#what vegans eat

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

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!

Curried chickpea salad sandwich https://instagram.com/thecoloradoavocado

Buffalo jackfruit tacos with coconut bacon and avocado ranch Happy #tacotuesday !!! https://instagram.com/thecoloradoavocado

Spinach and artichoke dip pasta bake!!! All the goodness of the dip but VEGAN and on PASTA!!! https://instagram.com/thecoloradoavocado

Celebrating today with a grounding buddha bowl with wild rice mushrooms lentils kale and sweet potato. Happy #earthday to all the luminous beings of this planet #govegan https://instagram.com/thecoloradoavocado

Happy Friday!! Get your munch on with these vegan cookies and cream rice crispy treats https://instagram.com/thecoloradoavocado

Toast with @kitehillfoods cream cheese radish pea and dill!! Good morning https://instagram.com/thecoloradoavocado

Roasted cauliflower and sweet potato salad with curry-tahini dressing https://instagram.com/thecoloradoavocado

BBQ jackfruit mac and cheese! Or as I like to call it Mac and Jack It’s sneaky Levi approved Recipe in comments! https://instagram.com/thecoloradoavocado

Breakfast grit bowl with sautéed mushrooms and spinach - because even though my username has Colorado in it (and I do think Colorado is cool) I am actually from North Carolina!!! https://instagram.com/thecoloradoavocado

Crispy sesame cauliflower - great alternative to Friday night takeout! https://instagram.com/thecoloradoavocado

Pea and spinach soup Great for chilly spring evenings. https://instagram.com/thecoloradoavocado

Vegan creamy lime fettuccini!!! https://instagram.com/thecoloradoavocado

Lemon asparagus pasta with arugula (and vegan parm cuz im addicted). Tastes like spring! https://instagram.com/thecoloradoavocado

Sneaky Levi strikes again @hotforfood We can’t get enough of the #hotforfoodcookbook !! Today we made the best breakfast sandwiches and even followed the #hottip and put them on the flaky buttermilk biscuits for extra badassery https://instagram.com/thecoloradoavocado