Unimaginable lifestyle,
Is what she lives now.
Did she ever think
It would be like this,
She only knew
Life has seasons.
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Infinite Grace
Infinite grace is abundant for us,
Agape love of our God,
Lord of Lords,
King of Kings,
Cascades on us,
Moment by moment,
We sometimes don’t notice it,
So it’s an effort we must make,
To appreciate and receive these blessing.
Vision
Every child has a vision.
When a child says, “I want to be a Doctor when I grow up.”
Or whatever other job a child might say.
Or if “I don’t know what I want to do” is the answer,
That’s a vision.
A gift from Our Lord Our God
Who stirs up that special gift,
Be it specific or exploratory.
He will guide and guard.
Define and refine
Until each child makes his or her way
Towards the calling He has chosen.
He did it for Christ.
Spring is here
Fret not, worry not,
It may never happen
Smile, spring is here
Daffodils’re holding on
Despite knocks by snow
Now Apple and Cherry
Blossoms flowers peak out
To see the sun and breeze
For people are waiting
To admire and touch
What nature is offering.
Post Vegan Week
When discussing our experience of having the Vegan meals, We felt quite satisfied to have pushed ourselves out of our comfort zone.
By setting a budget, I knew we wouldn’t overdo the buying of ready made Vegan meals. I also cancelled the purchase of African staple root and leagy vegetables and foods.
I felt by this plan, we would hopefully have an authentic experience. One thing we didn’t envisage was having a reluctance to go straight into eating our meat, eggs and cheese.
We had to gently ease into it.
A Vegan for a Week- 5 Day Family Challenge
It’s actually the last day of our challenge. We did find it hard at times. Constantly reminding oneself what is and what is not vegan. Reading the label thoroughly for that vegan logo became the first thing to do. So it was time consuming at times. I should say this really applied to snacks. Menu planning meals is always a good way of organising the household and I applied this here, However, an impromptu event like this does call for ingenuity. Apart from the good shopping list of ready vegan meals x6 all the food we had was homemade and fresh. It helped that there were some foid staples like beans, lentils, rice, lasagne pasta and our usual stock of salad, vegetables and fruit in the house.
The health benefits we noticed was that everyone had a calmer demeanour. The digestive system seem to work much better too.
I think we will have vegan meals as part of our diet. I hope you enjoyed our journey. I promised some photos and I shall get them to you.
Here’s our menu for Day 5.
BREAKFAST
Grilled Vegan Sausages
Toast
7 Bean Mix
Fresh Fruit
Tea or Juice
LUNCH
Red Pepper and Lentil Soup
Deep fried Akara (Bean Puffs)
Tofu with Salad
Fresh Fruit
Apple Juice
DINNER
Rice and Beans
Green Salad
Mixed Roasted Nuts
Cassava Crisps
Mixed Fresh Berries
A Vegan for a Week- 5 Day Family Challenge
Update Day 3 & 4
This update shows I have respect for the Vegan lifestyle. It’s not easy and creativity is the name of the game to make the meals nutritious, filling and presentable. We also found we had to be eating often because the protein or lack of it seems to make us hungry more often. My go to snack was fresh and dried fruits. Somehow we forgot to buy nuts.
Well, the peanut butter which was meant to be used for a sauce or soup went on toast and banana and in porridge. When out at work or in town, it was fairly easy to get Vegan meals.
Menu -Day 3
BREAKFAST
Avocado on Toast
Cereal with Hemp milk
Fresh Fruit
LUNCH
Brown Rice and Green Lentils in Savoury Tomato Sauce
Quorn Nuggets
Carrots. Baked Beans in Barbacue Sauce
DINNER
Vermicell Chinese Stir Fry
Sauteed Soya Cubes
Corn on the cob
Salad
Banana with Chai Seeds
Day 4
BREAKFAST
CHEESE on Toast
Fresh Fruit
Tea. Water. Juice
LUNCH
Rice and Beans
Sweet Potatoes
Broccoli
Sweet Pepper Hummus
DINNER
Vegetable Lasagne
Sweet Potatoes
Broccoli
Fresh Fruit
Juice. Tea
Vegan meals for a Week: Day 1 of 5, Family Challenge
Hello friends, when the challenge was set, I felt making meals would be no problem. This is because we often eat vegetarian meals anyway and there’s a pescetarian among us. I grew up with some of the family not eating meat or seafood. I planned Vegan meals of British, of Ghanaian, of World cuisine to get a good variety. I felt it would be necessary to cook in batches and saving foods in the fridge and freezer for other days, otherwise too much time will be given to preping and cooking.
On the first day, the 9th of April 2018, what I found most difficult was what I could use as protein apart from beans and pulses. This was despite a big shopping trip purposely for the challenge. The ready made protein meals we bought were Nuggets, Fishless fingers, Pie and Barbacue Strips. However, majority of these would be for the child among us, who by the way was very vocal and wanted to take part in this. I was also well equipped with a very detailed magazine I got from the Vegan Food Fest I attended last year.
FEEDBACK ON Days 1 and 2.
I felt light headed part of
Day 1 and had to have a Peanut butter sandwich. One of us felt it was nice for the whole family to have the same meal and eat together. We are enjoying the experience.
These are our meals on Day 1 of 5, Family Vegan Challenge
BREAKFAST
Oat Porridge with Almond Milk and Peanut butter.
Weetabix with Almond Milk.
Choice of Satsuma, Banana or Apple.
Tea, Water and Juice.
MID MORNING FRUIT
Water, Tea. Juice.
LUNCH
Shortcuts pastry Soya Pie
Lentil Casserole
Roast Potatoes.
Kale with Onions and Red Peppers
Choice of Fresh Fruit
Snacks- Crisps
Juice, Water or Almond milk.
Dinner
Vegan Sausages
Roast Potatoes
Aubergine, Courgettes, Carrots and Onions in Coconut Curry Sauce.
Fresh Fruit. Water. Juice Biscuits.
Day 2 of 5
BREAKFAST
Peanut butter on Wholemeal bread
Weetabix with Almond milk
Choice of Fresh Fruit
Tea .Water. Apple Juice
Mid morning Dried Sulltana, Raisins
LUNCH
Vegan Fish Fingers and Chips
Pie and Chips
Baked Beans
Kale and Red Peppers
Fresh Fruit
Juice. Water .Warm Almond Milk
DINNER
Noodles with Vegetables in Coconut Curry Sauce.
7 Bean Mix in Herbs.
Fresh Fruit
Juice . Water
Ok folks, it’s very late here so I shall say goodnight and see you later in the morning. For some it could be later in the day or night.
A Vegan for a week- 5 day Family challenge
I was being challenged to eat vegan meals for a week. This request or or challenge has been cropping up both from family members and a couple of friends. There’s always the laugh and a look, as if no one thinks I can do it.
Well, now I have turned the table on to them and asked my family, “why aren’t you doing it too? So this week I shall tell you how we’re getting on and what we eat.
Happy 2nd Year Anniversary to me
So today two years since
I moved to explore the world
Sitting comfortably on the sofa
The butterflies caused tension though,
Because my first WordPress
Post was being written.
No need to be nervous
I say to new writers
Because it’s a happy and enlightening journey.
