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What Vegans Eat – Day 498: Special Travel Edition

Breakfast: Remember my interview with Dr. Michael Greger discussing his new book, How Not To Die? I learned that cold brewing tea is more nutritious than brewing tea with boiled water. I’ve been promising myself to start cold brewing my tea. Now that it’s hot, it seemed like the right time. I prepared a bottle…

What Vegans Eat – Day 497: Special Travel Edition

Breakfast: Gary and I took a long walk along the Lexington County Park Reservoir. It took two hours. When we got back I was so thirsty and felt thirsty most of the day. We drank a lot of water, followed by sliced Grapefruit. Then I had a Mango and got to work to prepare for…

Aguas Frescas

Here’s a great recipe for colorful drinks made from whole fruits. The meaning of the Spanish words – Aguas Frescas is “fresh waters’ and Aguas frescas traditionally are a combination of fruits, cereals, flowers, or seeds blended with sugar and water to make light non-alcoholic beverages. There is no added sugar in this recipe. The…

What Vegans Eat – Day 496: Special Travel Edition

Breakfast: After a big day of Sunday eating, and with so many freshly picked grapefruit, sliced Grapefruit is an easy and obvious choice for breakfast.   Dinner: We had a late lunch or early dinner, however you want to describe it. We eat when hungry and this was a satisfying meal. Gary cooked up some…

What Vegans Eat – Day 495: Special Travel Edition

Breakfast: I stayed over in Santa Cruz. I woke up to a beautiful, new day. Deo made us Ginger Tea and Green Smoothies with lots of frozen Berries and Fruit, Cucumber and extra Kale for me.   Morning Snack When I got back to Monte Sereno, our host, Tammy brought a big bag of freshly…

What Vegans Eat – Day 494: Special Travel Edition

Breakfast: The breakfast features crunchy tart Green Apples, Raw Almonds and Raisins atop Rolled Oats and Soy Milk – all organic, of course.   Lunch: How about deconstructed Falafel Taco Salad? Falafel are made with garbanzo beans, dried coriander and tahini. This salad had Mixed Greens, whole Garbanzo Beans, Fresh Coriander (cilantro) and Tahini Dressing,…

What Vegans Eat – Day 493: Special Travel Edition

Breakfast: This was a morning of nibbling on Nectarines, Almonds and Bananas plus some Green Tea.   Lunch: I was waiting for Gary to get back and I was hungry. I prepared a big lunch. First I made some fresh Guacamole made with Avocados, Cilantro, lime and Organicville Salsa. Then I tossed Mix Greens and…

What Vegans Eat – Day 492: Special Travel Edition

Breakfast: The scent of ripe nectarines can be intoxicating! Fruits should be eaten when in season and ripe. And now is the season for nectarines. And for those that are just learning about vegan foods, nectarines are vegan. All fresh fruit is vegan. Hallelujah!   Lunch: I am a happy girl right now staying near…

What Vegans Eat – Day 491: Special Travel Edition

Breakfast: We had the last of our English Breakfast tea with Soy Milk and fresh Pink Grapefruit.   Lunch: We had a lot of leftover cooked quinoa. I started making a salad with it, adding chopped Celery, chopped, Carrots, chopped Green Apple and chopped Raw Almonds. Then I challenged myself to make maki, without the…