My Daughters Vegan Pantry
Hey this could maye be a series! A couple days I worked from my daughters home while waiting for a large and expensive delivery. With limited social activities, she decided to splurge on getting herself a paddle board and companion gear. She still would like a kayak, but thought she would get more regular use of the paddle board, plus it is a bit more transportable. Needless to say she did not want to take the chance that it got dropped on her doorstep without being home. Not that I'm a snoop, but maybe I am, I was looking for a little snack on Monday, as I wasn't as prepared as I had the previous Thursday when it was first scheduled to arrive, but then delayed. It popped in my head that it might be a nice regular series to add more vegan recipes, made with staples she regularly has on hand. I still need to ask her to collaborate and take a few pictures and share her creations, but for her mama, I'm sure she;ll be game..
Here's her pantry and some staples include:
In her freezer, regular staples include. She also has lots of meal prepped freezer meals, which I helped myself to on Monday!
and, not to be forgotten, her refrigerator.
Monday I found a delciouscurry and brown rice in her freezer. She had another portion, and I saw she had it thawing for her Tuesday night meal. She makes a great vegan chilli and various dishes loaded with vegetables and spices. She's like me,not really a recipe follower, but if you know what you like and what flavors blend, the sky is the limit in cooking.I didn't take apicture of her spice cupboard, but it's stocked with things she actually uses! I believe she says she averages about $35-$40 a week, all inlcuding household and personal items. As you can see eats clean and wihtout processed foods. More to come on from my daughters vegan pantry.
That's a great weekly budget. It's so much easier to do when you're not buying meat. I really enjoyed this post and looking at her pantry. :)
ReplyDeleteI think it has been closer to $40 since stay at home, but she does very well. Her mom needs to learn!
DeleteIt's always so interesting to see how other people shop,cook & eat. No one does it exactly the same, which makes it really interesting. I like to have a recipe, but often substitute at least a few of the ingredients. I'm not great at determining the flavors without a recipe, but from there, make adaptations.
ReplyDeleteMy problem with recipes is either things have too much or not enough of the flavors I like. In cookies, I know I use twice the vanilla called for because we love the vanilla flavor to come through. If I've never made something, then I'll follow the recipe, but then adapt and modify as I am comfortable-which is pretty quick.
DeleteI hope it is the start of a series, I love to see inside a pantry, especially the herbs and spices.
ReplyDeleteI'll snoop in her spice cupboard next time!
DeleteI shall look forward to seeing some of her recipes. I think I could do vegetarian but I'm not sure where to start with veganism. And yet oddly enough I have the website Forks Over Knives open right now and Thug Kitchen recipe book next to me (just don't see why they have to swear but ….)
ReplyDeleteVegetarian I do fine-vegan is harder as I like my cheese and yogurts. I wonder if I could get those cookbooks in libraries here? Both sound interesting. No harm I a little kitchen swearing, LOL.
DeleteThug Kitchen uses the F word a lot - which is completely unnecessary but some good recipes. The other one is Deliciously Ella.
DeleteI've a real fascination with food packaging from different countries. One of my favourite things is to visit grocery shops around the world so I loved looking in your daughter's cupboard and fridge.
ReplyDeleteBananas in the fridge? I'm intruiged. xxx
this is the duahgter that brings me coffee form her travels-I love to see different packaging as well. The banana in the freezer was one that went to soft to her liking, so my trick, and she use sit, is to toss in freezer for smoothies (don't need to add ice) or later thaw for baking. It works great. Sadly, I have no freezer bananas as I can't buy enough to go bad-they get eaten so fast here.
DeleteI would not think my mother a snoop if she looked in my food!
ReplyDeleteI would hate for my mother-in-law to, but my mom, no-wouldn't care.
DeleteI cook like you and your daughter and believe a recipe is mostly just a suggestion. I was vegetarian for a few years and liked it fine, but then one day I decided I wanted a steak.
ReplyDeleteMy mom used to look in my fridge and pantry all the time and would always make comments, mainly that she thought I had too much food. I kept telling her it was the difference between having only daughters and having only sons.
I know my son spends probably 50% more than what my daughter does on groceries, and he's a frugal shopper, and will cook meatless a lot. When he cooks meatless, he needs to eat so much more as he is so lean. yes, boys and girls often have very different metabolisms and food volume needs. I too think of a recipe as a suggestion-a starting place to get creative.
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