Obsessed With Vegan Food

The title of my post refers to a comment made by Cami to me today. She asked if she could borrow my sprouts, and after telling her that she could I proceeded to inform her about how much I love sprouts because of their texture blah blah blah. She looked at me oddly and said "sprouts are just sprouts, you are just obsessed with vegan food"- duh only I would lecture about the yumminess of sprouts. My love of vegan food went a little above and beyond today.

Brekkie started with the LAST of my banana bread & coffee in this hilarious cup.

After breakfast I had to drive to UCLA to get my blood drawn. I am currently on Coumadin for blood clots that I have in my lungs which I found out about during a stay in the ICU for 9 days in December. I was in ICU because of complications resulting from a simple surgery that I had performed. Although my health is much better now, the medication I am on means that I have to moderate the amount of vitamin K that I take in (which is in a lot of veggies)- this is another reason why I keep track of what I eat everyday. My blood results were great though today and I don't have to go back for another 3 weeks, yey! Afterwards I visited a friend that goes to UCLA and then drove back to Malibu for advanced stats : / raging I know.

Lunch consisted of lots of greens & vitamin K!

Packed lunch for the day-leftovers from yesterday's meal (garbanzo & pea quinoa), TJ's herb mix salad w/ 1/2 small avocado, TJ's spicy peanut vinaigrette.

This lunch did not hold me over at all. Less than an hour later my stomach was growling. I went into the Cafe at school and picked up an enormous diet coke and Odwalla sweet and salty bar. These are the only bar options in the Cafe, but they are pretty tasty.

For dinner I knew I was going to need something to really fill me up, and what is a better option for filling your tummy than lots of carbs? Generally speaking I try to veer away from pasta, but tonight I was desperately craving fettucini alfredo. For the pasta I used whole wheat spaghetti and for the sauce I used a variation of this recipe. It ended up like this:

A little less than 1/2 package silken tofu
2 tablespoon Smart Balance
1/4 cup vegan soy shredded cheese mix
3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
1/2 cup veggie broth

2 cups peas

Salt & Pepa

While i cooked the pasta I blended everything but the peas in a blender. After it was thoroughly mixed together I poured the mixture in a sauce pan, added the peas, and then cooked on low until everything was warmed. I then poured the sauce on top of the pasta. It was insanely delicious and very creamy, like it contained real butter and cheese.

I was still in munching mode so I nuked up some TJ's meatless meatballs and finished off the last of the sauce.

After dinner I was debating whether or not to go out to Taco Tuesday with friends but decided not to because I had to write a tribute speech. I ended up compromising and stayed in and wrote a tribute speech to the 60's while drinking some Yellowtail Chardonnay, my favorite ; )

Lastly, does anyone know of anyone who is selling their Coachella tickets? I was super bummed to find out that they were sold out yesterday, I've been planning to go for my friend's 21st : ( If I don't find any I may have to either try and scalp some or sneak in.... Should be interesting, i'll keep you updated.

Quick & Effortless

On my drive back from Ojai this morning I stopped by Starbucks & grabbed a venti iced coffee w/ soy milk and sugar-free hazelnut syrup and a Kind bar. As always they spelled my name wrong with an "I" and not an "A", at least it wasn't spelled with a "K" like they sometimes do. I had never tried a Kind Bar before; this one was cranberry and almond. It was pretty good- chewy and very nutty- but I normally prefer a bar with a grain in it. I don't know if it was because I was taking pictures of my food or because I just looked that awful from the night before (I only got about 5 hours of sleep), but everyone kept staring at my friend, Cami, and me like we were crazy.... oh well, you can't win them all.

For lunch I also tried something quick, new & effortless. This time it was Trader Joe's Frozen Channa Masala. I just nuked it really quick, and ate it with 1/2 of an ezekiel pita. It was delicious. Indian food is by far my favorite type of food and for being frozen it was great- spicy & oily, but not too bad on calories considering (360).

Before class I stopped and grabbed one of these babies...

Komucha in Rasberry Rush flavor. This fellow blogger turn me onto them awhile back, and I love drinking them but they are just so darn expensive that I can't justify paying that amount of cash. Check out my super cool tights though from Forever 21.

Dinner consisted of this above very green and busy salad: TJ's herb salad mix, 1/4 cup garbanzo beans, asparagus, 1/4 cup corn, baby carrots, and 1/2 small avo w/ a tablespoon of spicy peanut vinaigrette. I was still a bit hungry afterwards so I had the other half of my Ezekiel pita w/ a scoop of red pepper hummus, BBQ sauce, and sprouts.

I finished off the night w/ a soy ice cream sandwich, these things are the best only 90 calories and they satisfy any type of sweet tooth you are having.