Vegans Eat This, Not That!

Yes, I totally ripped that off from a super popular book. It is a very simple diet changing premise, and comes in very handy when switching a typical recipe into a healthy & delicious Vegan meal!

Milk for baking and drinking = Silk Pure Almond Milk or Almond Breeze or SO Delicious Coconut Milk

Milk in cooking = Organic Soy Milk

Butter = Earth Balance

1 Egg in baking recipe = 1/2 banana, pureed

Slice of cheese or Cream Cheese= spread of Tofutti Cream Cheese

Ground Beef or Chorizo = Soyrizo, Trader Joe's is gluten free!

Burgers = Morningstar Farms Vegan Grillers

Sausage = Morningstar Farms Sausage Patties (have a small amount of egg, booooo)

Ribs = Morningstar Farms Veggie Riblets (these are so good, I had to include them!)

Ice Cream Desserts = Rice Dreams Mint Cookie Sandwich, Tofutti Cuties, sorbet, SO Delicious yogurt or ice cream (made from coconut milk!)

Finally, a day late and a dollar short, my meal plan yesterday:

Breakfast: Bowl of Trader Joe's quick cooking steel cut oats topped with ground flaxseed, cinnamon and sliced bananas.

Snack: Protein Shake & Trail Mix

Lunch: Almond Butter & Jelly on sprouted grain bread, side of broccoli

Snack: 1 leftover birthday cupcake with sliced green apples, then Wine Tasting with crackers (don't judge me!)

Dinner: Sweet Potato and Lentil Chili with homemade vegan cornbread

Dessert: Wine

Today I am behaving because tonight is my birthday party and I need to fit into a teeny tiny dress, so instead of allowing some eggs or cheese I have instead stuck to an extra day of my strictly Vegan diet, and I feel great!

Breakfast: 2 homemade vegan oatmeal cookies

Lunch: Simple Salad with organic vinaigrette, okay, and a tiny bag of BAKED Doritos!

Snack: Trail Mix and 1 vegan cookie

Dinner: at Hugos for my birthday!

Snack: chocolate covered apples at MBar while we watch a Burlesque Show!

Why am I still sitting here? I need to bust out the sequins and red lipstick!