Lunch Break - Thursday

MASHED POTATOES / vegan, gluten-free, sugar-free, soy-free / The stars were seriously aligned when I made these. The only thing I did differently than my pre-crazy diet days was use almond milk instead of vegan sour cream, so maybe that was it. Or maybe it was fairy dust. I don't know. If it was the almond milk, I'm a newly converted almond milk in mashed potatoes girl from here on out. I took regular peeled and boiled russet potatoes, blended with a bit of soy-free Earth Balance and unsweetened almond milk, added a touch of onion and garlic powders, and then a fair amount of salt and pepper. That's it! Magic, fairy, unicorn mashed potatoes.

OVEN ROASTED VEGGIES / vegan, paleo, gluten-free, sugar-free, soy-free, nut-free / Oven roasted broccoli and asparagus with shallot oil and Coconut Aminos. I was on the fence about Coconut Aminos, but with the shallot oil, some salt and pepper, it was pretty tasty on these roasted veggies.

BAKED SPAGHETTI SQUASH / vegan, paleo, gluten-free, sugar-free, soy-free, nut-free / Leftovers from spaghetti squash dinner the night before. Nothing fancy, but spaghetti squash, is always a winner.

TERRA CHIPS / vegan, paleo (I think), gluten-free, sugar-free, soy-free / These are some of the few packaged snacks (that we've found) that are soy-free, corn-free, sugar-free, wheat-free, oat-free, etc. Luckily, they're delicious and perfect and it's way too easy to eat the entire bag in one sitting.

YOGURT AND RASPBERRIES / vegan, gluten-free, refined sugar-free, soy-free / Refer to Tuesday's lunch. This is just unsweetened coconut yogurt, with agave syrup and vanilla extract, topped with raspberries.

On My Plate Lately...

I wish I ate fresh bread, cakes, and elaborate meals daily as my blogposts may suggest, but in the real world, I usually am just throwing together something quickly or worse, snacking (I know it's bad). To give you a better idea of what my more typical meals look like, I've started snapping some photos of my day to day eats. So here it is, what I've been eating (and drinking), according to Instagram....

Clockwise from top: 

grilled veggies on a warm day :: Japanese sesame salad and Trader Joe's chickenless strips :: fresh summer fruit :: heart-shaped buttermilk biscuits with homemade strawberry jam :: tempeh fried rice :: homemade pumpernickel bread with Tofutti cream cheese :: pad thai with Shirataki tofu noodles :: garden fresh veggies with poppyseed dressing ::  Brussels sprouts stir fry with Tofurkey vegan Italian sausage :: soy chai latte