Chia breakfast and BLT wraps

These have been my two most common foods this week. And my chia breakfast I've been having for months and months now.

Chia Cereal:
3 tbsp chia seeds
1 scoop of vega nutritional shake vanilla flavor
enough water to cover
2 tbsp apple sweetened cranberries.

Mix everything together and let it soak for a few minutes and it is ready to consume. I also travelled around New York/ New Jersey last week, and took ziplock bags full of these three ingredients and I had an instant nutritional breakfast anywhere I went.


BLT wraps:
This takes less than 5 minutes to make, I was inspired by visiting a vegan restaurant in NYC and ordered this, and it was sooo amazing! I craved it so much afterwards that as soon as I came home I bought the ingredients so I could make it too.

2-3 leaves of romaine
1/2 tbsp vegan mayo
1 slice of cheddar vegan cheese (I use Daiya)
3-4 slices of tomato
(the restaurant also had avocado in the wrap, however the avocados at my local organic store were pretty unripe so I went without)
2 slices of tempeh bacon
1 wrap

I take the shortcut way, of using a microwave.. Take a wrap, put the slice of cheese on one side, plus 2 slices of bacon.  Microwave for 45 seconds. Add the tomato, lettuce, and mayo to the other side of the wrap. Roll it up and consume :)

So easy and so satisfying :)

Spaghetti with meatballs

Spaghetti with meatballs:
serves 2 very large portions
1/2 package of gardein meatballs
1 can of tomato sauce
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp dried basil
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp agave
1 tsp white wine vinegar
1 tsp oil
dash of black pepper and red chilli flakes
1 head small cabbage chopped
1 handful of spaghetti (I used organic hand made ramen! way good :) )

top with nutritional yeast to serve.

Heat meatballs in tomato sauce plus all seasonings until the oil.  Boil Spaghetti until done or whatever pasta you choose to use.  Once the meatballs are cooked add the cabbage until the desired consistency.

This recipe is super fast and filling.

And it's Monday again

For breakfast I had:

Apricot Mesquite chia cereal
2 tbsp chia seeds
soaked in 1 cup water
4 sliced apricots
1 sliced mango
1/2 tbsp of mesquite

I also had a small bowl of millet cereal with flax milk-- at breakfast late and wasn't sure when I'd be getting lunch.

Fo lunch I made:

Refried Black Bean Quesadilla with pumpkin seed cheese smothered swiss chard
Makes 2

2 rice tortilla
1 tomato chopped
6 tbsp refried black beans
1 small bundle swiss chard

cheese--
1 cup pumpkin seeds
 2-3 tbsp water
3 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp nutritional yeast
2 teaspoons agave
1 dash braggs

Mix the cheese ingredients in a blender until chunky -- consistency of ricotta.

Wash and chop the swiss chard, and pour cheese mixture on top, mix well.

Spread out 3tbsps refried beans onto the middle of the tortilla and put it in the oven
or broiler for 5-7 minutes until rice tortilla gets soft in the middle and crispy on the outside.

Remove tortilla from oven and spread tomatoes, in the middle and half of the swiss chard cheese mixture.


Dinner:

Veggie burgers
Sauerkraut
Daiya swiss cheese
ketchup
bread
bread and butter pickles

I got home late tonight.. so picked up some of my favorite veggie burgers, put on the cheese -- can throw them in the oven or microwave and then add the rest of the ingredients :)

Super easy.

Meals of the day

This is the ultimate lazy day, of no effort.

There was a lot of leftovers from the retreat, so I've just been making use of the food.
In addition today was a bit of a busy day, so didn't really spend any time cooking.  So some frozen foods, that's how it goes sometimes.

Breakfast:
Hemp plus granola (natures path)
plus
unsweetened almond milk

-- I'm really not the biggest fan of sugary cereals, we were unfortunately out of fruit this morning.. so sad situation.

Lunch:
Snap green peas
mini bell peppers
1/2 vegan pizza
1/2 vegan bean patty

Snack:
2 peanut butter toasts with chocolate chips
I know I went all out today.

Dinner:
1/2 cup of rice
1 cup of minestrone soup
2 toast and one with daiya (vegan cheese)