hey guys
we are in beautiful costa rice right now
in puerto viejo
which is the Caribbean side of costa rica
and were living in a tree house
and we wanted to talk to you about something thats been highly requested
so this is our what we eat in a day blog
were in costa rica
so being vegans and travelling
it actually becomes a little more exciting
cause you have to really
figure out what is available
and whats also
still nourishing
we want to stay healthy while we travel
and eat good nutritious food
ok so breakfast
so juliana always finds oatmeal
its my favourite way to start the day
its a great hot cereal
i love cooking it with water
or a little bit of almond milk
and i love topping it with some bananas
i love topping with some bananas
and other fruits as well barries
papayas mangos
that are around costa rica
i love to finish my oatmeal with
maple syrup or agave syurp
or a little bot coconut oil to give that little bit of sweeteness
and then mark who surfs a lot likes to start with something a little more haveir
whole grain sprouted bread
the healthiest bread you should be eating
toast it up and its real simple
take an avocado
mash the crap out of it
add some almond milk soy milk even some olive oil wold work
a little bit of lime
then i dice up this tomato
put it on top
i love to add a little bit of balsamic vininger
just the tiniest little bit to give it that extra kick
dash of taste to start your day
thats breakfast
alright
so for snacks I'm the
person that likes to snack through out my whole day
i snack on fruit
ill snack on hummus
crackers
now tropical fruits oooh coconut
tropical fruit is awesome especially in costa rice
it is quite high in sugar
so sometimes i like to
you know keep a moderation with the amount that i eat
and eat a little bit more berries
so i usually go surfing in the morning
and when i get back my body
is just dying
and starving
we bring out magic bullet
we actually did a blog about it a long time ago
about how this is out staple travel
necessity it is a piece of crap
we've gone through 3 of them
but at least it fits in our suitcase
just find a travel blender
something that can fit into your suitcase
and its perfect cause anywhere u go
you can bring one of these
this is a vega one
protein powder
something that mark and i actually
really love, vega one is amazing
amazing brand of
plant based proteins
and protein bars
this is really good to hit your body mid day
with like lets see
30 g of protein
and this is vanilla flavoured
which is wicked because then you take the almond milk
some ice
banana a little
bit of coffee
add this wicked flavour
vanilla type of protein
so its almost like you're having a really healthy
version of a frappucino
for snacks
amazing and it kind of gives you that kick
right before lunch
keep your energy up
so theres our snack
its really good actually
alright so one of our favourite things to cook for lunch
in costa rica are tacos or fajitas
and at home
but today we were really stocked
when we went to the little super
we found TVP
which is amazing ingredient
its not the best for you
its just like fake meat products
those products are very yummy
very tasty but in moderation
you don't want to eat it every single day
fake meat was actually something that helped
me tremedosly
because it tastes like meat and feels like meat
so when you first start to cut it out
your body is like omg
how am i gonna eat
we are a culture that since we were like
able to chew
they just keep shoving meat down our throats
so of course were so used to it
and we can't imagine life without it
when you're thinking about vegetarian or veganism
thats how i did to when i first when vegetarian
i started implementing
more tofus more fake meats
it kind of helped me transition
at home theres like yves
and theres like tofurky
natures first
but then the next thing is then you can start
winding them out
and all of a sudden you get a really healthy
green plant based diet
but tvp is great because
literally you just add water to it
this little dry stuff expands
will expand and actually
taste and feels like ground beef
you put a little bit of cumin in it
i put a little bit of cayenne pepper
usually about for a cup of this stuff...half a jar of salda
and it basically turns it into
exactly what you buy in those el paso packages
so that gives you your protein for it
so with olive oil ill strifry some mushrooms
peppers
zuchinni tomato
and then i mash my avocado
that was from breakfast
and it makes nice little avocado slices
or guacamole
and then if you have it you add refried beans
but you can also do black beans
you don't have to have them refried
you can add any other ingredient
of plant based ingredients that you love to eat
cause lagumes ar every good for you
theres high in protein
some thing that we actually like to include
every single meal that e eat
as it is a plant based protein
and its wicked to experiment with different ones
especially in tacos
cause honestly tacos
you can throw anything in there
so the last thing is after
we make the strifry
all of that goodness
we like to use these whole what wraps
to make our fajitas or tacos
now i for myself
usually sometimes
omg mark loves it cause it says bimbo on the pack
he can't stop making jokes about it
for me for example if I'm doing a big shoot and i don't want to eat too much bread
i like to switch the whole wheat wraps
for a lettuce wrap
so ill take a bit leaf of lettuce
ill put all the ingredients in there
wrap it up and eat it just like a burrito
don't be afraid of bread
not bread is not something we should all be afraid of
white bread white bleached flour
all of that is not good for you its just empty calories
all you need to know is less ingredients is better
bread was like a friend of mine was telling me that
originally bread was made with 3 ingridients
and now its like all this crap
and it sprocessed
some really good documentaries on netflix i hear about that
but if you were to eat bread whole wheat sprouted grain
is awesome everything in moderation
its ok to eat a fajita a snadwich
bread with your dinner once in a while
but of course don't eat it every single day
thats lunch
so dinner time
one of our most favourite things to eat
is a rice bowl
with stir fried veggies
and beans
now we like to use brown rice
brown rice is amazing wild rice
is great as well
then we stirfry
locally grown green beans
beans are amazing
we found some corn
whole black beans
another plant based protein
and some garbanzos
which is chickpeas
again i don't like to add too much of cans
use either black beans or chicpeas
and with that honestly be creative
i love adding as many veggies as possible
i love cooking with onions
zuchinni carrots
chopping up garlic
sometimes even some cabbage in there is good
cabbage fries really well
again i can't tell you what to add
because i want you guys to be creative
with any veggies
that are out there
if theres one thing we learned
when we went vegan together was that
its really exciting to cook
we cook a lot together
and then as the longer you do it you'll start
to love those kinds of food
because your taste pallet
changes over time
and you start to crave nutritious
healthy food
so if you guys just give it a try try experimenting
with your foods
try cutting down less meat
and adding the fake meat if you're in that stage of your life
its a good transition
or start adding plant based proteins
like chickpeas, beans, lentils
which we havens found actually here yet
we still havents found lentils
but anyways any of those ingredients
are awesome and have fun with it
i will include a lot of the recipes below in the descriptions
read down there
cooking instructions for what we cooked
and a couple of brands that I would like you guys to try
of example top i found you can buy it on amazong
which is pretty awesome
so ill include the link where u guys can
order ship it
why don't you give us some suggestions as well
what doe eat vegan
when you are travelling
cause we would love to try some new things as well
lets have fun with this
and lets experiment with it
lets all
contribute to a healthy way of living
and saving the planet
all of this food is making me so hungry
and with that were out
bye guys