Week 1 Meals

 Okay then, week one is in the bag!

Notes:

  • I have pantry and fridge stuff to use up so I only hit about 80% plant-based (but 100% vegetarian, woohoo!) Not bad for week one. I'm aiming for a higher percentage next week. The meals/snacks in red included dairy and eggs. 
  • Most days I had a snack between breakfast and lunch, between lunch and dinner, then a couple of muffins around 8:30 PM. Yes, I ate 14 muffins this week. They're made from rolled oats ground into a flour. Tasty, healthy, and filling.
  • All recipes and food notes are in the Week 1 Recipes page.
  • I'm ridiculously pleased with myself. I have way more energy than last week. And the scale indicates that I'm down a couple of pounds!

Day

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Snack

Snack

Snack

Drinks

1 

Steel cut oats with blueberries, ground flax seed

Fake cheese & tomato sandwich


Tostadas with refried beans, vegan taco, vegan queso (2 servings)

Larabar


Banana

Lemon poppyseed muffins

water, black coffee, unsweetened seltzer

2

Steel cut oats with blueberries, ground flax seed

Salad with taco “meat” and salsa; fake cheese and tomato sandwich

Microwaved potato with vegan queso & side of refried beans

Turmeric latte (next time I'll make without honey)

Banana

Lemon poppyseed muffins

water, black coffee, unsweetened seltzer

3 

Kodiak waffles with blueberries and flax

Microwaved potato with vegan queso & side of refried beans

Fresh tortilla filled with vegan taco cheese. Plus side salad


Popcorn with spray oil and vegan chikn seasoning

Lemon poppyseed muffins

water, black coffee

4 

Fake cheese & tomato sandwich (too hungry to fuss with cooking lol)

Personal pizza with shroom, vegan sausage, and feta

Tostadas with refried beans, vegan taco, vegan queso + 2X PB toast cuz still hungy

Banana 

Larabar

Lemon poppyseed muffins

water, black coffee, plain rooibos tea

5 

Fryup - shrooms, bell pepper, potato, 2 eggs

Fake cheese & tomato sandwich 

Papa Johns!! 3 slices

Popcorn with spray oil and seasoning

Banana

Lemon poppyseed muffins

water, black coffee, plain rooibos tea

6 

Steel cut oats with blueberries, ground flax seed

Fake cheese & tomato sandwich; side salad


Tostadas with refried beans, vegan taco, vegan queso 

Popcorn with spray oil and seasoning

Larabar

Lemon poppyseed muffins

water, black coffee, plain rooibos tea


7 

2 slices avocado toast with bagel seasoning 

Fresh tortilla filled with vegan taco cheese. Plus a microwave potato browned up in spray oil  with cajun seasoning

Split pea soup + popeyes biscuit 

Lemon poppyseed muffins


Lemon poppyseed muffins

water, black coffee, plain rooibos tea

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