Comments on: 8 Things to Eat Every Day

By: Hana

Hana — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:55:30 +0000

A couple of these things could easily be blended into a daily smoothie – yogurt, blueberries, spinach, maybe some carrot juice (plus other yummy fruits, vegs and juice to get more flavor) and then top that with some oats and granola and crushed walnuts (or grind the oats and walnuts into a powder beforehand and blend that in!) It’s so fun to experiment with smoothie blends – I’ve thrown some weird combinations into the blender and generally have success. The worst thing that ever happens is the overall taste is muddled, but still satisfactory and packed full of vitamins. It just takes experimentation with portions and different fruits and veggies to get a taste you really like.

I just discovered this blog – great info! I’ll be back, for sure.

By: Damon

Damon — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 01:00:46 +0000

@Cndy: I don’t think the idea was that this comprises a complete vegan diet, just that they are items that should be considered staples.

I could probably manage to get most of these in a day, but man, I really don’t like tomatoes! I know, craziness. But I like tomato products (salsa, juice, soup, ketchup w/o HFCS) so I could probably get an equivalent serving.

By: Cndy

Cndy — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 08:56:33 +0000

I just do not think that eating those food will be enough for vegans to be healthy. Various supplement, vitamins and minerals are necessary.

By: Breeze Harper

Breeze Harper — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 21:44:03 +0000

Has anyone read about avoiding spinach while pregnant? Susun Weed’s Childbearing Year book advises to stay away from spinach because it compromises calcium absorption. I didn’t eat spinach that much, during my pregnancy, because of what I had read.

Breezie

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:41:53 +0000

Lane,

The So Delicious yogurt is so good, but it’s almost two dollars for a little six ounce serving.

By: Zucchini Breath

Zucchini Breath — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:05:03 +0000

They probably recommend yogurt for the probiotics. You can get probiotics in raw sauerkraut, too.

Vegan is always best!

By: Lane

Lane — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:48:28 +0000

Hi Dan,
Re the nogurt… You can find the ingredients by clicking on their flavors, each flavor has an ingredient list. It appears to be mostly banana puree. Personally, I think it is much better than the soy yogurt. So Delicious also has a new yogurt out there that is based on coconut milk. It’s really good, and available at Whole Foods.

By: Dan Baltzell

Dan Baltzell — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:01:22 +0000

I liked the link to the Nogurt, since I went no soy mostly because of it’s being GM these days (I wonder what’s in it), there looks like hope for the future yet I’m using Quinoa these days for the complete protein rather than soy based foods.

By: Lane

Lane — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:01:14 +0000

Hi Chelsea,
Yes, we’ve found them quite easy to incorporate… And they do cover quite a bit of the rainbow!

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:41:03 +0000

Those all sound like things that could easily be incorporated into every day meals. I also like the one about eating every color of the rainbow every day!