What Did I Eat Today?

Breakfast:

Sprouted Grain Toast (Food for Life, Ezekiel) with Almond butter

1/2 a banana

1 cup Matcha Tea (Green Tea)

1/2 cup almond milk, unsweetened

Lunch:

2 Peasant Pies (Moroccan Lentil, Spicy Eggplant)

Supplements:

Multivitamin by New Chapter

2 Vitamin D capsules

1 dropper full of Vitamin B12 (sublingual)

Elderberry Tincture- 1 dropper full

Dandelion Tincture- 1 dropper full

Snack:

3 clementines

Dinner:

1/2 cup barley (hulled not pearl)

2 cups steamed swiss chard and collard greens

3 oz. tempeh

3/4 cup roasted kabocha squash (Japanese pumpkin)

1/2 cup mixed veg (carrot, beet, onion, garlic, celery and mushrooms)

Snack:

1 apple

5 mary’s gone crackers with 2 TBS babaganoush

I’ve heard a few people out there dismiss the vegetarian diet after trying it for a short time, saying that they just didn’t feel satisfied or complete unless the meal contained animal foods.  Most of this is psychological and it takes a few weeks for new habits to be formed and tastebuds to change. But for some people there may be some truth to them not feeling satiated if the meal did not contain all the necessary components.  And this could happen with any diet, not just when switching to a vegetarian diet! (more…)