♥ It's really, really important to read food labels properly. Surprising things have animal-related ingredients.
♥ People will look at your lunch and wrinkle their noses when they ask you what it is. When you tell them, they will look at you even weirder.
♥ Honey comes from bees (I know this is obvious, but...) Don't forget this. Especially seconds before you're about to spread it on your toast and banana. It will crush you.
♥ It's important not to get excited over vegan cheese, especially if you love cheese. I love cheese. Oh, vegan cheese...You looked so delicious.
{Vegan cheese on toast...Looks the part but...yeesh...not so good!} |
♥ Being someone who isn't always vegan, it's (already) easy to think all you can eat is beans and rice. I found myself getting stuck for recipes on my *second day*. The internet is awesome for interesting food, like vegan enchiladas. Those really were delicious.
♥ Creativity is key. Throw all the vegan things you like together and see what happens. This can lead to really good things!
♥ Seeds are brilliant for making things a little more interesting or flavourful. I love seeds (^_^)
Vegan day number 2 was a challenge, since I'd just done a 12-hour shift the day before, an early start that morning and wanted nothing more than to cosy up with a cup of hot chocolate and some dairy cheese on toast when I got home. But I dug in my heels and remembered this was *meant* to be a challenge; I didn't want something I could complete so easily! I find I don't tend to eat sweet things on vegan days, since I'm mostly a chocolate fan and we only had dairy chocs in the house. I tucked into a salad for breakfast (I know, seems weird at half six in the morning but it was really good! I forget about salad in winter but it's so yummy.) and had a go at vegan cheese on toast for lunch (more of a fail, but an interesting one) followed by enchiladas made with vegan mince and an easy chili-in-a-jar chucked together in some tortilla wraps. I'm already excited for my next day, I'm thinking about either making a veggie rich soup from scratch or a warm three-bean salad with veggie chicken or tofu. What d'you think?
Here are a couple of pictures of my first vegan lunch, which I really didn't prepare for and threw together with what I had available on short notice!
Sometimes, it pays off to go unplanned and be spontaneous!
Here are a couple of pictures of my first vegan lunch, which I really didn't prepare for and threw together with what I had available on short notice!
{My cobbled together ingredients!} |
{My delicious rice, bacon and sesame seed lunch!} |
Hope you're all having a great week! Thanks so much for stopping by (^_^)
xoxo
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I love how you're actually eating healthy vegan stuff as if you were vegan everyday! If I did the vegan for a day thing, I'd just eat rice with veggies every time! It's interesting to see the creative foods you come up with!
ReplyDeleteI love this! I've thought of going vegetarian and while I'm not sure if I could, I know I can for at LEAST a little while. Same with vegan-ism! Luckily I'm a hound for knowledge and I have a lot of veggie friends, so I know of at least a few dishes I could whip up. ^_^
ReplyDeleteYou're doing GREAT, girl!