So, it's entirely possible that I've done this thing before...maybe even more often than what I would think. And yet, I do love dairy products [even though they oh-so frequently *hate* me], so maybe it has never happened. Today I went vegan. And lived to tell the tale! Although, I did have to tuck away the honey-roasted peanuts of yesterday or else I would have been mightily tempted [although I also learned that apparently some vegans do eat honey]. For the most part I felt totally satisfied and didn't miss the animal by-products. I have been considering vegan-ism for a while, but I don't think I will ever fully commit. I am hoping to try to choose the vegan option more often though...mostly due to the aforementioned fact that it seems many animal by-products do hate me. So I've been trying to develop my tastebuds in that direction.
My main challenge for my day o'vegan came first thing in the morning. I love me some yogurt and I eat it by the bucketload [yum...buckets of...anything...so appetizing]. But, no yogurt for me today - instead I had rye bread toast with jam [I love jam almost as much as yogurt]. I wonder though - would being a yogurt-vegan really cause that much suffering to the wee animals? I ask mainly because a friend of a friend was a meatball sub sandwich vegetarian...and I found that high-larious. Then for lunch I wasn't feeling entirely hungry, but I knew I had to have something as I was heading out to the museum so I had some fruit and a couple of parathas and brought along with a few handfuls of those spicy asian rice snack things. Another semi-challenge arrived @ the museum as they were having a special event that was catered and free found was abounding. However, it was either meat-tastic or cheese-tastic so I couldn't try anything [aside from this tea that was called 'blood of the pigeon' - it was both melodramatic and delicious - I asked and though there was a secret ingredient, it was not blood]. Then I came home to dinner that had been a-cookin' in the slow cooker for hours. It was actually a meat recipe that I made vegan - a hearty chili macaroni dish [yes, I used fake meat - I don't usually eat it - except in tacos, which I love]. It was really good and comforting.
So, in honour of the big VP debate...suck it Sarah Palin! You moose killing, wolf shooting [from a helicopter!] psycho! Meatless is coolness...
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I don't know if I could ever do this...maybe vegetarian, but eggs and cheese are two (cheaper) forms of protein that I really rely on.
I think that people get too much protein in their diets. You really need quite little. It always makes me feel strange if I eat too much of it [which is why I never liked meat]. I eat eggs maybe 2-3 times per month and cheese 2-3 times per week [and then it makes me sick - we have a great relationship]. My bloodwork is perfectly healthy [which surprises even me].
This is on my list of things to do, but it requires me to think first thing in the morning, which is why it has not happened so far. One of these days I'll try it, though...
But surely you plan out your things in advance? If not, hats off to you! I find that this project has made me into a compulsive planner...which actually goes against why I started it...interesting.
It was on my original list, too. The main reason I did it today was because I dug out that recipe and decided to make it vegetarian...noticed that it would really be vegan...and went from there. However, I don't have my first animal product intake until my mid-day yogurt so it gives me more time to wake up and think.
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