It’s been a long time since I did a “what I ate in a day” style post, but I feel like returning to my OG format for the a moment. Here goes.
Breakfast: Vegan & GF pancakes (made with Bob’s Red Mill mix and almond milk). I didn’t use any kind of vegan egg substitute, I just left it out. I also used only almond milk (rather than the water/oil combo they recommended).
I topped it with warm peanut butter and banana slices. Half the banana went into my mouth before it made it onto the pancakes. Oops!
Lunch: Greek yogurt parfait with strawberries and cinnamon raisin quinoa & brown rice.
And since I can’t leave well enough alone, I added unsweetened vanilla almond milk to the mix and created a creamy, fruity grain porridge.
Snack: Righteously Raw 90% cacao caramel bar. Holy yum. I never knew lucuma could be so awesome.
In my opinion, raw food has never been this good. For reals. Full disclosure, a friend tried this and didn’t like it, so maybe my taste buds aren’t 100% reliable. It’s not very sweet, but it’s not bitter either. It’s nice and mellow. I ate half.
Dinner: Spinach salad with quinoa and Nature Boy vegan “chick’n” salad.
The salad is from my Philly return flight (since I completely over-packed my food). I used the tupperware as a shake-n-bake container. I added a tiny bit of Bragg’s aminos and olive oil. It made sure the spinach and quinoa got completely coated in protein goodness.
I actually had two servings, which means I consumed a few lbs of spinach total.
Sorry Kermit, it’s actually pretty easy being green.
Dessert: Samoa cupcake from Sweet Freedom Bakery.
Pretty impressive that these treats made it all the way back to my fridge from PA.
It’s probably not surprising, but Samoas were my favorite Girl Scout cookie. Chocolate + Coconut + Caramel = Dessert trifecta! And the fact that it was vegan, gluten free, soy free, etc. makes it all the more impressive.
The inside was full of caramel which oozed out when I bit into it. Ummmm, kinda amazing.
There you go. A full day of food. Voila!
that cocoa caramel bar looks so delicious! Looks like a good day of eats to me!
Ive tried most of the Righteously Raw chocolates and surprisingly didn’t enjoy them! The best one was stuffed with goji berries and had a 90% cacao content. Definitely worth trying though!
The samoa cupcakes sounds so good! and look delicious.
That might be on my list for my next baking experiment
That all looks AMAZING. Was this a day off work? I would be utterly amazed if you were able to put all that together AND work all day. Wow!
I have yet to try quinoa
Elise, I love following your blog and all of the great recipes you feature, so I am nominating you for the Versatile Blogger Award (http://versatilebloggeraward.wordpress.com/vba-rules/) and featuring a link to your blog on my website Amy’s Nutritarian Kitchen (amysnutritariankitchen.blogspot.com). -Amy
Omg I just bought one of those chocolate bars and wowowow are they good! I seriously loved them. Very expensive though! But deliciously yummy!
I would like to eat all of your food. So delicious. Mmm, chocolate + coconut + caramel sounds like heaving, actually if you replaced caramel with peanut butter that sounds like my kind of dessert!
OK that raw chocolate bar thing sounds amazing… I LOVE lucuma… and I reckon my taste buds would be similar to yours (ew is that a weird thing to say?) I want to make something like it!
I will say that I love the balance in your diet 🙂 Those pancakes & cupcakes are seriously calling my name.
Do you use regular raisins? They look so plump and delicious! 🙂
Mmm those cupcakes look amazing! 🙂
i am a lucuma virgin, but i really liked it. my taste buds are mega caramel lovers. im iffy on goji berries.
check out what cara at fork and beans made…http://forkandbeans.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/begging-for-samoa-cupcakes-at-the-goodveg/
definitely a day off work!
suzanne…im not sure if we can be friends 😉
TRY QUINOA!!!
thanks amy!! thats so nice of you 🙂
so expensive!! dang it.
i agree though…your food always looks like EXACTLY something id make myself, so i think you would love this bar. its CRAZY expensive though. i dont know why i bought it. stupid elise. lucuma sending me to the poor house…
yeah. they’re just normal old raisins. but here’s a trick…soaking them overnight makes them plump up significantly. i learned this from overnight oats and crockpot oats.
Start with the quinoa granola recipe on this site!!
Hey Elise! How do you like that pancake/waffle mix? I’m trying to eat gluten-free atm and have been craving pancakes, so I was thinking of trying it out, but I’m skeptical because I’ve had some not so great GF products in the past. Thanks in advance! Ps your blog is awesome.
I liked it. I’m also a fan of wildroots brand ancient grain GF waffle and pancake mix. I got it at Costco on our last visit and I’m obsessed.