A Week of Vegan Meals #2

Hello everyone! First of all, I want to thank you so much for appreciating the last post I made with my vegan recipes of the week, I'm very happy that you enjoyed it. I decided to do it again this week, as I cooked some different things and I hope they can give you some ideas and inspiration, or even just that you have a nice time reading them.

Monday

This is actually not something I cooked: I usually do research at the SOAS library, and just outside there is a stand where an association gives away free vegan lunch for students every day. So, on Monday, I got my lunch from them; it was rice with vegetables and chickpea curry, and it was so delicious. I think it's such a beautiful initiative to help students and also encourage people to eat plant-based.

I stayed at the library until late, so for dinner I wanted to make something quick. I toasted a bagel and filled it with vegan pesto, hummus and fresh spinach. It's very simple, but always tasty.

Tuesday

London Diaries #5

It's Wednesday night again, which means that we reached the end of my fifth week in London. This is hard to believe, because time passed by so fast, and at the moment the weeks I have left here are less than the ones I have spent in the city by far. But I don't want to let this make me feel nostalgic before it's time to, so I'm going to try and make the most out of the time I have left in the city.

Last Thursday I actually stayed at home to complete a very important task: I finally finished writing the first chapter of my dissertation! It's 33 pages long, and I felt proud that I managed to finish a part of my thesis that required so much work. Now I still have three chapters left, but I feel like I'm one step closer to my goal.

The following day I decided to celebrate this achievement, so, for lunch, I went to the Veg Box Café, which is a vegan café near where I live. I always see it when I take the bus, and I was so excited to finally try it. I ordered the full English breakfast, which is something that I really wanted to try, as it has all the components of the traditional English breakfast, but in a vegan version. It was very very delicious, and I can't wait to come back, because there were so many interesting plates on the menu. 

A Week of Vegan Meals

 Today I thought about doing a different kind of post: I wanted to show you the recipes I have prepared this week! It's a collection of what I have eaten for lunch and dinner every day, and it's all vegan. The recipes are not complicated at all, as I don't have much time to cook, so I hope you like them and that maybe you can find inspiration for your own meals as well.

Monday

For lunch, I made pasta with tomato sauce and vegan pesto. I found this one at Waitrose; I don't like it much, but I'm used to eating homemade one, so I think that's why. You just have to put the pesto in your plate and mix it with a bit of the water you cooked the pasta in, while the tomato sauce has to be heated up in a pan. In the end you just mix everything! My friend's mom used to make this recipe, and I really loved it, so from time to time I recreate it.

For dinner, I made lentil soup. You can make it in one pot, and you just need to put together red lentils, spinach, onion, a bit of tomato sauce, and vegetable broth. The more you let it cook, the tastier it will be. I love this one, it's a very hearty meal, perfect for cold days.

Tuesday