Day 5: Dinner: Veggie wok with peanut butter sauce & yams

My lunch today consisted of leftover corn cakes, and I really wanted to make them for dinner too (they're sooo good!). That would be too boring though, so I made something else - a vegetable wok with peanut butter sauce and oven roasted sweet potato.

It was delicious! I usually have chicken in peanut butter sauce, and this was just as good. The veggies I used were from a pack of  "Asian wok veggies". I also made my tomatoes + basil + lemon juice = true love. 

Only two more days to go on my 7 day vegan challenge!

Day 5: Breakfast: Strawberry, dates & spinach smoothie

For breakfast I had a simple smoothie: 1 banana, a handfull of frozen strawerries, 3 dates, a handfull of spinach leaves and some almond milk. Just blend it together :)

The color wasn't too tempting (brown), but it tasted really good! A bit sweet - probably should have only used one or two dates, but still nice and fresh. I want to try it with watermelon as well!

I haven't really decided what to cook tonight, but it's leaning towards falafel or a veggie tortilla wrap. Might just make a veggie wok though, hmmm....

Day 4: Dinner: Corn cakes with vegetables and tomato salad

I made vegan beef for dinner, made from corn and chick peas. I just mixed it together with some flour (you can use any kind you want). Then I fried it in some vegetable oil, added salt and pepper and that's it. Served it with leftover oven roasted veggies and a "salad" I made from tomatoes, basil and lemon juice.

I added some sweet and sour chili sauce, and it was actually super tasty! Especially for being such a simple dish. Next time I will try frying the corn cakes in more oil and for a bit longer to get a crispier result. I have some leftovers that I'll probably have for lunch tomorrow.

For dessert I had chocolate nicecream (frozen bananas + cacoa powder + vanilla extract + blender). It's one of my favorite desserts that I have been eating long before this vegan week. :)

Day 4: Lunch: Rice cakes with kale, bell pepper & hummus

I didn't really eat lunch, it was more of a lunch/snack around 15:00. I had puffed rice cakes with kale, bell pepper and chili hummus. I don't think I will be eating more of the hummus since it says on the package that it expired two days ago. Since it smelled and tasted good, I still used it for my rice cakes, haha.

I am excited about dinner today. I also put two bananas in the freezer so I can make nicecream tonight or tomorrow. I will also try coconut icecream this week! Omnomnom... Need to buy more rice cakes and coconut milk!

Day 4: Breakfast: Oatmeal with banana, dates & cinnamon

For today's breakfast I made oatmeal with topped it with 1 slized banana, 2 chopped dates (I started with only one because I had never tried dates before, haha), shredded coconut flakes and cinnamon. Since I think oatmeal is too dry without milk, I added my homemade almond milk.

It was so filling! I couldn't finish it all... I'm surprised the dates pretty much only tastes sweet and not really of anything else. I'm sure they will be a great natural sweetener in smoothies and such.

Day 3: Breakfast, dinner and snacks

Today was a "boring" day food wise. I had some rice cakes with peanut butter and banana for breakfast, with a glass of lemon water and another glass of regular water.

For lunch I had some watermelon (yummy!) and for dinner I just had some leftovers from yesterday's dinner. My snack today was an apple, but I might eat another rice cake soon, hehehe.

Tomorrow for dinner I'm making corned beef with some leftover oven roasted veggies and pico de gallo. I am really excited about that! I have a feeling it will be a new vegan favorite. :)

Day 2: Dinner: Rice noodles with edamame & veggies

So for dinner today I made rice noodles with edamame, carrot, bell pepper, kale, onion and garlic. We didn't have any coconut milk, so I used a bit of almond milk with some teriyaki and soy sauce. 

Pretty tasty, pretty tasty! Would have been better with the coconut milk, but I didn't buy any yesterday because I thought we already had some at home... and of course, we didn't. :( 

Dag 2: Snack: Puffed rice cake with peanut butter & coconut

Today as a snack I had two puffed rice cakes with peanut butter and coconut flakes. Best snack ever.

It's not the healthiest option, but it's so goddamn tasty!

Day 2: Lunch: Chili hummus salad

For lunch today I had some leftover salad from yesterday's dinner; kale, tomatoes, bell pepper and cucumber with chili hummus. I'm starting to really like hummus (who would have thought!), so I will definitely be having my hummus salads even after this vegan week.

I am really excited about today's dinner. I'm having an Asian inspred meal - can't wait! haha

Day 2: Breakfast: Stawberry spinach smoothie

Waking up to my second day as a vegan I felt really good and excited about today's food. I have written down a few meals I want to try this week and I'm creating a food schedule as I go along. Today's breakfast was going to be a smoothie - yum!

The smoothie was enough to fill a 500 ml glass, so it filled me up pretty well. But what is in this healthy vegan smoothie? you might ask. Well, first of all, I used 1 pretty large banana. Then I added some homemade almond milk (might make another post about that), a handfull of frozen strawberries, a pinch of lemon juice - of course newly pressed from a lemon - and spinach leaves! 

I had never tried spinach leaves in a smoothie before - it does sound quite disgusting. It's not! You can't really taste them at all, and they're packed with vitamins and minerals. In other words; they are super healthy!