until tender (again if things stick just add a little water)

Stick in your mince/ drained lentils and give a mix around

Put in all the other ingredients apart from the tinned tomatoes and mix

Add tinned tomatoes and mix thoroughly then turn heat down and simmer for 30mins-1hr stirring occasionally

I served it with buckwheat penne, steamed kale, ½ an avocado and some nutritional yeast

Tried the violife “halloumi”. Tasted the same as all the regular violife cheese with a firmer texture but hey who hates eating a bock of fried cheese

So it’s bank holiday and I am recovering from a day at a food fair in which I might have had more raspberry cider than is my usual want so an elegant brunch of spaghetti hoops on toast was in order

So I have made a giant vat of porridge to have this week. This is my favourite flavour which is oatmeal raisin cookie. I did enough for about 7 days or for a family of 4 for 3 days

Ingredients
6 cups plant milk ( it doesn’t really matter but I used almond milk
2 cups oats
1- 1 ½ raisins
3 tea spoons cinnamon
¼ ground ginger
1/8 tea spoon all slice
2-4 tea spoons vanilla extract
2-4 tablespoons stevia
1-4 tablespoons maple syrup

Method
Stick it all the ingredients apart from the stevia and syrup pot at the same time and bring to the boil the simmer on low until it’s your preferred consistency ( I like it slightly looser but I think that’s more a uk thing. If you rather a thicker consistency just reduce the liquid slightly and cook a little longer.

Stir it every so often and tip into a container
cool.

Ps. I have just finished watching land of hope and glory on YouTube and it was so informative and heart wrenching ✌

So Lidl has vegan options this week .
I went a bit mad…..

There is falafel, plain “chicken”, seasoned “chicken”, tofu, “mince” and a bunch of other stuff. All under £2 so cheaper than the usual suspects for uk peeps!

So there I was faffing about with my apple (as you do) and thought “hey this would be a good thing to do for people looking after bored kiddies this summer”
Apple “doughnuts” aren’t a new thing but never the less they would be such an easy way to pass time and encourage food interaction with the youngins’
Just core and slice a few apples and stick what ever decorations you want them to use and boom a fun interactive (sort of healthy) dessert

Hey people! Thought I would do a little ‘room tour’ for you (emphasis on the word little as you can see, my room is tiny haha)

When I first moved in this room hadn’t been decorated in about 20 years and that really is a generous estimate if the Pocahontas border and brown carpet were any indication.
Anyway we spent many long days getting it to this point with as little money as possible. Doing things like sanding the floor with a hand sander and staining it ourselves. It was back breaking work but every morning I wake up and feel so much better seeing a fresh and positive space.

I may not be able to afford a nice new bed to replace the 15 year old one I have but I was able to get a lovely mattress topper.

I may not be able to get all those cute decorations from Zara home but I can find old family nicknacks and give them a new home.

I may not have a lot of possessions but hey it makes it a hell of a lot easier to keep clean.

I remember when my friend came over and looked around room and asked when I was moving the rest of my stuff in and proceeded to look totally perplexed when I informed here that this was in fact all my stuff.

I don’t mean this as an attack on anyone else’s lifestyle, if you can afford to by lots of things and it makes you happy rock on but for those who might be in a bit of a slump or feeling a little inferior to the 'influencers’ ( I know I do from time to time )
Remember that they are salespeople presenting something to you just like when you see an infomercial on the tv. You don’t need to spend tons of money to live a happy fulfilled life. You can have pretty clothes (maybe not as many), you can eat delicious food ( maybe in won’t be organic, hand picked by woodland nymphs or what ever) and you can live in a nice space (even if you have to sand the floors by hand )

Some times it takes having less to be able to see what there is to appreciate. I doubt you will look back on your life in say 40 years time and think “ drat! I wish I had purchased more things!”

And remember ever penny saved else where can go to glorious, glorious hummus !!

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Sunday cake. I tried yet another chocolate covered Katie recipe but not gonna lie, this turned out a little disappointing. It may have a small amount to do with the fact I ( being ever observant) used buckwheat flour instead of spelt . I will now have to keep making carrot cakes until I am satisfied with the results haha. Bright side is its gluten free I guess!
Will keep you posted.

Day 4

Woke up at thee am after having a vivid dream about making juice but went back to sleep eventually

Breakfast: Had the same orange juice as yesterday but it was more enjoyable due to the nice sunshine ☀️ I should also point out that there is a litre jug full of juice just not pictured in all photos haha

Snack: a glass of fresh pineapple juice is soooooo good! This was not as nice as the other as that pineapple was just about to be in over ripe so tasted super sweet.

Had a check in with the ol’ doctorino and was recommended to nix the fasting and got back to regular eating so It looks like this is the end and I’m honestly not mad about it. I was doing it more out of curiosity about the mythical health benefits and my curiosity is cured.
While I think that fasting would be awesome for some people, it was one of the least fun things I have ever done . It was also a good job I didn’t start straight with a water fast as in hind sight that would probably have lasted about 4 hours haha

Here is the first thing I ate when I got home. I went to town on that mango while everyone else looked on in awe and mild disgust

So we will be back to regularly scheduled programming after 3 ½ days ✌.

Day 3

Woke up after sleeping well again, got hungry but was fine after hot lemon water

First juice of the day is carrot, sweet potato, belle pepper, orange, ginger and turmeric. A sunny drink for a dark rainy morning

For some reason everything tastes really salty today, I mean even my water any ideas why?

Not hungry but constantly catching myself perusing food on instagram and feeling profound jealousy

Lunch: red cabbage, apple, beetroot and celery. I love the colour of this but no matter what I shall never be a great lover of cabbage or beetroot (the exception being beetroot crisps of course )

Dinner: spinach, kale, cilantro, celery, green apple and lemon

Okay guys, after talking with my healthcare provider I have decided it would be best to do a week of juice, a week of water and another week for juice. And this is day one ☝️.
I low-key forgot I was on liquids when I woke up and found myself almost making toast at least three times.

After looking and purchasing juice cleans stuff online I nearly vomited like a cuttlefish ejecting ink out of rage hahah.
I promptly went and dug my distinctly subpar juicer that I used once then consigned to the tech graveyard that is the garage. Needless to say I have promptly ordered a newer model ( after my dad insisted on a thorough which.com search) and am eagerly awaiting its arrival.

I had a lovely time frolicking about the fruit and veg isle of the supermarket and was pleased that it only came to les than £25 for a good few days of juice.

Now that you have to prologue let’s get on to the main event
I will give a daily play by play of what ever thoughts pop into my head while doing this.

Day one: (I hope you said that in a geordie accent if you’re from the uk)

I am hungry and want toast but that is pretty much to be expected. As someone who leans more towards savoury food (especially really salty or spicy food )

Have been contemplating if hummus counts as a juice….it doesn’t does it?

Braved the apocalyptically loud juicer and made some carrot, orange and ginger juice and it was swell.

This juicer is a right “See you next Tuesday” to clean

Everyone is eating pizza….fuck um’

I have a collard green, celery, cilantro, green apple, lemon and ginger juice, it’s pretty sassy and tastes…healthy

Juice is not pizza…

I want soup and rice….

My noggin hurts and I could kill a ramen.

How can I have no coffee all day and still be awake.

Will I get a ASBO for noise pollution if I use my juicer at 0:00? Yes.. probably

Zzzzzz

So as an update to the water fast stuff .
After reading the very helpful feedback (T'anks for that by the way! )
I will start it on this coming Monday ( as I need enough time to eat all my food in the fridge haha )

I will post a daily journal entry documenting the process and all the tribulations that might occur.

Just a disclaimer that I have a doctors supervision and this will not be tagged with anything related to weight loss or mention any weight loss that might occur.

This is something that vegans don’t tell you. Swamp coffee can occur at anytime and with out good reason. Beware and keep your drink in perpetual motion until fully consumed ☕️

Made these vegan fajita bites as we had company over. I also made vegan sliders and apple pie samosas but didn’t get the chance to snap a picture (I will be sure to next time so I can jot down the recipe as it was all very improvised )
It was al last minute so I had to rustle up canapés from what we had around to house

Ingredients
1 old el'paso fajita kit (or equivalent)
2 bell peppers (I used a red and a yellow)
1 onion
Minced garlic ( I used 2 of the frozen blocks)
Vegan ‘chicken’ ( 300g. Vegan quorn fillets work well)
Vegan cheese
Spring roll wrappers ( wonton, dumpling cases would work fine too. They are in the frozen section. I got mine in Asda. If you get the large spring roll cases just cut into 4)

Method.
If using frozen quorn fillets microwave as instructed on the packet for 2 minutes cut into strips about the size of your pinky finger and set a side.

Dice onion and add to a lightly greased pan along with the garlic and sweat down until translucent.

While the onions cook down chop the peppers about the same size as the 'chicken’

Add the chicken and peppers into the pan and give a gentle mix careful not to break the pieces. Add the seasoning from the kit and cook while gently mixing ( I found a spatula the best for this)

Just before it is completely cooked add ½ -¾ of the salsa and again mix then turn of the heat and leave to cool.

Whilst the fajita mix cools cut the cheese into sticks about the size of the chicken and about a £1 in thickness.

If required cut the spring roll wrappers into 4

One the mix of cool place 1 pice of chicken, some of the peppers and a piece of cheese on top of one of the squares on the side closest to you. Wrap as you would a spring roll or burrito. Seal with a little water and repeat.
(Optional) spritz with a little spray oil.
Bake at about 190’ for 10-20 minutes or until crispy.
Serve with salsa and guacamole

How I eat mangoes
It is legit the best way ( although after I finished I did look in the mirror only to discover I looks like I had fellated a minion to completion )

I think that nice-cream is one of the best parts about being vegan and for some reason non-vegans just don’t get told about the joy of dessert for breakfast until they join the club

Here is my recipe which does include healthy fats (cue audible gasp from the hclf vegans )

3 overripe frozen bananas
1-2 tsp vanilla extract
2- tbs- ¼ cup plant milk (I used almond) add a little at a time just to loosen the mix in the blender
1-3 tbsp peanut butter ( I think you could use pb2 but I haven’t tried. Remember that some healthy plant fat in your diet is good for you and this boosts the protein for those who worry about that kinda thing.

Stick everything in the blender and whizz until smooth and delicious

I like to top with milled flaxseed to get those good ol’ omega 3s

I have a cup of coffee strictly for the B12 in the almond milk of course

Day 7! I’m so glad I am on the final what I eat in a day ! I could never imagine doing it as a regular thing (such a faff!) but it was interesting to see the amount of bread I eat haha.
Today I had banana+peanut butter nice-cream topped with milled flaxseed ,mixed grains and vegan quorn burgers and finished off with a giant plate of potatoes and sriracha (I think there are about 3-4 big potatoes on that plate )

I will be going into more details on a few foods that I think deserve more info throughout the week so look out for that!

I shall also keep you guys informed on this agonising week of no bread

Day 6. Okay so remember what I said I would post everything (no matter how un aesthetically pleasing) haha well here is the food for day six (I also omitted the water as it felt unnecessary but for those interested there was 4 bottles today)

So while this isn’t the most nutritious day it also involves one of my all time, ride or die favourite foods. To say I’m obsessed with kimchi pancakes (kimchijeon) would be a massive understatement haha.
If you want the recipe let me know! It is so easy and delicious

Fun fact: I like to eat bell peppers as though they were apples please tell me I’m not alone

Day 4.
Well this day is really divided into two halves, bb and ab (before biscoff/ after biscoff ) definitely in recovery from all that junk so lots of nice simple stuff to eat today. I even used my precious mangosteen ( £2.50 for only 3). Mangosteen one of my favourite fruit not just because they look like they’re straight out of a video game and the name sounds like they should be a partner in a law firm but also because they are super, super delicious ( think a really flavourful lychee but slightly more tart)
I also forgot to take pictures of most of my water today but figured it wasn’t too big of a deal as you all no what it will look like

I have been thinking of taking a break from bread for a little while as I feel like I often just eat toast and it’s somewhat limiting the variety in my diet (cos I’m super lazy and toast is bomb haha). What do you guys think?

Day 3. Busy ol’ day today and one you wouldn’t ordinarily see a food post from me haha. As you can see it wasn’t the most nutritionally complete day but I tried biscoff spread for the first time today and feel like a fool for not trying it sooner. Is it total junk? Yes but omg it’s soooo dreamy

I finally got my ass out of London,
needed to spend some time close to what I miss the most..
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