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What I eat in a day a a vegan✨

Nicole · posted 1 Sep 2024 · Day of eating

Calories
2,053
Protein
89 g
Carbs
173 g
Fat
120 g
Fibre
41 g

A vegan "what I eat in a day" video with no speech. On-screen text marks each meal. Breakfast at 10:30am is chia oatmeal topped with vegan butter, syrup, pan-fried cinnamon apples, blackberries, hemp seeds and plant milk. Next is a tofu bowl of golden marinated tofu over red pepper, greens and mixed cherry tomatoes, garnished with herbs and edible flowers and finished with a dressing. The 4:30pm snack is apple slices with nut butter and hemp seeds. Dinner at 7:00pm is a veggie bowl of pan-fried vegan sausages, cucumber spears with seeds and green pesto, cherry tomatoes, almonds, herbs and marigolds.

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Meal by meal

Breakfast: chia oatmeal with apples

Good 655 kcal

Breakfast is chia oatmeal with vegan butter, maple syrup, cinnamon apples, blackberries, hemp seeds and a splash of plant milk.

Oats, chia and fruit make this a fibre-packed powerhouse.

“Butter and syrup on porridge: breakfast that thinks it's a pancake.”

FoodAtkcal PCFFibre
Chia oatmeal with vegan butter, maple syrup and plant milkAbout 1.5 cups cooked oats with chia (≈60 g dry oats + 1 tbsp chia), 1 pat vegan butter, 1 tbsp syrup, about 1/3 cup plant milk · 472 g
Why this estimate

Includes ~12 g vegan butter (86 kcal), ~1 tbsp maple syrup (52 kcal) and ~80 ml oat-style plant milk. Oats cooked in water.

0:02 453 1063 1810
Pan-fried cinnamon applesAbout 1 medium apple, cubed, with a light dusting of cinnamon · 185 g
Why this estimate

Assumes about 1 tsp oil or vegan butter in the pan. The cinnamon is included here.

0:05 134 025 54
Blackberries6 berries · 30 g
Why this estimate

Oatmeal topping.

0:06 13 03 02
Hulled hemp seedsAbout 1 tbsp sprinkle · 10 g
Why this estimate

Oatmeal topping.

0:08 55 31 50

Lunch: golden tofu bowl

Good 521 kcal

Lunch is a tofu bowl with golden marinated tofu over red pepper, greens and cherry tomatoes, topped with herbs, edible flowers and dressing.

Tofu brings serious plant protein, and the veggies bring the colour.

“A lunch with flowers on it is basically a bouquet with a fork.”

FoodAtkcal PCFFibre
Tofu bowl vegetables (red pepper, greens, cherry tomatoes, herbs, edible flowers) with dressingAbout 1 red bell pepper, ~1 cup greens, 8 cherry tomatoes, herb sprigs, marigold/nasturtium flowers, ~1.5 tbsp dressing · 302 g
Why this estimate

Treats the glossy dark drizzle as a balsamic vinaigrette (~100 kcal). Garnishes: parsley, purslane, purple and green basil, marigold, nasturtium.

0:13 169 416 115
Marinated golden tofu cubes5–6 large cubes, about 175 g tofu · 199 g
Why this estimate

Firm tofu, assumed pan-fried or baked with about 2 tsp oil, plus about 1 tbsp seeded soy-style marinade spooned over. The on-screen text calls it the 'Tofu Bowl'.

0:14 352 318 244

Snack: apple with nut butter

Good 263 kcal

The afternoon snack is apple slices with nut butter for dipping and a sprinkle of hemp seeds.

Fruit plus healthy fats is a snack combo that never misses.

“Apples again? Somebody clearly has an orchard situation going on.”

FoodAtkcal PCFFibre
Apple slicesAbout 1 medium apple in 9–10 wedges · 180 g
Why this estimate

4:30pm snack.

0:20 94 025 04
Nut butter with hemp seeds (apple dip)About 1.5 tbsp nut butter + 1.5 tsp hemp seeds · 29 g
Why this estimate

Logged as peanut butter. Almond butter would come out about the same.

0:20 169 85 142

Dinner: vegan sausage veggie bowl

Mixed 614 kcal

Dinner is a veggie bowl of pan-fried vegan sausages, cucumber spears with seeds and pesto, cherry tomatoes, almonds, herbs and marigolds.

Fresh veggies shine, but processed sausages bring a side of sodium.

“Marigolds for dinner, because apparently the garden is the menu now.”

FoodAtkcal PCFFibre
Pan-fried vegan sausagesAbout 2.5 sausages (5 pieces, ~10 cm each) · 155 g
Why this estimate

Generic plant-based sausage at ~220 kcal/100 g, plus about 1 tsp frying oil.

0:23 370 2512 244
Veggie bowl vegetables (cucumber, cherry tomatoes, herbs, marigolds) with green pestoAbout half a small cucumber in spears, 9 cherry tomatoes, herb sprigs, ~1.5 tbsp pesto · 265 g
Why this estimate

Includes ~22 g vegan herb pesto (~100 kcal), spooned over the cucumber.

0:23 141 311 103
Sesame/hemp seeds and almonds (bowl topping)About 1.5 tbsp mixed black and white seeds + 5 almonds · 18 g
Why this estimate

Heavy sprinkle over the cucumber spears.

0:23 103 44 92

Whole video2,053 kcal Protein 89 gCarbs 173 g Fat 120 gFibre 41 g

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