Thirty A Week Challenge

 

After reading Bless's attempt at having 30 different plant based food a week, I wanted to try the same. 

You can find more information about it in this article.

As Bless explained in her post, each different plant based food counts as 1 point, and herbs and spices count as 0.25 points. You cannot count the same food twice.

Here are some examples of plant foods. This image is from the same article mentioned above.

I started the challenge on Wednesday July 17th. 

Wednesday

Breakfast: tea, black eyed peas with veggies (peas, onion, leek, tomato, bell pepper, Enoki mushroom, turmeric, curry powder), juice (blueberries, pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, flaxseed oil, curry leaves, Cuban oregano) = 11 points

Lunch: brown rice, lentil curry (lentils, onions, garlic, curry leaves, green chilies, turmeric), sautéed bitter gourd (bitter gourd, onion, garlic, tomato, curry powder, turmeric), cooked watercress, salad (lettuce, onions, tomato) = 5.5 points

Dessert: mango and fig with lemon juice = 2.25 points

Dinner: Pita bread, lentil curry, pickled green chilies

Thursday

Breakfast: tea, croissants with butter & jam , juice (blueberries, pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, flaxseed oil, curry leaves, Cuban oregano)

Lunch:  = brown rice, lentil curry, anchovy & leek stir-fry, cauliflower (cauliflower, onion, ginger), salad (lettuce, onion, bell pepper, cucumber) = 2.25 points

Dessert: oat milk ice cream 

Dinner: = baked potato (Potato, scallions, cilantro) = 1.5 points

Friday

Breakfast: tea, cream of rice with veggies (onion, leek, bell pepper, Enoki mushroom, turmeric, curry powder), juice (blueberries, pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, flaxseed oil, curry leaves, Cuban oregano)

Lunch:  = brown rice, watercress, cauliflower 

Dinner: brown rice, lentil, stir fried anchovy, Kimchi (cabbage) = 1 point 

Dessert: prune = 1 point

Saturday

Breakfast : tea, bread with butter & jam

Lunch: brown rice, bitter gourd, leek

Dinner: Pita bread, lentil curry

Sunday

Breakfast: coffee, bread with butter & jam = 1 point

Lunch: brown rice, bitter gourd, okra, beet salad = 2 points

Dessert: mango

Dinner: brown rice, cauliflower, pickled green chilies

Monday

Breakfast: tea, mung beans with veggies (mung bean, onion, bell pepper, seafood mushroom, leek), juice (passionfruit and elderberry) = 3 points

Lunch: buckwheat noodles with veggies, salad = 1 point

Dinner: I wasn't hungry so I didn't have dinner.

Tuesday

Breakfast: tea, cream of rice with veggies (onion, leek, bell pepper, cauliflower, turmeric), juice (a mix of passion fruit & elderberry)

Lunch: brown rice, zucchini, okra, lentil (lentil, onion, green chilies, turmeric, fenugreek), salad (lettuce, cucumber, tomato, onion, clover sprouts, beet) = 2.25 points

Dessert: cherries = 1 point

Dinner: samosa

Total: 34.75

I usually eat leftovers often. So, even though they are mostly plant based, I didn't count them multiple times.

Can flaxseed oil be counted as nuts? I am not sure, so I didn't include it. I always add pumpkin seeds, chia seeds and flaxseed oil to my morning juice.  I also didn't count Enoki and seafood mushrooms as two different foods.

I am pretty happy to know that I eat a variety of plant based foods and plan to make a conscious effort to add more plant based foods to my meals.