newly vegetarian and I want to see what you eat

[mama2jack]

So for the past 2 mo I have been doing my best to feed my family a whole foods vegetarian diet (dh and ds1 eat meat once a week or so.) I try to buy as much organic as I can afford. This is something I struggle with because if I can't find an affordable option for something, say organic/vegetarian cheese, then I struggle with buying what we can afford or nothing at all. So the past couple of weeks we have been in a rut and dh says we have nothing to eat even though I feel like I spend tons of $$ on groceries.
Here is a sample day:

Breakfast: coffee and raw soaked museli (oats, spoonful of yogurt and milk, fresh fruit-soak in fridge overnight)

snack:fruit, smoothie or homemade energy/lara bars

Lunch: Leftovers or a snack plate of cut up fruit, crackers, nuts, pasta

snack: almond butter on toast or crackers or fruit

Dinner: vegetarian versions of chilli, spagetti, tacos, quinoa, soups, lentil or black bean burgers, tofu-usually baked

Dessert: if we have it- frozen bananas blended w/ cocoa and vanilla almond milk YUM!, homemade/nutrient dense/whole grain cookies or muffins.

I would love to see samples of what you eat!

[catnip]

Breakfast - typically I eat tofu coated in salt, pepper and nutritional yeast with toast and sautéed spinach, with coffee.
My daughter usually chooses soy yogurt, whole grain cinnamon toast, fruit, and calcium fortified orange juice. My husband wakes up an hour before the rest of us, and eats oatmeal or cold cereal/granola with fruit and sunflower seeds added.

Lunch is usually pbj for K and D, with fresh fruit and sliced raw veggies and dip and soymilk. I tend to go for a big salad with beans and nuts instead. Snacks are fruit or veggies and hummus.

This week's dinners have been:

Chickpea ratatouille
Stir fry veggies and tofu
Fajita tacos
Spaghetti marinara
Tempeh "B" LT's

[caiesmommy]

breakfasts are all over the map in our house-
homemade ww muffins sweetened w maple syrup or honey
granola w soy milk
french toast
homemade pancakes w hemp seeds and fruit

Lunch-
leftovers
pb sandwiches and veg
hummus and veg and pita
soup-homemade miso or homemade alphabet veg

Dinner-
dc are REALLY into tacos right now-refried beans and toppings
sweet potato bean nachos(one of my FAVES!!!)
rice and beans
green curry(i leave the cury sauce off for the kids)
slow cooker red lentil soup
lentil loaf w wasabi mashed potatoes and mushroom gravy
gazpacho w corn chips and black beans
pasta w fresh tomatoes, basil, olive oil and black olives...great the next day cold
pinto bean soup w masa dumplings-a hit in our house
shepardless pie-usually with veg going bad
lasagna cheeseless w a tofu ricotta "cheese" instead

[bandgeek]

Well I'm attempting to lose weight, so my overall diet is not really going to be family-friendly since it's lower-calorie. But here's my blog and you can see some of the meals I make.

[jldumm]

today
breakfast-banana
egg potato cheese burrito and croissant at the farmers market

snack- homemade lara bars, peaches, 3 grain granola bars (homemade), veggie straws

lunch- grilled chard zuke and mushroom pizza from last night

dinner- salad with farm/ home fresh peas carrots cucumbers peppers tomatoes, eggs. homemade herb bread croutons

dessert- homemade pineapple coconut frozen yogurt

Dinners for the week
quinoa salad
eggplant parm
stuffed potato with broccoli etc
black bean and corm taco with tomato rice
avo and cucumber sushi
also on the list
spelt crackers
lemon squares

[Sayward]

Today

Breakfast green smoothie with
2 organic bananas
kale from my garden
2 tbsp hemp seeds
1 tbsp almond butter
2 tbsp raw cacao
1/2 cup fortified almond milk

Snack: samples at Farmers Market

Lunch: green smoothie with
2 organic bananas
kale from my garden
2 tbsp hemp seeds
1 tbsp almond butter
2 tbsp raw cacao
1/2 cup water kefir

Dinner: 'breakfast for dinner' = home fried potatoes, cajun sauteed tofu, sauteed onion and sweet peppers in a bowl with fresh tomato, salsa, and avocado. Everything but the tofu, salsa, and 'cado was from the Farmers Market

Dessert: homemade organic RAW peach tart

[vegmom2be]

all of this!

http://www.endeavorsin.com/

[germin8]

I try to avoid soy and try to eat whole foods.

Breakfast:
Sometimes I have a red-chile tortilla stuffed with greens & sprouts. Believe it or not, it's yummy! Sometimes, I smear hummus.
Or, I have banana-flax crepes w/ fruit.
An easy morning is just cereal with oat milk or almond milk.
Or green smoothies as an "appetizer" to breakfast". Yumm.

Lunch:
MMmmmm, I love hummus!
Sometimes I make a really good vegan loaf with flavorful rice.
Lazy days, I make bean tapatias - similar to haystacks or nachos but w/o cheese.

Dinner:
Sometimes it just looks like lunch. When keeping it simple, it's just fruit - like half a watermelon! Or, a nut butter sandwich.

Dessert: Vegan ice cream from Purely Decadent.

I'm getting hungry...

[PoetryLover]

Breakfast: Whole Wheat Pancakes w/ Maple Syrup, Oatmeal with Walnuts/Sunflower Seeds/etc., Scrambled Tofu with Braised Potatoes & Toast, Green Smoothie, Homemade Banana Bread, Leftover Supper

Snacks: Veggies with Hummus or Peanut Butter

Lunch: Leftovers, Veggie Salad with Beans, Soup, Smoothie, etc.

Supper: Wild Rice with Curry Cream Dressing, Hummus Quinoa Casserole, Hummus Tortilla Pizzas, Neatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, Creamy Country Gravy, and Green Beans with Toasted Almonds, Shepherd's Pie, Chili Beans with Cornbread, Tacos, Baked Stuffed Shells, Sunflower Lentil Pie, Corn Chowder, Lentil Barley Soup, Spicy Pumpkin Soup, Breakfast Foods, an assortment of Indian Food...

I like to try 1-2 new recipes a week to keep things interesting.

[catnip]

Tonight we had grilled marinated tempeh and fajita veggies, fresh cherry tomato salad, shredded cabbage, and tortillas. We've also had spinach-red lentil curry and Teriyaki tofu-veggie stirfry

[Gator-mom]

mama2jack, it really sounds like you've got a good start to your diet! When I first started being veg*n I think I ate a lot of processed foods because I didn't know how to cook yet!

I've been making a lot of roasted veggies with rice or quinoa for dinners this summer (lots of summer squash!), Lots of different kinds of pastas, as it's a meal that ds will always eat. We love Indian potatoes and cauliflower with brown rice and soup is usually my fall back easy dinner. Throw together some easy baking soda biscuits and call it a meal!