Apparently eating French fries does not constitute as your veggie intake for the day. Welp….

 

Let’s face it, most us look at “clean eating” as eating while cleaning. Shoving a cupcake down your throat while moping is cleaning/ eating. I mean in all fairness, technically it is. I mean literally anyway. In the past I had healthy tendencies and at other points in life I’ve been down with anything fried, dipped in anything tasty, salty, savory, and even better if it was sweet on top of all of that. At one point I decided to be a vegetarian/flexitarian, not to save the animals, but simply because I just didn’t want to eat meat anymore. I’ve since reverted, although it took me 4 years to go back. Since I am going back to those ways since I felt better, was healthier I figured I’d share some insight on what vegans/vegetarians/flexitarians eat. You will be surprised at how delicious some of the foods are.

For those who don’t know:

Veganism is a strict type of vegetarianism that excludes meat and all animal products meaning vegans do not eat meat, fish, eggs, dairy products, or any foods containing them. Vegan diets are primarily plant-based. Majority of foods include fruits, vegetables, grains, beans, nuts, and seeds. Vegetarians on the other hand, can and will eat some animal based products such as cheese, eggs, butter, etc, but no meats. Flexitarians will predominately eat plant based meals as well, but most meals will not contain meat, but some will, but only small amounts and they will consume animal by products.

People assume eating healthy is term that can be used interchangeably with eating nasty foods. Check out some pics below of what vegans actually eat. A friend of mine, and some findings of my own, have documented some of our vegan/ healthy meals and you would be surprised at how yummy these where and how cost effective they were. And duh I included cupcakes!!!

Healthy drinks (my favs are the 1915 drinks made by Bolthouse farms they don’t have any sugar added in, only sugar content is from the fruits)  and duh homemade SMOOTHIES!!!!

Healthy lunch/dinner foods that are super yummy!! Sushito peppers are my favorite peppers especially with garlic butter. Vegan sushi using veggies instead of seafood, burritos with tons of guac, beans, rice, veggies and maybe some soy, acai bowls for breakfast with mixed berries or fruits, fresh sliced potatoes with vegan dressings and scallions. Sooooo yummm!

Desserts!! Because everyone loves dessert! Whole pureed fruits dipped in dark chocolate and coconut shavings,berry platter, vegan strawberry vailla almond cupcakes topped with vegan cookies, chocolate vegan crepes with berries and slice mandarin oragnes and a smoothie, or just plain fruit. Sweet enough without all the preservatives and sugars.

I mean honestly eating health is tough but we might just be looking at it all wrong. There are so many delicious alternative to the foods that aren’t good for us so why not try them and hopefully prevent some illness along he way.

Happy eating food snobs 🙂