Tour of my refrigerator and pantries.

Hi guys! So this might be a suuuuuper weird post, or a helpful one. I kind of wanted to just share some of my staples that I keep stocked in the refrigerator at all times. 

let's just jump right into this really different blog post, hahahah. 

Two Vegan recipes great for lunch or dinner!

Vegan Italian Pasta

• 1/4 lb tomato (chopped up)
• 1/2 tsp olive oil
• 1/8 tsp garlic powder
• sea salt
• 2 mushrooms (chopped)
• 1/8 cup water
• 1 tsp fresh minced garlic 
• 1/2 vegan italian sausage
• 1 serving vegan pasta

1. Set a pot of water to boil for your pasta, add it once boiling and cook according to instructions.
2. in a saucepan, sautée the tomato with the olive oil, onion powder, sea salt, garlic, and mushrooms. 
3. when that gets mushy, add the water. 
4. in another saucepan brown the sausage in super light oil.

This pasta was amazing. I seriously loved it more than any other pasta I've ever made in my life. It was sooooooo good.

How I ate vegan at IHOP

On my mother in law's last day here we ate IHOP for brunch and it was my first day going vegan. I honestly could have just said "fuck it" and ate that strawberry crepe I was craving, but I decided to stick with what I started and skimmed the entire menu until I put a few things together. I settled on avocado toast, (no butter on the toast) the side of potatoes, and an unsweetened tea that I added sugar substitute to. It cost around $6 and I didn't even eat the entire thing because I got full! 

I just wanted to make this little post to show that eating vegan can be challenging when you go to places that don't cater to your diet, but it can be done!

Food the last few days.. I forgot to record some of my meals, sorry guys!

Grapefruit + vegan crackers + Garlic hummus

Food Log Day 10

Today was an errands and deep clean the entire first floor kind of day..

Food Log Day 9

We went to the zoo this day. I sort of skipped lunch, because the zoo didn't have the best options for me. 

I forgot to snap a photo of BREAKFAST, but it was a re-run of some similar tacos from last week.

Food Log Day 8

My mother in law brought 2 bags of apples with her for me, and I decided to use some!

Food Log day 7

This post isn't going to be as long as you'd think, because I forgot to take pictures of A LOT of the meals I cooked or ate out.. My mother in law has been here since Sunday, (Day 7) and I just have been super busy hanging out with her and the kids. 

Let's get started!

DAY 7

BREAKFAST: Sweet Potato Hash

I am so upset, I made the most delicious Sweet Potato hash and I forgot to take my photo!!!!! Everyone loved it so much that they were upset that there wasn't second portions!! It had: 

2 sweet potatoes

onions

mushrooms

peppers

scrambled eggs

cinnamon

After breakfast we decided to head to the Audubon Aquarium and explore NOLA.

We ate lunch at SEED, it was amazing!!

Food Logs Day 5 & 6

These past 2 days have kind of gone by SO fast for me. I was pretty much lucky to remember to eat, I've been really busy. My mother in law is coming into town and staying with us tonight/tomorrow for a few days, so I've been trying to unbox the last of the stuff thats been lingering, and clean up! 

Well, anyways, try not to judge how badly the food choices were, and the poor pictures. :P

Food Log Day 4

Yesterday was not so great, so today I am working a little harder to get creative. I am about to use the last of any veggies I really have, so lets see how far I can get....

My washer stopped working the other day, so the next (this day) I had maintenance workers kind of in my kitchen/ entrance while I was cooking this. I can tell they were drooling because they kept whispering about it. Every time this week that they've been here fixing things I am in the kitchen cooking, so I bet they think all I do is cook!!! :P

Food Log Day 3

BREAKFAST: 

It Works Greens in OJ

I forgot that I had this little jar of Greens and decided to start this up. Greens help your body to Alkalize, Balance, and detox. If you're ever wanting to try It Works products, I am still a distributor, you can check out my website: www.chelseagon.itworks.com 

I have been doing this for a couple days and can't lie, I really feel like I'm flushing my system out. 

Anyways, I am not only drinking that for brekky, I am EATING!

Food Log Day 2

Funny thing this morning, Oliver wanted french fries for breakfast, so I made shredded hash browns for him. Now, this is something I could've ate also but I decided not to have such a high calorie brekky and opted for an experimental option!

All of these are vegan except the breakfast because of the egg :-)

My food log - day 1

I am starting to watch what I eat again guys! This time around I'm not really counting calories a whole lot, but more focusing on what I eat. I am still a vegetarian, so this time around all I am doing is cutting out breads, pastas, dairy (I'm keep greek yogurt in the mix though), and I am allowing myself to enjoy eggs, though only 1 a day if I eat them. Also, I am only drinking water and one glass (8oz) of Orange Juice a day. I'm taking vitamins and some other things as well.

Anyway, I used to use My Fitness Pal to log my food, but honestly that was not enjoyable, nor something that held my attention. So, instead, I am photo logging my meals and anything I consume a day, so that I have actual accountability. I didn't want to post them to my instagram, so I will just do one daily post sharing my meals.

Another thing, I am not trying to create a cook book or recipes, but I will include a little bit about each meal. If you have any questions on brands of things, shoot me an email! I don't mind answering questions!!