Any of you who know me, know that I do not believe in living without meat. In fact, I believe that a meal is not complete if there is no meat or meat substitute on the plate. So, you can imagine how hilarious it has been for people who know me to hear that I am attempting to become Vegan, not Vegetarian, for 30 days. To tell you the truth, I find it to be quite gut wrenching. But, what is funnier than the thought of me becoming a Vegan, is the fact that obstacle one is simply figuring out what a Vegan eats.
So, in true blog fashion, I felt that it would be a little humorous for you to travel with me through my journey into becoming Vegan. Now hear me when I say this – I could care less about people that are Vegan for Political reasons. I’m simply doing it to challenge myself. What I look forward to the most is that it will be right before Thanksgiving when I’m able to eat meat again. And, I already know that I want an extra helping of OXTAIL. That’s right, I said OXTAIL.
I grew up eating Vegetarian meat, so I actually don’t have a problem eating it. However, many vegetarian meat products are extremely high in sodium. So, I’ve resorted to buying the Asian brands. For some reason, they’ve been able to really do a great job of creating vegetarian meats that are better to eat and better tasting than the others. But, they are damn expensive. So, I’ve been in the Asian markets and the Vegetarian markets to get stuff to make. Let’s talk about today:
I woke up at 6:30ish and began to clean my house (which, for the record, looks like I never started). At 8:40am, I hopped in my car and drove to the Potomac Book and Bible House to buy some veggie meat. When I got there, they were closed, so I walked over to target. Keep in mind that I never stated anything about breakfast. Before I left the Book and Bible House, I picked up my first Vegan Sandwich. Let’s just say that this may be harder than I want to admit, not because Vegan stuff can’t taste good, but because the Vegan stuff that you can buy tend to be disgusting. I felt like I was eating flax with lettuce and tomatoes. And if you’ve never had flaxseed then you ought to know that I’ve never had it on purpose. But I imagine that that stuff that I was eating would be what a flaxseed would taste like. Minus a few glitches, the sandwich was palatable.
While I was there, I checked out the variety of Vegan meat substitutes and I was actually surprised to see that there was a great deal. I purchased two Vege Tunas, Nayonaise, and some other stuff. Then, I headed to the Asian Market. There I bought noodles for Pad Thai and Pad See Ew. Also, I bought some Coconut Milk, Coconut Cream, Sweet Soy Sauce, Baby Bok Choy, and Brussels Sprouts. Finally, I headed back home.
Generally when I’m hungry, I can go in the fridge and grab a Laughing Cow cheese and some crackers, but that was impossible with my new found veganism. So, I grabbed my Vegan Big Frank. I ate that plain and went along my business. Later on, I got hungry again, so I ate the kale and baby bella mushrooms that I prepared this past week along with the last two Vegan Tempura Shrimp that I prepared as well.
Then, I took some of my Vegan Tuna, some Tofu, and some other stuff to make some Crabless Cakes. They are very delicious – if I do say so myself. So, to sum this all up, Day 1 of becoming a Vegan went pretty well. I already know what I’ll be making for breakfast tomorrow. I’m kinda excited about it. I just hope it tastes okay.
I don’t have a camera, so I’ve been using the one on my cell
phone. I didn’t plate the crabless cakes or anything, but I’m going to try to
do that from now on so that you all can see how I’m eating.
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