Plant-Based & Vegan - support & recipes

Happy New Year to all vegetable lovers! Proud to read that Vancouver is one of the top vegan cities in the world:

“According to the data, Vancouver finished just ahead of Seattle, and behind only Bristol, England; Portland, Oregon; and Edinburgh, Scotland.“

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/vancouver-ranked-fourth-worldwide-for-interest-in-veganism

I'm still converting but pleased to see the new Canada Food Guide is going more plant-based too.

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https://fieldroast.com/

I found some veggie hot dogs in my grocery store made by Field Roast - see link to their website. They are DELICIOUS. Kind of expensive, but so easy to prepare and so tasty. The ingredients list is encouraging - seems like good stuff.

I didn't pay attention to the fact that this is the same company that makes Chao cheese. They also make different sausages so I will have to look and see if my store carries those.

GoKale, I told DH to watch for more tofu coming soon! He is slowly converting and articles like this help.

GoKale, that's interesting. My doctor looked at my cholesterol and laughed, saying that it's like the cholesterol level of a baby. I guess there's more to it.

I got behind watching that documentary. Just didn't have time this week but its free replay this weekend so everyone hurry and watch it because it expires midnight 4/14

GoKale If you lost even a bit of weight going plant based and you cut the oils then you cholesterol declined. you can get a cholesterol test through requestatest.com if you are in the US. They have labcorp and quest centers that do draws. My insurance only pays for one time a year unless I appeal it. Unfortunately mine isn't budging after 6 months plant based. I finally found out that I have prediabetes so I think that is interfering with weight loss and health. I plan to taylor this WFPB eating to better control my blood sugar and see if I can get some weight off I am sure that if I do that my cholesterol will come down.

One of my favorite quick dinners is burritos. I cook rice or quinoa, add canned black beans and enough salsa to mix through it. Then I warm up tortillas in the toaster oven. Often I put my salad fixings inside the burrito with the rice and bean mixture. I love this!!!

In other news: my husband won a foot race and received a basket of fruits and vegetables. So cool! I had never prepared fresh beets so I learned how to roast them. So good! included was a whole pineapple so I learned how to cut it up. Such a treat! Last night I baked the winter squash and then put it in my stir fry. Delicious! Anyway, I was thrilled with this basket of veggies and tried things I would not have tried otherwise. Each night I kept telling him which parts of dinner were his winnings.

Sara - I eat quinoa for breakfast sometimes like cereal or oatmeal. I cook it, throw it in the fridge, and then scoop it out in the morning and add nuts, raisins, cinnamon and soymilk. Then eat with a spoon. Sometimes I don't add the milk. I also eat it in burritos or quinoa bowls (basically burritos without the wrap) or with stir fry instead of rice. Sometimes I put it in vegetable soup.

Hi everyone! I was diagnosed last week with BC. My husband and I have been vegan since January. I was a vegetarian up til then but my husband went cold turkey (pun intended). We are learning how to cook vegan through Purple Carrot meals 2-3 a week

Someone just mentioned the book "Undoctored; Why Health Care has Failed and How you can be smarter than your doctor", by William Davis. I think he also wrote "Wheat Belly" which I have heard about. I have not read either book. But I think he suggests you cut out all wheat and grains. I don't know what his take is on a plant-based diet. I should just read the book, haha!

Anyway, my question is has anyone given up all wheat and grains in their diet? Can you eat just fruits and vegetables and legumes without grains? The last time I attempted no grains, I was hungry within an hour of eating - all day long. I was eating meat then, too which did not help.

DogMomRunner - the linguine recipe sounds divine. I love roasted vegetables, pasta and pesto.

Moth - thanks for the link to the video. I had read something about the connection between cholesterol and breast cancer - and I have had high cholesterol for years leading up to my diagnosis. I will watch the video to see what else I can learn. After changing my diet last year for only a month or so, I had my cholesterol checked and it was much lower than I had seen it in a long time. So I am hoping to check it again in a couple months and see where it is. Fingers crossed that I have made huge progress.

GoKale - I feel kind of crappy any time I eat a lot of bread or pasta. I do okay with Ezekiel bread products, but I stay away from things like pizza, and if I do eat bread it's just a little bit. I think the pizza is so bad because it's hard to eat just a little bit, but it seems to give me migraines. If I eat pasta it is homemade and with a really healthy tomato and lentil sauce, but even then I don't feel great the next day. I think you get gluten intolerant the same way you get alcohol intolerant - I don't eat much of it anymore so now when I eat a lot I get a gluten hangover. I stick with whole foods most of the time so that limits my gluten intake.

I eat a lot of potatoes with soup,chilli, or sauce on it.

Beans,oatmeal also make an appearance.

Same for sweet potatoes, squash, rice etc so I am often gluten free without intending it.

It would be very easy to do a gluten free trial . If you need good recipes look at chef AJ and her ultimate weight loss recipe book. It is whole foods,plant based and gluten free.

hello everyone,

My last day of radiation was on March 20th, 2019. Its been around 2 months. In between i suffered from lung inflammation . My RO prescribed Predisone steroids for 4 weeks. The lung inflammation was cured in 3 weeks so we decided not to take for the last week. However i am not getting the side effects of steroids. My RO said that our body needs time to adapt to get back to normal after stopping the steroids. So I am now getting some breathing problem, drowsy, fatigue. My RO said it might two to three weeks.

I am just tired of these side effects. Chemo, Radiation, side effects, medicine to get rid of side effects , this is way too much to handle.

Did any of you ladies also went through the same problems after treatment was done. How long it will take our body to get back to normal? Can anyone of you ladies share some of their stories please.

Thank you