Vegan Experience

About

(THE NEW NEWS)
This is no longer an "experiment" and has become an "experience" so I'm changing the name.
Also I'm now on a quest to loose weight while being a vegan on Weight Watchers.





STATS:
Height - 5'9"
HW:204 (1-1-2011)
SW: 199.8 (3-10-11) Day started WW
CW: 171
UGW:140 ish -I'll know when I get there

WEEK 43

22 inches lost
Old dress size 20/ New Dress size 10

5% Lost Goal - (met 4-14-11)
10% Lost Goal - (met 5-19-11)
G#1: 186 New Sandals (met 4-21-11)
G#2: 174 - Clean out old clothes (met 6-9-11)
G#3: 160 - Get my Momma/Baby panda Tattoo
G#4: 150 - (I'm not setting a reward for this.. it doesn't need one..150 is reward enough)
End Goal: BE HEALTHY and stay that way! (not sure what weight that is.. I'll know it when it happens)

Weigh Day = Thursday

(THE OLD NEWS)
It started as a four week trip into the world of a vegan diet as an experiment for Chris's job...
... the trip is now ongoing and we are learning as we go.
Along for the ride is our non vegan offspring who thinks chicken is a major food group.
This blog is about what we ate..what we found.. and what we have learned as we go...as well as a little kid torture (that's what parents are for right?)


The Super Deluxe Texas-Style Vegan Cornucopia (The  ridiculous name that was given to it… recipe by me… vegan experience/elspeth26) INGREDIENTS:            16 oz purple hull peas 1 small onion diced 2 ts minced garlic 1 diced poblano pepper (can use a hotter variety if you want) 2 cups frozen corn 16 oz tomato sauce veggie broth 2 cans pinto beans rinsed 4 medium sized tomatoes 6 tomatillos 2 ts cumin ¼ ts red pepper flakes 2 TBS chili powder 1 ts salt cracked pepper fresh cilantro   DIRECTIONS: Roast tomatillos and tomatoes in a 400 oven until soft then dice. Cook onion and garlic in a medium sized pot on medium heat for approx 5 min (use veggie broth if it starts to stick) add diced pepper and cook 3-5 more minutes. Add spices to taste (the amounts listed are approx to our taste) Add purple hull peas and tomato sauce with enough veggie broth to cover the peas and bring to boil then simmer 20 min. Add pinto beans, corn, diced tomatoes and tomatillos. If you want it more like a soup add more veggie broth or you can have it thick to use in burritos. Cook another 10-15 min until peas are tender. Add chopped fresh cilantro towards the end. Serve over rice with fresh avocado, as a chili or a burrito filling. The tomatillos add a nice sour taste so use more or less depending on your own preference. 

The Super Deluxe Texas-Style Vegan Cornucopia

(The  ridiculous name that was given to it… recipe by me… vegan experience/elspeth26)

INGREDIENTS:           

16 oz purple hull peas

1 small onion diced

2 ts minced garlic

1 diced poblano pepper (can use a hotter variety if you want)

2 cups frozen corn

16 oz tomato sauce

veggie broth

2 cans pinto beans rinsed

4 medium sized tomatoes

6 tomatillos

2 ts cumin

¼ ts red pepper flakes

2 TBS chili powder

1 ts salt

cracked pepper

fresh cilantro

 

DIRECTIONS:

Roast tomatillos and tomatoes in a 400 oven until soft then dice.

Cook onion and garlic in a medium sized pot on medium heat for approx 5 min (use veggie broth if it starts to stick) add diced pepper and cook 3-5 more minutes. Add spices to taste (the amounts listed are approx to our taste)

Add purple hull peas and tomato sauce with enough veggie broth to cover the peas and bring to boil then simmer 20 min.

Add pinto beans, corn, diced tomatoes and tomatillos. If you want it more like a soup add more veggie broth or you can have it thick to use in burritos. Cook another 10-15 min until peas are tender. Add chopped fresh cilantro towards the end.

Serve over rice with fresh avocado, as a chili or a burrito filling.

The tomatillos add a nice sour taste so use more or less depending on your own preference. 

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    going on the list of things to cook right next to chunky, spicy, homemade tomato soup.
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    I have to make this! So many beautiful colors! And it looks delicious!

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