The next bit. Still doing (mostly) ok.

I'm going to drop the preceding "O" for Organic and start showing everything I eat that counts towards the government-recommended 5 a day (fat lot most of them know about nutrition, but still) in bold and everything that's organic underlined.  Anything bold and underlined is, fairly obviously, both.  That way, K and I can see at a glance how much of my intake is organic, and how much fruit and veg/pulses I am managing to eat.


Food diary:
Monday 17th November 2014
Breakfast: 6 Oatcakes, tea with soya milk
Lunch: Tin veg soup, Bread & spread, tea with soya milk  Half a 100g bar (or possibly more) of dark chocolate.  What was I thinking? (Actually I was thinking "Yum, more, gimme more!")

Monday's dinner

PM: Glass soya milk - note to self, I like the taste of Alpro organic soya milk.
Dinner: Steamed Brussels, boiled mashed swede and Carrot with tarragon and less than a tsp olive oil, Smoked tofu roast - Packet stuffing mix with added fried Onion (tiny amount of oil), Mixed seeds, Tomatoes, bouillon powder, nuritional yeast, cubed smoked Tofu, all mixed together, heaped onto a baking tray, sprinkled with mixed seeds and baked at about gas mk 5 until browned.  Not bad, but would have been better without the tomatoes. As usual I made far more than I needed, so loads left over.  Good job I like leftovers!  Believe it or not I had some more chocolate afterwards.  Had a rough night's sleep and felt pretty gross in the morning in consequence - I think that's what did it, anyway.  I had 2 mugs of Sleep Easy tea before bed, and that may have been too much!

Tuesday 18th
Breakfast: Leftover tofu bake in a 2-slice sarnie with wholegrain mustard and tea with soya milk
AM: Apple, banana and a few walnuts
Lunch: :Salad of  wholewheat pasta farfalle, tomatoes, cucumber, celery, balsamic dressing and salt. 1 boiled sweet (my last one).
PM: Slice of bread and peanut butter
Dinner: Leftover tofu bake and leftover pasta salad with a few shakes of tamari.  A couple of squares of chocolate.
I had trouble going to sleep, but slept ok once I was off.  I think there was too much carbohydrate in my dinner (In the whole day, now I look back!), consequently I was still buzzing at well gone midnight, but you can't get up and start hoovering, can you?

Wednesday 19th
Breakfast: Toast & peanut butter, tea & soya milk
Lunch: Homemade soup, made with Mondays' organic carrot and swede water (saved in the fridge), red lentils, leek, potatoes, bouillon powder & black pepper.  Nice.  1 slice Bread (no spread).

I have some mung beans (the only organic beans I could find at the weekend) soaking, but no idea what to do with them.  Something with rice, I think, I'll have to search for a recipe.  Thank goodness for the internet, whatever did we do without it?

In the end I didn't bother with a recipe.  I boiled the beans until soft, meanwhile I sauteed an onion, carrot and parsnip in a little olive oil, and when softened added a good shake of chilli powder and let cook a little longer.  Then I added a tin of plum tomatoes and a very generous squeeze of tomato puree, some water and the beans. I turned the heat right down and let it think about things for a bit while the brown rice boiled (salt added).  About 5 mins before it was all done, I whizzed a handful of pimento-stuffed green olives to a rough paste and stirred them into the chilli, to season.  It was very successful and tasty and of course I have a ton left over!  It will be good on wholewheat spaghetti (it's quite bolognesey in consistency) or on a jacket spud for a quick lunch.  I may freeze some.

I wish I'd had some lovely green parsley to make it a bit more photogenic