Hello! Anyone have vegan and gluten free LE meal ideas?

[hope4girl]

Hello! I'm excited to be here with others trying to sway :).

We are planning to start TTC in June, so I'm starting to plan and eat accordingly. I'm still nursing our 8 month old son, so can't cut too many calories.

I have had to cut out a lot of foods recently for allergy reasons. Does anyone have food or meal suggestions for LE Diet that are vegan and gluten free? Hoping I won't have to live on rice!

Also, I do have a lot of weight still from baby to lose, should I go ahead and start doing the 1 hour a day exercise or work my way up to it?

[wannabowbaby]

Don't live on rice! From what I've been reading lately the arsenic levels in rice are a lot more dangerous thn previously thought, especially if you were consuming large amounts.

With that said, low carb veggies such as broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, lettuce, spinach, spaghetti squash, tomatoes, & zucchini are all on the unlimited list. There are others too but stuff I can't/won't eat so not in my notes LOL

So you could in theory make your own pasta sauce and eat it on spaghetti squash. Broccoli tossed with a smidge of olive oil & garlic and roasted til it browns is a favorite around here. The original recipe I have calls for Parmesan cheese & lemon juice to be sprinkled on after cooking, but I bet you could leave out the cheese and it would still be really good.

[weeziewoozles]

Hi. I don't remember what's on here but this thread has lots of LE meal ideas. Have a look and see what you can find. http://genderdreaming.com/forum/trying-conceive-girl/43559-le-meal-ideas-recipes.html

From my perspective, I buy lots of processed veggie products, which are often GF and vegan. Things like vegetable quarter pounders, instant rice and super noodles. I make big batches of things from scratch too, and freeze portions. Like veggie curry, which I have with rice, or pasta sauce, which I have with GF pasta. You could make cauliflower fried rice or cauliflower pizza base (you'd need an egg substitute to make it vegan). I make lots of wedges using oil spray, but for variety I use potatoes, sweet potatoes, swede/rutabaga or parsnip. Get some GF tortilla wraps and make veggie fajitas. Try using GF flour to make vegan pastry and flat breads. Good luck!

[hope4girl]

Thank you, that is an awesome thread to follow!

[atomic sagebrush]

Potatoes and yams were two things that I ate quite a lot of when swaying pink. I didn't go gluten free but I did eat a lot less bread and pasta than I usually do.