#forksoverknives

Vegan meal prep! Forks Over Knives inspired Indian-Spiced Cauliflower and Potato Casserole and Thai Rice (I made them lentil) Salad Bowls. I've got some bananas, leftover sweet potato, and grapes in the fridge. Breakfasts will probably be some play on oats with almond milk (though I may go non-vegan and eat some yogurt and eggs that I have in the house😬)

Feelings before: Not extremely hungry physically but definitely feeling the fact I haven’t ate yet ( I wake up late on weekends but usually have to wake up at 4 and have breakfast like 4:45). Emotionally feeling pretty okay, been working toward this moment so have some anticipation going

Ultimately Ate: 2 oranges, 1 Almond Butter, Apple Butter, Banana Wrap

Feelings After; I feel okay. I feel satisfied, but not sure if I’m quite satiated? But it’s like right now it doesn’t feel worth looking for another orange or some other fruit. The oranges were /fantastic/ by the way. I got kind of worried when I noticed they were seedless, but nothing i can find online says this is due to significant processing, mainly that they’re slightly lower in Fiber or something, and I can’t find anything specific on forks over knives about it.

I also noticed the apple butter wasn’t “unsweetened” entirely. I did check the labels when I was shopping, but I wasn’t clear on my shopping list on some points (this shopping list was very long, several drafts in, And took me hours, so my final draft was unfortunately missing some things typo-esque like that). I still found an apple butter that didn’t have added fructose corn syrup, no oils, and it’s stats fat and sodium wise were okay. Since the wrap called for raisins and I skipped those, I’m hoping it evens out.

The wrap itself wasn’t /too/ bland, but it was far from the rich one I could have made with similar highly processed and sweetened ingredients. I know my tastes will adjust, but the oranges were far more flavorful.