What We Eat | Vol. 2

Hi everyone! I'm back sharing my favorite vegan recipes as of late. I've been super into avocado toast variations, delicious and filling breakfasts, and ways to fill in our diet with only plants and less processed foods. (Eating processed food is so easy to do when you're vegan, as soy and dairy alternatives are a super big market-- I do eat these things, but try to limit myself as much as possible!)

Lunch: variation of avocado on toast... Dave's bread, hummus, avocado, hemp hearts, sun-dried tomato.

Lunch: guac, baby cucumbers, red peppers, and hummus.

 Dinner: Delicious taco wraps with faux lentil and walnut meat (homemade) these are husband approved! Recipe here!

 Breakfast: homemade blueberry chia seed jam. This literally took me 5 minutes to make and it's such a creative way to enjoy fruit for breakfast, or even dessert! Recipe here.

 Gracie's dinner: (I get lots of questions about what a vegan babe eats... here is part of her dinner) She had a giant bowl of cucumbers, then some whole wheat tortilla, hummus with hemp hearts, black beans, and sweet/yukon gold potatoes steamed.

Dinner: Indian lentils over quinoa and naan bread! I cannot for the life of me remember where I got this recipe! I'll come back and link it soon haha.

 Summer pool snack: guac, hummus, lentil tortilla chips, peppers, baby cucumbers (Gracie ate the same thing!)

Breakfast: Vegan overnight oats with fresh ground nut butter, dates, and mango. Recipe here!

I hope you enjoyed these recipes! They've been total staples in my house. I think I'll share how and why I transitioned to a vegan lifestyle soon, I've had tons of questions about it on Snapchat (LivingInColorL).

Be sure to follow me on Pinterest! That's where I keep all my good recipes hidden ;)

xo. L

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What We Eat | Vol. 1

Happy Friday! I'm excited about this series "What We Eat" on the blog! I've been getting a TON of questions about my meals on Snapchat, where I post my daily meals! (LivinginColorL). We are newly vegan, and I'm loving it. Grace has never had any animal products so I was very confident in my decision to transition my husband and I after watching Forks Over Knives. But I'm not hear to talk about veganism though...not today at least! I'm just hear to share some DELICIOUS recipes that I've tried lately! You can use dairy products in them if you like or add in a meat very easily, but these are all vegan by nature. Oh, and my one-year-old eats ALL of these things. She loves it all!

Lunch: Creamy pasta dish inspired by this recipe, but I changed a few things...

I used coconut cream instead of heavy cream, didn't add parmesan, 

and used the noodles I had in the pantry. Also added fresh tomato and hemp hearts.

Basically I made it more vegan-friendly. It is delicious though!

Lunch: Fresh cucumber, green bell pepper, romaine lettuce/avocado rolls w/ hemp seeds dipped in some delicious hummus. I ate this whole plate and Grace helped me!

 Lunch: Delicious new take on avocado toast | Inspired by this Recipe here

 Dinner: Vegan Chili | Recipe here

 Breakfast: Hubby's new favorite - Tofu/Soyrizo burritos | Recipe here

 Lunch: plate of fresh veggies with hummus + hemp seeds

Dinner: Crispy Quinoa Cakes | Recipe here

with avocado, tomatoes, and roasted potato & herbs 

(I've made these 3 times in the last 10 days!)

Lunch: Raw veggies with avocado and roasted chickpeas (recipe below)

Roasted chickpeas:

Ingredients:

-1 can garbanzo beans

-chili powder

-onion powder

-garlic powder

-cumin

-salt & pepper to taste

-1 tbsp. olive oil

Directions:

-Preheat oven to 400 F.

-Coat garbanzo beans with olive oil in a bowl

-Season with above ingredients to taste! (I'd say I use half a tablespoon of each, but I like them pretty seasoned.) Experiment with it and see what works for you.

-Once seasoned, roast the garbanzo beans on parchment paper for 15 minutes.

-Serve & enjoy!

Breakfast: Chia seed pudding | Recipe here - 

I added fresh ground peanut butter and bananas

Be sure to follow me on Pinterest! That's where I keep all my good recipes hidden ;)

xo.

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