#veggies

Spinach!

Who wins the fight for you?

Major green veggies at Tanana Valley Farmer’s Market, Fairbanks. Summer ain’t ovah.

breaded octopus legs, bean sprouts, fried tofu and broccoli for tomorrows bento

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

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