Vegan Underling: 30 days of veg-headedness

Food! 5/30

veggieheaven — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:49:31 +0000

Breakfast as usual, soy milk and cereal.

Lunch was pb&j.

Dinner was Mediterranean pasta! Very good, pasta with olives and mushrooms and basil. Light, simple, easy, very delish.

Quick post here, I’ve got an early doctor’s appointment tomorrow… I hope anesthesia is vegan! (Even if it kills 17 fish, 4 cows, and a family of small beavers, I’m still getting it.)

Food! 4/30

veggieheaven — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:19:41 +0000

I woke up late, really late, lol. So, I had brunch, a nice brunch of cereal and soymilk! Delish.

For dinner, there was pizza. Here’s a great video for those with patience!

Food! 3/30

veggieheaven — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:27:51 +0000

Breakfast – soy milk and kashi cereal, as always.
Lunch – Airport veggie burrito, delish.
Dinner – Spinach casserole and mashed potatoes with chocolate cake.

Lunch/Dinner 2/30

veggieheaven — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:25:39 +0000

Lunch was a quick grab n go of two granola bars.

Dinner was better, with a nice veggie burger quite similar to that link with avocado, bean sprouts, pickles, and lettuce. And, one of my all-time super-fattening comfort foods, good ‘ole french fries.

Tomorrow I get to brave the airline vegan food!

Breakfast 2/30

veggieheaven — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:40:36 +0000

Toast with pb&j, Tazo chai tea with soy milk. Simple, wholesome, delish.

Dinner 1/30

veggieheaven — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:16:01 +0000

Went out for Japanese, mmm. Veggie rolls and tempura vegetables.

DIY recipes for those willing:
Veggie Rolls
Tempura

Afterwards the waitress laughed at me for asking if they had vegan desserts (some of them are really good!), so I left and got a chai tea with soymilk.

Edit: Gasp! The tempura had egg. Oops.

Lunch Day 1/30

veggieheaven — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:19:46 +0000

Lunch! I whipped up some soup from Leo’s delish recipe over at ZenHabits:
Soup.

He calls it the best soup ever. Yes, it was, truly, the best. soup. ever.

We don’t have much food in the house, so, luckily, Leo had a very loose recipe. It called for vegetables, water, broth, and pasta. I raided the fridge and canned food and found some leftover, raw veggie kabobs (zucchini, squash, bell peppers), spinach, potatoes, and canned beans.

YUM.

Veggie Blog Roll

veggieheaven — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:16:44 +0000

ZenHabits
- Leo Babauta writes this astounding blog. Zen habits is about simplifying your life, pursuing happiness, getting healthier, and everything in between. Leo recently became a vegetarian, and has a wide array of recipes and inspiration for getting started as a veghead.
Vegan Lunchbox
- Is delicious. Every day, Jennifer makes lunch for her little schmoo, and nearly every day is a new thing. And the fruit cozies are adorable!
VJD
- Vital Juice Daily. Healthy, healthy, healthy! From food to skincare to clothing, it brings news, products, and tips on how to live healthier. Also written in a warm, chatty, highly entertaining voice.
Post Punk Kitchen Blog
- A vegetarian blog with flair.
Vegan Yum Yum
- Vegan, yum yum! Great recipes. I don’t know what kind of camera they use, but the food shots are magnificent!

There you have it! These are just a few veggie blogs, I’ll make a later post of veggie resources, and I’m sure that there are tons, I say tons more health blogs. What’s your favorite?

Breakfast – day 1/30

veggieheaven — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:19:50 +0000

Yummy, breakfast, first meal of the first day. First time to try soy milk, too.

Cereal and milk.

So the question: is soy bad for you? Here is a collection of various writings on the topic. Apparently, it contains some nasty stuff, like haemagglutinin, a clot-promoting substance. Some others are enzyme inhibitors, large, folded proteins that keep the body from digesting healthy proteins and can cause major gastric distress. That’s one heck of a stomach ache.

Other research (link) shows that another compound in soy mimics estrogen, the hormone responsible for females, causing puberty at an extremely early rate in kids and teens and throwing menstrual cycles way out of whack. Even worse, many baby formulas are soy based, giving the little tikes enough faux estrogen to equal, based on body weight, 5 birth control pills a day. (link)

Despite these, the healthy low-fat protein content of soy and the rich vitamin content allow marketing to sell it as no less than a wonder food. It makes an extremely versatile meat and a very believable milk substitute, creating a heaven for vegetarians and vegans alike.

What should we do?