We all fall down

Fell off the wagon today. I tried, I did, I walked a few blocks over to Little Lads which has a Vegan buffet, and rave reviews but anyone who knows me knows I hate food buffets, and this just looked so unappetizing, so on the way back to the office I picked up falafel and rice from the street with hot sauce and white sauce (which has mayo in it), however I fully intend to make my own vegan version of the white sauce so I can eat it again without the guilt. Then, as if that wasn't bad enough, I couldn't figute out what I wanted for dinner, got a craving for two seperate things, french fries and spring rolls and grilled pork over rice vermicelli. Then realized that while the latter didn't fit into the vegan lifestyle it was the healthier option, so I had the Vietnamese food. I made it ten days and pick up where I left off tomorrow.

yea yea . . .

. . . I was good another day, nothing to report, tomorrow is day 10. This had better be worth it scale wise.

Passing over the meat

So today is day 8 of being a Vegan, and also the first time I was a little tempted. Tonight was Passover dinner and there was tons of meat on the table but that wasn't what tempted me, it was the gefilte fish and the hardboiled eggs with salt water. Now this might gross some people out, but not eating those two items are like not eating Turkey on Thanksgiving. These are things I really only eat on Passover, but I got through it by reminding myself that these items are available year round and I am CHOOSING not to have them and should I decide next month that Vegan isn't for me, I can go out and eat a whole bucket full of gefilte fish (although I'll probably just wait til next year lol). What I did eat was filling, but not too satisfying to the taste buds, so I came home and had some really yummy guac that I made. Tomorrow begins day 9 . . .

Oops

So I had a little set back today, although I did make the effort to order Vegan food from the sushi spot I like, I forgot that their hibachi fried rice, which has no meat in it, has egg. Seeing as how I'd already ordered and paid for it, I did not let it go to waste, BUT, next time I'll just ask for it without the egg. In other news, I made some vegan Mac n Cheese, not so great. In other, other news, I did some more research for vegan options, gonna have to get to Whole Foods and get myself some Gardein "Chicken" because Stop n Shop didn't have. But I did get vegan sour cream and a few other items. Next weekend I'm going to try making some items in the cook book. Ooooookay, gnite people.

That totally hit the V-Spot

Mmmm Luci and I just went to check out a vegan restaurant in Park Slope and it was oh so yummy! She had the empanadas and the platanos, and I had a pesto portabello panini with sweet potato fries. The food was sooooooo good that we each ordered things to take home and ended the meal with some mint chocolate chip rice cream. Great food, nice but slow service. There was a bookshelf offering books about being vegan and I checked out one on vegan restaurants in NYC, found a few spots around Brooklyn (including one vegan trinidadian restaurant on Flatbush and Empire thats open 24 hrs)and the book sparked a discussion on whether or not honey is vegan. According to the book, honey is not considered vegan seeing as how it comes from a living creature. I say that I can't imagine that bees are tortured and forced to produce honey, what must there environment be? A greenhouse? Honey is something they create naturally and it would be impossible to FORCE a bee to make honey, I would think that it's just that their hives are in a controlled area. And I have a hard time considering a bee to be an animal, I'm not really feeling sympathetic to the plight of the honeybee, although I do see the technicality. I'm gonna have to do some research but I'm wondering what other people think, on an intellectual level, not "thats stupid, they're bees" . . .

Yuck

Almost gagged this morning, actually I DID gag, but I did NOT regurgitate. Tried to be extra healthy, getting a shake comprised mostly of veggies as opposed to the fruit shakes. This smoothie, shake, whatever you call it, had spinach, celery, parsley, ginger, spirulina, oranges, pineapples, protein and some other veggies in it. Was not so bad if you just have a few sips, but a whole cup later and I gagged on the last sip. I can only tolerate that shake every so often. Sushi for lunch (veggie gyoza, and sweet potato roll), and now to eat some seaweed salad before I head home. Let me point out that these are all things I enjoyed eating even before I made this crazy decision.
Tomorrow I am checking out a vegan restaurant in Park Slope with a friend, can't wait!

Meh

Today was a boring food day. Oatmeal for breakfast, finished my Indian leftovers from Monday for lunch, banana and peanut butter before the gym and then an Amys Frozen meal for dinner: Roasted Vegetables inside Corn masa with black beans, good, but nothing to write home about (enough to blog about though I guess lmao). Yea, that's really it . . .