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I am less and less able to tolerate meat. I couldn't even finish the #tilapia with the yummy guacamole sauce. Now if only my body taste buds would reject cheese! 🤦🏻‍♀️ that's the only think I really can't have that I really want! lol #oms #omsdiet #mssucks #mswarrior #almostvegan #pescetarian

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Chia Crackers and Vegan Cheesy Pasta Tuesday

Not one but two great successes yesterday.  First I found something to do with my chia seeds other than stick them in a smoothie.

OMS friendly seeded crackers.  Just mix chia seeds with whatever other seeds you’ve got (I used poppy seeds, sesame seeds and milled linseed), plain flour and olive oil.  Let it rest for thirty minutes, then roll the seedy doughy mixture  out very thin between two sheets of parchment paper.  Slice it into squares and stick in the oven on the parchment paper.  150°C for forty minutes.  And hey presto - crackers!  #nomnom  I found the recipe on the Yummly app.

Then...

Vegan cheesy pasta, using the nutritional yeast I bought this week.  Again I found this recipe on Yummly.  Sorry for the blurry photo :/. I got the creamy texture by blending boiled cauliflower, added nutritional yeast, turmeric, paprika, salt and pepper then stirred in wholewheat pasta.  I’ve got some “cheesy” sauce left over.  I’m going to try it on my homemade pizza this week. :D

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Tempeh Tempeh

Made a tempeh and mixed bean chili last night (the one from the OMS cookbook) which was interesting.  On the side are baked tortillas (no oil or salt, just cut them up and bake them for about 10 minutes at 150°C, turning them over halfway through).

I’ve never had Tempeh before.  It seems a bit like Quorn in texture etc but the taste is more....organic :/.  I definitely can’t imagine eating it without a ton of spices.  But I’ve still got half a pack left so I’ll have to try another recipe this week.

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“Cheesy” Quinoa Bites

On the continuing hunt for snackage, I found this recipe for Cheesy Quinoa Bites and them made yesterday.

Of course, they don’t have cheese in them and they’re pretty yummy.  

As you can see, two got polished off immediately after they came out of the oven.  The kids really liked them yesterday.  They’re not so fond today, so it’s not a prep-ahead-of-time recipe methinks.

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Thai Seafood Curry

I had a thai curry pack (lemongrass, galaghal, garlic, birds eye chilis and shallots) in the fridge that needed using up.  The challenge of course was how to make a Thai curry (which had been a staple before I went OMS friendly) without coconut milk.  But I found a way.  Last night I made this:

Thai curry!  

Ingredients Seafood mix Vegetable mix of your choosing Lemongrass Galanghal Chilis Shallots Garlic Coconut Essence Plant-based milk Basil

First I cooked off the thai curry pack in a little water.  I kept it simple, throwing the chilis and shallots in whole, crushing the garlic, scoring the lemongrass down one side, grating the galanghal).  Once that had cooked, I threw in the veg.  I used sliced red peppers and mange tout but you could use anything you had in the fridge.  Once that had cooked, I added a few drops of coconut essence and the plant-based milk (I used oat but rice would have probably been better).  Once the milk is beginning to bubble, add the seafood and let it simmer for 10 minutes.

Serve with rice.

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Feeling Fine with Fish & Chips

The blip has well and truly passed, I’m pleased to say, and I’m feeling fine and enjoying my new food.

Last night we had OMS friendly fish and chips.  We had hake fillets (baked in the oven atop lemon slices for 15 minutes, though 12 probably would have done the trick), home made chips (the potato was boiled for 5 minutes, then the chips were left to cool before tossing them in extra virgin olive oil, salt and thyme, then were were baked for 15 minutes) and mushy peas (peas were boiled for 15 minutes, then mushed up with a spoon of soya yoghurt, a little salt and pepper and fresh mint).

No, it’s not the same as getting fish and chips from the chippy, but it’s a decent alternative.  I’ll definitely make it again.  I might not bother with the sweet potatoes next time, the regular potato chips were nicer.

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Mummy’s OMS friendly baked spinach and oat pancakes with houmous dip went down a storm at the kids’ dinner time. I call this a massive win.  If only tea could be this easy every day!

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The Continuing Success of Baked Pancakes

I had some leftover baked pancake mixture (see my previous post) in the fridge so I thought I’d use it up for my daughter’s tea. I added some defrosted frozen spinach and baked oats (from my breakfast stock, see previous post on Breakfast) and plopped small balls of the mix in a baking tray. What came out was a delicious savoury treat. I sliced two of the small spinach pancakes up, served with raisins and hummus and had one very happy little girl. And one happy mummy 😜.

Photos to come.