Vegan Baked Ziti

Vegan Baked Ziti

Ingredients:

• 2 Cups of pasta 
• 1/2 block of firm tofu (drained and pressed)
• 1 tbs of nutritional yeast
• 1 tbs of hemp seeds
• 1 tsp of garlic powder
• 1 zucchini 
• 1/2 a large onion
• 6 ounces of hearty tomato sauce
• 1/2 bell pepper

Directions:

• Pre-heat oven to 375dgs 
• Cook pasta 
• In a large bowl mash the tofu with nutritional yeast, hemp seeds, and garlic powder set aside
• In a bowl grate the onion and zucchini
• Added the grated onion and zucchini to the tofu mixture and gently fold together
• Once the pasta is done, place the pasta in your baking dish and add the tofu mix into fully incorporated with the pasta
• Pour the tomato sauce over the dish, add the bell peppers on top.
• Sprinkle a little garlic powder and nutritional yeast on top
• Cook for 15mins

Maple Banana Blueberry Muffins

Maple Banana Blueberry Muffins

Muffins are one of those great things to have on hand for busy mornings, Making a batch of muffins Sunday means breakfast for my toddler is set for the week. 

Ingredients:

• 2 Cups of whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp of baking soda
• 1 tsp of baking powder
• 1/2 tsp of cinnamon
• 1/4 cup of raw sugar
• 4 over ripe bananas 
• 1/4 cup of earth balance
• 1 tbs of maple syrup
• 1/2 cup of maple water
• 1/2 pint of blueberries 

Directions:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 dgs
• In a medium bowl mash the bananas to a smooth consistency
• Melt the earth balance, than add to bananas and stir
• Add the maple water and maple syrup to the banana, butter mixture and stir 
• In a large bowl combine all dry ingredients  
• Slowly add the wet ingredients to the bowl with the dry you can use a hand mixer or simply whisk  until a creamy thick batter occurs
• Gently fold the blueberries into the batter until there's blueberries throughout 
• You will need 2 cupcake pans (this recipe makes 12 medium) lined with cupcake liners, this will make removing muffins very simple later.
• In the pre-heated oven cook the muffins until the tops begin to brown 15-20 mins depending on your oven.

Serve with a side of fresh fruit and a cup of your favorite non dairy milk, 

Meal planning and budgeting plant based family

Meal planning and budgeting plant based family 

Learn about how I meal plan and budget on a plant based diet!

What I ate Wednesday 3/18/15

What I ate Wednesday 3/18/15

 

I started the day with a big bowl of oatmeal and pure maple syrup and about 15 deglet nour dates.

Meal 2/morning snack. Was 3 oranges and 2/3cupsof grapes. I didn't finish the grapes though.

 Lunch I was craving bread and I love bread! Giving into my cravings in the healthiest form possible with moderation works for me, no binging, satisfied my cravings win win! Anyway I had a grilled veggie sandwich with mustard.

 I got home from work and did insanity max 30 tabata power and abs and died a little.

 

After my workout I had my chocolate shakeology with frozen pineapple. I was a little sacred of this combo but it was delicious! A perfect post workout drink!

Dinner was baked eggplant, garlic tomato sauce and broccoli!

 

 

 



What I ate Wednesday! February 25th, 2015

What I ate Wednesday!

February 25th, 2015

 

 

Before I show you guys the delicious food I ate today. I wanted to take a second to talk about my goals and nutrition right now. I would like to start of by saying I am not a fan of long term calorie counting but I do think it is a good idea to educate yourself about the food your eating. Since I became vegan and started focusing on eating more raw food (which is a much lower calorie content per serving), I have struggled with eating enough and understanding appropriate portions for raw meals. I have began calorie counting a bit, in the morning I sit down and go on cronometer.com and type in what I plan to eat that day. My goal right now is to eat 500 calories 4 times a day. I don't calorie count through-out the day, and I don't eat 100% what I plan, I simply like knowing I am fueling my body appropriately! Now to see what I ate!:

 

Meal 1:

Breakfast Smoothie:

This smoothie is my obsession right now!!

 

•  1/2 cup of oats
•  1 scoop of vanilla rice protein
•  1 banana
•  4dates
•  1tbsp of chia seeds
•  Water to blend

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meal 2:

Pure pulp tangerine pineapple juice.  4 tangerines and 2 cups of frozen pineapple blended unstrained, it was about 32oz. This was basically like drinking creamy sugar!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meal 3: (I was at work and couldn't take pictures!)

• Serving of trail mix
• Super food shake (1 banana, 1 scoop of shakeology, 2 cups of spinach)

 

 

Meal 4:

 

• Baked potato
• Sautéed lentils, onion, and garlic
• Steamed broccoli
• Hummus