Was at a plant based conference today where this guy http://nutritionfacts.org/ and Rich Roll were the key speakers. Great workshop. Tomorrow I become vegan. Its a easy as that.
Thanks Tim. Can you enlighten me on what you ingest for training and racing long events. I would also love to know a typical day of eating for you, particularily before and after your training.
e.g 30 min before bike ride I eat this......every 30min during bike ride I eat this.....within 30 min of finishing bike ride I eat this...
I know we are all different but it sure would be nice to get the experienced Plant Based Athletes to share their routines.
Have to say that I think the transition is not going to be to difficult for me, because I was already not eating dairy, meat (only fish), sugar and only eating eggs one day a week. Breakfast was never bacon and eggs except maybe on a weekend and lunch was always veggies and maybe some rice or quinoa, and dinner always involved 2-3 veggies, some kind of carb (sweet potatoe, rice or gnocci - gluten free) so I think I will be good. Just want to make sure that I am doing the before/during and after right.
I have to say that Powerade and Gatorade do work for me, but I know they are full of chemicals so I would like to experiment with some other options on the longer rides. This will be my first time training for IM. If you have any suggestions I would love to hear them.
OK Brenda you asked for it.... Since I just finished a big weekend of training I run thru that and the next few days...
Saturday... was a 5K race and I also completed my long run later in the day... Ezekiel English muffin with almond butter and dates and coffee, 1 bottle of perform and 1 gel prerace , did 2 mile warm up and then ran the 5K race, 2 Kind bars picked up at the race with water , went home and out for 10 mile EP run consumed another bottle perform and 2 blocks on run , Lunch - huge raw salad as many colors as possible, mixed greens , cauliflower, broccoli , pepper, tomatoe, carrot , grapes , tempe , pistachios , avocado , olives , olive oil , balsamic vinegar , nutritional yeast , and corn chips , dinner sweet potato pancakes with almond butter and a gallon maple syrup to carbo load for big day sunday.
Sunday.. 5hr bike / 1 hr run.... Ezekiel English muffin with honey(I'm plant based not anal and my Dad gives me the honey that is the one thing I knowingly choose) and dates coffee, during the 6 hrs of combined bike/run 1 bottle nuun(start with this on training days cause still full) 6 bottles perform, 3 gels, 2 cliff shot blocks , and a cliff bar, Lunch same as Saturday salad corn chips and gingersnap cookies , dinner a Tofu based Quiche with greens and red peppers with almond butter curry roasted cauliflower and some vegan chocolate chip cookies...
Monday.... Swim only day... Short days of 1-1.5 hrs I avoid gels and perform for the most part... pre swim 3 dates 6 pecans and coffee , swim Nuun , post swim big bowl with 2 bananas , raisins , hemp , chia, coconut and almond milk , Lunch Salad same as sat and sun but with hemp and beans , dinner leftover Quiche and Cauliflower , snack apple and orange in blender then mixed hemp chia flax in....
Today.... 1.5 hr bike and then a 4 mile run later.... pre bike .. Picky Bar and coffee , post bike smoothie 12 ounce almond milk with banana raisins cacao powder and spinach, lunch yep you guessed it salad with hemp and beans , dinner mac and cheese (cashew based) with whole wheat pasta greens and some other veggies maybe some crack in it too it was so good. snack apple orange blended with hemp coconut and chia again...
Cant remember the snacks on my big training days but usually hit the pantry and grab dates and nuts..... So on big days I train with what I am going to consume on course for practice and convenience , the 1-1.5 hr days I try and stick to real food .
Day before a HIM or an IM I go low fiber with usually cream of rice cereal with hemp almond butter coconut oil maple syrup salt, sweet potatoe with tahini hemp coconut oil salt honey , white rice with hemp coconut oil maple syrup , drink coconut water , snack on rice cakes , cookies , pretzels , dark chocolate
Race Day Cream of Rice cereal with hemp coco oil almond butter salt and maple syrup , perform and gel pre swim , bike all perform cliff bar first then blocks , run perform and gel.... 250 cal per hour all day
Some of my other favorites. Pre workout banans with nuts or nut butter, waffle , poptart yep they vegan without frosting some of them are Post workout bowl oatmeal soaked in almond milk over night with raisins hemp chia, and smoothies and I do use a plant based protein powder from sprouted grains Lunch usually the big salad or leftovers from dinner but hummus or other sandwhich spreads Heather makes one out of walnuts and mushrooms that taste like liverwurst and a couple others. Dinners are lots of brown rice, quinoa , buckwheat, beans lentils , veggie burgers ,,,.... its endless.... leftovers for tomorrow night are curry lentils with egglplant over sweet potatoes... if you can think it google it and there is a vegan recipe for it... the sites you will find are endless as well
We eat a lot of dark chocolate , candy ginger , some various vegan cookies , and vegan baked goods specially on those big days when I need the extra calories... just plain cereal is another go to for lots of calories... Rice cakes with nut butters and tahinni constantly for snacking....
Careful not is is what it seems and read lots of labels... for instance a Fig Newton is NOT Vegan but an Oreo Cookie is....
Hope this gives you an idea.... I am more than happy to continue this conversation here or thru IM and any questions are welcome.
I went vegan last year before IM 70.3 Florida and have never looked back. More energy, no worries about weight and feel sooo much better! Check out the forks over knives cookbook. I like to cook several meals on weekends and then have leftovers during the week.
I have sort of mixed feelings about people who are big self-promoters, but I'm sure he's a nice enough guy. Can't say the idea of a major dietary change hasn't crossed my mind, but I don't think it's quite for me yet. That's not to say that I don't enjoy reading what you guys eat though and trying to incorporate it into my diet. Just don't think I could pull off full-vegan, but good takeaways to eat and generally feel better, with the bonus that I can still eat bacon.
@Paula ... your welcome to join the conversation anytime.... I'm going on 3 years and am by no means any expert just love to share my experiences.... good sites you posted... there are so many out there now that I stopped book marking them all
@ Trevor... I feel the same way about self promoters... If they have something to sell which most diet or nutritional theories do. I read his book which was good but dont wanna give him any money for his products or his wifes.... I tried Brendan Brazier products and thought they were horrible.. but he had good books too... Scott Jurek's book is worth reading along with Rich Roll's.... I dont call myself a VEGAN... I just say "plant based" that way if I inadvertently or consciously choose to eat something no Vegan I can and will. People are funny when we go out , its you cant eat that , I always of course I can eat that I just choose not too.
FWIW almost 3 years Plant Based , I dont feel any better than I did before (always felt good) , I dont have anymore energy than I used to (still the same) , I can gain weight and lose weight when ever I want (losing is harder just like always) just like before by putting more or less in my mouth (this is simple math there is no magic bullet or magic diet or combination of this or that )... I'm a lot faster than I was 3 years ago (BUT again I do NOT presume that to be diet although I have proven that the diet doesnt slow you down) I credit speed to training! Its simply a health choice that morphed into many other good reasons such as environmental and animal cruelty etc.... Heather and I enjoy it and have alot of fun with it....
I forget which book it was but right on the front it said. Eat real food. Not too much. And mostly from plants!
Love that we are getting a convo going and we have a place to share our experiences. It is now 5 days plant based and I am feeling good. My reason for going plant based is a gut issue. I have a gut that just does not like many foods, in that it has a hard time digesting. For some reason plants are just easier for it to assimilate (I am borg, prepare to be assimilated *giggle). I like Tim has not energy issue and have been the same weight give or take 5lbs like forever. Regardless of why we are doing this, it is really nice to have someone to bounce ideas off of.
I am going to start writing down what I eat, just to track energy levels, so that if I am feeling fatigued I can see if I have been undereating.
I am also gluten free (gut issue) so really only like to ingest rice and quinoa (which makes me kinda tired. not sure what is up with that).
Has anyone gone from modified paleo (of sorts) to vegan and noticed a difference? I'm curious about trying it, but hestitant.
Wife and I switched late last year, and haven't look back. Night and day better on this style of eating. Granted we still have the occassional cheat meal (life is short), but we stay about 80% true. I don't like to use the word paleo, we basically "quit eating crap". But more I hear about plant based eating, the more people seem to be on-board with it.
Was at a plant based conference today where this guy http://nutritionfacts.org/ and Rich Roll were the key speakers. Great workshop. Tomorrow I become vegan. Its a easy as that.
Love that we are getting a convo going and we have a place to share our experiences. It is now 5 days plant based and I am feeling good. My reason for going plant based is a gut issue. I have a gut that just does not like many foods, in that it has a hard time digesting. For some reason plants are just easier for it to assimilate (I am borg, prepare to be assimilated *giggle). I like Tim has not energy issue and have been the same weight give or take 5lbs like forever. Regardless of why we are doing this, it is really nice to have someone to bounce ideas off of.
I am going to start writing down what I eat, just to track energy levels, so that if I am feeling fatigued I can see if I have been undereating.
I am also gluten free (gut issue) so really only like to ingest rice and quinoa (which makes me kinda tired. not sure what is up with that).
I find that tracking is key for me to make sure that I am eating a varied amount of macro and micro nutrients. I eat real foods and try to stay away from so much fakey fake stuff. Being vegan is not mutually inclusive with being healthy - you can eat cake all day and be vegan. I know this from experience lol.
So for me, I eat Vega sports prodcuts pre- and post- workout. I also take amino acids. I made my own sport nutrition for the longest time, but now with doing so many Ironman sponsered events I am trying to train with readily available products to make my life easier.
I am with you, I use Vega Pre-workout sometimes, and post workout (tropical flavor) always! It is awesome. I have also enjoyed honey stinger waffles and recently started using the gel, all organic and vegan with good results. l also just do not have time to make my own stuff either. I make sure I cook and prep so I eat well, but then I run out of time.
Fyi Forks over knives and Engine 2 diet have web sites with lot's of great recipes. I also found some good recipes on NoMeatAthlete.com.
I have a friend who is a Vegan ER Dr. and went back to school for a Masters in Nutrition etc. She recommends (especially for women) a sub lingual vitamin B supplement once a day. Otherwise you should get what you need from plants.
@Paula, Just so you know Honey is NOT vegan........ I choose to consume Honey from my Dad's Bee's and will also consume products with honey it them... They just arent vegan.
If one wants to be a true Vegan there are a lot of Non-Vegan products used in things you would never think of. But common are whey and gelatin. My sister works for Stoneyfield yogurt and we used to eat there Soy Yogurt (very good) and then we found out it was made with cultures derived from milk products. I told her that is bordering on false advertising. I believe they are actually going to rework that yogurt and make it Vegan. Some Beer and Wine is even made with a filtering process with animal parts in it. These are all the reasons I dont say "I am Vegan".... There are apps that will help if anyone is interestd..
Leather is another discussion... While trying to avoid its almost impossible...We have done a good job avoiding leather shoes etc, but a new car is in our future and it will have leather..
I am with Tim on this. I am plant strong, but not vegan. I do not purposefully consume dairy or eggs, but when I travel I am not always in control of what each food items is made out of nor do I have 100% control over where we eat all the time. I just do the best that I can.
I have found resturants to be very accomodating when I say that I do not consume dairy or eggs. I was told at one mexican returant that good thing I mentioned this as their guacamole is made with dairy and their veggies are cooked in butter. They gladly made non-butter cooked veggies for me.
At home I am in 100% control of what I eat, but again refrain from saying vegan as like Tim, I do not want people to scoul or lecture me if I eat a honey stinger waffle or happen to have a leather belt on. :-)
I love the Happy herbivore cookbooks, as well as the Engine2 Cook book. Quick and easy recipes that are whole food based, and not all fakey fakey.
@brenda- I would caution you to check your iron levels as well periodically, mainly your ferritin and iron saturation (markers of iron storage in your body) if you start to feel fatigued with work outs and/or can't maintain your zones and paces. Plant based can definitely be healthy, just something to keep an eye on.
Thanks Claire. Have been iron deficient in the past, but as soon as i took out gluten my gut was able to absorb better, but I will keep an eye on things. Thank you for your concern.
Hi All - I'm a very recent addition to EN. Like a few of you here, I definitely prefer the plant strong/based term. Just wanted to say hello and start up a dialogue. Would love to hear and share common recipes and plant based food advice, thoughts, etc. Maybe we start a Plant Based or Plant Strong thread?
Been plant based now since April of 2013 and loving it. Trained for IMWI with no problems. I am now thinking of going 90% raw, in that I eat raw for breakfast and dinner and eat something cooked for supper. Really liking the info I am getting from FullyRaw.com. She has a 21 day challenge going on right now that I am signed up for but am not participating in. I just like the info and the recipes.
This is all great for me to read. veg/vegan is something I have struggled with for a long time!! I know I have a lot to learn so please keep the conversation going.
Brenda, I found Scratch hydration on a whim - love it. If you can't find it in Ottawa, I will ship you some.
My breakfast this am consisted of uncooked GF oatmeal, 2 tbsp hemp seeds, 1 tbsp flax seed, 1 tbsp walnuts, almond milk and blueberries. Mostly raw and very yummy.
At my local health food store, I saw a demo on Maca and lucuma powders and will now incorporate that into some sort of shake. Brenden Brazier has written a lot about both.
I've been plant strong for almost 2 years and have never felt stronger! i also use the Vega Sports nutrition to fuel (along with UCAN/Nuun) Two of my favorite bloggers are Food Babe, and 100daysofrealfood (even though she does use meat and dairy in a few of her recipes. My family is NOT plant based.) I'm also a huge fan of Happy Herbivore cookbooks. She was an amazing asset to have when making the transition.
Love the cartoon about "where do you get your protein", the biggest myth out there! Another good source for recipes is the http://fatsickandnearlydead.com/ website!... fyi
I too have been incorporating some more raw foods into my diet.
I, in fact just made a Thrive Forward recipe (well took inspiration from a Thrive Forward recipe) for walnut tacos!
Ingredients: 2 Cups of raw walnuts soaked for 1 hour Lettuce leaves for shells (for fully raw) or corn tortillas taco seasoning taco toppings
You soak the walnuts in water for at least 1 hour then throw into a food processor or in my case the Vitamix (high speed blender) until the consistency of ground meat. The Thrive recipe calls for oil, but I do not use with oil anymore (get enough from whole foods like nuts and avocados).
I then added in taco seasoning and some water(or tomato sauce) and served atop my corn tortilla with all the taco fixin's I love - avocado, fresh salsa, chopped onions and tomatoes with cilantro and some finely shredded cabbage ( I like the additional crunch). It is sooooo good! You can use the walnut meat mixture in anything that you would use meat crumbles in - would make for a good raw chili as well.
I used to make a walnut burger years and years ago. I do not have the recipe anymore, but you would make the walnut meat, and then form it into a burger, then put it in a pan and cover it with vegetable broth and then let the broth boil down. As the broth boiled down the mixture was cooked and came out like a real burger.
It was similar to this recipehttp://www.justapinch.com/recipes/m...rgers.html . Obviously this recipe is not vegan or raw, but could easily be modified by using a nut milk, flaxseed instead of eggs (1tbsp ground flax seed + 3 tbsp = 1 egg)and gluten free bread crumbs.
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e.g 30 min before bike ride I eat this......every 30min during bike ride I eat this.....within 30 min of finishing bike ride I eat this...
I know we are all different but it sure would be nice to get the experienced Plant Based Athletes to share their routines.
Have to say that I think the transition is not going to be to difficult for me, because I was already not eating dairy, meat (only fish), sugar and only eating eggs one day a week. Breakfast was never bacon and eggs except maybe on a weekend and lunch was always veggies and maybe some rice or quinoa, and dinner always involved 2-3 veggies, some kind of carb (sweet potatoe, rice or gnocci - gluten free) so I think I will be good. Just want to make sure that I am doing the before/during and after right.
I have to say that Powerade and Gatorade do work for me, but I know they are full of chemicals so I would like to experiment with some other options on the longer rides. This will be my first time training for IM. If you have any suggestions I would love to hear them.
Saturday... was a 5K race and I also completed my long run later in the day... Ezekiel English muffin with almond butter and dates and coffee, 1 bottle of perform and 1 gel prerace , did 2 mile warm up and then ran the 5K race, 2 Kind bars picked up at the race with water , went home and out for 10 mile EP run consumed another bottle perform and 2 blocks on run , Lunch - huge raw salad as many colors as possible, mixed greens , cauliflower, broccoli , pepper, tomatoe, carrot , grapes , tempe , pistachios , avocado , olives , olive oil , balsamic vinegar , nutritional yeast , and corn chips , dinner sweet potato pancakes with almond butter and a gallon maple syrup to carbo load for big day sunday.
Sunday.. 5hr bike / 1 hr run.... Ezekiel English muffin with honey(I'm plant based not anal and my Dad gives me the honey that is the one thing I knowingly choose) and dates coffee, during the 6 hrs of combined bike/run 1 bottle nuun(start with this on training days cause still full) 6 bottles perform, 3 gels, 2 cliff shot blocks , and a cliff bar, Lunch same as Saturday salad corn chips and gingersnap cookies , dinner a Tofu based Quiche with greens and red peppers with almond butter curry roasted cauliflower and some vegan chocolate chip cookies...
Monday.... Swim only day... Short days of 1-1.5 hrs I avoid gels and perform for the most part... pre swim 3 dates 6 pecans and coffee , swim Nuun , post swim big bowl with 2 bananas , raisins , hemp , chia, coconut and almond milk , Lunch Salad same as sat and sun but with hemp and beans , dinner leftover Quiche and Cauliflower , snack apple and orange in blender then mixed hemp chia flax in....
Today.... 1.5 hr bike and then a 4 mile run later.... pre bike .. Picky Bar and coffee , post bike smoothie 12 ounce almond milk with banana raisins cacao powder and spinach, lunch yep you guessed it salad with hemp and beans , dinner mac and cheese (cashew based) with whole wheat pasta greens and some other veggies maybe some crack in it too it was so good. snack apple orange blended with hemp coconut and chia again...
Cant remember the snacks on my big training days but usually hit the pantry and grab dates and nuts..... So on big days I train with what I am going to consume on course for practice and convenience , the 1-1.5 hr days I try and stick to real food .
Day before a HIM or an IM I go low fiber with usually cream of rice cereal with hemp almond butter coconut oil maple syrup salt, sweet potatoe with tahini hemp coconut oil salt honey , white rice with hemp coconut oil maple syrup , drink coconut water , snack on rice cakes , cookies , pretzels , dark chocolate
Race Day Cream of Rice cereal with hemp coco oil almond butter salt and maple syrup , perform and gel pre swim , bike all perform cliff bar first then blocks , run perform and gel.... 250 cal per hour all day
Some of my other favorites.
Pre workout banans with nuts or nut butter, waffle , poptart yep they vegan without frosting some of them are
Post workout bowl oatmeal soaked in almond milk over night with raisins hemp chia, and smoothies and I do use a plant based protein powder from sprouted grains
Lunch usually the big salad or leftovers from dinner but hummus or other sandwhich spreads Heather makes one out of walnuts and mushrooms that taste like liverwurst and a couple others.
Dinners are lots of brown rice, quinoa , buckwheat, beans lentils , veggie burgers ,,,.... its endless.... leftovers for tomorrow night are curry lentils with egglplant over sweet potatoes... if you can think it google it and there is a vegan recipe for it... the sites you will find are endless as well
We eat a lot of dark chocolate , candy ginger , some various vegan cookies , and vegan baked goods specially on those big days when I need the extra calories... just plain cereal is another go to for lots of calories... Rice cakes with nut butters and tahinni constantly for snacking....
Careful not is is what it seems and read lots of labels... for instance a Fig Newton is NOT Vegan but an Oreo Cookie is....
Hope this gives you an idea.... I am more than happy to continue this conversation here or thru IM and any questions are welcome.
So how was your first couple days?
check these out these... awesome recipes http://www.nomeatathlete.com/black-bean-brownies/
http://blogs.mycentraljersey.com/holistic/2013/04/20/super-raspberry-protein-brownies/
Tim hope you don't mind I am scoping out your write up too!
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1cxskf/iam_rich_roll_author_of_finding_ultra_when_i/
I have sort of mixed feelings about people who are big self-promoters, but I'm sure he's a nice enough guy. Can't say the idea of a major dietary change hasn't crossed my mind, but I don't think it's quite for me yet. That's not to say that I don't enjoy reading what you guys eat though and trying to incorporate it into my diet. Just don't think I could pull off full-vegan, but good takeaways to eat and generally feel better, with the bonus that I can still eat bacon.
Mmm, bacon.
@ Trevor... I feel the same way about self promoters... If they have something to sell which most diet or nutritional theories do. I read his book which was good but dont wanna give him any money for his products or his wifes.... I tried Brendan Brazier products and thought they were horrible.. but he had good books too... Scott Jurek's book is worth reading along with Rich Roll's.... I dont call myself a VEGAN... I just say "plant based" that way if I inadvertently or consciously choose to eat something no Vegan I can and will. People are funny when we go out , its you cant eat that , I always of course I can eat that I just choose not too.
FWIW almost 3 years Plant Based , I dont feel any better than I did before (always felt good) , I dont have anymore energy than I used to (still the same) , I can gain weight and lose weight when ever I want (losing is harder just like always) just like before by putting more or less in my mouth (this is simple math there is no magic bullet or magic diet or combination of this or that )... I'm a lot faster than I was 3 years ago (BUT again I do NOT presume that to be diet although I have proven that the diet doesnt slow you down) I credit speed to training! Its simply a health choice that morphed into many other good reasons such as environmental and animal cruelty etc.... Heather and I enjoy it and have alot of fun with it....
I forget which book it was but right on the front it said. Eat real food. Not too much. And mostly from plants!
I am going to start writing down what I eat, just to track energy levels, so that if I am feeling fatigued I can see if I have been undereating.
I am also gluten free (gut issue) so really only like to ingest rice and quinoa (which makes me kinda tired. not sure what is up with that).
Wife and I switched late last year, and haven't look back. Night and day better on this style of eating. Granted we still have the occassional cheat meal (life is short), but we stay about 80% true. I don't like to use the word paleo, we basically "quit eating crap". But more I hear about plant based eating, the more people seem to be on-board with it.
Welcome to the plant friendly club! ;-)
I find that tracking is key for me to make sure that I am eating a varied amount of macro and micro nutrients. I eat real foods and try to stay away from so much fakey fake stuff. Being vegan is not mutually inclusive with being healthy - you can eat cake all day and be vegan. I know this from experience lol.
So for me, I eat Vega sports prodcuts pre- and post- workout. I also take amino acids. I made my own sport nutrition for the longest time, but now with doing so many Ironman sponsered events I am trying to train with readily available products to make my life easier.
I am with you, I use Vega Pre-workout sometimes, and post workout (tropical flavor) always! It is awesome. I have also enjoyed honey stinger waffles and recently started using the gel, all organic and vegan with good results. l also just do not have time to make my own stuff either. I make sure I cook and prep so I eat well, but then I run out of time.
Fyi Forks over knives and Engine 2 diet have web sites with lot's of great recipes. I also found some good recipes on NoMeatAthlete.com.
If one wants to be a true Vegan there are a lot of Non-Vegan products used in things you would never think of. But common are whey and gelatin. My sister works for Stoneyfield yogurt and we used to eat there Soy Yogurt (very good) and then we found out it was made with cultures derived from milk products. I told her that is bordering on false advertising. I believe they are actually going to rework that yogurt and make it Vegan. Some Beer and Wine is even made with a filtering process with animal parts in it. These are all the reasons I dont say "I am Vegan".... There are apps that will help if anyone is interestd..
Leather is another discussion... While trying to avoid its almost impossible...We have done a good job avoiding leather shoes etc, but a new car is in our future and it will have leather..
I have found resturants to be very accomodating when I say that I do not consume dairy or eggs. I was told at one mexican returant that good thing I mentioned this as their guacamole is made with dairy and their veggies are cooked in butter. They gladly made non-butter cooked veggies for me.
At home I am in 100% control of what I eat, but again refrain from saying vegan as like Tim, I do not want people to scoul or lecture me if I eat a honey stinger waffle or happen to have a leather belt on. :-)
I love the Happy herbivore cookbooks, as well as the Engine2 Cook book. Quick and easy recipes that are whole food based, and not all fakey fakey.
Brenda, I found Scratch hydration on a whim - love it. If you can't find it in Ottawa, I will ship you some.
My breakfast this am consisted of uncooked GF oatmeal, 2 tbsp hemp seeds, 1 tbsp flax seed, 1 tbsp walnuts, almond milk and blueberries. Mostly raw and very yummy.
At my local health food store, I saw a demo on Maca and lucuma powders and will now incorporate that into some sort of shake. Brenden Brazier has written a lot about both.
Thank you for starting this thread!
Sorry Rob, I should of said raw for Breakfast and Lunch and cooked for Dinner.
10 Protein Packed Plants http://gentleworld.org/10-protein-packed-plants/
Ignoring you my darling DavidI too have been incorporating some more raw foods into my diet.
I, in fact just made a Thrive Forward recipe (well took inspiration from a Thrive Forward recipe) for walnut tacos!
Ingredients:
2 Cups of raw walnuts soaked for 1 hour
Lettuce leaves for shells (for fully raw) or corn tortillas
taco seasoning
taco toppings
You soak the walnuts in water for at least 1 hour then throw into a food processor or in my case the Vitamix (high speed blender) until the consistency of ground meat. The Thrive recipe calls for oil, but I do not use with oil anymore (get enough from whole foods like nuts and avocados).
I then added in taco seasoning and some water(or tomato sauce) and served atop my corn tortilla with all the taco fixin's I love - avocado, fresh salsa, chopped onions and tomatoes with cilantro and some finely shredded cabbage ( I like the additional crunch). It is sooooo good! You can use the walnut meat mixture in anything that you would use meat crumbles in - would make for a good raw chili as well.
I used to make a walnut burger years and years ago. I do not have the recipe anymore, but you would make the walnut meat, and then form it into a burger, then put it in a pan and cover it with vegetable broth and then let the broth boil down. As the broth boiled down the mixture was cooked and came out like a real burger.
It was similar to this recipehttp://www.justapinch.com/recipes/m...rgers.html . Obviously this recipe is not vegan or raw, but could easily be modified by using a nut milk, flaxseed instead of eggs (1tbsp ground flax seed + 3 tbsp = 1 egg)and gluten free bread crumbs.
http://www.onegreenplanet.org/