Chocolate Cupcakes and Lentil Stew
Intake
Breakfast (8:00 AM)
- Banana
- One cup of Kashi's GoLean Cruch with soy milk
Lunch (11:00 AM)
- Mexican rice wrap (see recipe from last post)
- Green grapes
- Carrot and celery sticks
Snack (4:00 PM)
- Three vegan chocolate cupcakes (recipe below)
Dinner (5:00 PM)
- Lentil stew (recipe below)
- Triscuits
- Salad (spinach and kale with flax dressing)
(Yeah, that's my desk. It's a mess, I know. Heh.)
Ahhh, those cupcakes are killing me. Good thing there's only three left. Sheesh.
Exercise
- 45 minutes of racquet ball (I'm sooo sore from it).
Chocolate Vegan Cupcakes
- 3 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 6-8 tablespoons of baking cocoa
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons vinegar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups cold water
Mix the dry ingredients. Add the wet ingredients. Stir until smooth. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Makes about 15-20 cupcakes.
Lentil Stew
- 1 lb (2 1/4 cups) green lentils
- 1 large onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 (14 oz) cans of diced tomatoes
- 1 packed frozen chopped spinach
- Black pepper, salt, dried parsley, garlic powder, garlic salt
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- Couple cups of water
Saute the onion and garlic with the oil and seasonings in a soup pot. Add water (how much you want for thickness) and lentils. Bring to boil. Reduce heat and it shimmer for half an hour or so. Add the tomatoes. Add more water if needed. Let it simmer for 10 minutes. Add the spinach and let it simmer for another 10.
I had Food and Nutrition class today, and we were learning about legumes and the teacher told the class that to get the full protein from beans you need to eat it with a grain. I never had the chance to ask, but I'm guessing that it's the only way it can get absorbed into the body? Does anyone know why? I should google this.
And here's a tip for everyone:
Eat your veggies!
Breakfast (8:00 AM)
- Banana
- One cup of Kashi's GoLean Cruch with soy milk
Lunch (11:00 AM)
- Mexican rice wrap (see recipe from last post)
- Green grapes
- Carrot and celery sticks
Snack (4:00 PM)
- Three vegan chocolate cupcakes (recipe below)
Dinner (5:00 PM)
- Lentil stew (recipe below)
- Triscuits
- Salad (spinach and kale with flax dressing)
(Yeah, that's my desk. It's a mess, I know. Heh.)
Ahhh, those cupcakes are killing me. Good thing there's only three left. Sheesh.
Exercise
- 45 minutes of racquet ball (I'm sooo sore from it).
Chocolate Vegan Cupcakes
- 3 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 6-8 tablespoons of baking cocoa
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons vinegar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups cold water
Mix the dry ingredients. Add the wet ingredients. Stir until smooth. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Makes about 15-20 cupcakes.
Lentil Stew
- 1 lb (2 1/4 cups) green lentils
- 1 large onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 (14 oz) cans of diced tomatoes
- 1 packed frozen chopped spinach
- Black pepper, salt, dried parsley, garlic powder, garlic salt
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- Couple cups of water
Saute the onion and garlic with the oil and seasonings in a soup pot. Add water (how much you want for thickness) and lentils. Bring to boil. Reduce heat and it shimmer for half an hour or so. Add the tomatoes. Add more water if needed. Let it simmer for 10 minutes. Add the spinach and let it simmer for another 10.
I had Food and Nutrition class today, and we were learning about legumes and the teacher told the class that to get the full protein from beans you need to eat it with a grain. I never had the chance to ask, but I'm guessing that it's the only way it can get absorbed into the body? Does anyone know why? I should google this.
And here's a tip for everyone:
Eat your veggies!
posted by Sarah @ 5:31 PM
4 Comments:
At 10:17 PM,
Catherine said…
Hey Sarah,
That whole protein combo thing is considered a myth by many, although I'm not a nutritionist, so I'm not an expert or anything.
My understanding of the information is, most plants have most of the essential amino acids in some level, although some foods have lots of some and just a little of others. The whole "protein combo" thing your teacher was talking about was popular in the seventies -- in order to eat a meal that had good levels of all amino acids, you had to combine.
Now, however, vegetarians and nutritionists say that, as long as you eat a variety of foods during your day, including whole grains, legumes, fruits, veggies, and nuts, you should be getting adequate levels of all the amino acids.
You may want to do more research -- good luck!
Your lentil stew looks yummy, by the way!
At 3:02 PM,
Harmonia said…
I'm loving your blog! Swing by and let me know if it's okay to link you and visit often! I saw you at Vicki's place.
I'm at:
http://harmonia.blogsome.com
Harmonia
At 11:30 PM,
KaiVegan said…
Sarah,
I second what Catherine said.
Here's a good place to start:
http://www.vegsource.com/mcdougall/
There are people in that board that could site researches and facts to you. You could even ask Dr McDougall himself. Really.
At 8:14 AM,
Virginie said…
Hi Sarah,
I'm discovering you blog and like it very much.
I would say like Catherine about vegetal proteins. You can combine too grains with nuts to get all the essentials proteins. But you know, with meat it's the same "maths". You don't get the whole proteins eating only meat. People get it because they eat grains too in a day (usually bread, pastas, rice). And they never think about it. It's just because we're vegan and don't eat as the majority that the question is asked !
Thank you for your menus and recipes. Just a question from a french blogger : what is raquet ball ? Is it what we call here tennis ?
Bye !
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