caitlinj406 Member

Another vote for the probar base chocolate chip cookie dough. Clif builder bars are ok but I like the probars better, not as cloyingly sweet as clif.

Most of the people I know with lululemon apparel do not own it to work out in (they're mostly teenagers/young adults). It's just another status symbol and is everyday wear for them. I'm not opposed to spending money on quality gear, I have a ridiculous amount of expensive hiking clothing, but it has to actually be worth…

Orgain vanilla or peanut butter. I recently tried vega because it was on sale at Costco and thank the stars for their generous return policy because I had to choke down the one smoothie I made with it before getting my money back.

#1 pro tip - don't be too hard on yourself. We all slip up and make mistakes, but learn from it and move on. I know so many people who tried being vegan but got bogged down in the tiny things and gave up, saying it was too hard. I'm coming up on ten years vegan and I wouldn't have made it this far if I got stuck on every…

We usually take sandwich fixings, hearty chilled salads like quinoa black bean salad, oatmeal, trail mix, granola, fresh fruit, dehydrated soups that just need boiling water, tortillas for either quesadillas or peanut butter roll ups. A giant bag of Doritos and jalapeño pretzels. None of this is too healthy but if I'm…

W7D3 done. I'm pretty excited to finish next week. I'm currently looking for 10k apps. I've been using the zen labs C25K app so I'll probably just keep going with their 10k version.

And done! It wasn't even a bit deal.

Yesterday was W5D2. It went well and now I have to psych myself up for the twenty minute run coming up next. I'm nervous but pretty sure I can do it.

I'm not familiar with the brand but it's definitely seitan, must have just been a bad batch or something. And I understand about not wanting to get too invested when you know you won't eat it often.

Are you sure it was seitan? I've never seen it in a jar and have never experienced it as sulphuric. I find that the seitan sausage style links are a really great introduction to it, I really love the tofurkey ones.

I usually just google a sauce recipe but beware, it's delicious because it's mostly brown sugar, soy sauce, and garlic. Otherwise I just stir fry onion, broccoli, and seitan strips and then add the sauce. And the soy protein they mentioned might have been soy curls. They are amazing!

I love seitan but rarely make it. Vital wheat gluten is a little hard to find here but maybe I just need to order a large bag off Amazon. Every time I make it I notice how much protein it has and how versatile it is. My favorite thing to make is a mock Mongolian beef stir fry.

I love nooch! I use it all the time in faux cheese sauce for vegan mac n' cheese or chili mac, tofu ricotta for lasagne, tofu scrambles!, popcorn, sprinkle on toast with olive oil or peanut butter, also really good sprinkled on avocado toast, added to soft polenta, I also use it in homemade seitan. I am so glad I can buy…

Just got done with W1D2 and I'm loving it! I've started c25k in the past but after a fall I just stopped. Started again and am going to really make it happen. It made such a difference to invest in good shoes from the start instead of telling myself to wait and see if I needed them. I'm such a cheapskate that now that I…

I've been vegan for nine years and have gained and lost weight in that time. It's all about calories. I love to invent recipes now but starting out I relied on cookbooks so if you have a library card go check out every one of Isa's books (ok maybe not the baking ones though they are awesome). Appetite for Reduction is…

I eat a cookie pretty much every day. I just make it a point to fit it in.

1 banana, 1/2 cup soy milk, 1 scoop vanilla or chocolate protein powder, a tablespoon almond butter (opt.) - blend all that and add frozen berries (probably 1 cup, I just sorta dump it in), and enough water to get it all going. If I have spinach I might add a handful of that too. Lately I had a cherry berry blend so I used…

Peanut butter, white miso, and broccoli usually. Some kimchi and tofu if I have it.

I like recipes that use vital wheat gluten instead of all purpose flour. It's the straight gluten so it's much less work to make and turns out chewier.

I do eat soy but quite a bit of my protein comes from legumes simply because I always have canned beans and lentils in my pantry. We also eat a fair amount of nuts and seeds and some seitan (mostly when field roast sausages are on sale).

I don't have my own recipe but I've had more luck with steaming or baking seitan rather than boiling it. I actually like the chickpea cutlets from the PPK that jfp420 just posted more than traditional seitan.

I've never tried the recent prepackaged jackfruit options but in the past I've made my own BBQ jackfruit with the brined and canned jackfruit. I really liked it, but I also add slaw of some kind to get more texture going since the jackfruit is not as toothsome as meat. Still chewy and great at absorbing flavor, but I think…

I used to eat them more on long rides but I've since moved on to some other bars. I do like the chocolate clif bars but tend to go for the clif builder bars so if I'm eating all that sugar I get 20 g of protein. I think Luna bars are made by clif and they straight up taste like protein candy bars. The chocolate coconut…

One of the foam filled Thermarest ones. I know it's heavier than the inflatable ones but I need a real pillow. Folded up it's a little bigger than a nalgene but I'll gladly skimp somewhere else if it'll help me sleep. Have only used it at home where I love it but am leaving on an overseas trip today where I'll test it on…

Only $16 but I usually shop at REI if I can't find something used or if it needs to be new. I got my dividend last week and already I picked up a new backpacking pillow that I hope will make me much happier on the trail.

Other people have given solid advice (especially a shorter distance, yaktrax, and gaiters) but since you're not super experienced I just want to throw out that you should dress in multiple layers. It is hard work hiking in deep snow and you need to be able to shed layers as you warm up or else you'll get overheated and…

Yup, all of the above. I also love garam masala, BBQ seasoning, and lemon pepper. I have a lot of spice blends from Penzey's Spices and I try a different one every time.

Nature's Path make just puffed grain cereals. I've only tried the kamut but I really liked it with some soy milk and fruit. They also have puffed rice and I think I saw puffed millet but that was maybe another brand. They are super cheap too, like $2 a bag.

I moved up to a 15 lb kettlebell and have done a few workouts and I love it. Today's NSV is that I finished a new 30 min workout and didn't feel like I'd had enough so I found another one and kept going. I never thought I'd like exercise but I guess it was just cardio that I dreaded. I'm contemplating a gym membership so I…

My mom just told me she's sending me a box of them. I will eat them all, but hopefully not in two days. Wish me luck.