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Or you could just drink your liquor on the rocks :glasses:

sliced avocado.

Exactly what I was thinking. Fellow vegan here. Think nuts, seeds, and oils. Potatoes. Make a sandwich. Put hummus on it. Have you ever tried vegenaise? It's like mayo but vegan, of course. Killer on the cals though! Ummmmmm. Oatmeal with dates in it! Raisins! I dunno girl! What the heck do you have in the cupboard, lol.

Or do a home made bruschetta: diced cherry tomatoes, fresh torn basil, minced garlic and onion, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper. Serve on some baguette rounds or some kind of cracker you like. Sorry for the multiple posts... I get excited about food ideas... :love:

or do little rice paper rolls with a piece of red pepper, mango, cilantro, cucumber and carrots. Serve it up with a chili sauce or plum sauce or something.

Stuffed mushroom caps (mix the stems of the mushrooms with herbs and spices plus some sort of protein and sautee, then fill). Phyllo pastry is quite low in calories, comparatively: you could do a vegetable-stuffed phyllo, like a rolled asparagus. Buy some fancy toothpicks and do fancy mini kababs with a cherry tomato, a…

Michael Pollan said it really well, in seven words: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." Read the whole article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t.html The gist is that we need to be eating real, recognizable FOOD. In moderation. And most of that food should be a plant, be it a grain,…

If you have the calories and you've done OK today with getting all the nutrients you need, treat yourself! If you feel super guilty, just do some jumping jacks or something. Walk to the resto instead of getting delivery? Be nice to yourself! :flowerforyou:

Luckily it's not summer or I would be 260,151,035,871 pounds heavier for eating these all the time :smooched:

Now I want one. :grumble:

Turtle Mountain "So Delicious" coconut almond minis. OMG I could just eat them *ALL DAY*

Silk soy milk tastes really creamy, but it's not high in calories. Lots of nutrients, too!

Roasted red pepper and tomato soup! Corn and potato chowder! (use low-fat coconut milk or creamer or whatever) Curried spinach soup! Butternut squash soup! Carrot and ginger soup! Kale and lentil soup! Black bean minestrone! I love soups because they always taste better the second day :love:

Olive oil is tasty!

:smooched: absolutely!!!!!

Start researching food from different cultures than your own to get inspired. There are lots of places in the world where meat and dairy play a very minor roll (if it's featured at all), and you can discover some amazing flavours. Some that come immediately to mind: Ethiopian, Japanese and Korean food use dairy very…

Learn to love them. There are literally thousands of varieties of vegetables eaten across the globe. Saying that you don't like any green ones is really limiting yourself.

all I have to say is: EAT UP! As long as you've got veggies and grains and stuff in the house too, you'll be fine. Much better to grab a banana than a Mars Bar.

Yesterday I bought two huge grocery bags of vegetables for $ 13 and change! That includes: - 2 lbs carrots - white button mushrooms - 2 matsu apples - field cucumber - green pepper - bulb of fennel - 2 beets - 2 grapefruits - head of cauliflower - 4 tomatoes Any and all of these things can be combined into awesome snack…

I'd nix the deli meats, the salad dressing, and the sugar-free stuff. Add more fruits, veggies, and legumes!

Not all that pricey- I've seen them for $ 30 - $ 60 here in Toronto. A quick google search found this one: http://www.greenhealthcanada.com/Vegetable_Spiral_Slicer.html available for $ 49. I can vouch that they're pretty nifty if you're looking for a new way to eat pasta. :wink:

Don't forget to make a nice big salad or a side of green veg like broccoli. Keeps calories in check by balancing out the main dish. :drinker: Have fun!

yummm

There's a piece of specialty kitchen equipment called a spiralizer that allows you to make your own "pasta" out of raw veggies. I've done zucchini, carrot, and daikon radish "noodles" very successfully... and they taste GREAT with marinara sauce. Way fewer calories than traditional grain pasta, and fewer carbs.

Tofu is so versatile, I love it. Pay attention to what kind of tofu you are buying- you can buy SILKEN or REGULAR tofu. It sounds like the crumbling issues you're having when draining the water is because you're buying silken. As athenafi suggested, silken tofu is easily blended up into a very velvety sauce using a food…

I'm a vegan, and 2 of my friends have epilepsy. :flowerforyou:

Excellent post, thank you for being so comprehensive. I stopped eating all "added" sugars - the ones found in ingredient lists ending in the suffix "ose" - after I read that animal bone char is used in many refining processes in order to bleach and filter the sugar. As a vegan that is a big no-no! Fruits and veg are good…

The pit won't "magically" keep the avocado meat from browning, but if you leave the pit in half of an avocado, less surface area is exposed to the air and it doesn't oxidize (turn brown) where the seed was.

kale chips seem to be so popular these days. http://www.tastespotting.com/features/kale-chips-recipe-trendspotting Click on ANY of the thumbnails in the link above for a recipe or review (you have about 40 to choose from)!

How could I have forgotten kale chips! They spice really well too- add some spicy paprika for a li'l kick or else use garlic salt & vinegar... drooool