A Work Week of Vegan Dinners

My husband agreed to go Vegan for 2 weeks, so I decided it would

be best to plan out our meals so that he could see how delicious being a vegan really can be. I think that hardest part for him and for many vegans is giving up cheese. We found a great Daiya brand block of "Cheddar Cheese" that was gluten free at Cub Foods of all places and it actually tastes like Cheddar Cheese. I was surprised and delighted and recommend it if you are having a cheese craving. 

Monday: We started out the week with our famous Vegan and

Gluten Free Wild Rice Corn Chowder. You can click on the link to view the previous blog we did about this delicious soup. We skipped the mushrooms this time around, and I thought it was just as good and tasty, my husband thought it could use more flavor. All in all, it's very good stuff, it's very nutritious and makes enough for a big family meal or plenty of leftovers for lunches. 

Tuesday: We enjoyed a completely plant-based and gluten free Lasagna created by a recipe by Tasty. Feel free to click on the link for the recipe and try it for yourself. It was actually pretty delicious, we ended up cutting the recipe in half and had plenty for the two of us to eat along with leftovers. It truly does taste like it has meat and ricotta cheese in it and it's delicious. They have you buy your favorite sauce for the sauce part of it, but I suggest either making your own or buying two jars, because I didn't end up having enough sauce for layering which left portions of my noodles uncooked. Also, we used brown rice lasagna noodles found at Cub Foods. Unfortunately, I don't have a photo of this recipe because every time I tried to plate it, it fell apart and didn't look very pretty. 

Wednesday: I was on my own on Wednesday and had eaten too

much early in the day, so I made myself a very small meal to give my stomach a break. I washed some berries that I had gotten from Whole Foods (raspberries) and Trader Joes (blueberries) and made some Peanut butter toast with Schar brand gluten free multigrain bread with banana and Trader Joes brand peanut butter that had no added sugar. Just peanuts and salt. 

Thursday: We enjoyed a favorite dish of ours. It's an Indian dish called Vegetable Korma. Normally it's made with cream, but I found a wonderful vegan recipe for it and now it's become a staple in our household. It has a tomato base for the sauce and is very tangy and flavorful and is served over rice. I strongly suggest this recipe especially if you love Indian food. Also, it's a pretty easy one to make! 

Friday: Personal flatbread pizzas. I found these little gluten free

flat-breads at cub foods that were also vegan, so we decided to try them. I've always been a fan of just pineapple on my pizza, so that's what I had along with tomato sauce and vegan "cheese". My husband piled vegetables on his and also had the tomato sauce and vegan cheese. They turned out better than expected. We were trying the Trader Joes Vegan Mozzerella that I had heard good things about and I can definitely say that it tastes better than Daiya brand shreds. Compared to some of the other meals I make. These pizzas were an nice and easy friday night treat. 

I don't know about you, but I've been trying to decrease the amount of sugar I intake. I recently watched the documentary Fed Up on Netflix and they really focus on sugar and it's link to disease. The reason I bring this up here is because whenever I used to have pizza nights, they would always include a tube of chocolate chip cookies. Now that I'm Vegan and trying to avoid sugar as much as possible, I try to curb my sweet tooth by eating a handful of berries or a piece of fruit. If I'm really having a tough time, I might add some coconut whipped cream to my fruit. I just wanted to share this, because I know that other people struggle with sugar cravings and this has helped me.