The seventh day of the trial, and it's been going well. We've been experimenting with different alternatives to milk, and rice milk is the favourite. Soya milk leaves an aftertaste, oat milk is ok on cereals but not great in drinks, while rice milk is, well, good!
Yesterday I was craving a midmorning snack; not the usual sticky cake sort of craving, I needed an apple! I pulled into a minimart in Bath, only to find they didn't sell any fresh fruit at all. A sign of the times that I'd never noticed, but why should the little shop offer fruit for sale when nobody wants to buy it?
Feeling good - not missing meat at all - but dairy produce will seek out the achilles heel.
We're both enjoying grazing on nuts, which are cheap at this postChristmas time.
Our main evening meals have all been good; curries, lentil bake, roast vegetables with celeriac mash, spicy beanburgers with chips, and leftover evenings. On Saturday we had some brave omnivore friends around for a full vegan curry experience, centred around a Thai butternut squash curry. It was a very nice supper, which we had fun preparing together, and enjoyed by all.
It's been good to see the burgeoning of the facebook group for Veganuary, lots of enthusiasm there and some wonderful food. There's not time to read about everyone's dinner, sadly.
It pays to plan for excursions from the house, not to leave without a supply of peanuts and dried apricots.
Tonight we're having an old friend, the kidney bean curry, which I know will be good and satisfying.
In Morrisons tonight, I was pleased to see that they had soya yog on sale, a new addition for them in our store.
We still haven't done much baking, a pleasure yet to come, nor have we investigated the smoothee.
All in all, it's going well for us. A cycling trip in India is looming close now, we're off to Goa to raise money for children. From previous experience, we know the vegan food laid on will be superb. Can't wait!
Tuesday 7 January 2014
Thursday 2 January 2014
The First Day
Jan 1st, and we've been thinking about food more or less all day. Breakfast was great, as the almond butter is really good stuff, so our toast is better than before. The soya milk leaves a bit to be desired in tea or coffee though, so maybe we'll just stick with black, not much hardship there.
Veganuary's had an amazing response recently in terms of takeup, and there are now about 2,000 people participating. Well done to Matt and Jane and the others there.
Morrisons was interesting this morning as I went on my first 'live' shopping trip. Lots of cheap nuts left over from Christmas, and a 3 for £3 deal on almond milk on the plus side, but there was very little in the way of alternatives to cheese and dairy desserts. Not a problem, in fact it'll probably be a good thing in the long run as it'll encourage self-reliance in these matters. I've been getting warning shots from Gracie about buying too much stuff, and there's no room for it anywhere.
Grace made a most excellent carrot cake this morning for us to take to a family party this afternoon. Lots of effort, skill, time and thought went into it, not to mention walnuts, coconuts....so it didn't go down to well when I dropped it on the doorstep on our way out, the cake escaping from the tin and ending upside down on the doorstep. It had to be binned of course, but at least we'd already kept back a couple of slices for ourselves for later.
There wasn't a lot in the way of vegan food at the do, but we still ate well on hummus, salad and chips. Leaving the sausage rolls, quiches and cheeses wasn't difficult.
On fb tonight there have been lots of postings from members of the Veganuary group; it'll help to know that we're not alone, its good to have a soapbox when there's something to say and interesting to see how everyone else is getting on. It's also a great way of exchanging information.
On Friday we'll probably investigate the world of smoothies for the first time!
Veganuary's had an amazing response recently in terms of takeup, and there are now about 2,000 people participating. Well done to Matt and Jane and the others there.
Morrisons was interesting this morning as I went on my first 'live' shopping trip. Lots of cheap nuts left over from Christmas, and a 3 for £3 deal on almond milk on the plus side, but there was very little in the way of alternatives to cheese and dairy desserts. Not a problem, in fact it'll probably be a good thing in the long run as it'll encourage self-reliance in these matters. I've been getting warning shots from Gracie about buying too much stuff, and there's no room for it anywhere.
Grace made a most excellent carrot cake this morning for us to take to a family party this afternoon. Lots of effort, skill, time and thought went into it, not to mention walnuts, coconuts....so it didn't go down to well when I dropped it on the doorstep on our way out, the cake escaping from the tin and ending upside down on the doorstep. It had to be binned of course, but at least we'd already kept back a couple of slices for ourselves for later.
There wasn't a lot in the way of vegan food at the do, but we still ate well on hummus, salad and chips. Leaving the sausage rolls, quiches and cheeses wasn't difficult.
On fb tonight there have been lots of postings from members of the Veganuary group; it'll help to know that we're not alone, its good to have a soapbox when there's something to say and interesting to see how everyone else is getting on. It's also a great way of exchanging information.
On Friday we'll probably investigate the world of smoothies for the first time!
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