Everything We Ate During VEGAN WEEK! 

As a vegan myself I feel like there’s some cool snack options, I was shocked you guys didn’t have hummus! It definitely takes time to learn more recipes and it gets easier

try hummus instead of ranch dressing with those peppers- you will never go back

your oldest son just sounds and acts like one of the most polite gentlemen i’ve ever met!

It's easier to eat plant based when you have more practice. You know your ingredients better and you know what you like, so it doesn't require as much thinking.

I loved Seth’s face when Solo asked him what he thought of everything 🤣

I’m surprised you didn’t meal prep for this week like you normally do! Eggplant lasagna, bean chili, crockpot oatmeal, roasted veggie and quinoa bowls or vegetable barley soup would’ve been super easy to have ready to go!!

Next time you do vegan week, think protein. It will keep everyone fuller longer. Beans, lentils,tofu. And hummus for those chopped up veggies.

Sarah never apologize for how you look-you are beautiful all of the time! Feel better!

I admire Micah's ability to try new foods! What a joy to watch

Tofu or tempeh adds great protein and can be so yummy in most recipes! I love Delicio chicken flakes. They come dry and you addd water and oil. Then shape it however you want and cook it. SOOO delicious. Delicio also has a vegan nacho cheese sprinkle. For snacks to set out, protein balls with dates, chia, peanut butter etc very filling and yummy

your kids are great! they all seem so willing to try/ get involved with the cooking. so impressed!

Love watching you guys! There’s a lot of creative planning that went into this. We have issues doing dinners without any restrictions 😂 I have watched you guys for a little over 2 years I think. I don’t comment too often though. I do want to say thanks for keeping up your channel all this time. You and Solo have amazing hearts and I’ve never seen you say a harsh word towards anyone. The way you look at difficult situations shows who you truly are. You are an inspiration to say the least. You and your children give hope in a dark world. Love y’all and blessings ❤️

What a woman. A sinus infection plus vegan week for 12 people? I am so proud of you!! I don't think I could pull it off though. When I have a sinus infection, I'm like, "Who wants chicken nuggets?" 😊

I’m surprised you didn’t make more pasta with nutritional yeast or aglio olio! 😋😋

Love how respectful you guys are, fantastic to see a family trying new things with an open mind!

I just love how your kids get on board and try everythin!

I highly recommend trying to keep your diet the as similar as possible when doing vegan. if you typically have pancakes in the morning, make them vegan, if you typically have sandwiches for lunch, make sandwiches, it’s so important not to feel restricted

I usually eat much later in the day. Now I'm hungry! You have managed to find fun ways to get the good stuff in. My diet is the moderation diet. "Everything in moderation". We could all benefit from new ideas and ways of doing things.

Loved watching this! It’s fun to see how excited your little kids were. I’d love to see more vegan weeks/days/meals!

Thrilled that u shared your idea of having "chick peas" w/mayo! A must try since I have cans of chick peas & wanted to change it up instead of my usual adding them to salad. Light went off when I saw the kids dipping bread into olive oil! My mom would have us dip celery sticks into olive oil w/garlic & S&P....a healthy/tasty choice which most liked. Mom also prepared a different version of tuna salad: tuna cut in pieces, plac'd on plate, covered w/little olive oil, onion, olives, S&P!. Thanks to you and the kids for a delightful, idea filled video!

Feeling spoiled with all the vids!! Woooo! Love Y’all 💕 Feel like You’re Fam after all these years! Weird? Lol But Me and My 3 yr old, Harry Love Seeing Your Faces!! Bless

Add a little salt pepper garlic powder onion powder and red pepper flake in addition to the Italian seasoning to the olive oil mixture to dip the bread. Sooo Much Flavor!!! They’ll like it better.

Very happy to see you give it a try and having such open minded kids! The cheeze sauce is also great on broccoli or chilli cheeze baked potatoes and does freeze pretty well. We use leftover Spanish rice in burritos. Love multi use foods to batch cook.

Do your children ever argue? I cannot help but believe they will look back at this time and feel so blessed. What a happy home you have created.

Bless you'll for doing this. I can go a few days without meat I've gone months without beef pork but chicken usually stays in my diet. Your family is very adventurous and supportive for for. You should've shown your first meat dish after the challenge🤣

Oh! I just got to the part with the cheese sauce....my favorite nacho sauce doesn't use nuts, just potatoes and carrots as the base w pickled jalapenos & a few other simple ingredients...it's Lauren Toyota's recipe and it is life changing!

Good job family. I love the positive attitudes and willingness to try something new.

Great job on the challenge!! Food looks amazing can’t wait to see your other dinner ideas !! Keep up the great job 💜💕🥰

Loved this challenge. Interested how much you spent this week compared to a normal week? Seems you were going to the shops a lot more. Love that you are having more videos out too, really enjoy your channel. 😘

Hellmann's sells a vegan mayo that we used while vegan to make out own ranch. It's reasonably priced as plant-based products go. Just Mayo ranch is another good product but for a large family it may add up.

I’ve been waiting for this!! 🤗🙌🏻💙

Cashew sour cream!!! Soak raw cashews for a few minutes to overnight (high power blender vs regular blender, respectively), drain, put in blender and cover with fresh water. Blend until smooth, best served chilled. We also make it with lime juice (1/8 of the water) or lime juice and cilantro (lots!).

We eat digestive biscuits in🇧🇸, perfect for breakfast with tea.

just wanted to say i love the vids! all the way from Hawaii! Aloha

Wow you all did such a good job! Must be very difficult to change your way of arranging your meals, especially with such a large family. And the reaction of the kids are great, they really have an open mind! I love that!

Your family is truly wonderful. Thank you for sharing some of your time with us. May God bless you all and keep you healthy. Susan V.

That was fun to watch! I wish I could be your vegan chef for a week. You wouldn't have to think of what to make and I know all of you would love it! Don't judge your first week too harshly. With a little experience and and some good recipes it can be quite filling and tasty!! You all did great for first timers! I hope your cold goes away soon!

Love this so much! I love that your kids got excited and involved!! Woop!

What an awesome challenge! Great work on switching it up with your tribe of many. It is definitely a hard to get it all figured out at first but gets easier after learning tips and tricks, gain more familiarity with vegan products, and LOTS of vegan sauce options. Ha. I’m sure you’ll get plenty of ideas from viewers on ways to incorporate more vegan food into your life. Just wanted to give you a thumbs up. I look forward to your wrap up video.

The variety and creativity of your meal planning is awesome! All healthy, obviously tasty too. I struggle to come up with good ideas cookimg for just ME!

We tried vegan week before. No will power, we lasted 3 days. But I will say incorporating grains like quinoa, millet, farro and barley are good. Plus they're added protein!

So interesting! My husband and I are 56 and just started our third week of vegan diet..we watched game changers on Netflix.. we had so much fun watching you navigate the week! It is a challenge for sure😊

So happy the kids were adventurous and satisfied over all.A good lesson here.I am inspired.🙏❣️

I have been vegan on a plant-based lifestyle for over a year.... I use Portabella mushrooms as my meat in tacos, sloppy Joe’s ,meatballs,... I also use eggplant and zucchini as my meat base and make meatballs ..I make a beef stew with a product called Gardein meatless beef it looks just like beef crumbled up you buy it it’s in the frozen section it’s plant-based and delicious.... you can use that for many recipes I make eggplant Parmesan with plant-based cheese it’s delicious....There are so many recipes plant-based.... it’s a little overwhelming I’m sure your first foray into , it but once you start thinking about it or go on Pinterest there’s so many recipes there and even if something isn’t vegan per se you can change it up and make it vegan ...two years ago my kidneys we’re failing they were at 10% function the doctor scheduled me to go in the hospital and insert a port for dialysis, which I refused , I was not going on dialysis.... I knew what that meant I knew that my life will soon cease ....and then my son came up with the plant-based lifestyle which I’ve embraced... and I want to tell you that within three months my kidney function went from 10% to 48% On a plant-based lifestyle.... I’ve been on this plant-based lifestyle for over a year.... I’ve never looked back

Seth's facial expression cracks me up! So cute :)

There's an awesome quinoa and lentil chili I found on Pinterest that would keep you guys full. Also, quinoa is a good substitute for protein and meat replacement.

Omgosh, u all did amazing. Especially the older kids, it must be hard for teens to change all of their eating habbits over night. Congratulations to u all for giving it a great effort

I think we will try this too. This was really cool, thanks for sharing it with us

Next time you do vegan week or meals you should try hummus and tofutti products like tofu cream cheese and sour cream. They are my must have non dairy products to have. And olive oil and balsamic glaze to dip the bread in.

Where's the tofu at y'all could use some meat substitutes

I love Micah’s haircut! ! You have a lot of helping hands around ! That is so awesome

It’s great that your children enjoy so many veggies, you and Solo really feed them healthy food.

Thanks so much for sharing this video. I am also a vegan, as well as my husband and one of my 3 daughters. My other two daughters are vegetarian. I hope you enjoyed the food ! So many vegan things you haven't tried yet though!

Huge kudos to you for trying this!! 🙌🏻 It takes courage for one person to first start eating this way let alone starting with a large family haha. Great job 😊 -A vegan

omg you guys make the absolute cutest babies, I just love those kids

I’m a new vegan myself, about 9 months and you learn something new everyday! If you guys stick with it I promise you you’ll find new recipes you love and are easier to make. Not sure if you’re gonna do it weekly again or once a week but I’m looking forward to seeing it!

There are lots of sour “ creams” made from soy. There are also lots of meat substitutes.

I'm not even vegan but I love chickpea salad sandwiches. We do red onion, mayo, spicy brown mustard, and celery mixed in the food processor. So good! Add some lettuce and tomato 🍅 and you can do vegan mayo

I think your children are so amazing. I am only further convinced that children raised in the fear of the Lord are blessed and a blessing to all they come in contact with. 🙏💕

Love this! My family went dairy free years ago because of health issues, there are so many more processed vegan options nowadays for sure! Can't go wrong with fruits and veggies and rice though! 🥬🥦🥭🍎🍌

I’m surprised you didn’t had pasta :(

With the all the veggies you roasted you could’ve also made vegan pizza! I went vegan for a week (missed my meats) but vegan pizza was definitely a treat! Even my major meat eater fiancé LOVED the vegan pizza!

We are (mostly) plant based as well! For some bulk, we always add in roasted potatoes or sweet potatoes to our veggies!

I’ve been looking forward to this video! I’m a vegan and long time follower of your channel. Your kids have such wonderful attitudes and dispositions. Mine weren’t so thrilled when we switched to eating only vegetarian at home.

The look that Seth made when his dad said what he thinks about it!😂😂😂❤

Feel better. Love ur vids, from the Gold Coast, Australia ,

Good for you guys. It’s amazing how much kids will love vegies when their taste buds adjust. 😊

Digestive cookies are so good with lemon curd smeared on them. A childhood memory, my Grandpa would bring some back whenever he went up to Canada.

Good old digestive biscuit. Can't go wrong with a cup of tea and dunk one of those in. Hi from the UK. Love your videos and family

Praying for you Sarah you look like you do not feel well. You family is so brave doing vegan We are not big meat eaters but chicken mostly. but I do love to watch your family such a joy .god bless

Micah, I admire your open mindedness! What a great quality to have!

Just had to say it’s lovely how the kids got involved with the cooking and even making and trying new recipes how amazing making vegan cheese my husband did vegan through out January I couldn’t for medical reasons it was hard like you say thinking of new meals every day trying to put things together including protein he loves fruit and veg but the month did test him he enjoyed the food but said he couldn’t do it all the time love from uk your kids are a credit to you both people could learn a lot from yous

Oh my god Seth is an adorable little squishy!!!!

Cutting the dairy will clear out a lot of mucus. Glad to see y’all take on this challenge.

i love this!! it teaches so much to do things differently

You should do more of this... Am loving it

You can buy some vegan ranch called “just ranch” and it tastes just like regular ranch.

Seriously dreamed last night that our families hung out together in your tini-tiny APARTMENT you all "lived in"😂😂😂 That would've been a TIGHT SQUEEEEEZE with our crew of 8 and yours😜🤣

Love this video,so nice all the kids were up for the vegan challege! Chick peas are a delicious snack in an air fryer with sea salt .kids would love it!, yum

Idea: A charcuterie dinner without meat. Like a smorgasbord of vegies, beans and rice balls, chips and crackers and bread, jams, fruit, hummus, yogurt, cheese, etc

The trick is to cook like you normally would but to just remove meat and dairy. Ordinarily, I think meat should be the side of dish and not the hero.

Are you taking vitamin C? You will start feeling better I take it every day and it has made me feel so much better I also take vitamin D. Anyways I think you guys have done a great job. Thanks for sharing. 👍👏🙏🇨🇦

Sara, for an Italian bread dip- in a shallow bowl pour olive oil, season with salt and cracked pepper. Drizzle Balsamic vinegar over the olive oil. This is what Macaroni Grill does. SO GOOD!

Loved watching this!! I’m now motivated to make granola for breakfast as opposed to the regular Kenyan tea and bread👍🏾👍🏾

Lovely. Whoever is reading this God cares and knows your struggles. Your pain and misery is for a short time trust God for He alone can deliever you

Your breakfast and dinners look so yummy 😍

Thanks for sharing how your vegan week went. I will have to use some of your ideas. Some vegan must haves for me are: humus, bean salsa, zuchinni and sweet potato hash, avocado toast or just guacamole.

The kids are growing so much everyone looks so much older in this vlog! Well wishes to your beautiful fam!

Surprised you didnt do a chickpea and vegetable curry !!!!

Honey encourages beekeeping and saving the bees! Use all the honey :)

I love how everyone gets along and works together

I can't believe how deep Judah's voice has gotten! He sounds just like his dad! 💜

My vegan month went basically like this: bread, potatoes, pasta, tortillas, more bread, vegan cookies, vegan cake... LOL. I think I gained 4 pounds.

This is in no way a negative comment but I think this video definitely showed that any type of specific “diet” or way of eating can be unhealthy as well. Many of the vegan snacks are very high in sugar. I have found taking different recipes from vegan, vegetarian and meat are what work best for me. It’s also so great that each person has the ability to choose what they do and don’t eat in our country :)

It's great that you guys did this! If you do it again and want some tips on how to get more protein in the meals, I can give you guys some simple menus with ingredients that will be more filling/full of protein. The only thing with the meals you showed is that many of them lacked "staying power" and so many people feel unsatisfied and hungry after eating this way they think that meat is the way to fill themselves up.

Breakfast dairy free almond milk yogurt with sliced almonds, fresh blueberries, strawberries, sliced banana, chia or hemp seeds..You can also do this with oatmeal or granola..I've even had cacao powder mixed in rolled oats and added some peanut butter.

I would never Survive on that but I’m glad you did OK

Went to the Dr once for a cold, turned out a sinus infection. The dr said actual colds don't last more then 5 days... if it has been longer means it is not a cold it is something else.

I really liked this. It’s probably the most honest attempt that I’ve seen people trying to make vegan food work. It’s daunting at first and mostly seems like only fruit and vegetables. But you all made it work and seemed to mostly enjoy it. I’d love that vegan cheese sauce recipe please 😀

My typical workday lunch (when I went to the office, before the pandemic) was sweet peppers and hummus. I would just dip them in the tub - so delicious and so filling! If I didn't have peppers I would take two heads of romaine lettuce. It was just super easy and fast, which is what I needed trying to get the kids out the door! Was happy to see some Indian products in there - like the ginger paste! Honestly - except for fruit I eat very little sugar. Of course, I say this after years of thinking and learning new vegan foods. You guys did AWESOME! The food looks great and what a good thing to teach your kids - to try new things, to get out of their comfort zone, maybe even talk about the many reasons people are vegan. This project was awesome, thanks!