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Tuesday, 3 May 2016
Saturday, 16 January 2016
2 Week Challenge:Going Veggie
I went an gave myself the challenge of going vegetarian for 2 weeks, yes I could of gone vegan but that is seriously hardcore, so no I'm going to give that one a pass.
Cutting out meat is hard enough for the moment but I feel I at least owe all the delicious animals I have consumed over the festive season.
With any radical change in diet please consult your doctor, I myself was concerned about becoming anaemic and since your body finds it harder to absorb iron from plant sources I went on got some iron tablets.
I will give a general break down of what I ate each day but won't go into every snack/ shake.
I do bash on Quorn quite a bit and I'm sorry for that but Quorn won out in the end because they got my money!
Day 1.
I was actually quite excited to try Quorn, sadly my excitement didn't last long. I don't like Quorn, the smell, texture or taste and not much cheaper than my usual turkey mince. This makes me hate Mo Farrah even more for flogging the stuff on those annoying adverts.
Day 2.
Giving Quorn Mince another go, this time in a chili con carne. I am hoping the stronger flavours will make it more palatable, I did buy a margarita pizza just in case it still tasted like feet and it did! I almost enjoyed my chilli, pizza for dinner tomorrow then.
Day 3.
I had a mixed, spicy bean wrap for lunch, it was ok, couldn't quite shake that nagging feeling that it would be a great snack with some chicken in it! A massive margarita pizza for tea!
Day 4.
Had lots of eggs and porridge today.
Treated myself to scrambled eggs with pancakes and maple syrup.
Everything was moving today if you catch my drift, spent a lot of the time on the toilet. I am blaming that bloody Quorn!
Day 5.
I have picked up a virus in my throat so I am just sticking to eggs, protein shakes and yogurts. Cheese and tomato pasta for dinner. I blame that bloody Quorn for this terrible virus!
Day 6.
Still feeling like Ke$ha does after waking up in a strange bath tub after a hard night. I get some yogurt down me, a cheese and pickle sandwich and a very generous helping of jacket potato with cheese and beans.
Day 7.
Still feeling rough. Eggs and a veggie burger today, it wasn't bad but I would of preferred a nice grilled chicken sandwich.
Day 8.
Gave Quorn another shot, this time Quorn Chicken, not impressed.
Day 9.
Had a vegetarian cooked breakfast, I was told Quorn Sausage and Bacon taste great, they didn't.
Day 10.
Nothing to exciting! Whole wheat pasta, with pasatta and spinach. Happily a Quorn free day!
Day 11.
Still feeling ill. Didn't eat much today so not much to write
Day 12.
I made a vegetarian pizza for dinner!
Day 13.
Eggs, porridge and yogurts oh my
Day 14.
Final day and gave Quorn one final chance and it won my heart a little! Quorn Beef Steak and Quorn Southern Fried Chicken in cheese and onion baps!
Once I got started going veggie I didn't find too hard, which did surprise me. I did feel like I was spending more money on meals though!
I did find myself becoming increasingly more annoyed at the amount of products that seemed to needlessly have meat by products in them, from hot chocolate to mousses to sauces. I spent a lot of time looking for the little V for vegetarian before eating anything.
My weight stayed the same, I am putting that down to chocolate being vegetarian, not sure I could of given up meat and chocolate.
My skin has been in great condition, I do get them on occasion get the odd spot and haven't had a single one over the last 2 weeks. This may be a coincidence but I like to thing that it is down to my virtuous dedication to my challenge!
The only other notable difference I can say is that my toilet habits have changed but I am not going into detail about that.
After going meat free for 2 weeks I am going to say that while I will never give up meat I will make an effort to take part in No Meat Mondays, there is no reason why I shouldn't and there are too many good reasons to ignore it.
Onto to the water challenge for the next 2 weeks!
Cutting out meat is hard enough for the moment but I feel I at least owe all the delicious animals I have consumed over the festive season.
With any radical change in diet please consult your doctor, I myself was concerned about becoming anaemic and since your body finds it harder to absorb iron from plant sources I went on got some iron tablets.
I will give a general break down of what I ate each day but won't go into every snack/ shake.
I do bash on Quorn quite a bit and I'm sorry for that but Quorn won out in the end because they got my money!
Day 1.
I was actually quite excited to try Quorn, sadly my excitement didn't last long. I don't like Quorn, the smell, texture or taste and not much cheaper than my usual turkey mince. This makes me hate Mo Farrah even more for flogging the stuff on those annoying adverts.
Day 2.
Giving Quorn Mince another go, this time in a chili con carne. I am hoping the stronger flavours will make it more palatable, I did buy a margarita pizza just in case it still tasted like feet and it did! I almost enjoyed my chilli, pizza for dinner tomorrow then.
Day 3.
I had a mixed, spicy bean wrap for lunch, it was ok, couldn't quite shake that nagging feeling that it would be a great snack with some chicken in it! A massive margarita pizza for tea!
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| Veggie Breakfast |
Had lots of eggs and porridge today.
Treated myself to scrambled eggs with pancakes and maple syrup.
Everything was moving today if you catch my drift, spent a lot of the time on the toilet. I am blaming that bloody Quorn!
Day 5.
I have picked up a virus in my throat so I am just sticking to eggs, protein shakes and yogurts. Cheese and tomato pasta for dinner. I blame that bloody Quorn for this terrible virus!
Day 6.
Still feeling like Ke$ha does after waking up in a strange bath tub after a hard night. I get some yogurt down me, a cheese and pickle sandwich and a very generous helping of jacket potato with cheese and beans.
Day 7.
Still feeling rough. Eggs and a veggie burger today, it wasn't bad but I would of preferred a nice grilled chicken sandwich.
Day 8.
Day 9.
Had a vegetarian cooked breakfast, I was told Quorn Sausage and Bacon taste great, they didn't.
Day 10.
Nothing to exciting! Whole wheat pasta, with pasatta and spinach. Happily a Quorn free day!
Day 11.
Still feeling ill. Didn't eat much today so not much to write
Day 12.
I made a vegetarian pizza for dinner!
Day 13.
Eggs, porridge and yogurts oh my
Day 14.
Final day and gave Quorn one final chance and it won my heart a little! Quorn Beef Steak and Quorn Southern Fried Chicken in cheese and onion baps!
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| Quorn Beef and Chicken |
Once I got started going veggie I didn't find too hard, which did surprise me. I did feel like I was spending more money on meals though!
I did find myself becoming increasingly more annoyed at the amount of products that seemed to needlessly have meat by products in them, from hot chocolate to mousses to sauces. I spent a lot of time looking for the little V for vegetarian before eating anything.
My weight stayed the same, I am putting that down to chocolate being vegetarian, not sure I could of given up meat and chocolate.
My skin has been in great condition, I do get them on occasion get the odd spot and haven't had a single one over the last 2 weeks. This may be a coincidence but I like to thing that it is down to my virtuous dedication to my challenge!
The only other notable difference I can say is that my toilet habits have changed but I am not going into detail about that.
After going meat free for 2 weeks I am going to say that while I will never give up meat I will make an effort to take part in No Meat Mondays, there is no reason why I shouldn't and there are too many good reasons to ignore it.
Onto to the water challenge for the next 2 weeks!
Quorn Beef Steak
Quorn Beef Steak, not quite the real thing but not bad, for fake meat anyway!
I had the Quorn Beef steak with the Quorn Southern fried chicken burgers and it was by the far the best tasting meal I have had while I have been doing my 2 week going veggie challenge!
The Quorn Beef steak even looked convincing, the texture wasn't as good as the real thing but still not bad for a mould that was grown in a vat!
Like the Quorn chicken burgers I had the Quorn Beef steak with caramelised red onions and reduced fat mature cheddar cheese and I wouldn't like to say if I could tell the difference between these pretend beef steaks and some cheap. super market own brand beef burgers.
When I get my act together and start vlogging I will make a video of me guessing which products are made with meat or Quorn.
Pick up some Quorn Beef Steaks next time you go shopping and see what you think!
Quorn Southern Fried Chicken Burgers
Don't worry Quron lovers out there, I am not actually don't to bash Quorn Southern Fried Chicken burgers!
I will give you a moment to catch your breath after that long sigh of relief...done?
Then lets crack on!
As you have probably already guessed, I was drunk when I reviewed this particular Quorn product and because of this I over looked the cooking instruction to cook them in the oven so I fried them instead.
I actually really enjoyed them, on their own and in a cheese and onion bread bun with caramelised red onions and reduced fat mature cheddar cheese.
I would recommend to anyone wanting to give Quorn a go to pair it with strong flavours.
After I had successfully sobered up I took a peek at the package and like the Quorn Sausages I had previously reviewed it takes a lot of ingredients to make Quorn not taste like Quorn.
I like forgive the Southern Fried Quorn though because I actually enjoyed it!
Sunday, 10 January 2016
Quorn Sausage
Since I was decided to cook myself a vegetarian breakfast I bought some Quorn Sausage to accompany my Quorn Fake-on, beans, plum tomatoes, toast and eggs.
This is me suffering for my blog!
The sausages didn't look that bad, but just like my friend Irene commented on one of her exs, they were surprisingly small!
I will count this as a positive, the smaller the sausage the less I have to eat.
As I cooked the sausages they did smell sausagey and even squeaked like the real ones made from pork.
The sausages were by far the most authentic tasting Quorn product that I have had the misfortune of sampling, I would say this down to the 30 different ingredients used to make them.
I know I said that the Quorn sausages are the most authentic tasting and that is true, but only when compared to budget sausages that cost 86p for a pack of 8 not high quality sausages the only noticeable difference being how dense the Quorn sausages are.
Quorn sausages have less than half the calories of tradition sausages and only 9g grams of protein less which was a surprise, so if you can stomach the texture you can get twice as much.
In all honesty I am not a massive fan of sausage and could probably be fooled by the Quorn sausage.
As far as Quorn goes the sausages would be the product I would recommend first.
Quorn Bacon
On the Quorn train to disappointing meal town again!
The local vegetarians had told me great things about Quorn Bacon, or Fake-on as I have affectionately dubbed it, so I was again looking forward to trying it.
The Fake-on looked quite appetising on the box, sadly the reality was something that resembled the insole of an old shoe with an added smokey taste.
Looking back, I should of known this was going to be a disaster because the packaging was insisting on how delicious it is. Like the Fake-on it's self this was all a lie!
Now the Fake- on was by no mean vomit inducing but the texture was exactly what you would expect from it's appearance, like chomping on the inside of your mother's comfortable shoes.
Flavour wise the Fake-on did have a flavour that reminded me of cheap bacon flavoured crisps.
The taste is vaguely baconesque and if you have never tried the pork version you could probably convince yourself that it tastes authentic.
On the plus side the Fake-on is less than half the calories than actual bacon but about a third of the protein.
A final message to those vegetarians that spoke so highly of the Fake-on.
I will find you and I will make you eat a full packet!
I will find you and I will make you eat a full packet!
Saturday, 9 January 2016
Quorn Chicken
I am giving Quorn another chance.
I would like to say my faith was rewarded with a delicious meal but I can't, it was a big plate of meh, thankfully it was on offer and only cost £1.
The cooking instructions say to cook it either on the hob or in the microwave in my favourite sauce, curiosity got the better and I microwave one the faux fillets without sauce to see what would happen.
Cardboard, cardboard is what happens!
Rock hard, completely dehydrated, look like the sole of my foot with less flavour.
Into my pasta bake it went anyway, with garlic, passata, chili, onion, peppers, green beans, reduced fat cheese and mushrooms, the Quorn made this otherwise tasty meal a game of mine sweeper.
Every mouth full of Quorn ruined my life a little. As with the mince it was very sponge like with a touch of flavour reminiscent of supermarket own brand chicken flavour noodles.
Quorn Chicken has less protein than the mince per 100g.
I couldn't decide which I enjoyed the least but since the mince is more versatile and has that extra protein I would choose the mince.
But only if I was some how forced into a life or death situation where the only chance of me surviving was to eat Quorn.
I would like to say my faith was rewarded with a delicious meal but I can't, it was a big plate of meh, thankfully it was on offer and only cost £1.
The cooking instructions say to cook it either on the hob or in the microwave in my favourite sauce, curiosity got the better and I microwave one the faux fillets without sauce to see what would happen.
Cardboard, cardboard is what happens!
Rock hard, completely dehydrated, look like the sole of my foot with less flavour.
Into my pasta bake it went anyway, with garlic, passata, chili, onion, peppers, green beans, reduced fat cheese and mushrooms, the Quorn made this otherwise tasty meal a game of mine sweeper.Every mouth full of Quorn ruined my life a little. As with the mince it was very sponge like with a touch of flavour reminiscent of supermarket own brand chicken flavour noodles.
Quorn Chicken has less protein than the mince per 100g.
I couldn't decide which I enjoyed the least but since the mince is more versatile and has that extra protein I would choose the mince.
But only if I was some how forced into a life or death situation where the only chance of me surviving was to eat Quorn.
Sunday, 3 January 2016
Quorn Mince
I have challenged myself to go veggie for 2 weeks and to aid me in this endeavour I picked up some Quorn.
"I mean if I am not eating meat some fake meat will do shouldn't it?"
I thought to myself naively, how wrong I was!
Don't get me wrong, I never expected Quorn to taste amazing but I did expect it to be a more than what it is!
First I cooked my Quorn mince in a sauce I make all the time for meat mince, beef, pork or turkey all taste great with it but this faux meat was having none of it!
I powered through and ate it all, I have paid £1.80 for this horrendous mince so I am going to finish it, the texture was reminiscent of an old sponge but with less bite and I couldn't begin to describe the taste, all I know is my go to cooking sauce was about as effective at improving it as farting into a gale!
Another day another dinner!
This time I decided to let the professionals handle my dinner and bought some Old el paso chilli con carne sauce and to be honest it did make the Quorn much more palatable, I wouldn't go as far as to say I enjoyed it but it got eaten. I think in future I am just going to go full veggie with no attempt at meat substitute as not to upset myself further in the future.
What is Quorn though? Where does it come from and is it any good for you?
Well it's a mould/ fungus, grown in a fermentation vat and it does have a far bit of protein ( 14.5g per 100g) in it but less than half the amount in my preferred minced turkey ( 22.30g per 100g)
Plus there are 5kcal more in Quorn than the same about of turkey, due to the higher fat content than lean turkey mince.Now Quorn does beat my beloved turkey mince in the types of protein that it has.
Quorn contains all the essential proteins your body needs, this may be due to the egg whites used to bind it, so if you don't want to risk trying Quorn crack an egg and get that down your gullet.
I am not a fan of Quorn. My apologises to all you dedicated veggies out there, you will have my eternal admiration for being about to stomach this mulch.
"I mean if I am not eating meat some fake meat will do shouldn't it?"
I thought to myself naively, how wrong I was!
First I cooked my Quorn mince in a sauce I make all the time for meat mince, beef, pork or turkey all taste great with it but this faux meat was having none of it!
I powered through and ate it all, I have paid £1.80 for this horrendous mince so I am going to finish it, the texture was reminiscent of an old sponge but with less bite and I couldn't begin to describe the taste, all I know is my go to cooking sauce was about as effective at improving it as farting into a gale!
Another day another dinner!
This time I decided to let the professionals handle my dinner and bought some Old el paso chilli con carne sauce and to be honest it did make the Quorn much more palatable, I wouldn't go as far as to say I enjoyed it but it got eaten. I think in future I am just going to go full veggie with no attempt at meat substitute as not to upset myself further in the future.
What is Quorn though? Where does it come from and is it any good for you?
Well it's a mould/ fungus, grown in a fermentation vat and it does have a far bit of protein ( 14.5g per 100g) in it but less than half the amount in my preferred minced turkey ( 22.30g per 100g)
Plus there are 5kcal more in Quorn than the same about of turkey, due to the higher fat content than lean turkey mince.Now Quorn does beat my beloved turkey mince in the types of protein that it has.
Quorn contains all the essential proteins your body needs, this may be due to the egg whites used to bind it, so if you don't want to risk trying Quorn crack an egg and get that down your gullet.
I am not a fan of Quorn. My apologises to all you dedicated veggies out there, you will have my eternal admiration for being about to stomach this mulch.
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