Do it for the Animals....

Brett and I watched another documentary the other night called "Forks Over Knives."  It was so amazing, truthful, and informative. We are still talking about it days later!  It is one of our most inspiring videos so far.

The film discusses that not only is a Vegan diet beneficial for the environment and for our animals.... it is SO beneficial to our health, as well. The movie goes through the benefits and what non-Vegan products are doing to our bodies. Even "healthy" things such as milk, yogurt, meat, etc. are harming our bodies. The movie also focuses on a sort of clean diet where you eliminate processed foods of any kind.  We are adapting to the Vegan diet very well so far and will be working our way onto eliminating processed foods of any kind, as well.

An Example of one of our lunches.  Salad with tofu, orange, celery, and a sweet potato. In the little containers is a tiny bit of salad dressing and the other contains peanut butter.





Just an update on the Vegan diet and how it is going for us....

Each morning we typically make ourselves a kale and fruit smoothie with soymilk.  Then I usually go for some oatmeal or cereal (brands that are Vegan friendly)... For lunch, we have been having salads (sometimes including tofu, beans, etc.) and leftovers from dinner the night before. We also cram in there some celery and peanut butter for extra protein. Last night, I made home made vegetable vegan stew with home made broth made from absolute scratch (Brett made a huge stock pot of the broth over the weekend and we froze them in sections). I added peas, carrots, rice, black beans, celery, and I'm drawing a blank but I thought there was one more thing? Then I cut up a pomegranate and an orange for each of us. That was our dinner. Vera typically gets a banana and vegan friendly cereal for breakfast.  Until our stash is gone, she gets yogurt and such throughout the day as well. We plan on speaking with her pediatrician before going off everything completely.  

Monday Night, we had lettuce wraps with black beans, rice, and hummus.  On the side we had home made granola (with almonds and cranberries), and kiwi.

Tonight, I will be making stuffed green peppers which will include: green peppers, tomatoes, rice, beans, and any other veggies in the fridge that needs to be eaten soon. For the rest of the week, I'd love to try my hands at some cauliflower garlic crust "bread" with spaghetti sauce on top and maybe some Vegan pepperjack cheese... baked potato chili bowl, and some zucchini lasagna!  Super excited about all of these.

I forgot to add that some of the things we have been snacking on are raw vegetables with home made hummus, and chips with home made guacamole. DELICIOUS!

AND... for the most exciting piece of news so far with our Vegan journey,

Brett is now under the 200lb mark! He has been working on it for two years now and has lost over 30 lbs.  Since we started the Vegan diet just a few days ago...he has lost 3-4 lbs already!  Amazing? I think so. He hasn't been working out this week either so the diet is definitely the cause.