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Confession

I did really well on Thanksgiving. No meat at all, and very little dairy and eggs.

…However, tonight my roommate and I devoured a medium pepperoni and pineapple pizza from Domino’s. I won’t post any pictures, I don’t want to scar my young audience.

Choices

In either the second or third drawer of my dresser, I have about 65 Chick-fil-A meal coupons (and now I have to go find a new hiding spot..). For the past couple months, since making the decision to try giving up meat, I have looked for ways to still use these coupons. Usually I get a side salad and fruit cup. Today, I got a chargrilled chicken sandwich without chicken. That’s right. It consisted of a wheat bun, lettuce, lots of tomato, and some zesty sauce. It was ridiculously delicious. Ridiculously. I honestly didn’t even miss the chicken. Now, I know that I basically ate air-on-a-bun, but it satisfied the craving that I had for my old Chick-fil-ways.

I think the main reason I’ve kept up with this mostly vegan/always vegetarian diet, is because I like the new way it’s caused me to look at life. So often, I didn’t think. I didn’t think about most of the food I put in my mouth, the food I ordered, the food I bought. Where did it come from? Is my money going to a company that is hurting or respecting our world/environment/animals? How is it affecting me?

Recently, I’ve started to also think about time. Where is my time going to? Is it being used, or is it being wasted? As cheese as it sounds, I want to make choices that lead me to being a better person, friend, daughter, and God-follower. This lead to making the choice to delete Facebook.

Like your daily trip to Starbucks, every choice we make starts to add up somehow.

Maybe I should stop thinking for awhile,
Rachel

Delicious.

I always knew I loved peanut butter without jelly. I recently found out I love pizza without cheese.

In other news, my roommate is now a full-blown carnivore. I guess this makes me the vegano.

One and Lonely,
Rachel

The only thing better than the fact that VeganMania actually exists, is that their mascot is a Fairy Cupcake!

See you there, but please don’t creep on me,
Rachel  

 

 

 

 

Whole Wheat Pasta = Blaaagh

This eating healthy (vegan) thing is really hard. I definitely feel better, healthier, less tired all the time; however, sometimes, emotionally, it does me soooo much good to just gorge on dairy products.
I had a pasta craving. What I really wanted was normal noodles – the kind that aren’t wheat and don’t have a weird aftertaste. And I wanted them with butter. Just butter. So simple, yet so satisfying. Alas, I went the healthy route.

Anyone have any pasta advice to share? Good recipes? Ways to make healthy, tasty? Teach me your ways.

Jessie

If vegetarians love animals so much, why do they keep eating all their food?

Thanks to Marvel, I now understand who I truly am.

                                                                                    I hope my thighs don’t get that big,
Rachel

Grood Finds

This is pretty much exciting. I love to be cheap. I love to eat vegan. Now, I can do these things together. If they could only make a VeganWorld, I would be fully satisfied.

This site is a li’l bit of pure gold. Search for vegan/vegetarian restaurants near you. Reviews, summaries, and sometimes prices included.

$12 for Organic Vegan Meal for Two with One Appetizer and Two Entrees (Up to $23.97 Value)

Thanks for the caring, Groupon. The vegan couples and gluttonous singles appreciate you.

Over (the river, through the woods) and Out (the door),
  Rachel

Sublim(Become a Vegan!)inal

Now, isn’t that cute? Makes me feel all warm and toasty inside. (And this, of course, is the kind of toasty that is neither French nor buttered). The best part is that these can be made into postcards. A great way to send a friendly, subliminal message to friends and family that they need to change their eating habits!

Love (for you to become a vegan too),
Rachel

Stanley’s Fruits & Vegetables

If you live in Chicago, Stanley’s is an excellent place to get quality, affordable produce. Heaps and heaps of it. For very little. I refuse to buy my vegetables anywhere else… if I can help it (usually I can’t, oops). For a little more background on the epicness that is Stanley’s, check out this little piece in the Chicagoist.

Check out that patriotic storefront.

Really. It’s a super place. We left having spent only $5 each. Our steals: two artichokes, two avocados, two purple onions, two cases of mushrooms, a bag full of zucchini, about six bell peppers, and a bag of peanuts for snacking.

Rachel and I decided to pick out some zucchini for a pasta dish or some sort of meatless-lasagna making venture in the near future. A small tragedy (embarrassment)  may have occurred.

We thought it would only be fitting, after saving so much money on produce, to purchase a couple seasoned chunks of vegetables – also called a “meal” – at Whole Foods. Only $8. Wait… didn’t we just spend $10 on pounds and pounds of vegetables? Perhaps there was a little impatience involved. Why wait ’til later to chop up our fresh, affordable produce in order to make a just-as-wholesome meal? When you gotta eat, you GOTTA eat.

It’s just so unfair,
Jessie