In my Monday Morning Coffee and Chat last week, I talked about doing the Daniel Fast for the month of April. A friend asked if I’d post my menu while we did it, because if you’re not used to a vegan diet with no processed soy, leavening, or sugars, you’re facing a daunting challenge of meal planning.
A Daniel Fast is a vegan fast. That means, no animal proteins at all, including dairy and eggs, and only water to drink. It also has “no pleasant food”, which to me means processed sugars and baked goods. We also do whole grains (no white rice, etc.), and because it’s Passover right now, no leavened bread.
Here is my menu for the first week:
Sunday:
We’re on the road. We’ll have hotel prepared oatmeal with raisins and almonds for breakfast. Lunch and dinner will be a salad or vegetarian dish on the road. On top of the salad, we’ll have olive oil and vinegar.
MONDAY:
Breakfast: oatmeal, almonds, dried fruit
Lunch: vegetable soup with lintels
Dinner: black beans, brown rice, avocado, whole grain tortillas
TUESDAY:
Breakfast: fresh melon, walnuts
Lunch: leftover beans and rice on tortillas, avocado
Dinner: 16-Bean Soup, salad
WEDNESDAY:
Breakfast: oatmeal, almonds, dried fruit
Lunch: leftover 16-bean soup or vegetable soup
Dinner: sweet potato and black bean hash with corn, brown rice
THURSDAY:
Breakfast: fresh fruit salad, pecans/walnuts/raisins trail mix
Lunch: baked sweet potato, steamed broccoli, salad.
Dinner: Pasta with sauce made from eggplant and portobello mushrooms, salad
FRIDAY:
Breakfast: oatmeal, almonds, dried fruit
Lunch: vegetarian stir-fry made from yellow squash, zucchini, edamame (soybeans), green pappers, onions, mushrooms, served with brown rice
Dinner: hummus, falafel, brown rice, stuffed grape leaves
SATURDAY:
Breakfast: fresh melons, raw almonds
Lunch: leftover stir fry, rice, salad
Dinner: Vegetarian chili, salad
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