This recipe that made AWESOME blueberry muffins that didn't taste the slightest bit vegan! I've found that searching for Vegan recipes is the most useful... I'm certainly not vegan, but those recipes tend to follow most of my allergy guidelines. Paleo recipes, on the other hand, have way too much meat and eggs for me to try and modify to suit me. So these muffins... seriously delicious. I chose to use unsweetened applesauce instead of a banana and coconut oil instead of vegetable oil as well as soy milk instead of almond. They turned out great! I mean, they did have an average amount of sugar in them. I didn't say they were healthy.
I'm totally addicted to these microwavable bowls from Sprouts. They have a decent amount of protein and hardly any sugar. Literally the best microwavable food I've ever had and I am so picky about that stuff!
Protein is what I struggle to get. I have been eating the most unusual amount of beans and lentils lately. Like, daily. In my pantry at all times are: black beans, pinto beans, black eyed peas, lentils, baked beans, garbanzo beans, kidney beans, & refried beans. And I eat at least one of those everyday. And yes, I hear a sufficient amount of bean jokes from Karl. I eat fish and red meat probably 2-3 times a week and no meat at all anywhere from 1 day a week to 4... depending on how much I hate fish and beef that week.
Breakfast has been a big adjustment because I have to have, wait for it, PROTEIN in the mornings. Nixing eggs, bacon, & sausage has been rough. So last week I bought meatless bacon. Gross, right?? It's actually not that disgusting. It certainly doesn't taste like bacon but I'm not exactly sure what it tastes like? Regardless, it's fuel and the protein I need to keep me from feeling like I'm going to pass out in between meals. Also helping? Sunflower butter. Since peanut butter and the good protein it packs is off the table, I bought some sunflower butter and it's pretty tasty! I actually think I like the more mild taste than peanut butter.
I've found a few great quinoa recipes that I have been able to eat-on all week once I've made them during the weekend (like this one) and I bought basically everything at Sprouts that was Hannah allergy approved so I didn't feel empty-pantry-defeated. Hopefully I don't die of heart disease because of red meat overdose and also I don't gain a million pounds because of all the carboloading that's happening at this house. I literally have every type of rice and pasta known to man in the pantry right now.
On the menu for this week: lime marinated mahi mahi, my favorite salmon ever, tikka masala, vegan lasagna, and avocado chickpea salad
I'm hoping by posting recipes and sharing more online, I'm slightly more accountable for making good food choices? I don't know... maybe not. We'll see.
Happy cooking and congrats on making it thru the most dry post in the history of DL!
Hannah K.C. Burton
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