What do vegetarians eat??? My complete meal list.

This is pretty much all that vegetarians eat...

Dandelions and cigarette stubs... (got caught in the shot by accident)

So.. It has been a year without meat already. Yes, I am still alive - it is me writing this post. And no, I haven't developed protein deficiency.

I have decided to monitor what I eat all week as it seems I never have the same dish. As it turns out a week later...

I do have the same dish quite often, hahaha.

It is only because I do not like wasting food I end up planning my meals around what I have. For example, this week I couldn't NOT buy this reduced fresh artisan bread, which is why I had bread-based meals all week. Some weeks I buy loads of potatoes, and plan my meals around them so they don't get thrown away.

It was also a good experience to see that I have chocolate every single day.. and milkshakes, and peanut butter, and curd... I'm trying to put on some size you see. Otherwise I would be having more vegetables and fruits. My girlfriend doesn't eat as much of these saturated-protein foods as I do, and she's fit as a fiddle.


As promised, full week's meal plan:

Monday:

Toast and jam
Nuts and dried fruit
Chocolate
Lentil and spinach salad with ground nuts
4 fruits
Milkshake
Homemade date and chocolate muffin
Creamy blue cheese pasta, bread, salad

Tuesday:

Toast and jam
Smoothie
Milkshake
3 fruits
Courgette and pesto spaghetti
Nuts
Chocolate
Sweet potato curry, rice

Wednesday:

Yoghurt
Homemade date and chocolate muffin
Curry
4 fruits
Chocolate
Nuts
Pizza

Thursday:

Eggs, homemade veg.sausages, tomatoes
Peanut butter
2 fruits
Vegetarian curry, rice
Milkshake
Chocolate
Doughnut
Spaghetti, bread
 

Friday:

Milkshake
Toast and jam
Eggs
Chocolate
Sandwich
Bread
Milkshake
Doughnut
Veg.spaghetti puttanesca, bread
Milkshake

Saturday:

Toast, jam, curd, fruit
Eggs, spinach, cheese
Chocolate
Peanut butter
Curd
Mushroom and truffle oil risotto

Sunday:

Toast, jam, curd
Sweet potato burger, vegetables
Chocolate
3 fruits
Sweet potato, carrot and spinach curry

As can be seen, I'm not on the healthiest diet, and it's nothing special. Most of the foods I eat I make myself, including curries, sauces, etc, so they're not smothered in oil. This week has been pretty unusual as I don't usually have that many curries and pasta meals. I have to say I did miss eating more vegetables.

With the weather getting warmer I believe I will move towards eating more greens and pulses, and less pasta dishes/fried stuff. And my diet is probably quite similar to a regular westerner's diet.. so why not join the vegetarian community today? :D

Sweetcorn-curry pancakes with avocado salsa

Auste and I have spent this morning rather productively: we had healthy breakfast, exercised, went to the market, enjoyed a coffee on a bench and absorbed the 5 minutes of sunshine we get in England each year.

We also went to a shop to refill our laundry liquid, but we saw the short-tempered lady behind the counter and decided to walk a further length to another shop. She didn't really like us last time we met her, or at least it seemed that way. Anyway.

When we got back we attempted to make this flour, butter and sugar free cake with avocado-chocolate icing. As an alternative to regular cakes, it did taste delicious. You can find the recipe on 'Green Kitchen Stories' blog.

After taking some photos of the cakes we got hungry so I made these quick and easy pancakes, and they were amazing!
I also made avocado salsa, which went well with these fritters.

As soon as I started writing this, I thought that it's Shrove Tuesday in a few days, what a perfect timing! Most people forget the beautiful tradition of making pancakes, especially when you can make them sweet, savoury, fluffy, wraps, etc.
 

For two stacks you need:

1 can of sweetcorn, drained
100 g flour
2 eggs
50ml milk
Small bunch of coriander, chopped
Small courgette, grated
Generous tablespoon of curry powder
Oil, salt, pepper, water

Mix all of the above ingredients, adjusting the water/flour ratio - the batter should be quite thick, not runny.
Fry ladles of batter in batches in oil, on medium heat until solid and brown on each side.


For the salsa:

Mash 2 ripe avocados with one chopped tomato, pinch of chilli, salt, pepper and a squeeze of lemon. Oddly they go well with English mustard too.