Week Three Week three and we’re still vegans!. We kept the breakfasts the same for the most part. I had smoothies everyday, and Sara mixed in some cereal. We ate out a bit more, both together for dinner and individually for lunch. I noted our different meals below to give you some ideas. After putting [...]

Black-eyed Peas & Collard Greens
I can say without a doubt that this recipe has been made more times in our household than any other dish over the last year. We adapted it from Isa Chandra Moskowitz’s book Apetite for Reduction. It and several of her other recipes were the gateway drugs that has lead us to veganism. I like it [...]

Vegan Chad’s Eat Some Greens Smoothie
This is my go to smoothie for breakfast or any quick meal. It is loaded with protein from powder supplements and a truckload of spinach. The base is the liquids, blueberries and banana. Start with that then you can have your way with this bad boy. I was apprehensive about drinking spinach but grew to love it [...]
Vegan Meal Plans – Week Two
Week Two Here is the meal plan for our second week. We repeated several meals from week one that we liked. In the case of the Chickpea Cutlets we wanted to share that meal with the rest of the family–they loved it. For dinner on Day 7 we decided to sample Mellow Mushroom’s vegan menu. [...]

Tomato Avocado Sandwich
I first had a version of this sandwich at the World Peace Cafe in Atlanta, GA. A great local vegetarian and vegan restaurant owned by a nearby Buddhist meditation center and staffed mostly by volunteers. Read through the menu on their website for some good lunch and breakfast ideas. The sandwich is simple and paired with their [...]
Vegan Meal Plans – Week One
Week One Here is the meal plan for our first week. It leans heavily toward comfort food and omnivore meal replacements. We designed it this way to help us ease into a new lifestyle. The smoothies are the secret. We encourage you to cram as many greens into them as you can stand. No one [...]

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