It started usual and ended fun!
Breakfast was the usual Grape Nuts Cereal with Soymilk with blueberries and a banana
Lunch was curried lentils that I had left over with some geeens and roasted veggies and garden cherry tomatoes with a sprinkle of hot sauce
Snack was simple edamame and grapes
But then for dinner I made an easy weeknight dinner; Costa Rican black beans and potatoes. You just dice up some onion and garlic and saute in a little vegetable broth until translucent. Then just open cans and throw in a can of sliced potatoes, a can of diced tomatoes with green chilis, and a can of rinsed black beans. Add 1/2c water and a TBSP tomato paste and a teaspoon of cumin and simmer 10-15 minutes till thickened. Stir in 4-6 handfuls of spinach and some fresh cilantro and dinner is ready! I like to serve this over rice, but it goes well with whole-grain crusty bread also. Leftovers can be wrapped in a corn tortilla for lunch.
Then came a completely no-sugar added dessert!
I noticed the over ripe bananas this morning and so I peeled them and put them in the freezer. Then tonight I blended the frozen bananas with 1/4c plant milk and a splash of vanilla. If you keep blending, they turn into nice cream. I made my black bean brownies (only sweetened with dates) and ate warm brownies with cold nice cream tonight after dinner!
Happy Plant Eating 😁
*For Brownie recipe see my blog post from Sept 9 What-I-Eat-Monday at thejollyheart.com
