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Originally Posted by amanda6035
If so, I need your help.
I'm starting the Daniel Fast on Monday, and I'm trying to put together my meal plan so that I can stay successful on it. At the same time, Hubby isn't doing it with me. I mean, he'll eat what I fix for him for dinner, but we generally do our own thing for breakfast and lunch... I want to make sure that whatever dinners I fix is going to be something he will enjoy.
I know that the Daniel Fast is closely aligned with the vegan lifestyle, although more restrictive. I'm hoping to one day go completely vegan, so this is a good starting point for me. That being said, I'm also a clean eating junkie, so I want to make sure that whatever I eat follows those guidelines. I'm concerned about some of the vegan alternative foods that are available out there. I've been reading the ingredients on the packages, and they are things I've never heard of before, or can't pronounce, and in the eat clean world, they say if you cannot pronounce it, it's probably not clean. I don't want to automatically disregard it just because I don't know what it is.
For example, I found a Vegan Mac N Cheese recipe that I want to try, but it calls for vegan cream cheese and vegan cheddar cheese. When I looked up the ingredients on these items.... there are terms I've never heard of before. I don't know if they follow eat clean guidelines or not.
Any clean eating vegans out there that can help me out? I know better than to assume that vegan alternative = healthy, but do any of you have any guidelines to understanding what some of those weird products on the labels are? Thank you! |
I'm not vegan, but one of my serious boyfriends was so I ended up cooking/eating a lot of vegan stuff. He was one of those junky vegans so sometimes the only vegetables and grains he got were when I was cooking. Even now, I don't necessarily need to have animal products every meal or even every day.
I've learned that MOST, but clearly not all, vegan dairy alternatives are ultra-processed, with a lot of chemicals to mimic the texture and taste of dairy.
My question is, if the whole purpose of the diet is to eat like Daniel, doesn't eating something that deliberately mimics a "forbidden food" defeat the purpose?
Quinoa is your friend. Quinoa is inexpensive, full of iron and protein, and can be dressed up any way you'd dress up rice. It's a superfood, and a great foundation for a vegan or clean-food diet.
Good luck! I've always noticed that when I eat clean, I need less sleep and perform better in all aspects of my life.