Myself and some work colleagues decided to try being vegan for a week, we didn’t really have any reason to just we wanted to try and and also try the challenge. We spent the week before discussing what we could and couldn’t eat and much to my surprise the girls didn’t realise you couldn’t eat eggs! We then realised how daunting this challenge was and how hard it was going to be.
However we were actually surprised at how much we loved it! Okay we were a tad jealous when it was someones birthday at work and couldn’t tuck into the birthday cake and Percy Pigs. However we did try my vegan sweet potato brownies which I was surprised the girls actually liked and so did I!
Breakfast was the easiest part for me because I didn’t have to change what I normally have as I alwasy have porridge with banana and chocolate (I really need to mix it up!)
However I decided to keep a vegan diary for the week, kinda like what I eat in a day, but for the whole week!
Day 1 – Monday
Breakfast: porridge made with almond milk topped with dark chocolate and slices of bananas and an iced coffee made with almond milk
Lunch: Gym box from Pod
Snack: Vegan brownie and grapes
Dinner: Chickpea and sweet potato curry with rice, poppadoms and mango chutney (the mini poppadoms from Sainsbury’s are vegan and so is Sainsbury’s mango chutney)
Day 2 – Tuesday
Breakfast: porridge made with almond milk topped with dark chocolate and slices of bananas
Lunch: Homemade hummous and crackers
Snack: Grapes and some dry cheerios
Dinner: Jacket Potato and baked beans
Snack: Green smoothie made with pineapple, cuccumber, spinach
Day 3 – Wednesday
Breakfast: porridge made with almond milk topped with dark chocolate and slices of bananas
Lunch: Homemade hummous and crackers
Snack: Raspberries
Dinner: Leftover Chickpea and sweet potato curry with rice, poppadoms and mango chutney
Day 4 – Thursday
Breakfast: porridge made with almond milk topped with dark chocolate and slices of bananas and an iced coffee made with almond milk
Lunch: Beans on toast (Warburtons gluten free white bread) and Heinz beans
Dinner: Bean stew served with rice – I bought the mixed beans in chilli sauce from Sainsbury’s, added tinned tomatoes and a veggie stock cube and some peppers and made a yummy stew, all served with brown rice.
Day 5 – Friday
Breakfast: Cheerios
Lunch: Smashed avocado and chilli on gluten free toast
Dinner: Lentil bolognaise – I got this recipe from a cookbook and made a bolognaise with lentils served with gluten free pasta
I loved trying to be vegan for a week and loved the challenge of it. I have actually since completed vegan week made a couple of vegan dinners to enjoy. Any recipe suggestions for other vegan meals to enjoy please leave a comment or a link to your blog!