Here are just a few things we've been eating lately.
About a month ago I made the "corned beef" and cabbage, and the roasted potatoes, from Fat Free Vegan Kitchen. I liked everything but the LightLife Steak Strips. I thought the smokey flavor was just weird, so I replaced them with some Quorn "ground beef."
We were out of dill so the potatoes were mostly plain but good. (There weren't many left by the time I was done snacking.... :) )
Also, there was a wonderful vegetarian chili that I made from a Splenda cookbook recipe (weird, huh?).
Mom sort of condensed the ingredient list as to what we would actually need (not Splenda; go figure), and then I basically put it in a pot. Chili is so easy, it makes me wonder why I never made more of it before now (even when I wasn't vegetarian). Mom made it again this past week.
Influenced by 1) the fact that I love to eat, 2) the vegan cooking classes, and 3) the fact that I love to cook, I've kind of gone vegan over the past three weeks. I haven't had any dairy for about two weeks, and the only thing non-vegan I've eaten is, I think, Veggie Slices (not COMPLETELY vegan, but a good alternative to cheese) and the Quorn products. All in all, it's been a pretty good change so far. I think having to concentrate on what you eat every day also makes you more conscious of what you should be eating, anyway, so there's many more things in my diet (like whole grains and fruits and veggies) that even non-vegans neglect. But I feel better and my skin is actually starting to clear up some, so this seems to be worth it.
(Rebecca, if you're reading this, doesn't this sound very similar to what I was saying on the phone today....? LOL, no, I wasn't reading from this :-P )
Anyway, that's about it for now. I'll leave you with some words from the person that first inspired me to cook.
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