Veggietude

Buffalo Cauliflower Bites

Made these tonight for my road trip on Thursday to The Cleveland Clinic.

This recipe is from Ann and Jane Esselstyn’s Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Cookbook. I have made a similar version before but what’s good about this one is no vegan margarine, just oat milk (I used almond milk because I had that on hand). Yum. This from someone who doesn’t like cauliflower🙂.

Start Me Up

Some new stuff going on!

Friday I am going to The Cleveland Clinic to participate in Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn Jr.’s 5 hour Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Program. So looking forward to it.

Dr. E called me yesterday to go over my heart history (which is not good) and discuss his program briefly etc. He is very direct🙂. It is clear that I must follow the program 100%…NO OIL, no sugar, no dairy, nothing that had a face or a mother( i.e. meat, chicken, fish), no eggs, no pop.

I don’t eat meat, fish etc. but have been eating occasional eggs and I have cheese a couple of times a week maybe…mostly when eating out.

However, if I wish to live a long healthy life, these things are out.

Went to friends’ for a bbq yesterday and brought my own orzo (no oil) salad and they graciously made a mango/bean salad from Dr. E’s website. I am so grateful they understood and jumped in to help with a healthy salad for me.

I also have a brother Will, who has a blog/fb page etc. called Potato Strong and he is, as I write, in Costa Rica on Dr. John McDougall’s Starch Solution adventure trip. From his posts, it looks like they’re having a great time and eating tons  (also no oil, no meat, no dairy etc.)

So I’m surrounded by this lifestyle…have to get with it!

Below is a Beefless Stew I made today and am having for dinner. Will let you know how I like it🙂

Working on a New Me

It’s that time of year…like, the beginning🙂 I feel this way in September too. After eating my way through Xmas and New Year’s (seemingly more than usual) I feel quite lousy. And what with health concerns (heart mostly), I have to get serious. Again🙂

Today I stocked up on fruits, veggies and am going to make a lovely green juice (some might not call green juice lovely🙂, but this one is). Baby spinach, raspberries, a pear, some ginger and water. I don’t care for ginger much but it tastes great in this juice and soothes the stomach.

My husband read an article about apple cider vinegar and how good it is for you. Of course, I have tried to get him to drink this in some water (1 tbsp./1 cup of water) but he doesn’t like vinegar. However, since he’s read this elsewhere, he is wanting to do it🙂.

Mimi Kirk ( an older raw foodist who looks amazingly younger) writes about apple cider vinegar in her book ‘Live Raw’. Some of the benefits…helps with colds, sore throats, arthritis, high blood pressure, acid reflux and candida. And more. So we are trying it (again). A recurring thing with me. Try things, stick with them awhile, forget about them for awhile, read up, try again🙂

Wish me luck.

How about you? What vegan adventures will you be up to this year?