Red Velvet Pancakes

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup egg whites
• 1 banana
• 1.5 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup plain greek yogurt
• 1 cup oats
• 1 tbsp flaxseed
• 1 tbsp wheat germ
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 tsp espresso powder
• 1 tbsp stevia
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 cup water (roughly)

Mix all ingredients in a blender until the consistency is smooth. Cook on a non-stick pan with some olive oil.

Makes 8 pancakes, each having 75 calories, 1 g fat, 3 g sugar, and 5 g protein.

My lunch! Spaghetti squash with pesto, mushrooms, tomato, and tofu. Before and after the sprinkling of nutritional yeast :)
I microwaved 1/2 a spaghetti squash on high for 8 minutes (cut side down). In a pan I fried 1/2 a block of firm tofu, then added a few mushrooms and sliced tomato and let it all sauté in olive oil. Then I added some chopped garlic and pesto, as well as some black pepper. Then I scooped out my squash, added it to the pan, and mixed it around. Top it off with some nutritional yeast and it’s amazing!!

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Pan-Seared Tofu with Spicy Sesame Rice

Carrot Cake Pancakes

Ingredients:

• 1 carrot, cut + partially steamed (or just raw if you’re in a rush!)
• 1 banana
• 1/2 cup egg whites
• 3 oz plain greek yogurt (1/2 small chobani container)
• 1 cup oats
• 1 tbsp wheat germ
• 1 tbsp flax
• 1 tsp vanilla
• Spices to your liking (I used mostly cinnamon with some allspice, nutmeg, and ginger)
• 2 tsp stevia

Use a blender to mix everything together until it’s a smooth, even texture. Add water if its too thick (I used around 1/4 cup water) and blend it in. Then, pour out and cook on a non-stick pan or griddle with some olive oil.

Makes 10 (delicious) pancakes! Each one has 62 calories, 1 g fat, 3.5 g protein, and only 2 g of sugar.

There are good eaten plain, with some greek yogurt, sliced banana, maple syrup, walnuts, etc. Feel free to experiment :)

Personally, I would eat a few of these for breakfast along with scrambled eggs or oatmeal and some fruit!

Ahh so many vitamins! So much fiber! So much crunchy, healthy, deliciousness! It’s 2 carrots, 2 stalks of celery, 2 Kirby cucumbers, a cup of cherry tomatoes and a cup of snap peas. I also have some peppers but ran out of space :p I got this all ready and I’m leaving it in my fridge so I have something quick to grab if I get hungry while studying!

Tonight, my brother, mom, and I are staying in a hotel near Johns Hopkins and went to the One World Cafe for dinner. And it was amazing. It advertises itself as a vegetarian cuisine (though it does offer options where you can add grilled salmon or grilled tuna), and also has a ton of vegan options. The eating area is filled with unique artwork and you eat in fun little nooks/ booths with colorful pillows. Everyone that worked there was really nice, too! Check out the menu and website here. My pictures are all a little dull and off-colored, but the food itself was actually very pretty (pics are on the website, too!)

Anyway, I got the garden salad, which had baby greens, tomatoes, cucumber, raw broccoli, sprouts, carrots, mushrooms and onions, to which I added grilled portobello mushrooms and got balsamic vinaigrette.

My brother got the baked enchiladas, which had grilled peppers, onions, and cheese. It was served with guac and refried beans.

My mom got Thai Vegetable & Tempeh Sauté, which came with a spicy coconut cilantro sauce and was served over rice noodles. I ate a lot of her entree, hahah.

For dessert, the three of us shared the carrot cake and the lemon mousse cake, which were both amazing. I also got a tasty blood orange tea.

The pieces of cake were huge and my mom barely had any. I have a bad habit of never wasting food (I just cant stand to do it), so I always finish my plate even if I’m full. It was a bad idea because I always get a stomach ache, but I can kind of say that it was worth it because these were so good.

Overall, it was realllly good and I’d definitely recommend it to anyone visiting the Baltimore area!

Satisfying my homework munchies with a bowlful of vegetables! 2 stalks celery, 1/2 a cucumber, 1 bell pepper, and a handful of snap peas.

A very vegetable-y dinner: 4 carrots worth of carrot pasta with pesto, sautéed onions, and nutritional yeast. Then I had steamed broccoli and roasted acorn squash, all accompanied by Ezekiel toast with hummus.

Veggies:

• Carrots
• Celery
• Red bell peppers (and jarred roasted red peppers)
• Sugar snap peas
• Spinach
• Onions
• Lettuce
• Tomatoes
• Cucumbers
• Broccoli
• Zucchini
• Eggplant
• Avocados
• Sweet potato
• Squashes (butternut, spaghetti squash, and acorn squash)
• Cabbage
• Escarole
• Kale
• Sprouts
• Cauliflower
• Beets
• Asparagus
• Edamame

Fruit:

• Apples
• Bananas
• Grapes
• Pears
• Berries
• Kiwi
• Melons
• Pineapple
• Oranges
• Clementines/ mandarins
• Grapefruit
• Mango
• Raisins and other dried fruit

Grains + grainy things

• Oats (I have quick oats, old-fashioned oats, oat goats, and steel cut oats)
• Brown rice
• Barley
• Bulgur
• Buckwheat
• Quinoa
• Wild rice

Protein:

• Tofu
• Plain greek yogurt (+ flavored ones for dessert)
• Canned beans and chickpeas
• Nuts (almonds, pecans, walnuts, cashews, pistachios)
• Seeds (pepitas, flaxseed)
• Eggs and egg whites
• Lentils
• Fish (I like tuna, salmon, and mahi mahi a lot)

Frozen

• Veggie masala burgers (TJ’S)
• Arctic zero
• Frozen spinach
• Frozen berries/ other fruit (like mango!)
• Frozen shrimp

Other:

• Kashi granola bars
• Cereal (Uncle Sam original, Kashi heart to heart, and ezekiel brand are my faves)
• Rice cakes
• Ezekiel bread
• Wasa or finn crisp crackers
• Popcorn kernels
• Peanut butter/ almond butter
• Nutritional yeast
• Mushrooms
• Hummus
• Tea
• Spices (I tend to use cinnamon, cayenne, and cumin often)
• Dark chocolate
• Rice paper wrappers
• Condiments (honey mustard, chipotle mustard, low-sodium soy sauce, balsamic vinegar)

Dinner was steamed sweet potato, lentils, tofu, and sautéed zucchini and onion with pesto and nutritional yeast.

Dinner was chickpeas, sautéed cabbage and onion, and 2 homemade black bean-sweet potato-barley burgers.

Trying out my new veggies :)

The sugar snap peas are the thicker ones, and the snow peas are the flatter ones! They’re both really good… they both taste very fresh and have a nice crunch to them… I think I might slightly prefer the sugar snap peas, though!

This x 2… Now that is what I call a dinner. I had steamed sweet potato, tomato, guacamole, tofu, and sautéed pepper and onions.

Dinner was brown rice and a stir fry with asparagus, mushroom, onion, and tofu.

I hope you guys can appreciate the sheer volume of this mixing-bowl salad. I only took a picture of my “base”, which was romaine, spinach, and kale. I also added edamame, dried cranberries, avocado, walnuts, and honey mustard dressing. I like my greens :)