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My Weekly Plant-based and Gluten-free Meal Plan
As a vegan who strives to eat healthy, this week’s meals were gluten-free. Trying voiceovers for the first time has been a learning experience, but it’s all part of my goal to explore new recipes and nourishing foods. By documenting my meals, I hope to hold myself accountable and avoid falling into the routine of making the same dishes repeatedly. Hopefully, sharing my journey will inspire others to try new things in the kitchen as well.
This week’s menu featured a variety of plant-based dishes that are both delicious and nutritious. It’s important for me to keep things interesting and experiment with different flavors and ingredients. By stepping out of my comfort zone, I hope to discover new favorite recipes and continue to expand my culinary skills. Eating well as a vegan doesn’t have to be boring or restrictive – there are endless possibilities to explore!
Nourishing Noms: A Week of Wholesome Plant-Based Eats
good morning I’m starting day one with a smoothie that contains banana apple spinach fennel celery lemon juice Ginger coconut water chia seeds and frozen strawberries this is such a delicious and refreshing recipe you got the sweetness from all the fruit and the lemon juice compliments the fennel and.
The ginger quite nicely for a snack I had carrots cucumbers and peas from the garden and a couple of energy bites from work one of the flavors was lemon cranberry cashew and the other was almond lunch was some roasted schwarma spiced cauliflower crumbled tofu roasted potatoes and a lemon dill.
Sauce this poor dragon fruit was going moldy on the counter so I had to bring it for a snack today I ate granola with some cherry juice I had a chickpea beet Patty on a lettuce wrap with some mushrooms avocado tomato and carrot paired with a creamy Dill pasta salad with cucumbers and.
Onions to wrap up day one I had to have another bowl of granola and cherry juice with a nectarine breakfast was another smoothie with banana orange kale coconut water flax seed and some frozen strawberries for a snack I had some Apple dates and col.
Robbie for lunch I’m making some hash browns with the leftover shredded potato I had some spices just pop that in the air fryer until it was crispy to a pan I’ve got some crumbled tofu maple syrup and coconut aminos I also toasted up some pumpkin seeds for lunch I had some Milik katani soup made by my dear friend topped with.
Cilantro and pumpkin seeds side of hash browns peash shots and the Tofu for a snack I had the most delicious local cherries for dinner I had leftover pasta salad on mixed greens topped with marinated tofu I got outside to pick Saskatoon berries we have this huge Bush on our.
Property and most of the berries are ready to be picked starting off day three with a nectarine I had a smoothie with coconut water banana cherries orange some hemp seeds and some vanilla protein powder for a snack I add a.
Couple Frozen grapes and some more of those delicious local cherries I decided to make some peanut butter I always love to make my own peanut butter there really is nothing like it and it really is so simple I just add my peanuts to the food processor and let.
It spin until it gets all smooth and creamy now for lunch I wanted to make kebabs but I don’t have the skewers so we’re taking a little bit of a different rout this is me blanching mushrooms and broccoli I added pineapple zucchini tofu Peppers as well as the mushrooms and broccoli to a bowl with some marinade.
And let it sit to my handy dandy quart Grill I added all my veggies the pineapple and the tofu and I’m going to grill it till they get this beautiful Char on them I enjoyed them on a bed of lettuce and rice and I drizzled a bit more of the marinade over.
Top I picked raspberries with Marty this year we’ve had such an abundant supply of raspberries every day I’ve been filling up a baking sheet full of them to freeze for the winter time we’ve also had a decent supply of peas as well I’m having some of that fresh peanut butter I just made on a rice cake one of them has raspberries.
And the other has strawberries I also had to have something Savory so I made one more with avocado cucumber salt and cilantro I’m ending the day with a blended banana chia pudding with raspberries I had a smoothie with banana cilantro barleygrass juice powder.
Spirina powder orange coconut water and wild blueberries with some DL flakes it was so Smoky out this morning due to all the forest fires in my area so I do apologize for the poor video quality for lunch I made some fried rice with the leftovers from yesterday I added spinach and some chives to garnish for a snack add some apple and.
Cucumber and a couple of carrots I’m just doing some meal prepping sautéing up mixed veg Tempe with coconut aminos I’m making lentil meatballs with lentils onions garlic parsley tomato paste oregano nutritional yeast blend that all up in the food processor I divided them into little.
Patty shapes and I like to put them in the freezer and take them out as needed this sauce is made up of avocado garlic lime salt and pepper I had a chickpea beet Patty with that avocado sauce lettuce mushrooms Tomatoes carrots and I used portabella mushrooms as Burger buns with a side of boiled new potatoes with some ketchup.
this morning I had a smoothie with coconut water banana beets spinach hemp seeds Frozen cherries blueberries and blackberries had some dragon fruit for lunch I had leftover stir fry and potatoes I had more of that Blended up chia pudding with berries and.
Bananas I had the best nectarine I’ve had all year with some carrots and celery freshly picked charred from the greenhouse for tonight’s dinner dinner was marinara spaghetti with some veggies gluten-free pasta spiralized zucchini with a side of chard and peash shots topped with those lentle meatballs I ended the day with a cosmic crisp apple.
this morning I had the exact same smoothie as I did yesterday the one with the beets I really really enjoyed it I’ve never really been a big fan of beets so I’ve kind of been trying to incorporate them more and try them out different ways fresh raspberries from the garden for a snack.
I snacked on watermelon carrots and celery with the leftover stir fried veggies I made a Thai coconut curry and I paired it with the leftover pineapple parsley quinoa I’m making feta tofu and this is me making the marinade for it I added lemon zest lemon juice apple cider.
Vinegar some miso paste nutritional yeast cumin salt chili flakes and I mixed that all together then I pour in my crumbled up tofu pop the lid on and Shake to distribute all the mar marinade then I pop that in the fridge I snacked on more.
Cherries I’m going to air fry some chickpeas I added some garlic powder salt pepper and Dill I’m chopping up basil for tonight’s salad cutting up this avocado I was blessed with a beautiful one that doesn’t happen every day tonight’s dinner is a watermelon salad with mixed greens basil avocado.
Cucumber and the tofu feta I used the marinade as a dressing and to garnish I added those crispy chickpeas for some crunch for breakfast I had the exact same smoothie okay the the Beet smoothie it’s it’s really good I was just craving it I had to make it again.
Okay it’s a 10 out of 10 recommend smoothie recipe for a snack I had a nectarine for lunch I had Thai curry with the leftover chickpeas and pineapple parsley quinoa another snack was Apple cucumber and dates and I had more cherries I’m going to be so sad when they go out of.
Season look at my score guys the business beside my work was going to trash this beautiful produce and so I’m like hey could I take those home they’re like yeah go for it that just made my day I’m not a wasteful person and it’s hard for me to see perfectly good food thrown out so I’ve decided I’m going to make some stewed collared greens with.
Garlic onions apple cider vinegar chili flakes and sundried tomato and I snacked on carrots while I waited dinner was left over spaghetti lentil meatballs peash shots and the collared greens this was my first time doing voiceovers for my videos it was definitely a learning curve so I hope it.
Turned out okay please please leave me your feedback in the comments and as always thank you for being here and I’ll see you next week
