Snacks – 4 Weeks to Vegan

Week 2 = Breakfast + Snacks

SNACKS, oh how we love them. This week we will continue to eat vegan for breakfast and add in snack food. Snack food is any food or drink you eat out side of your full meals, assuming you eat breakfast, lunch and dinner. You ready for this? I promise it won’t be difficult. I’ll share a few items and videos from others to help.

With snacks there are a few things to look out for. Watch our for gelatin, which found in most gummy or chewy type candies, marshmallows, jello, puddings and some yogurts. Gelatin is not vegan, as it is made from an animal source. There are vegan types of gelatin, usually denote with “(from plant source)”. Of course milk chocolate is off limit too. WAIT, come back, you have other options. There are lots of chocolate options on the market for vegans, you just have to read the ingredient list. Here are a few to get you started. I’ve seen several of these brands at Target, so you don’t have to go to a speciality store to buy them. Keep in mind whey or milk is in a lot of ranch or sour cream & onion flavored items. Oh, and look out for a red food coloring called carmine (aka Cochineal extract or natural red #4)…it made from a beetle. Yes, seriously.

Just because something is vegan, that does not mean it’s healthy. After all Oreos are vegan. With our snacking you should still aim to eat more whole foods and less processed crap. Admittedly, there are some delicious vegan snacks out there. It’s not always practical or feasible to swear off all junk food. I noticed one of the fastest way to give up any new eating habit is to have a lack of variety or flavors. Don’t set yourself up for failure.

Ideas:

Peanut Butter Bites

Passion Lemon Tea

PB & Chocolate Ice Cream

Blueberry Crumble

Nuts & Snack Bar

Freeze Dried Pineapples

Fresh Fruit

Previous challenge Week 2

Week 1 Breakfast