Brekkies
Ruby red grapefruit, no sugar. One slice of wholegrain toast with almond butter.
Scrambled tofu with steamed spinach. Squeeze out excess water from firm tofu. Marinate in a mixture of soy/tamari sauce, cayenne pepper and crushed garlic (mix to your taste before adding tofu). Then break up tofu into pieces and scramble with 1 spray of one cal olive oil or 1tsp of oil. Serve with steamed spinach.
Roasted cherry tomates with mustard seeds on one slice of wholemeal or rye toast. With low fat cottage cheese.
Pop some cherry tomatoes in a roasting dish squeezed with plenty of fresh lemon juice, salt and pepper. Leave to roast in hot oven until done to your liking and serve.
Porridge mde with 2/3water to 1/3 soya milk and berries.
Oats soaked overnight in small amout of apple juice. Serve with grated apple, 1 dsp of pumpkin seeds and 1 dsp of yoghurt.
Lunches
Broad bean, aspargus and mint salad with pine nuts
Blanch broad beans and asparagus in salted water. Dice some tomatoes and add to the beans and asparagu along with some cooked quinoa. Add 1 tsp of pine nuts and dress with fresh lemon juice.
Seaweed wraps
Get some nori wraps and fill with cooked quinoa or wholegrain rice, ¼ avocado (go easy!), sliced spring onions, diced tomatoes and some tofu that has been marinaded and cooked or some already smoked tempeh. Serve with soy sauce mixed with fish sauce, white wine vinegar and diced chilli.
Dinners
Brocolli and Tofu stir fry
Marinate ½ block of diced firm tofu in soy sauce, fresh chilli, garlic and 1tsp each of sesame oil and agave nectar. Meanwhile blanch brocollic in hot water. Drain and run under cold water. Scatter 1tsp of sesame seeds in dry frying pan. Jiggle to toast to they don't burn. Dry fry the tofu. When coloured add the juice from marinade along with sesame seeds and soy to taste. Ganish with fresh coriander.
Chargrilled asparagus, courgette and tomato salad
Marinade aspargus and thinly sliced courgette in plenty of fresh lemon juice. Meanwhile in an oven roast the tomatoes without olive oil and dry fry 1tsp (ONLY!)of pine nuts until browned.
Chargrill the vegetables, combine with tomates and their juices and serve with a handful of wholemeal rice.
Portobella mushrooms with pearl barley
Cook the pear barley. Meanwhile take two mushrooms and squeeze liberally with lemon juice so it pools in the cups. Add crushed garlic. Cover in foil and bake in oven until mushrooms are soft.
Mix 1 tsp of chopped cashew nuts with the barley and use to stuff the mushrooms. Serve with side order of spinach, brocolli, tomatoes or any other veg except potatoes.
Spinach, mushroom and Chickpeas and stew
http://fitbitchuk.blogspot.com/2009/01/spinach-mushroom-and-chick-pea-stew.html
Snacks
Two rice cakes with carrot spread. Grate some fresh carrots and mix with 1dsp of yoghurt some lemon juice and crushed garlic to taste. Mix and serve.
Two ryvita with thin spread of humous.
Small teacup of cottage cheese with mixed berries.
Two ryvita with marmite and cottage cheese.
Fruit: apple, plums, pear, berries.
Monday, 6 July 2009
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I'm not a vegan but I'm definitely going to try some of these as they sound delicious!
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