BEANS-RICE-GREENS, oh my!

Well it looks like I have inadvertently fallen into the BEANS-RICE-GREENS diet!

I just made that up… but clearly somebody thought of it before I did! Yes of course, like my grandmother’s people. Their lifestyle as a whole intrigues me… but particularly their diet.

www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/05/03/151932410/man-cannot-live-on-rice-and-beans-alone-but-many-do

Eliminating the tortilla or bread, squeezing the juice of lime or lemon on top for vitamin C & adding a dollop of salt free chunky salsa w/ corn makes this an exceptionally healthy choice. It’s filling, full of B vitamins & fiber, good protien & calcium, low in sodium & fat (choose no added salt or oil), very low cost, and it’s just plain delicious! 

I’ll be preparing Jasmine brown rice AND steamed greens together in my stainless inner rice cooker from Amazon (OYAMA Stainless 16-Cup (Cooked) (8-Cup UNCOOKED) Rice Cooker, Stainless Steel Inner Pot, Stainless Steamer Tray).

I’m going to make the BEANS-RICE-GREENS diet an integral element of this basic daily menu:

* Breakfast: OATS w/ BERRIES

* Lunch: BEANS-RICE-GREENS

* Supper: GREENS-RICE-BEANS! 

I was inspired by the simple lifestyle of this fifty-something year old Tarahumara couple of northwestern Mexico. It’s a hard life for them, but they suffer little from the diseases of their western neighbors. 

Day 361 of Year 2 Low-SOS Vegan Plan

EXERCISE:
# Lift AB-domination
# Standing desk 6.5 hrs
# Kickbox 45 min

WATER (goal: 75 oz)
(3) × (25.4) = 76.2 oz

EATS:
* rolled oats, raspberries, warm water
* banana
* homemade whole wheat mini biscuits w/ XL-avocado
* vegan potato salad (boiled potatoes w/ broccoli-slaw, celery, dill relish, pepperoncinis, onion, mushrooms, mustard, green salsa, smoked paprika, lemon pepper, kala namak salt)
* 2 slices cheese-free XL-pizza

… SUN HAS SET …

Cmmt: XL indicates uncommon extravagantly luscious food

Day 308 of Year 2 Low-SOS Vegan Plan

EXERCISE:
# Lift rockbottom
# Kickbox on mini-trampoline 45 min

WATER (goal: 75 oz)
(3) × (25.4) = 76.2 oz

EATS:
* banana
* very veggie fried (oilfree) rice
* hot tea
* sliced orange
* very veggie broth (water, lots of kale, edamame, broccoli, mushroom, tomato, baby potato, onion, salsa, few rice noodles, seasoning)

…..SUN HAS SET….

* orange XL-juice

Cmmt: XL indicates uncommon extravagantly luscious food

Day 84 of Year 2 Low-SOS Vegan 6

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EXERCISE:
# Lift lunch sisters @ gym
# standing/walking desk 6 hrs

WATER: (goal: > 75)
(3) × (25.4) = 76.2 oz

EATS:
* watermelon
* homegrown apricots
* very veggie pasta sauce (in balsamic vinegar saute onions, sweet peppers, tomato, turnip, carrots, garlic, quinoa, amaranth, millet, tomato Italian sauce) over high fiber pasta, sprinkled w/ nutritional yeast

…..SUN HAS SET…..

* banana
* cheese-free pineapple XL-pizza

Cmmt: XL indicates uncommon extravagantly luscious food