VEGANUARY! What We Ate This Week #3

 

It's week 3 of Veganuary!!! Check out the previous 2 weeks posts here  and week 1 for more of an explanation onto what Veganuary is >>     

VEGANUARY! What We Ate This Week #1

VEGANUARY! What We Ate This Week #2

In short, my husband and I are vegan and Veganuary is a challenge for non-vegans to try the lifestyle for a month to see how awesome it is! I've decided to publish an extra post here each week of January sharing our evening meals each day to prove how basic, easy, down to Earth, cheap, simple, varied, nutritious, tasty and more vegan food can be. The majority of vegan options in restaurants and recipes I see online are complex and over the top, most completely not fussy eater friendly. Mine are.

See below for lots of delicious ideas that you can tailor to your own needs, tastes and dietary requirements!

Day 15 - Homemade Hot and Spicy 'Chicken' Pizza with Wedges
A basic dough is quick and easy to make and you get to decide the toppings. What's not to love?!
Of course there are also many pre-made and frozen vegan pizzas now available in stores!

Day 16 - Siracha and Spring Onion Mash with Broccoli and Sprouts
Mash, but exciting! I love mash but to mix it up a little I added spring onions and siracha.
A nice addition to a basic veg filled dish.

Day 17 - Tacos (Black-Eyed Bean and Soy 'Chicken' Filling) and Garlic Potatoes
Mr H is the taco maker/expert in this house, so these are his creation.
Super yummy!

Day 18 - Pesto Pasta with Peas
Another take on pasta.
This time gluten-free fusilli with green pesto and peas!

Day 19 - Spicy Smashed Potatoes with Green Beans and Broccoli
This was a new-to-me meal. I took inspiration from a recipe I'd seen online and twisted it for us.
Small potatoes boiled, flattened on a baking tray and covered in a specially made paprika sauce,
before being put in the oven to crisp up. So good!

Day 20 - Paella
Usually I use red pepper with this dish, however we only had yellow and green so looks wise it's not the norm.
This is obviously a little more of a faff to make, but it's so good and filling. Worth a try!

Day 21 - Spicy Lentil Soup
With being fussy and such there are only a couple of soups I like.
Today was meant to be Leek and Potato however online food shops once a month often mean you don't get what you order.
We also only had 1 carrot left, so I got crafty and made up a take on my usual lentil recipe.

Something Sweet - Alpro Chocolate Pots!
YUM.

That's yet another week down and in 21 days we have not had one repeat meal! 21 different meals! All 3 weeks meals are also all made from only one online food shop at the start of the month that cost around £80...and we have enough food for the rest of the month too. Don't tell me vegan eating isn't attainable or affordable! So many people try to say how expensive it is or how difficult it is or how limiting it is - well I fully disagree. We are not well off, live off one income and manage to put together all of these interesting, hearty, varied meals. 


For more of an explanation why vegan is the way to go, without graphic imagery etc, listen to this >