Saturday, 31 March 2012

Breakfast: A lovely lie in then homemade fresh scones with sunlite and raspberry jam. Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Lunch: Was out shopping and doing various errands, at son's request we went to pizza hut. Got the usual pan base with no cheese, extra sauce and loads of veggies, it's actually pretty good!

Afternoon Snack: Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Dinner: After the heavy and late lunch just had a small simple salad with butterhead lettuce, red peppers and a mustard and dill vinaigrette.


Evening Snack: Some crackers with margarine, some topped with Taifun basil tofu and some with their smoked tofu. Couple glasses of red wine and a bottle of lager.


ahem- didn't count calories today! ;-)

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Friday, 30 March 2012

Breakfast: Actually, I need to start with "pre-breakfast" as I couldn't sleep and got up at 3:30 in the morning :-( Was quite peckish by 4am so had half a slice of multi-seeded toast spread with sunlite and a glass of orange juice.

Thankfully I fell back to sleep around 5:30 and for proper breakfast at 9 I had a bowl of bite size shredded wheat with fresh raspberries and fortified Rice Dream. Also a cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Lunch: Needed to use up the last of the M&S Falafel so made a warm wrap with 3 falafel, houmous, chopped tomatoes and lettuce. Always good!

Afternoon Snack: Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar and a bag of Choices Chocolate Orange Buttons.

Later on some tortilla chips (lack of sleep always makes me really snacky!)

Dinner: Needed to use up the last of the M&S Vegetable Pakoras, also had pineapple rings that needed using (a clean out the fridge day) so.... made Pineapple Pakora Burgers! It was actually really good, I just sliced the pakora's in half and used 3 halves per burger. A bit odd but hey it worked ;-) Had my burger with Plamil Organic Mayo, lettuce and ketchup. Kieran had chips on the side of his but I just had the burger and found it plenty filling ;-)

Evening Snack: Slice of toasted multi-seeded bread with sunlite spread. Glass of red wine and a few mixed nuts.


Total Calories for the Day:  1928

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Thursday, 29 March 2012

Breakfast: Bowl of Bite Size Shredded Wheat with fresh blueberries and Organic Rice Dream. Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar. Half a slice of multi-seeded bread, toasted with Sunlite spread and peanut butter.

Lunch: Well, it's still pretending to be summer here, I'm even in shorts and a tank top! Decided to embrace the summery feeling and had a Fry's Hotdog in bun with ketchup and French's mustard - because sometimes you gotta ;-)

Afternoon Snack: Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar and a bag of Choices Chocolate Orange Buttons.

Dinner: We still had a load of M&S food left over from last night's feast so had the same again but this time with some chilled champagne as we had something to celebrate! I won 3rd place in The Vegan Woman's 2012 Vegan Food Blog Guide!!! Most excited about this, still can't believe my blog (maple ♥ spice - not this one!) is up there amongst such mega bloggers so a huge thanks to everyone who recommended my site. Truly stunned :-)

Evening Snack: Finished off the champagne with more olives and some tortilla chips.

Total Calories for the Day: 1731

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Wednesday, 28 March 2012

Breakfast: Bowl of bite size shredded wheat with fresh blueberries and organic rice dream. Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Lunch: Really wanted the salad I've had for the past 2 days but had no more spinach. I did have everything else so I fried up the portobello mushroom, shallots, asparagus, garlic and black eyed beans with some smoked sea salt and freshly ground black pepper in some virgin cold pressed rapeseed oil. Loving this oil, it's even produced here in Ireland! Had the skillet with some slices of toasted french baguette spread with Sunlite. Delicious!

Afternoon Snack: Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar and a few squares of Aine Butterscotch Dark Chocolate. There is a photo a few posts down of this stuff, it's amazing, like a dark chocolate toblerone! Sadly it's all gone now too :-(

Dinner: Well, it's unbelievably warm here in Cork! Our house in particular gets very warm as we have triple glazed eco windows, pretty much floor to ceiling in the kitchen/diner and front room. The kitchen today with all the windows open was 26C, the front room even hotter!

I did NOT feel like cooking so we ran into Marks and Spencer, armed with their vegan list and my ability to read labels ;-) Came home and had a gorgeous chilled feast:

All washed down with a glass of chilled white wine, it was lovely :-)

Clockwise from the top:

Black Olive Stiratini (breadsticks)

Fireburst Rice Salad in a Ginger Lime Dressing

Couscous and Roasted Veg Salad in a Lemon Dressing

Houmous

Falafel (smaller balls) 2013 edit - these are no longer vegan!! 

Vegetable Pakora

Rice, Lentil and Roast Aubergine Salad with Garlic Dressing

Stuffed Vine Leaves

Quinoa and Edamame Soya Bean Salad (the only one I wasn't too keen on)

Mixed Marinated Olives

Big up to M&S for fantastic ready made vegan food!!

Evening Snack: 2 more glasses of white wine and I went back for more of the above ;-)

Total Calories for the Day: 1883 - stuffed!

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Tuesday, 27 March 2012

Breakfast: Bowl of Bite Size Shredded Wheat with fresh blueberries and Organic Rice Dream. Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Lunch: The same yummy salad as yesterday: Warm Portabello Mushroom, Black Eyed Bean and Asparagus Spinach Salad :-) (see yesterday for pic).

Also, as the weather is still wonderfully unseasonably warm here I made a great drink using this bottle green Lemon and Ginger Cordial. Mixed it with sparkling water and lots of ice for a refreshing soda, nice and gingery :-)

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Afternoon Snack: A few squares of Aine Butterscotch Dark Chocolate (see yesterday for pic) and a cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Dinner: Made my Pineapple, Cashew and Mushroom Fried Rice - love this one, used brown basmati rice instead of white this time, it was good but I do prefer this one with white rice.

Evening Snack: Pint of pear cider, half a bag of paprika max crisps and a couple slices of french baguette with Sunlite spread.

Total Calories for the Day: 1523

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Monday, 26 March 2012

Breakfast: Bowl of Just Right Cereal with rice milk and a cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Lunch: Made the most delicious salad! For those of you not in Ireland the weather lately has been unbelievable, warmer than it even gets in the summer here so definitely salad season! Plus after all the crap I've been eating lately with everything going on it's great to have something healthier :-)

Warm Portabello Mushroom, Asparagus and Black Eyed Bean Spinach Salad with a Balsamic Dressing:

I also had a handful of green grapes afterwards.

Afternoon Snack: Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon of demerara sugar and a few squares of this amazing chocolate we got in Killarney yesterday:

This has got to be the smoothest dark chocolate I've ever had. I'm usually not a fan of dark chocolate and will generally opt for Choices brand vegan milk chocolate but I'll definitely get this again. The butterscotch is like crunchy bits in there and also very good, kinda like I would imagine a dark chocolate toblerone would be like. Hard to believe something with butterscotch in it would be vegan but here's the ingredients:

Dinner: Made my Hawaiian style Beanburgers with Grilled Pineapple but I had mine in a wholegrain pitta instead with Plamil Organic Mayo. Made some roasted baby new potato wedges on the side. Delicious!

Evening Snack: Pint of pear cider and some roasted peanuts :-)

Total Calories for the Day: 1451

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Sunday, 25 March 2012

Breakfast: Well, it was Mother's Day last Sunday but as that was also my son's birthday we celebrated it today. My lovely husband made my pancakes for breakfast! Beautiful brekkie - with sunlite spread, warmed maple syrup, raspberry jam and a cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Lunch/Dinner: After breakfast we drove to Killarney just to spend the day there. It was a super warm beautiful day here in Cork/Kerry and we had a great day. Had a late lunch at a hotel (forgot the name!) and got a falafel burger with sweet potato fries and a half pint of beer. Lovely!

Afternoon Snack: Grabbed a coffee near Macroom.

Evening Snack: A couple slices of french bread with sunlite spread and a blackberry soy yogurt.

-No idea on calories as we ate out today :-)

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Saturday, 24 March 2012

Breakfast: Bowl of Just Right Cereal with Kara Coconut Milk. Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Morning Snack: Slice of wholegrain toast with sunlite spread and Sweet Freedom Syrup (it's like a vegan honey).

Lunch: Was out in Cork and had a salad wrap made up at a sandwich shop.

Afternoon Snack: Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Dinner: Needed something quick as we got home late. Made a Fry's burger in a french roll with fried onions, mayo and ketchup.

Evening Snack: Pint of beer and a bag of Paprika Max Crisps.

Total Calories for the Day: 1673

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Friday, 23 March 2012

Breakfast: Bowl of Just Right with Kara Coconut Milk and a cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Lunch: Decided to have another go at the tofu omelette and..... success! It was really good, filled with sun-dried tomatoes, almond feta and spring onion. I possibly could have cooked it a little longer though so will give it a couple more test runs then blog it :-)

Afternoon Snack: Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon of demerara sugar and a Cointreau Truffle Pot (same as yesterday).

Oooh, look at me and my fine dining today!

Dinner: Made the Garlicky Black Eyed Bean, Wholegrain Basmati Rice and Pak Choi dish but with broccoli instead of pak choi as that is what I had on hand. Just as yummy, still as wholesome :-) There is a photo 2 posts down...

Afterwards a cup of black tea and a bag of Choices Chocolate Orange Buttons.

Evening Snack: Pint of beer and some Paprika Max Crisps.

Total Calories for the Day: 1723

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Thursday, 22 March 2012

Breakfast: Bowl of Just Right cereal with Kara Coconut Milk and a cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Morning Snack: One sesame Ryvita cracker with margarine and avocado. One pot of raspberry soy yogurt.

Lunch: Well, it was supposed to be a tofu omelette as I was trying to perfect the sun-dried tomato and almond feta one I made awhile back. Total fail. Hungry and frustrated I needed something quick and easy: Plain wrap filled with 3 Fry's Chicken Style Nuggets, lettuce, tomato and Plamil Organic Mayo. Always good this one!

Afternoon Snack: Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar. I also had a lot of Cointreau Ganache left over from making the 10 layer chocolate orange truffle cake so simply spooned it into these little heart dishes, about 2 tablespoons of ganache only as it's quite rich. Beautiful simple treat!

Dinner: Chef Chloe Coscarelli's Macaroni and Cheeze, again with petite pois added. SO happy to finally find a vegan mac and cheese recipe we all love!

Evening Snack: Toasted Onion and Poppyseed Bagel with margarine and a sprinkling of nutritional yeast. Small glass of beer.

Total Calories for the Day: 1638

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Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Breakfast: Bowl of Just Right with Kara Coconut Milk and a cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Morning Snack: Pot of blackberry soy yogurt.

Lunch: Made a new variation on my Vegan Butter Grilled Bagel Toasties: Avocado, Tomato, Almond Feta and Basil on a Caramelized Onion and Poppyseed Bagel. YUM!

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Afternoon Snack: Small slice of 10 Layer Chocolate Orange Truffle Cake (my slice was cut in half so actually it was a 5 layer cake, lol) and a cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Dinner: Had a big head of pak choi that needed using so made my simple Garlicky Pak Choi and Chickpea Rice dish BUT as chickpeas seem to no longer be my friend replaced them with black eyed beans. Also used wholegrain basmati rice instead of white and shallots instead of onion. Easy and delish! :-) Click on the link there for the new recipe.

Afterwards a cup of black tea with half a teaspoon Sweet Freedom syrup.

Evening Snack: Beer, nuts and olives :-)

Total Calories for the Day: 1642

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Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Breakfast: Bowl of Just Right cereal with Kara Coconut Milk. Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Lunch: Can of Heinz Vegetable Soup.

Afternoon Snack: Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar. Small slice of 10 Layer Chocolate Orange Truffle Cake.

Dinner: Chloe Coscarelli's Macaroni and Cheeze with added peas.

Evening Snack: Couple Sesame Ryvita crackers with sunlite spread and slices of avocado.

Total Calories for the Day: 1384 (trying to eat lighter after the decadent weekend!)

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Monday, 19 March 2012

Breakfast: Toasted multigrain bagel with sunlite and peanut butter. Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Lunch: Sadly we were out all day at a funeral. Packed our own sandwiches for the get together afterwards. Had white bean houmous and cucumber, houmous mixed with sun-dried tomato and spring onion and some lettuce, mustard and cheezly. (small triangles, not whole sandwiches!) Also a pint of beer and a couple cups of black tea.

Dinner: Made Oh She Glows 15 minutes creamy avocado pasta and added some fresh tomatoes. Love this one but I wasn't thinking and accidentally added double the amount of garlic. Good thing I like the stuff! Also sprinkled some of my almond feta over top which I really liked.

Slice of my son's birthday cake (blogging next!) and a cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

-Once again, too busy and no calories counted. I'm looking forward to getting back to routine tomorrow! It's been a very busy weekend.

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Sunday, March 18 2012 - My Son's 10th Birthday!!!

Breakfast: Well, the birthday boy requested waffles for breakfast! Had my plain waffles with slices of banana, fresh strawberries, maple syrup and roasted chopped pecans. Amazing. Two cups of coffee (the boy woke us at 6am for his presents!!)

Lunch: Had some mixed pepper focaccia left over from his party last night so crumbled some almond feta on a couple slices.

Afternoon Snack: Cup of coffee and a small slice of his epic birthday cake which I cannot wait to blog!!

Dinner: A simple "clean out the fridge" pasta dish of spaghetti, sauce and roasted mushrooms, onion, garlic and zucchini. Small slice of foccacia and a glass of white wine.

Evening Snack: Couple glasses of white wine and some crisps.

- Again, no way I counted calories today!! :-)

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Saturday, 17 March 2012

Breakfast: Bowl of Just Right with rice dream and a cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Lunch: Oven baked crusty roll with White Bean Houmous and slices of cucumber.

Dinner: We were having a little party celebrating both my son's 10th birthday (which is tomorrow) and St. Patrick's Day. Had some mixed pepper foccaccia topped with almond feta, couscous salad, crisps, wine, beer, chips and an epic cake which will feature on the blog soon!

Evening Snack: Glass of wine and some crisps.

-Didn't count calories today! :-)

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Friday, 16 March 2012

Breakfast: Bowl of Just Right Cereal with fortified Rice Dream. Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Lunch: Oven baked crusty roll (like the past 2 days) but filled with Plamil Organic Mayo, slices of avocado and tomato, 2 Fry's Chicken Nuggets sliced in half, lettuce and basil. Was equally as delicious as the previous ones!

Afternoon Snack: Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar and one Dark Chocolate Orange Hazelnut Cookie.

Dinner: Asparagus Pasta Salad in a Mustard-Dill Vinaigrette - delicious! God I love asparagus :-)

Evening Snack: One sesame Ryvita cracker with vitalite and avocado. Two glasses of red wine and some peanuts and olives.

Total Calories for the Day: 1667

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Thursday, 15 March 2012

Breakfast: Bowl of Just Right Cereal with fortified Rice Dream. Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon of demerara sugar.

Lunch: Same roll as the past two days - love it! Par bake crusty roll baked till golden, spread with vitalite and Plamil Organic Mayo and filled with Taifun Smoked Tofu and slices of avocado, tomato and lettuce with a pinch of smoked sea salt and black pepper. Again, there is a pic 2 posts down :-)

Afternoon Snack: One White Chocolate and Lemon Macadamia Nut Cookie and a cup of black coffee with a teaspoon of demerara sugar.

Dinner: Same stir-fry as yesterday as well: carrots, red peppers, onion, garlic, pak choi, basmati rice, Fry's Chicken Style Strips and Soy Sauce.

Evening Snack: Half a sandwich with cheezly, mustard, dill pickles and lettuce. Some sesame sticks and a whiskey hot toddy.

Total Calories for the Day: 1650

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Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Breakfast: Bowl of Just Right Cereal with fortified Rice Dream. Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Morning Snack: Pot of raspberry soy yogurt.

Lunch: Same dee-licious filled crusty roll as yesterday - avocado, smoked tofu, tomato, lettuce and mayo. (see yesterday for picture!)

Afternoon Snack: Dark Chocolate Orange Hazelnut Cookie and a cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Dinner: Simple basmati rice stir-fry with carrots, red pepper, pak choi, onions, garlic, soy sauce and Fry's Chicken style slices.

Cup of black tea with a teaspoon sweet freedom syrup and a few squares MooFree Caramelized Hazelnut Chocolate.

Evening Snack:  A couple sesame Ryvita crackers with Redwood Foods Mushroom Pate and a navel orange.

Total Calories for the Day: 1545

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Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Breakfast: Bowl of  Just Right cereal with fortified Rice Dream and a cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Morning Snack: Pot of blackberry soy yogurt.

Lunch: My current favourite sandwich, this time I used a par baked crusty roll, brushed the top with margarine, oven baked then split and spread with marg and Plamil Organic Mayo then filled with slices of avocado, tomato, lettuce and Taifun Smoked Tofu ....bit of black pepper and a sprinkling of smoked sea salt. Beautiful it was :-)

Afternoon Snack: One White and Dark Double Chocolate Chip Cookie and a cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Dinner: Warm Roasted Baby New Potato, Sautéed Asparagus and Shallot Salad with a Mustard-Dill Vinaigrette - can't get enough of this!! It's ready to blog now too :-) Might wait till it's closer to asparagus season though...

Cup of black tea with a teaspoon Sweet Freedom Syrup. Few squares of MooFree Caramelized Hazelnut Chocolate.

Evening Snack: A couple sesame Ryvita crackers spread with Redwood Food's Vegan Mushroom Pate - really liking this stuff, even if it does look gross! Also a navel orange.

Total Calories for the Day: 1457

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Monday, 12 March 2012

Breakfast: Toasted Cinnamon and Raisin Bagel spread with Vitalite and a cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Lunch: Had some french baguette left over from last night's feast so made one of my favourite sandwiches: Heated the bread in the oven and spread with margarine and Plamil Organic Mayo. Filled with slices of avocado, tomato and Taifun Smoked Tofu, finished with some black pepper and a sprinkle of smoked sea salt and some lettuce. Lovely.... (Very similar to this one a few weeks ago but with added avocado..)

Afternoon Snack: Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar and a White and Dark Double Chocolate Cookie.

Dinner: Our standard Red Pepper and Zucchini Pasta :-) Later on a cup of black tea with a teaspoon of Sweet Freedom Syrup.

Evening Snack: A few sesame sticks with Cannellini Bean Houmous. Pot of raspberry soy yogurt and a navel orange.

Total Calories for the Day: 1285

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Sunday, 11 March 2012

Breakfast: Half a toasted sesame bagel with Vitalite and raspberry jam. Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Morning Snack: Pot of Blackberry soy yogurt.

Lunch: Can of Heinz Vegetable Soup and a slice of wholemeal toast with vitalite.

Afternoon Snack: Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar and a few squares MooFree Caramelized Hazelnut Chocolate.

Dinner: Warm Roasted New Potato and Sautéed Asparagus Salad - have perfected this one, can't wait to blog it!

Evening Snack: Had a "posh" vegan style bread and wine evening :-) A few glasses of red wine and slices of fresh french bread spread with Vitalite and topped with either Taifun Smoked Tofu slices/White Bean Houmous/Redwoods Mushroom Pate. Plus a few olives....Was delicious but just over half my total daily calories came from this evening alone! Eeek, better be good tomorrow :-)

Total Calories for the Day: 2082 - still, it's what's recommended ;-)

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Saturday, 10 March 2012

Breakfast: Slice of wholegrain toast with peanut butter and Sweet Freedom syrup - it was my first time trying this stuff, I've heard it tasted like honey and it sure does! I used to love peanut butter and honey on toast so it had to be the first thing I had with it. Cup of coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Lunch: Well, I was hoping to lay off the faux meats for awhile but I noticed a new Redwood's Foods Sausage in the shops today. Well, it's new to me anyway - "Pork Style" Vegi-Deli Sausages. Had a couple fried up with a slice of toast and some ketchup. Unfortunately I wasn't impressed, they just didn't taste very good - I'll stick with Fry's sausages from now on.

Afternoon Snack: Slice of that cake from yesterday - hey, it might of been a bit of a fail but it's still cake!! Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon of demerara sugar.

Dinner: I was shattered and not that hungry. Had a baked potato with vitalite and nutritional yeast sprinkled on top.

Evening Snack: Glass of red wine and some crackers with vitalite and slices of Taifun Smoked Tofu.

Total Calories for the Day: 1766

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Friday, 9 March 2012

Breakfast: Half a toasted sesame bagel spread with Vitalite and raspberry jam. Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Lunch: Woah...had the BEST wrap! Was too hungry and didn't take a photo (sorry!) but here's the "recipe" instead:

White Bean Houmous and Chicken Salad Wrap:

1 x Mediterranean Herb or pesto or basil wrap
40g White Bean Houmous, I used the Cannellini Bean version today.
30 - 40g Fry's Chicken Style Strips
3 - 4 Cherry tomatoes, halved
1 spring onion, chopped
lettuce
black pepper

Fry the Chicken Strips in a bit of oil until golden and cooked, about 6 - 8 minutes. Heat the wrap on a dry frying pan until warm both sides. Spread the houmous down the centre and grind some fresh black pepper over. Top with the chicken strips, cherry tomatoes, spring onion and lettuce. Fold the end over then roll it up (fajita style). Eat!

Afternoon Snack: Cup of black coffee and a tester slice of a cake experiment. It was good...but didn't really work :-( Back to the drawing board....

Dinner: Had a couple Spiced Quinoa and Sweet Potato Cakes in the freezer so fried them up with some roasted new potatoes on the side with ketchup. (I just had one cake)

Evening Snack: Half a bottle of champagne (just because!) A few pringles, peanuts and houmous on crackers....

Total Calories for the Day: ??? Well, it was less than 2000 anyway :-)

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Thursday, 8 March 2012

Breakfast: Slice of wholegrain toast spread with Sunlite and peanut butter. Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Lunch: Vegan junk food at it's finest: Sausage and Hashbrown Burger but this time I added fried mushrooms with the onion.... This thing was monstrous!!

Afternoon Snack: The same chocolate chip cookie variation I had yesterday and a cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar. Had a navel orange later on.

Dinner: Low on groceries again....roasted some onions, mushrooms, garlic and zucchini then tossed them in some store bought tomato pasta sauce. Served over spaghetti.

Evening Snack: Glass of red wine and some spicy chilli corn tortilla chip thingys!

Total Calories for the Day: 1569

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Wednesday, 7 March 2012

Breakfast: Slice of wholegrain toast spread with Sunlite and peanut butter. Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Morning Snack: Picked up an Americano while out in Cork.

Lunch: Loved yesterday's bagel toasty so much I tried a different variation on it. Had white bean houmous, sun-dried tomato and basil on a vegan butter grilled caramelized onion and poppyseed bagel. Stunning. Think I liked this one even more than yesterdays...but it's close!

Butter Grilled Caramelized Onion and Poppyseed Bagel with White Bean Houmous, Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Basil

Afternoon Snack: lol - another cookie variation! Somebody stop me from making cookies. Please.

Dinner: Was completely random! But good :-) I still had some cut fries left from yesterday so fried them up. Had some flageolet beans in the fridge that needed using so made up a Lemon-Dill Flageolet bean salad using the dressing from my 3-Bean Salad . Also had some mushrooms, peppers, zucchini and onions so simply roasted them up. Sometimes random meals can be good!

Lemon-Dill Flageolet Bean Salad, Roasted Veggies and Homemade Fries 

Evening Snack: Two glasses of red wine, some salted peanuts and green olives.

Total Calories for the Day: 1527

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Tuesday, 6 March 2012

Breakfast: Half a toasted sesame bagel spread with Sunlite and raspberry jam. Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Morning Snack: Couldn't wait for the afternoon! Double Chocolate Chip Cookie and a cup of coffee.

Lunch:  Was in the mood for experimenting with Fry's Chicken Strips again and made a Vegan Butter Grilled Chicken, Avocado and Basil Bagel. Was so good it's going on the main blog!

Now....if I can just try and avoid having a bagel for dinner as well..... ;-)

Afternoon Snack: A navel orange.

Dinner: Well, I recently got a mandoline and promised my son I would make some homemade french fries. They turned out fantastic! I used this recipe but fried them in vegetable oil instead of peanut oil. Had them with a few vegetable fingers. Here they are just sliced, the mandoline does a great job in making thin chips!

...and here they are fried! Way better than McDonald's ;-)

Evening Snack: Glass of red wine and a few ryvita sesame crackers - one with mashed avocado the other two with my white bean houmous.


Total Calories for the Day: 1568

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Monday, 5 March 2012

Breakfast: Slice of wholegrain toast with Sunlite and peanut butter. Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Morning Snack: A navel orange.

Lunch: "Chicken" Caesar Wrap using my Caesar Dressing recipe made with my new White Bean Houmous, Fry's Chicken Style strips, baby gem lettuce in a small plain wrap.

Simply add 3 baby gem leaves to a small heated wrap and top with the Houmous Caesar Dressing (for 1):

Fry the chicken pieces in a bit of oil and place on top:

Wrap it up and eat! Simple :-)

Afternoon Snack: Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar and a Chocolate Chip Cookie (a variant on that one which will be blogged next!) Later on in the afternoon I had half a small multiseeded roll with vitalite.
Edit - blogged the new cookie now: Double Chocolate Chip Cookie!

Dinner: Warm Salad of Roasted New Potatoes, Sauteed Asparagus and Flageolet Beans in a Lemon-Dill Dressing. It was loosely based on Oh She Glow's Recipe but I made up my own dressing, added the beans for a main dish and changed the quantities. Was absolutely delicious, asparagus easily my favourite vegetable  and the new potatoes roasted that way were sublime!

Evening Snack: Cup of black tea and 3 Sesame Ryvita crackers spread with Vitalite and topped with mashed avocado with smoked sea salt and black pepper.

Total Calories for the Day: 1507

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Sunday, 4 March 2012

Breakfast: Slice of wholegrain toast spread with Spar Hazelnut Spread (it's vegan!). Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Lunch: The worst possible thing has happened. I think I have developed an intolerance to chickpeas. Not to get into the details but through process of elimination it appears they are the culprit alright. As I could not fathom a life without houmous I had a go at making my Houmous with tinned haricot beans instead, I just used 1 drained and rinsed tin of haricot beans and only needed 1 tablespoon of oil and no water. Unbelievably I cannot even tell the difference, it turned out absolutely delicious and you have no idea how relieved I am :-)

This meant I could have my beloved Couscous Houmous Salad Wrap with Chilli Sauce for lunch, yay!

Afternoon Snack: I'm still on a cookie baking binge and have made yet another variation on my Chocolate Chip Cookies and I think these ones are the best ones yet :-) Also had a cup of black coffee with a teaspoon of demerara sugar.
Edit - blogged now: Double Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Dinner: Despite being cold today it was actually a beautiful sunny day making think of spring and lighter flavours. Decided to have the Light Lemon Asparagus Pasta. Haven't had this in so long, it's one of our favourite pasta dishes, really light and lemony. I took a some new photos tonight as the one on the blog post is so bad! In fact I think I will re-blog this one. Had a couple slices of garlic bread with it.

Evening Snack: A couple gin and tonics, a few pringles (the last of them, thank god! Can't resist them when they are in the house!) Slice of wholegrain baguette with some of the haricot bean houmous and a few olives.

Total Calories for the Day: 1695

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Saturday, 3 March 2012

Breakfast: Toasted onion and poppyseed bagel spread with Sunlite and a cup of black coffee with a teaspoon of demerara sugar.

Lunch: Was out shopping in town, had a sandwich bar make a wrap filled with salad veggies and a vinaigrette dressing.

Afternoon Snack: Cup of black coffee and a cookie - I will be blogging this one next!
Edit - Blogged now! Dark Chocolate Orange Hazelnut Cookie :-)

Dinner: Hash Browns, Veg Fingers and peas and corn, tonight was my sons choice ;-)

Black tea with a teaspoon of agave syrup and another cookie.

Evening Snack: Couple gin and tonics and some pringles.

Total Calories for the Day: 1778

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Friday, 2 March 2012

Breakfast: Slice of wholegrain toast with Sunlite and peanut butter. Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon of demerara sugar.

Lunch: Desperately need to go shopping! Had a Fry's chicken style burger on a bun with Plamil Organic Mayo. Couldn't even put lettuce or tomato on it!

Afternoon Snack: Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon of demerara sugar and another cookie, but, was out of the White Chocolate Lemon Macadamia Nut ones so made another variation on them. Equally as delicious and they are ready to blog! I'll have to give the other ones a few more days on the top blog spot though, it's only fair ;-)
Edit - Blogged now! Dark Chocolate Orange Hazelnut Cookie :-)

Dinner: Despite almost no veg in the house was able to make Macaroni Goulash with some red pepper instead of mushrooms. Had a glass of wine with it.

Evening Snack: Just a glass of champagne as I'm at a fashion show right now :-)

Edit - Also had another 2 glasses of wine and some pringles when I got home at midnight (ooops!)

Total Calories for the Day: 1744

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Thursday, 1 March 2012

Breakfast: Half a plain toasted bagel spread with Sunlite and peanut butter. Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar.

Lunch: Quick and easy bowl of ramen noodles and broccoli in a white miso, soy sauce, garlic and ginger broth. Also had a pot of raspberry soy yogurt.

Broth is based on one in Veganomicon (the Udon Miso/Mushroom recipe) this makes a really good quick lunch.

1/2 pack (40g)  of dry ramen noodles, I use a cook in 3 minute type.
4-5 broccoli florets
1 small clove garlic, finely chopped
1/2 tsp ginger, finely chopped
1/2 cup water
1 Tbsp sweet white miso paste
1 tsp soy sauce
1/2 chopped spring onion

Boil the broccoli and noodles for 3 minutes then drain. Mix together the water, miso, soy sauce, garlic and ginger. Tip the noodles and broccoli back in the pot and pour over the broth. Bring to the boil and simmer for a minute. Sprinkle in some chopped spring onion and serve.

Afternoon Snack: Cup of black coffee with a teaspoon demerara sugar. One White Chocolate Lemon Macadamia Nut Cookie - these are sooooo good!!!

Dinner: Made some veggie pasties with some Jus-rol shortcrust pastry I had. Filled them with diced carrot, potato, onion and peas. Served with chips and gravy :-)

Cup of green tea with a slice of lemon and a drop of agave syrup.

Evening Snack: Sandwich made with Sunlite spread, Plamil Organic Mayo, Cheezly, French's mustard and dill pickles.

Total Calories for the Day: 1385

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