Ready to kick greens and saute onions. Looking at a lentil theme this year.

Lentil are great :3 Add some pumpkin and a lil coconut milk and you've got a great base for soup or curry

I have these, I will do this.

Salad murdering-! I mean, "bonding" here I come >=3

/salute

GLHF!

Made it

may your path be full of vegs and fruits

Narrowly avoided effing up right off the bat.

Ordered pizza hut around 8:30pm. Arrived at 10;00pm, almost exact.
Didn't notice what day it was until around 11:00pm. At least I noticed before midnight, fortunately.

Needless to say any leftovers will remain untouched in the fridge the next few days.

X3 whew

Whew indeed!

(Also ACK!! I fumbled my phone and accidentally hit the unwatch button for a brief moment until I fixed in and un-unwatched. Forgive meee)

all I nibble on the rest of the day are cookies so I made it. I will keep going as long as I go, expecting tomorrow will be without meat as well :)

Goed gedaan hoor, maar ik verwacht wel dat je normaal eet als je hier aan meedoet X3 Koekjes tskkggg

Het was al acht uur! Ik had mijn avondeten al twee uur op en na achten neem ik alleen nog een koekje en wat drinken :p

Went well this year! Just had a bowl of salad for breakfast, 2 breads with butter and cheese for a midday meal, and finally another bread with butter on it for dinner.

I still have 1 hour to go, but I'm not feeling hungry at all at the moment so I'm pretty sure I'll do it!

Well done <3 Hope to see you again next year!

I'll be posting recipes for each week of Leafbiting. If you're feeling a bit out of inspiration and looking for ideas, come check some of these out!

Week one: Sesame noodles

Week two: Spice rice

Week three: curry noodles

Week four: Lentil curry

Week five: Italian Goulash

Week six: Tahini Walnut Cookies

Week seven: Veggie flatbread

Week eight: Chana masala

Dag 2 ook gelukt :)

Tis nog geen eens middernacht kleine blauwe valsspeler!

Ik kan u naar alle waarheid vertellen dat ik sinds ik 2 uur geleden mijn tanden heb gepoetst alleen nog maar water in mijn mond heb gehad en dat zal niet veranderen de komende 20 minuten :)

Ik moet de race nog uitrijden, maar geef me de medaille alvast maar.

Nou ja, tweede dag telde toch niet X3

Oke oke, alsjeblieft mevrouw Foshu! Het is dag 3 en het is me gelukt :)

I've rediscovered my love of lentil soups, I really should have them more often~

I hear a lot of lentil love this year, might have to post my go to soup recipe.

My two days have officially come to an end!* I SURVIVED!! \0w0/
Did pretty good. Had plenty of fruit on hand whenever I needed a snack, and my go-to, "actually cook in the kitchen", meal was ramen with stir-fry veggies and a teriyaki marinade (I checked the ingredients and even had family members double check; no meat-related or other off-limits things) for a sauce of sorts.


Now if you'll excuse me I have 100% run out of willpower and there's BBQ bacon pizza in the fridge.

*By this I mean I've been stick on a creative session the whole night and therefore been unable to fall asleep, and I happened to notice It's now 12:16am on October 6th; technically past the two day mark.

Well done mousie, enjoy your pizza <3

My goodness, it's difficult to break a habit, especially at home! I think the worst feeling is when I'm at work eating my salad sandwich and someone sits next to me with a bacon toastie, the air wafting in my face, it was evil. Anyway, Marmite and Vegemite certainly made nice alternatives!

Either way, I survived!

Nice alternatives...? I think those are pretty gross X3

Anyway well done, hope to see you again next year!

Usually on toast or in sandwiches, I'd have things like Bovril, but whatever gets me through the day I say xD Plus I like eating most fruits, so it wasn't a horrible experience xD

Nooooooooooooooo i forgot to join this year ;-;

Dammit mouse! >:C

Am sorry T^T

Had pasta but was otherwise uneventful

Good to hear it went smoothly :D Hope to see you again next year!

Go leafbiters, go! Once again, I can't join in, unfortunately, but my own 7500+ day vegetarian straight keeps going.

w00000t o3o

I turned vegetarian at eight years old against my parents, friends and teachers advice. They feared I wouldn't get the nutrients I need to grow. 22 years on, I'm still going strong, now at 178 cm and literally strong enough to pull a plough.

That's not really the age to start making decisions like that, so I understand why people around you had their doubts X3

Sorry it took me a while to respond. I was able to successfully get through my day, though. Oats, fruits, peanut butter, tea, and eggs. Mostly the former, this time. Didn't have much, but I did make sure to at least include protein in the daily diet. Wish I had the money to properly stock up this year, though.

Well done for the day skunkie <3

Managed to make it the week, was actually a pretty fun experience~!

...though I stuffed a bunch of meat in my face pretty much the moment the 7th day ended. :P

You deserve it folfie <3

A couple of my housemates who happen to be career chefs made a beef spaghetti sauce, and they always cook big. My other housemate grilled a couple steaks for someone who didn't show up, they're wasting in the fridge. This was easier when I lived alone.
Hang in there.

Urgghhh grit and bear it you can do it!!

I used drugs and then I failed. x ,x It was their leftovers in the fridge. I'm half the veggie beast you are.
You can make it. I'm sorry, Earth.

Aw hun, just a set back :c

You're giving up or battling through the rest? We're so close now!

It would be best if I kept leafbiting till the end anyways, so I'll do that. I'll be more cautious this time.

Keep it up hun <3

Woo! Go guys go! I'm a bit late this year with cheers, but squirrel has been busy buying a van!

Hope y'all have fun leafbiting, squirrels appreciate it! ^.^

Buying a van's taking that much time? X3

Well, While searching for a van to present to my credit union to apply for a loan, 3 of the vans I found that werent total garbage were bought out right from under me :( Then I found a 4th one, and by someones grace I was the ONLY one looking at it, so then I goto test drive it only to find out the starter died the very day I was to drive it, soooo the dealer went and put in a new one (which is good I suppose) and it drives like a dream, and so I went on to present the van yadda yadda, finally got the loan and bought it. NOW I have Furpocalypse Con to goto (today in fact!!) and I have until Nov 4 to pay for everything else outta pocket (IE: Title lean, registration, plates, tax, etc etc)

Soooooo yea! Its been a lengthy and poorly timed transaction, but I dun did it! The van is MINE!!!! Mwa ha ha ha ha haa!

Gratz? XD

Thnx! :D

I'm doing pretty epic so far. Lots of plain pastas (gluten free), salads, and coconut products because NOM. Fun recipe, rice noodles with Jasmine rice using liquid aminos as a soy substitute and season with chives, chopped green onions, and basil.

First prep the Jasmine rice. Boil onions and garlic in the water for 10 minutes to prep water, remove veggies. Pour in 1 cup rice, bring back to boil. Turn to simmer and let steam 10-12 minutes. Prep rice noodles as packaging suggests. Once rice is ready, add liquid amigos and seasonings and stir vigorously. After properly moxed, add noodles and again stir up.

Nomnomnom

Rice AND noodles? X3 I have also no idea what amigos are, some kind of cereal?

Plain pastas? You're eating pasta without anything else with it? :/ Are you allergic to gluten? Otherwise gluten are at least some protein you get from otherwise plain pasta, but I'd advise you not to fill your meals with plain starch like that.

Autocorrect is a cruel mistress. That was meant to be aminos*. Liquid aminos is a coconut product that simulates soy sauce. Secondly, I prefer rice noodles mostly because I prefer rice noodles, I'm a wackadoo like that. Cook it, let it dry, yum. It's crunchy.

Lentils, quinoa, and almonds throughout the day can make well for protein uptake, and lots of spinach helps too. Making a fruit smoothie in the morning with a generous helping of chia seeds gives another boost.

I'm not just eating pasta, I mentioned that more as one of my more favored dishes.

I need to check back in on FA, I swear XD
Foshu! I've ingrained this into my personal traditions hardcore.
Haven't missed a year, I go until thanksgiving :)
Thank you so much for the inspiration, I'll try to remember to flop over on FA next time and maybe I can join your fancy count-down.

Is this the 4th mouse screwing up this year? XD

You're two weeks late to sign up, for shame! It's a blemish on your otherwise spotless record heeding the book of Leafbite my child.

Oops! I forgot to update you on how it went, sorry about that ^^"

It went very smoothly this year, and I used it as a time to experiment with more cooking stuff~ I've been wanting to learn more and get better at it (because I'm quite horrible and inexperienced) so this is always a fun time of the year.

I learned a very basic but delicious potato recipe. Basically just slice up some potatoes, as thin as you can, like chips. Then you'll add salt, pepper, some garlic powder, and maybe some other things if you'd like. Then take those potato slices and put them on a medium heat skillet that's been coated with vegetable oil or butter. While they're getting brown and crispy, toss some sliced onion on there too, it adds to the flavor and sautes them. You'll have to flip the potatoes to make sure they're crispy on both sides. Then once a potato slice is done I'll put it in a bowl and start on the next slice. You can do many of em at once with a bigger pan. I'll put the sauteed onions and potatoes into a bowl with some cheese and it tastes really good. It's a SUPER simple home fries kinda thing but it's real good~ If you have sour cream or some kind of dip its even better.

I hope Leaf biting is going well for you Foshu! Good luck!

Mhmm thinking about posting my own oven potatoes here soon

Well done foxie, hope you'll join again <3

Sounds like a good idea, I'd love to try it.

Thanks Foshu, and of course! Always ^_^

Mouse penance will be held here~

to those confused I had to go on vacation and with planning and such forgot when leafbitting started, my penance is to start today but list every meal for a week

I work the midnight shift so techincally my first meal of the day is around 2am being my dinner hence the confusing order

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Day 1

Dinner: Pasta with Alfredo sauce and spinach

Breakfast: grilled cheese sandwiches

Lunch: did not eat a lunch

Day 2

Dinner: Spicy Ramen brand name Shin Ramen its very tasty and no meat despite the picture on the packaging

Breakfast: eggs on toast

Lunch: did not eat

Most ramen packs contain animal based stocks though, did you check for that?

I did not, shoot well I'll certainly be aware of that going forth

Thin ice mouse, THIN ICE

Day 3

Dinner: Tomato Soup with goldfish crackers

Breakfast: eggs and toast

Lunch: cheese quesadilla

Day 4

Dinner: fried egg sandwiches

Breakfast: fluffernutter and peanutbutter honey sandwiches

Lunch: chips and salsa

Day 5

Dinner: Spaghetti and tomato sauce mushrooms instead of meat

Breakfast: did not eat

Lunch: did not eat

Day 6

Dinner cheddar broccoli soup

Breakfast: soft boiled eggs

Lunch: did not eat

[ totally late on posting this one but ]

Dinner leftovers, cheddar broccoli soup

Breakfast cereal and a pancake

Lunch did not eat

Well done mousie <3

thanks ^^ honestly it wasn't TOO hard, near the end of it I thought "dang I didn't even touch the rice" mousy enjoys a simple rice bowl now and then honestly there was once or twice I wasn't sure what to eat since we didn't have much non meat food around, but that was just lack of planning on my part