vegan musings

Well, my friends, I have survived a month-long vegan diet. In doing so, I learned several things:

1. I'm a better cook than I originally thought.
2. It's really time consuming to cook something from scratch every day.
3. Blogging takes longer than the 10 minutes per post I thought it would.
4. Eating vegetables gives me a different kind of energy, one that's impossible to get from animals.
5. Cooking is therapeutic, cleaning up is not.
6. Most importantly, sticking to a vegan diet sparked an internal debate about the ethics of eating animals (and animal products).

day 30!!! lentil salad and mashed sweet potatoes

It's the very last day of my vegan challenge. It's also the day before I run a very long distance -- 16 miles. So in preparing to fuel my body with glycogen, I wanted to make something carb-heavy without feeling heavy after consumption. 

The result: lentil salad and mashed sweet 'taters. Mmm.

day 29: 'chorizo' breakfast scramble

I'm making a conscious effort to try and eat breakfast every day. I know the benefits and importance of eating breakfast, and sometimes I get carried away in the rush of the morning and leave the house without it. Today I woke up craving something hearty, which is interesting considering that the weather has been so warm.

day 28: spring rolls: take two

Last week I hosted a lunch for my friend Lindsay that included some delicious cabbage slaw rolls. Since it was the first time I made rolls, they weren't as beautiful as I had imagined. Tasty, yes. Pretty -- well, that depends on your definition of it. So I wanted to take a second stab at it and make a more traditional (and hopefully prettier) roll. 

Voila! I think they turned out nicely!