Showing posts with label vegan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vegan. Show all posts

Thursday, January 26, 2012

The Vegan Times

Veganized Bran Muffins
These were great the kids snarfed them down!
I am not much of a cook.  Never have been.  My brother got my mom's mad skills in the kitchen and I got my Dad's.  (Sorry Dad)  Yearly I go to a candy making party with some great friends at her parents farm.  We spend the day yakking and making candy.  This lovely group of ladies know me.  I stumble around, read the recipes about 30 times, and even though in the past 9 some years I have improved I am the weak link of the group.  Well this year we got a special treat.  Maggie's Dad supplied me with a massive and I truly mean massive amount of potatoes and acorn squash.
We have eaten them every which way but up and I have to  say we are not sick of them.  I still have a little stash left and they are the best tasting and bizarrest shaped babies you have ever seen.
My point oh yeah... so we went to a vegan restaurant last weekend and they had a poorboy sandwich that was potato salad in a sandwich so what has David been eating this week?

No idea what's up with the color there but this was yummm!  This whole vegan adventure has been good for me.  I have taken more cooking chances and had more cooking successes then I have ever had before. I will definitely walk away with a few more recipes to add to my box.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Vegan Times

Oh yeah David was diggin' these and then I broke it to him... they are soy dogs in them there corn dogs...He was totally cool with it and asked if they could eat them for lunch sometime!  Wow have we come a long way.  Don't get me wrong we miss subway (me cheese and him chicken) sandwiches and Youskyme our local fav but we are doing well and halfway so I am very confident we will make it! 
David has also been Pepsi free for 3 days. YEAH DAVID!

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Gone Vegan Day 1

So here it is... day one of a new year. So many things I will need to post from Christmas and sadly back to Thanksgiving but today being a new year I wanted to start with our newest quest.


21-Day Vegan Kickstart / a Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) site
 
That's right we are doing the 21-day Vegan Kickstart ummm slightly modified.  The rules are no animal protein for 21 days.  David is also kicking his Pepsi love affair.  It's all a bit overwhelming and exciting at the same time.  I have also signed up with a friend for Whole Food Kitchen ~ Online Workshop through beauty that moves.  The goal is healthy eating and regular exercise.
 
Our first dinner was buckwheat and blueberry pancakes.  I know pancakes for dinner but I thought it would be an easy sell.  Well...
The overall reaction was YECK!

The frozen blueberries on the other hand were a hit.

David was not a happy camper but... Bagel and vegan cream cheese later and he was OK.