Tonight was pizza, topped with tomato, mushroom, onion, black olives, garlic, fresh basil, pineapple and a light sprinkle of a vegan cheddar style cheese. Got half of mine left, guess what's for lunch tomorrow.
Tonight I'm planning on something very simple, maybe a plain jacket potato and a salad if push comes to shove, as I'm not feeling too well. These past weeks of being a new vegan have given me quite a few stomach upsets, but I've made sure not to hide from this fact but attempt to see if I'm overdoing one portion of the food pyramid or another!
All this said, I feel I'm slowly adjusting to the change, and these episodes are getting weaker all the time, and I feel my energy returning. I find I don't miss eggs or milk at all.
Great advice, you know I'd quite forgotten all about the existence of kale, lol. I suspect I might be reacting to too much wheat-based things, so am going to pass over them for a while in favour of rices (and jacket potatoes!)Good for you going Vegan. It's a bumpy ride at times. I find if I don't have what my body needs then I feel weak and run down. I make sure now that I bulk my food up with enough protein to give me strength for the next day since I live a very active lifestyle. My advice is to use beans when possible, or even some quinoa to bulk up curries etc. I do a curry which I bulk out with 2 tin's of chick peas, quinoa, buckwheat and potatoes! Served with brown rice and Roti! Trust me it keeps me going. I usually have a big *** bowl of raw kale to snack on during my meal.
Even if you feel lazy, make some baked beans with the jacket and add some extra kidney beans or chick peas. Start adding Kale into your salad! Also mushrooms are great! Yuk but great!!
Great advice, you know I'd quite forgotten all about the existence of kale, lol. I suspect I might be reacting to too much wheat-based things, so am going to pass over them for a while in favour of rices (and jacket potatoes!)
I love quinoa, it's like the vegan/vegetarian holy grail of staples.
Tonight I'm planning on something very simple, maybe a plain jacket potato and a salad if push comes to shove, as I'm not feeling too well. These past weeks of being a new vegan have given me quite a few stomach upsets, but I've made sure not to hide from this fact but attempt to see if I'm overdoing one portion of the food pyramid or another!
All this said, I feel I'm slowly adjusting to the change, and these episodes are getting weaker all the time, and I feel my energy returning. I find I don't miss eggs or milk at all.
Thank you! It's nice to know these forums are here for any vegan-related mishap.Jacket potato's are awesome! Have you tried using vegan butter on the potato? Most supermarkets should sell the stuff if you haven't, coconut and olive butter are my favourite.
I've been vegan awhile and I'm pretty terrible for making sure I eat a variety of food, not that I eat only jacket potato's 24/7. Anyway I wouldn't overthink the food pyramid, being vegan doesn't necessarily mean you have to strictly eat specific amounts of foods everyday in order to stay healthy/alive, don't get me wrong there's certain vitamins you should probably keep an eye on but I wouldn't fret over not eating mountains of greens everyday. I'd say I'm rather healthy, I feel it and I donate blood every other month so I think I'm in good enough shape to be able to do so.
If you do have any worries we're here!