Vegan what I eat in a day vol 4
- Calories
- 1,941
- Protein
- 59 g
- Carbs
- 277 g
- Fat
- 75 g
- Fibre
- 38 g
A short vegan "what I eat in a day" from a Melbourne creator. Breakfast is a chocolate banana nice-cream smoothie bowl (bananas blended with cacao powder and a splash of water) topped with peanut butter and cacao nibs. Lunch is a bowl of air-fried baby potatoes with a sauce made from tahini, garlic powder, salt and water, finished with sesame seeds, thyme and salt. Dinner is a vegan "butter tofu chicken" curry made from tofu, onion, cauliflower and chickpeas with a store-bought butter chicken paste and coconut milk. It's served with basmati rice, chives and microwaved garlic pappadums.
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Meal by meal
Breakfast: chocolate nice-cream bowl
Good 568 kcalBreakfast is a chocolate banana nice-cream bowl, swirled with peanut butter and sprinkled with cacao nibs.
Fruit and fibre with peanut butter's healthy fats, and no added sugar.
“Dessert for breakfast, but make it bananas. Literally.”
| Food | At | kcal | P | C | F | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chocolate banana nice-cream smoothie bowl (banana, cacao powder, water)1 coconut bowl filled to the rim, about 1.5–2 cups, from about 3 bananas and about 1.5 tbsp cacao powder · 420 g
Why this estimateAbout 3 medium bananas (about 354 g peeled) and about 8 g cacao powder were seen going into the blender, plus about 60 mL water (0 kcal). The toppings are logged separately. |
0:01 | 333 | 5 | 86 | 2 | 12 |
Peanut butter (smoothie bowl topping)1 heaped dessert spoon, about 1.5–2 tbsp · 28 g
Why this estimateSwirled over the nice cream. |
0:07 | 165 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
Cacao nibs (smoothie bowl topping)About 1.5 tbsp, sprinkled over part of the bowl · 12 g
Why this estimateSprinkled from a jar labelled CACAO. |
0:08 | 70 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
Lunch: air-fried potatoes with tahini
Good 516 kcalLunch is a bowl of air-fried baby potatoes drizzled with a garlicky tahini sauce, sesame seeds and thyme.
Fibre-rich spuds, no frying oil, and tahini bringing healthy fats.
“Potatoes as the main event at lunch. Honestly? Respect.”
| Food | At | kcal | P | C | F | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Air-fried baby potatoes with tahini garlic sauce, sesame seeds, thyme and salt1 bowl about 15 cm wide, about 2 cups of potato quarters (about 450 g raw) with about 2 tbsp tahini made into a sauce, plus about 1.5 tsp sesame seeds · 430 g
Why this estimateAbout 8–10 organic baby potatoes, about 450 g raw (about 315 kcal); no oil was seen before air-frying. The sauce is about 30 g tahini (about 178 kcal) with garlic powder, salt and about 1 tbsp water. About 4 g sesame seeds, plus pinches of thyme and salt. |
0:12 | 516 | 14 | 77 | 18 | 10 |
Dinner: tofu butter curry with rice
Mixed 772 kcalDinner is a vegan butter tofu curry with chickpeas and cauliflower, served over basmati rice with chives.
Tofu and chickpeas bring protein; coconut milk piles on saturated fat.
“Butter chicken with no butter and no chicken. Bold rebrand.”
| Food | At | kcal | P | C | F | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basmati rice, boiled1 heaped bowl, about 1.5 cups cooked · 240 g
Why this estimateBoiled in water with no fat seen. About 1–1.5 cups of dry rice was cooked; only the served bowl is counted. |
0:31 | 312 | 6 | 68 | 1 | 1 |
Vegan butter tofu curry with chickpeas and cauliflower1 served bowl, about 1.5 cups (about a quarter of the pot), topped with about 1 tbsp chopped chives · 360 g
Why this estimateWhole-pot estimate: about 300 g firm tofu, 1 medium onion fried in about 1 tbsp oil, about 100 g store-bought butter chicken paste (in two additions, both oily), about 250 g cauliflower, a 400 mL carton of coconut milk (counted as full-fat), 1 drained tin of chickpeas and about ½ cup water. That comes to about 1,840 kcal; a quarter is counted here. Chives are negligible. |
0:34 | 460 | 18 | 23 | 34 | 7 |
Dinner: microwaved garlic pappadums
Good 85 kcalOn the side, a stack of microwaved garlic pappadums, some doubling as little curry cups.
Microwaved, not deep-fried, so all crunch without the oil.
“Edible spoons. Fewer dishes, more crunch. Genius.”
| Food | At | kcal | P | C | F | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Garlic pappadums, microwaved (Maharajah's Choice)6 small discs, each about 8 cm · 24 g
Why this estimateMicrowaved, not fried, so no added oil. Some were used as cups for the curry. |
0:50 | 85 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
Whole video1,941 kcal Protein 59 gCarbs 277 g Fat 75 gFibre 38 g