Vegan In Berlin

I’m a vegan for moral reasons but I find the evidence that vegan diet is generally healthy overwhelming. Still I struggle to get this across in discussions. I find that no matter what you say as a vegan you’re still degraded to being the weirdo who just clings to whatever data they find to support [...]

The last few weeks have been a mess, not just food-wise, that’s why november is a new start.   Organizing food plans is not the last thing on my mind per sé but „make it to the bathroom safely“ and „don’t fall when walking“ are priorities somehow. My illness is not the only reason I’ve [...]

The last days have been a bit of a rollarcoaster. I’ve stopped taking my antidepressants and the withdrawal symptoms of Venlaxine/Effexor aren’t pretty. I really was in no state to think about food and plan it. Or prepare it, really. I stayed on my budget all days, I think, expect for the 8th. I went [...]

Breakfast: 44 cents 50 g Oats (4 cents) 200 ml Soymilk, Vanilla (20 cents) 1 Banana (20 cents)   Snack: Bun (10 cents)   Lunch: Maccaroni with spinach & Figs (second portion from dinner last night, 1,19 Euros) Snack: Bun (10 cents)   Dinner: Mushroom tortellini with ketchup (1,60 euros)     All in all: [...]

Breakfast: Smoothie – 80 cent 1 Banana (20 cent) 100 g Frozen Strawberries Water   Snack: 39 cent Bun with tomato paste (10 cents) 1 Kiwi (29 cents)   Lunch: Tortellini in Vegetable stock – 1,55 Euros 125 g Mushroom Tortellini (1.50 Euros) ½ L Vegetable stock (5 cents*)   Snack: Bun with vegan „liver [...]

Yesterday & today I was ill.   I don’t really know what I ate yesterday. I remember breakfast (a really nice cookie-like smoothie I’ll have again tomorrow, will post a picture and recipe then) but apart from that. Good thing I wrote it down before dinner. After that I had a mental breakdown and took [...]

  Breakfast: 250 ml Vanilla Soy milk (25 Cent, 133 calories) A cup of fruit tea (2 cents, 2 calories)   Snack: 50 g „Studentenfutter“ (nuts&dried fruit) without raisins (60 cent,259 calories) 30 g popcorn, sweet, store-bought ( 8 cent, 120 calories)   Lunch: 1 Pitabread (40 cent, 192 calories) 1 Tomato, Organic (17 cent, [...]

  I’m doing a month-long experiment where I try to live on 4.28 Euros a day. That is the amount the German government gives for food to the unemployed people who receive Hartz 4 (our very fucked up system for those long-term on the dole… or just straight there from school, etc). I mostly want [...]

Ingredients: 100 g Soy Yoghurt 100 ml Water 125 g frozen blueberries     Put everything in a blender and blend! Antioxidants, Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Iron and Calcium seldom taste better than this.   Depending on the soy yoghurt you use this has approxamitely 150 Calories & serves one.   I find myself eating/drinking [...]

Ingredients: 400 g Silken Tofu 100 ml Soy milk 2 Tbsp Nutritional Yeast 1 Tbsp Starch 1 Tbsp Tahini 1 Onion ½ tsp Turmeric 1 tsp Salt ¼ Aubergine for the Tofumix   100 g Rice 1 EL „Parmesan“ Soy cheese Freshly ground Pepper 1 Bunch Asparagus 2 chopped Shalotts 1 chopped Garlic clove 250 [...]