Well I’m keeping up so far with this veggie thing! I can do it! And poor Conan has to just go along with a lot of it! I found this video though and its this idea that’s got me going veggie. I’m not this badly off at all, but as far as my neck pain goes the doctors just seem to have handed me a huge bag of pills and said bye bye. If something as basic as changing my diet can help get off the pills and have a quality of life then I’m going for it!
So I made the lentil sprout burgers, I added some bean sprouts too! And I had my camera out :
The sprouts growing in my little sprouter
Picked them and stuck them in a bowl of water to get the husks off.
Lazy way to dry them :)
Close up
I loooove playing with the food processor, the sprouts didn't stand a chance!
Very gooey batter
Fried them up, they were definitely more fritter then burger
Cooked "burger"
Of course served with a salad full of other types of sprouts, mostly sunflower, broccoli and mustard.
Yummy salad full of other sprouts and peppers and seeds.
They were interesting, I’m definitely going to try them again but definitely with more herbs and spices and veg. They were really more fritters then burgers and the initial batter was far too liquid so I added mushrooms to bulk and it worked quite well. Tried them cold the next day, nasty! And one of the few things that adding melted cheese to doesn’t help! Definitely only good for one meal don’t make extra for leftovers!
I’ve another bunch of sprouts growing, so might give the burgers another go next week!
Then on Wednesday night I cooked my first ever nut roast, it turned out quite well although it’s going to need tinkering with the recipe too, I’ll post it here when I get it right. But it was a pretty good first attempt and Conan even had it for lunch cold the next day with no complaints.
Last night I Mousakaed it up! And it was goooooooood! I just replaced the mince with mushrooms and it;s just as good as with the meat, and best of all we have plenty left this evening so I don’t need to bother to cook, just reheat it J ...maybe with a bit of garlic bread!
So ye I think with a bit of effort and thought I can definitely do veggie, vegan however is a long ways off!
Oh wow! I better get going if I’m going to yoga, very tempted to just do it at home instead, after I did yesterday and the bunnies decided to join in and climb all over me! Was fantastic fun!
Well my pain levels have been up and down lately, I did get through a fair few days (3) with no pills aside from my one I have to take everyday. I felt great! So proud of myself, it was mostly a result of resting, yoga and not being stressed, but then that all went down the loo when I was manic busy towards the end of last week and I was back to popping pills like crazy yay!
So today I have allowed myself a little break to do what I feel like doing, of course that has involved lots of etsy browsing and business stuff, but it has also involved an hour or so on the sofa with a book and I’m going to go do some yoga now and then attempt to make a nice dinner or sprout burgers! Fingers crossed they taste as good as this picture looks!
I have been growing lots of sprouts so I’m looking for new ways to eat them. It’s just sooo much fun eating something I grew myself and since we don’t have a garden this is really the best we can do. I have been veggie almost two weeks now! Go me! Not missing meat at all, although I think Conan might be J I’m not forcing him to join me but I’m not bothered to put chicken in stuff if I don’t have to so he’s been having a lot less. Although he’s making up for it with fry ups, we came back at Christmas with lots of sausages and white pudding from Ireland which it’s now down to him to eat! I’m really really hoping the veggie thing will help! And I know I should be giving up dairy too but one thing at a time!
In other news the bunnies are well, their ears look much better and hopefully tomorrow will be the last day of us torturing them with ear drops. They will be very very relieved! Right lets try make these burgers.....I have back up enchiladas for Conan just in case!
In case anyone is interested here and here is lots of sprouting info :)
I’ve just had the nicest half hour! I went to say hello to the bunnies and give them a rub and they decided to come out and play with me, they ran around me and climbed up on me and I scrambled at an old towel with them and then just sat reading my book; The Kind Diet with them for a while. It was really really good for the soul J I’d be lost without those little girls, although I do wish Gráinne wouldn’t keep trying to bite her sisters bum!
This has actually been a pretty nice day, one of the first in a while that I’ve had alone in the apt, I got back to my workbench for the first time since before Christmas, and it was great! I didn’t get a huge amount done cause my neck is a little sore but I’m chilled and relaxed and not going to beat myself up about that! I’m going to plant some more seeds now, I want a basil plant! And cook a yummy dinner to eat cuddled up on the sofa with my boy!
Hope everyone else is as chilled as me!
Ps: Just want to share this picture; while I was back in Ireland over the Christmas I got to go to the house of some good friends; Paul and Jen who have the cutest cuddly dogs J and they seemed to think I was pretty cuddly too.
It was great to see everyone I got to see while I was home and if I didn’t manage to see you I’m sorry! Hopefully next time!
