whole food plant based – Eating Vegan with Crohn's Disease

Blended breakfast

I’ve had some creeping Crohn’s symptoms so trying to stave them off with blended foods. The aim is gut rest and nutrition for healing. Blended breakfast: Blend until smooth. Basically it’s a hearty oatmeal breakfast with no chewing or gut effort. Also super yummy! This is based on an almond date lhassi I had inContinue reading “Blended breakfast”

Sweet Potato Waffles with Berries

I’m still tweaking this recipe so please forgive me if it comes out a little weird. (It might need like 1/3 cup of flour to help it hold together?) In a blender, 1 cup oats (blend into flour, then add:)1 1/2 cup baked sweet potato1 T baking powder1/4 t salt3 T coconut oil3 T coconutContinue reading “Sweet Potato Waffles with Berries”

Cool Ranch Kale Chips

I bunch curly kale, rinsed and still wet, stripped from the ribs and coarsely chopped 2 tablespoons olive oil 1/4 cup nutritional yeast 3 tablespoons onion powder 1 tablespoon garlic powder 1 tablespoon dried dill 2 teaspoons honey Put all of the ingredients in a big mixing bowl and mix it with your hands whileContinue reading “Cool Ranch Kale Chips”

Vegan Gumbo

I had the worst day in a long time this Sunday. Part of why it was so bad was because I tried to order vegan gumbo, but the restaurant ghosted me. I was deeply unsatisfied until I made vegan gumbo the next day. Olive oil (coat the bottom of the pan, this is an oilContinue reading “Vegan Gumbo”

Groundnut Stew and Fufu

A classic West African dish, this recipe is made with mostly premade ingredients for a super quick and satisfying meal. I omitted oil for this (coz Crohn’s) but for a more authentic feel and flavor, you’re really gonna wanna put some palm oil in it. Groundnut (peanut) stew: 2 c tomato sauce (store bought pastaContinue reading “Groundnut Stew and Fufu”

Coconut Curry

Cut into 1/2 inch pieces and heat in a dry soup pan: 2 small red bell peppers 1/2 sweet onion 1/2 large slicer tomato or 2 small tomatoes 1/2 medium sweet potato Minced garlic cloves to taste Grated fresh ginger to taste Dump in 2 cans of coconut cream (not coconut milk — you wantContinue reading “Coconut Curry”

Vegan Whole Food Lasagna

I spent the last 4 hours researching, planning, acquiring, concocting, and assembling this amazing dish. It’s in the oven now so I guess it’ll be a surprise for everyone how it tastes. This lasagna uses thinly sliced eggplant and zucchini for noodles. I purchased a $20 mandolin for this experiment and only cut myself aContinue reading “Vegan Whole Food Lasagna”

Vegan Cream of Mushroom Soup

1/2 cup raw cashews, soaked for 30 min in 2 cups boiling water 4 oz shiitake mushrooms, stems off, caps cut into slices 1/2 medium onion, cut into moons 3 cloves garlic, diced 1T olive oil 1/4 cup fresh lemon thyme A couple sprigs of fresh parsley Sautee onions, garlic and mushrooms in a soupContinue reading “Vegan Cream of Mushroom Soup”

Soup de Jour

Onion garlic celery carrot, chopped and simmered for 30 mins in water, then pureed Roast a yellow summer squash for 30 mins, cut that into chunks. Slice up some fresh basil, add salt and pepper to taste, and simmer that for another 15 mins. Top with fresh basil and black pepper.

Here is how capitalism caused my Crohn’s disease.

1) It is socially acceptable and commercially encouraged to eat a diet high in meat, fat, and processed foods. This diet is driven by advertising. This diet contributes to higher rates of Crohn’s disease. 2) Big pharma can’t monetize vegetables, so they have no incentive to get people to eat the foods that lower theContinue reading “Here is how capitalism caused my Crohn’s disease.”