Vegetarians: What have you eaten today?

[Ledzeptt]

B: Muesli. Actimel.

L: Hummus salad sandwich. Quorn savoury eggs.

D: Stir fry with tofu and noodles.

Snack: Almonds.

 

[Avocado Sevenfold]

Happy anniversary!

 

[Ledzeptt]

Thanks @AvocadoSevenfold

 

[Avocado Sevenfold]

Yesterday and same again today:

Brunch: Linda Mac sausages, tomatoes and mushrooms

Dinner: Italian style cauli rice
http://blissfulbasil.com/2015/07/31/italian-style-cauliflower-rice/}Italian style cauli rice[/URL
Pudding: mini limoncello tofu cheesecake - adapted from here

 

[Avocado Sevenfold]

Just doing a quick head count after the recent forum upgrade. One, two...yep, me and Jimmy Page all present and correct.

All veggies and vegans most welcome to join in

 

[Avocado Sevenfold]

Having a chickpea day

B: raspberries, soya yogurt, coconut, pecans, ginger
L: falafels, cherry tomatoes
D: falafels, hummus, huge garlic mushroom, spinach, peri-peri yogurt

 

[Ledzeptt]

B: Muesli. Actimel.

L: Hummus salad sandwich. Nutty protein bar (shop bought).

D: Cheese & mushroom omelette, salad, slice of bread. Strawberries.

Nothing worthy of a photo, although I enjoyed everything!

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Yes, Jimmy's still here! Disappointed to see the like option has gone from the iOS app - I've reported it, in case it's a bug.

{Edit} Supper: oatcakes and G&B hot chocolate - unplanned due to low BG. So much for my low'ish carb dinner experiment.

 

[PurpleArmadillo]

Just doing a quick head count after the recent forum upgrade. One, two...yep, me and Jimmy Page all present and correct.

All veggies and vegans most welcome to join in

Well I've been MIA for a while, but back to posting now

 

[PurpleArmadillo]

@Avocado Sevenfold do you make your own cauli rice? I tried some bought stuff, and it's ok with lots of sauce (just!) but was pretty ewwwwwwww on its own!

Used my cheap Lidl spiraliser for the first time this week on a courgette from the garden and the resulting courgetti was really good So much better than what I bought from Sainsburys, which I just found sweaty and kind of fermented tasting. Annoyingly it leaves a large core behind though, that I have to manually slice. Don't like throwing good food away!

I'm currently trying to find innovative ways of using up runner beans. Yep, it's that time of year again

 

[AndBreathe]

@Avocado Sevenfold do you make your own cauli rice? I tried some bought stuff, and it's ok with lots of sauce (just!) but was pretty ewwwwwwww on its own!

Used my cheap Lidl spiraliser for the first time this week on a courgette from the garden and the resulting courgetti was really good So much better than what I bought from Sainsburys, which I just found sweaty and kind of fermented tasting. Annoyingly it leaves a large core behind though, that I have to manually slice. Don't like throwing good food away!

I'm currently trying to find innovative ways of using up runner beans. Yep, it's that time of year again

PurpleArmadillo (your avatar always makes me smile, for some reason I can't explain), my spiraliser has a holder with it, which is just a flat piece of plastic, with a few spikes on the underside to hold the courgette or whatever you are processing. When I could lay my hands on it, I used a fork to do the last few turns, to save my fingers being attracted to those pesky sharp blades. If I was to do it that way regularly, I'd use an old fork (or the like) as the tangs can eventually come into contact with the blades and either p art could be damaged.

Even the posher, more expensive spiralisers leave a core of sorts. If you have a food processor with a very wide feeding chute (such as some of the Magimix ones), you can puts the courgette in sideways and achieve straight noodles about 4" long.

I always do my own cauli rice, just putting it through a grater blade on the food processor in about 2 minutes flat. I usually do more than I need as the remainder keeps well for a few days (2 or 3 maybe) in a clip top container in the fridge. Much cheaper than bought and I can choose how finely I want to grate.

I'm not a vegetarian, but oh how I love my vegetables. I always have.

 

[Avocado Sevenfold]

made mushrooms in grapeseed oil, yellow summer squash baked with paprika and garlic. I had hollowed out the squash so I put it in my mushroom soup with the pieces of porcini reconstituted from dry, carrot pieces, onion, garlic, celery

Had hard boiled eggs that i had pickled in green olive jar liquid and covered them with flying fish caviar,

What is flying fish caviar? It doesn't sound vegetarian unless it is one of those eggplant caviars. Is it? - I keep meaning to try one of those recipes.

 

[Avocado Sevenfold]

@Avocado Sevenfold do you make your own cauli rice? I tried some bought stuff, and it's ok with lots of sauce (just!) but was pretty ewwwwwwww on its own!

Used my cheap Lidl spiraliser for the first time this week on a courgette from the garden and the resulting courgetti was really good So much better than what I bought from Sainsburys, which I just found sweaty and kind of fermented tasting. Annoyingly it leaves a large core behind though, that I have to manually slice. Don't like throwing good food away!

I'm currently trying to find innovative ways of using up runner beans. Yep, it's that time of year again

This is a great cauli rice recipe. Serve it with Thai curry or just a heap of roast veg.

http://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/201...iflower-rice-recipe-low-carb-gluten-free.html

I use the food processor to make the rice. I imagine the kitchen would look like a snowstorm if I hand grated it

 

[PurpleArmadillo]

Today
B : Lidl roll with mushroom pate
L : Coyo vanilla yogurt and 3 vbites falafels
D : I'm thinking avocado salad with smoked tofu or bute 'feta' scheese. Plus some redcurrants and raspberries if the birds haven't got there first!

And for snacks I've finally got organised and made more fat bombs. Funny how you grow used to not having a sweet taste. I forgot to add any stevia, and it turned out I didn't need it anyway. Coconut, a little raw cacao and vanilla and they were just right

 

[Avocado Sevenfold]

I make eggplant caviar with some regularity. I think it was one of the original Brillat Savarin recipes given to the Russians under Catherine the Great thus origin not Russian but French. Since Orthodox fast (follow vegan plus some shellfish - but not fish themselves - and fish eggs) a lot of the days of the year, it was a recipe that took off and remained in Russian cuisine. Would you like the recipe?

All caviar except fake caviar is fish eggs and definitely not vegetarian or vegan . I eat it on occasion and I eat eggs regularly since becoming diabetic. I am vegan maybe 3/5 of the year by days and the rest of the time eat almost anything. However, with my religious diet, this thread is the nearest to what I am doing daily.

btw, allergist says that yes, with a latex allergy, you can start having problems with avocados and make the allergy worse, so I have cut down on that treat.

Oh you have a new name

You have just reminded me that I recorded an episode of The Hairy Bikers (UK cooking legends) in which they make an eggplant "caviar" on a boat in St Petersburg. I must watch it.

This part of the forum is a fish-free zone as mentioned in the opening post. It would be good if it could stay that way otherwise it is just another omnivore thread and there are plenty of those already. Not having a dig at your food choices, just stating my feelings.

I don't actually eat a lot of avocados (although I do like them a lot!) - my name is a play on the name of the US rock band Avenged Sevenfold. I am not allergic to anything that I know of.

 

[Avocado Sevenfold]

What is peri peri yoghurt? Or maybe I should ask what is peri peri?

Peri peri is a hot little chilli pepper. Peri Peri yogurt is just peri peri sauce stirred into some soya yogurt.

There is more about the chilli in this link to the sauce I use. It is very hot so you only need a touch of sauce

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=251262345

 

[Avocado Sevenfold]

Today
B : Lidl roll with mushroom pate
L : Coyo vanilla yogurt and 3 vbites falafels
D : I'm thinking avocado salad with smoked tofu or bute 'feta' scheese. Plus some redcurrants and raspberries if the birds haven't got there first!

And for snacks I've finally got organised and made more fat bombs. Funny how you grow used to not having a sweet taste. I forgot to add any stevia, and it turned out I didn't need it anyway. Coconut, a little raw cacao and vanilla and they were just right

Can I come to your house please?

I am going to have another try at making almond feta. People are raving about this recipe and it looks quite easy. Will let you know how it goes if you are interested

http://www.maplespice.com/2011/04/baked-almond-feta-with-dill-oil.html

 

[Avocado Sevenfold]

How about, for the purists, people like me with, say, a bookshelf full of vegan recipes Azerbaijani to Zulu, just post most of what they eat and leave off the shellfish in every iteration, and post everything else. Have to look at that initial post to see whether creatures like Lacto-Ovo (which I had to become out of necessity and after talking to a friendly diabetic bishop) are allowed on this thread

The opening post states that lacto-ovo is allowed on this thread and in fact the OP is a lacto-ovo himself I think. @Enclave ? Have a read of it. It is a thread for vegetarians and the vegans post here too. But no fish or shellfish otherwise the thread is redundant

 

[Avocado Sevenfold]

How about, for the purists, people like me with, say, a bookshelf full of vegan recipes Azerbaijani to Zulu, just post most of what they eat and leave off the shellfish in every iteration, and post everything else. Have to look at that initial post to see whether creatures like Lacto-Ovo (which I had to become out of necessity and after talking to a friendly diabetic bishop) are allowed on this thread

Yes, products of the captivity of animals are allowed on this thread, but not shellfish or fish eggs, for those fish would be slaughtered.

Wondering if there are enough people on this forum to start discussions of what people eating lacto-ovo vegan with shellfish / lacto-ovo with fish and shellfish / kosher without milk products or meat / kosher with milk products and meat/ kosher vegan / halal / halal during Ramadan or fasting / celebratory halal along with Orthodox Christian (inclusive of Coptic) fasting and feasting regimes ?

Re-quoting your post as you added to it since I replied. The thread is for vegetarians to post about what they ate today. Anything else is off topic. No meat references as clearly stated in the opening post. If you wish to discuss other ways of eating, perhaps start a thread somewhere more appropriate. This is a nice, friendly thread

 

[PurpleArmadillo]

Can I come to your house please?

I am going to have another try at making almond feta. People are raving about this recipe and it looks quite easy. Will let you know how it goes if you are interested

http://www.maplespice.com/2011/04/baked-almond-feta-with-dill-oil.html

Wow that looks fantastic. And such simple and relatively cheap ingredients too! Will await the verdict

 

[PurpleArmadillo]

And just to stick my oar in re non-veggie mentions on this thread, even thought I'm a relative newbie on it ...

If non veggies / vegans are reading, picking up ideas on the thread, and commenting on the recipes, photos etc then that's great. An active, vibrant thread is definitely a good thing.

But I do think there needs to be a line drawn. I don't want to read about what meat and fish forum members ate today, and that's why I'm on this thread and not the general low-carb one. I also think that for new posters, or anyone considering going veggie it can be very confusing when definitions like 'pescatarian', 'almost vegetarian' and the like are used.

Also, for this thread to be a useful resource for meal planning I don't think non-vegetarians posting their food diaries minus the dead things is a good idea. It wouldn't be showing a balanced diet as it would likely be lacking in protein at first glance.

I hope that made sense. It did to me