Vegan, Day 1

I had a dream about a hot dog stuffed sausage, battered, fried and covered with ketchup and Cheez Whiz.

That should tell you, on the evening of Day Fricking ONE how I'm doing.

I love to cook, which is likely my saving grace in all of this. I had a lot of fun filtering my food porn to see what kind of vegan dishes there were that didn't require too much money (I like not spending money). I came across a few different things that piqued my interest: Fusili with tomato sauce, wweet potato chili, grilled miso marinated tofu, mushroom "risotto"...


I had a great time on Saturday making the pasta sauce. Something about crushing tomatoes with your hands and ripping spinach just makes me so fricking happy. I also went ahead and did the prep for my chili. I love chopping. A nice uniform dice is always welcome.

But enough about that...

I woke up and didn't want to get out of bed. I was already dreading my post-workout smoothie, sans milk, yogurt and the peanut butter sandwich on the side.  But it wasn't so bad. The black bean milk and soymilk gave it an interesting depth. And Oreos...HECK YEAH. OREOS ARE FRICKIN VEGAN! (I will NOT argue with anyone about that. According to the website, they no longer contain whey or bone char. Considering that this is a week long experiment, I really don't care if there are microscopic traces of dehydrated bone char in my cookies)

Lunch was good too, I tried my pasta and sauce. Spilled a good bit on my bed, but that has nothing to do with trying vegan and everything to do with the fact that I'm messy and not terribly graceful.

The problem came in with work. My kids usually bring me some kind of snack food or candy. Crab chips are delicious. My one girl left a few on my desk for me....travesty. Then there's dinner at work. Usually soup and side dishes, most of which are meat/fish broth based or have little bits in them. Looks like I'm sticking to rice, seaweed and marinated sesame for the next few days...

Apparently many beers aren't vegan, either...looks like it's gonna be a cocktail week for me. Oh darn...

What's this? Many common mixers aren't vegan either?!?!
OH NO! I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DRINK MY LIQUOR STRAIGHT, AS THE GREAT MAKERS INTENDED!!!!!

 *party at Club Royal this week!*

(by Club Royal, I mean my apartment. They give them such lovely names here)