My choice of Vegan lifestyle obviously started with the easy decision of Vegetarianism close to three years ago. And while maintaining 100% Vegetarian lifestyle, I progressively made Vegan adaptations.
Social media is a tool and often a tool for me to reference statistics or dates. Today I’m gonna search through my social diary in Twitter. At some point in my life, I want to write a book with basically just my tweets.
- First purposely #VeganVriday was 1.9.15
- First purposely #VeganVeekend was 5.29.15
I did not survive every VeganFriday and I think I failed only one VeganWeekend after starting. I did, however, notice a difference in my digestive system and stomach between Vegetarianism and Veganism. Ultimately bringing me to the no-brainer decision of upgrading vegetarianism into Veganism as of 7.8.15.
I have finally found my love for Earth Balance Vegan ‘butter’. “Better late than never.” Says everyone.
I made SOUP for the first time in this colder turning time. And I was going to name it Souper Ⓥ Supe, but chose to shorten to Ⓥ Souper.
I found out that Sweet Potato skins are very edible and very good.
I resurrected my very first “real” bicycle in honor of his second birthday on September 22nd, in a 2014 Trek CrossRip. I’ve named him the HulkRip. I’ve ridden him through hell and back at over 7,000 km. He needed new cables, brakes, chain, cassette, chain ring and tape and pedals which I put on. He sat up at the bike shop for a good month awaiting a chain keeper. I’d like to keep HulkRip rideable for a long long time. And rode him for the first time in months yesterday. Happy Birthday, HulkRip!
Ⓥ Souper ingredients:
- Tofu, soft
- Soyrizzo, had to add another ‘z’ because I’m a cubbies fan
- Mushroom, sliced
- Sunflower Seeds, shelled & I used non salted
- Garlic, minced
- Radish, sliced
- Onion, Diced and julienne sliced
- Green Pepper, shorter julienne sliced
- Tomato, beefsteak diced and grape-whole
- Spinach
- BalsamicVinegar/Oil
- Earth Balance ‘butter’, mmmmm
- Jasmine Rice, cooked
- Lentils, cooked
- Kale, frozen & NonGMO mmm
- Eggplant, chopped
- Zucchini, chopped
- Sweet Potato, chopped w/ skin
- Red Potato, chopped w/ skin
- Russet Potato, chopped w/ skin
- Cilantro, frozen cubes mmm
- SeaSalt/Pepper/Cayenne
- Serrano & Hot Peppers, diced
- Veggie Broth
Insanity:
I actually started out making a breakfast stir-fry and severely enjoyed it before later making into soup.
- Cook Rice and Lentils together while stir-frying and later drain before adding.
- Heat Oil and add Garlic, Hot Peppers, Potatoes, diced Onion and Eggplant.
- Add Tofu, Soyrizzo, Sunflower Seeds and diced Tomato. Cover and sauté.
- Add Seasonings, Rice/Lentils and BalsamicVinegar with generous Earth balance! Cover
- Always stir occasionally…duh
- Add Kale, Zucchini, Green Pepper, Julienne Onion, Radish, Mushroom, Cilantro& Grape Tomatoes
- Can’t forget the SPINACH
- Cover and simmer low
I served the stir-fry w/ wheat toast with Earth balance. I FREAKING LOVE EARTH BALANCE.
To make Soup, I honestly just added Broth as it mixed and thickened extremely well. Very flavorful! And powerfully nutritious!
Go Cubbies as it’s almost playoff time! Have a good beer, take a good pic and ride a bicycle before the cold hits! Happy Thursday and Happy Weekend! Do something out of the ordinary!
VeggHead BeerCyclist 