I can’t believe that Day Nine of ExtraVeganza! has ended and I’ve got only 1 more day to go of my pilot project. I’m actually pretty upset by it!
It’s going really well and I’m feeling so good about myself I’m thinking of prolonging Gnoe’s vegan adventures… I didn’t think it would be this easy! Only the ‘social’ part of it is a struggle: being a ‘problem’ for other people (including Mr Gnoe). I wonder how other (wannabe) vegans deal with that? I just don’t want to be a pain in the *ss to others… :\
Menu Day 9 (Friday February 4th)
Breakfast
I had a huge fruit smoothie of 1/2 cup lime soy yoghurt, 1 1/2 cup red fruit juice, 1 banana and a handful of frozen ‘forest fruits’. Filled me up till lunchtime.
I keep forgetting to make a picture of one of my smoothies… Yeah well, it’s just after I get up! I never had smoothies for breakfast until I started looking into a plant-based diet.
Lunch
Last night’s leftovers: pumpkin-coconut soup and coleslaw, pimped with grated carrot and toasted nuts. Two sammies:
- Tofutti, shredded rocket, radish, agave syrup and toasted walnuts (omega-3).
This sandwich was a bit bland and needed more ‘cream cheese’ (which I had spread pretty thin) or the saltiness of sun-dried tomatoes — of course my taste buds were a little in shock of the spicy soup ;) - Green gunk. ;) In other words: avocado mashed with pickled green chili, veganaise, gherkin and African Peper mix. Topped with alfalfa and cherry tomatoes. This one was yummy!
Dinner
We had planned to eat out at Kitchen Punx in ACU, but it is very stormy weather and we felt like staying at home. It might be a more festive idea anyway to go out to dinner on ExtraVeganza Day 10!
So instead we had the last leftovers from our Indian meal: Basmati rice, Orissan Jagdish Saag Aloo and green lentil curry. We added some mango chutney and tried a new dish from the World Food Café cookbook with the cauliflower florets that were hibernating in our fridge: Kashmir Gobi (p.64) — cauliflower in a sauce of onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, cayenne, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, bay leaves, sugar and salt; topped with cashews and dried apricots. [Alright, actually raisins but I don’t like those in my food so I usually swap them for cranberries or apricot.]
It was pretty good! A bit strong but the recipe called for a large specimen and we only had about 1/4th for which we took about half of the spices etc. Instead of fresh tomatoes we used an open carton of passato tomato. Having more cauliflower would probably be better, but I’m not sure about the tomatoes. Will need to make it again and find out! ;)
Snacks
Again, no snacks: I didn’t feel the need to eat in between meals at all.
Experiences
Anything special about today?
Nope, nothing I didn’t tell you about yet.
Any difficulties?
Yesh. Feeling sad that it’s almost over! :( And thinking hard about how to deal with that.
Graasland 
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zaterdag 5 februari 2011 bij 12:17
Leeswammes
I think it’s great that you’re enjoying it so much. But yes, I can see how it’s a bit difficult living in the world with other non-vegans. Maybe you can arrange a deal with Mr Gnoe, having an e.g. 3-days on 3-days off vegan routine. So everyone is happy.
I’ve not heard of tofutti. Sounds like it’s something to do with tofu.
zaterdag 5 februari 2011 bij 12:58
Uniflame
I hear what you are saying. I am already having this while being pesco. Here in the house we agreed that dinner is (mostly) vegetarian. (BF doesn’t like much fish, and I only eat it sometimes) The BF does have meat in his bento (as you know) and when he eats out.
I think you should follow your heart, and if this is what you really want, you should :) After a while people will get used to it. And sometimes I just bring my own food when it causes too much of a problem.
zaterdag 5 februari 2011 bij 18:07
Gnoe
Thanks for the suggestions. It was originally my plan just to eat less animal products at home, and not to bother much when eating out (which means eating ‘ordinary’ vegetarian food). But I feel so much better to keep eating like I do now! I guess I should try some leniency in certain occasions though. ;) Mr Gnoe and I will figure something out… I hope. ;)
Tofutti is a vegan ‘cream cheese’, made of soy indeed.
zondag 6 februari 2011 bij 12:09
Uniflame
I have become very curious and I will surely try some vegan baking soon. I think it would be an interesting experiment to bake without the basic ingredients I know, like butter, milk or eggs. Our financial status doesn’t allow for too many expensive groceries though, so I have to see what the prices of the replacements are. But I want to try :)
I love the sweet comment of Mr. Gnoe :) I am sure you will do fine with eating mostly vegan :)
zaterdag 5 februari 2011 bij 18:35
Mr Gnoe
Actually, eating vegan dinners the past10 days hasn’t been a problem for me at all! I’m a vegetarian for 20 years and I too feel good about eating less eggs and cheese (-products). 3 or 4 nights a week vegan won’t be a problem.
And as you have read here, we’ve had some fantastic meals and discovered new ingredients and recipes.
But (here’s the but), there a so many dishes with cheese or egg that we both love and that I want to continue to eat and cook. I just hate the thought that we wont be eating those meals together anymore :(