What did you have for lunch?

[hopeful]

I had white rice with thai peanut sauce. (Recipe on this site compliments of @Veganite )

 

[Nekodaiden]

Hot and Spicy Corn and Tomato soup with broccoli, green peas and sunflower seeds

Hot n Spicy Corn and Tomato: Nixtamalized corn as masa (flour), water, tomato paste, onion, garlic ,ground mustard seed, smoked paprika powder, cayenne pepper powder, white pepper powder, salt, liquid smoke

Additions: broccoli, green peas and sunflower seeds.

 

[Emma JC]

@Emma JC Have you tried soaking the peas overnight? I usually buy my peas frozen, and they are a quick steam job in my veggie steamer, but dried peas I don't remember using. However, with many of the whole grains and beans I eat I've learned to do them in fairly large batches - soak overnight (or Nixtamalize, in the case of corn) then freeze in baggies for re-heat. Makes cooking a lot quicker.

These peas are the whole version of split peas (dried that you buy to make pea soup, not sweet peas that are frozen) so, yes, similar to beans. I did soak them overnight and they are still very tough to cook. Whole pea soup is a French Canadian thing...

Emma JC

 

[hopeful]

Whole wheat spaghetti with broccoli and leftover peanut sauce from yesterday.

 

[hopeful]

I had brown rice with leftover peanut sauce, and chocolate soy milk.

 

[Nekodaiden]

Lunch was light. I worked out the fiber content from this morning's meal and it was just shy of 30g. I've been satisfied for hours.

Lunch: Broccoli and tomato with my homemade hummus dip from this morning to which I mixed in some dill water from the pickle jar and mustard powder. Mmm. All this goodness for less than $2 so far.

 

[hopeful]

I had whole wheat spaghetti with marinara sauce, and then some homemade apple crisp.

 

[Nekodaiden]

Nixtamalized brown basmati rice with sunflower seeds, green peas, cos lettuce, tomato, 1/2 tsp dark sesame oil, garlic powder and salt.

This was the second time I've tried brown rice put through the Nixtamalization process (for a very short time, 4 minutes, corn takes overnight) then after drain/rinse boil with fresh water, it turned out great! Soft and with no chewiness. Fastest brown rice without soaking or long cooking times I've ever had.

 

[Forest Nymph]

Almond butter and strawberry rhubarb jam on seed bread. My boss is a classy person.

 

[hopeful]

I had a chocolate peanut butter banana smoothie. (Two bananas, chocolate PB2 powder, and chocolate soy milk.)

 

[Nekodaiden]

Same as breakfast: Vegetable spring rolls, tofu scramble and whole wheat with picante sauce.

Except this time with some fresh dandelion greens from my yard.

 

[amberfunk]

Big salad with cucumber, romaine, sprouts, hemp hearts, french onions, cauliflower, home made seitan and ranch dressing.

 

[hopeful]

I had two kiwis to tide me over, then some garlicky mashed potatoes I made after. I made them in advance for dinner, but I thought having some for lunch too wouldn't hurt.

 

[Forest Nymph]

An "everything" bagel with locally made hummus and some sundried tomatoes

 

[hopeful]

Leftover mashed potatoes from last night. I wasn't that hungry because I had some banana bread a couple of hours before lunch time.

 

[Veganite]

I had a veggie sushi roll and some miso soup.

 

[Nekodaiden]

Veggie patty sub from subway.

 

[hopeful]

Yesterday, I went out to lunch. I had a salad and baked fries. I had a root beer to drink.

 

[hopeful]

Right now, I am having a smoothie for lunch. It contains: plain (unflavored) soy milk, a banana, frozen strawberries, and chocolate protein power (a little bit).

 

[Veganite]

Red lentil soup for me today. It's just simmering away at the moment.