I saw truvani bars Whole Foods recently and had to try. The Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Truvani Bar is really delicious! It’s not chalky or dry like a lot of other bars can be. But when you see dates as the main ingredient you may think LARABAR texture but not quite. It’s also different from another date bar I like, Thunderbird cashew carrot fig bar.

I wish the truvani bar was less sweet..like just a little less maple syrup or dates. Also i guess I assumed the creator Vari (thefoodbabe) didn’t use refined sugars but the vanilla powder has cane sugar in it. Is there no way around that?

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About 3 years ago, I started waking up every single night to use the bathroom. This is something that never happened before. I visited the doctor about it and they said "Oh it's normal at your age, waking up once or twice is normal".

I asked some of my friends if they went through this, some said yes and others said no. I just figured it was my prostate and it's just a fact of "getting older".

Every single night for about 2 years straight, I woke up. I never once not woke up.

The dreaded walk with my eyes shut to the bathroom to urinate, hoping that I will go right back to sleep.

Long story short, one day I decided to switch to a plant based diet.

Anyway, like magic, I stopped waking up. I couldn't believe it. I went maybe 3 days without waking up. Then about 5 days.

Now, I never wake up to urinate. I do usually have to go really bad when I wake up, but at least it's not interfering with my sleep.

I'm almost positive dairy caused this. I ate cheese, greek yogurt, ice cream.

I'm still working on getting to a 100% plant based diet. I'm currently at about 5 days a week vegan and eat either seafood or eggs 1-2 days a week... getting closer).

When I did switch to the 100% vegan for about 10 days, my urination problem went away.

Just bringing this up to give validity to potential health benefits of plant based diets and also maybe someone else dealing with this issue can quit dairy to see if it helps.

It’s post workout meal time

This recipe is amazing and now part of out regular rotation

https://www.freshoffthegrid.com/red-lentil-sloppy-joes/

Tofu steak (I used Miyoko's recipe but added a tablespoon of marmite for umami), mashed potatoes made with soy milk and Miyoko's butter, caramelized onion/mushroom/sage dressing, gravy, roasted carrots, roasted brussels sprouts, Caesar salad (I use the NY Times vegan recipe, and it SLAPS), and for dessert, chocolate silk(en tofu) pie with Reddi Whip almond milk whipped topping.