Alright, I’ve convinced you that you get enough protein from a Veggie Plan and you’ll have enough energy to ROCK people’s worlds…

…but you’re still probably skeptical that you can eat AMAZING food on a a veggie meal plan.

Well, let me show tell you about the VEGAN burger, fries, and chocolate shake feast I had the other night…

Let me set the scene…

It was a beautiful summer night…I just got in from a late dog walk with the lil stinker, Bally the Dog, where he tried to chase a few of the local cats.

So I was tired and hungry.

Plus, almost everyone in my condo building had their BBQ’s fired up – to the max – and the smell of burgers was in the air.

But as a lazy man on the Veggie Lifestyle, what could I possibly put on the grill?

Fortunately I had Kardena Pauza come to the rescue.

In her Easy Veggie Meal Plans, you’ll get her famous Portobella Mushroom Burger recipe.

Now I studied it, and changed it a wee bit, to make this crazy vegan burger, fries, and chocolate shake meal.

1) Burger Prep
- Take 2 portobella mushrooms
- Marinate in olive oil, sea salt, and cayenne pepper seasoning
- Grill
- Place both (yeah, DOUBLE BURGER!) between two pieces of whole grain bread (toast if desired)
- Add condiments (I added Dijon mustard)

2) Healthy Sweet Potato Fries Prep
- Thinly slice a sweet potato
- Brush with olive oil
- Put on grill

3) Chocolate Milkshake – (Ballantyne’s Best Blender Drink yet!)
Blend this
- 2 cups chocolate almond milk
- 1 banana
- 8 strawberries
- 20 blueberries
- 1 spoonful almond butter
- 1/2oz almonds
- handful uncooked oatmeal
- some cacao nibs
- handful of spinach

Awesome.

An amazing burger, fries and shake WITHOUT:

- Factory Farmed Meat
- Added Sugar
- Trans Fats
- Food cooked by a pimply teenager

Off to make another veggie Ballantyne Blender Drink,

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Author, The Lazy Man’s Guide to Vegetarian Eating

PS – You CAN lose weight without meat!

“I have 2 little kids, but thanks to Kardena I weigh almost the same weight as I did on her wedding day which was over 8 years ago. I am SO EXCITED! Since going on the Easy Veggie Meal Plans I’ve lost over 13 pounds of fat. The last 10-15 pounds is always the hardest to get off as you know, but I’ve done it!”
Jeegisha, Irvine, California

Click here for the Easy Veggie Weight Loss Meal Plans