See yesterday’s frag post for an explanation of why we are binging on potatoes this week. Monday — Leftovers from the weekend with vegan potato salad. The Chef made regular potato salad and subbed in vegan mayo. No fuss, no muss. Tuesday — Easy Potato Curry from peta2.com. The Chef will be vegan this night…
Category: Vegan Experiment
Deep-Fried Vegan
People are still clamoring for the meal plans. Good thing this is so easy. I’m leaning toward simplicity this week. Or as the wellness world likes to say, leaning into simplicity. Here’s my vegan menu for the week. Monday — leftovers. If we don’t do this from time to time we waste food. When The…
The Poetry of Failure
A co-worker asked me last week, “Are you EVER going to fall off the wagon?” She meant the vegan wagon, and she meant would I ever do it intentionally, which I suppose isn’t a fall. I’d have to jump off the wagon if I was getting off on purpose, right? She was frustrated. The office…
I Didn’t Crack. Didn’t Crumble.
The new year is already happy because I got a good night’s sleep. The days of staying up all night to ring in the new year are gone. New Year’s Day gave me an extra weekend day this year. I value three-day weekends too much to waste one of them sleeping off a binge. I…
Four Months — Another GVE Milestone
I promised I wouldn’t turn this into a vegan blog. Rest assured I mean to keep that promise. However, since veganism is relatively new to me there will be new things to report as I progress. Yesterday I hit the 120 day mark. That’s four months vegan. What’s new at the four month mark? The…
Running With Condiments
As mentioned yesterday, I finally felt something close to missing running. I don’t miss training. I don’t miss competing. I don’t miss spending crap-tons of money on the sport. But I did/do miss the physical sensation of running. So I went. The Chef went with me. We ran simply for the fun of it. For…
Plant Based Post–The End
This is it — Day 30 — the Challenge is officially finished today. I did it. This will be the last post on the topic unless something new happens that needs to be shared. Should you ever decide to try this yourself, these are my final takeaways and insights: It was much easier than I…
A Combo Meal–All Nuggets
This is one of those times when I don’t have a lot to say about any one thing but a little to say about a few things. It may look like a longish post but I’ve got only a few short sentences to share on each topic. It’s like foul fowl nuggets on a dollar…
Wellness Today–GVE Side Effects
Happy Friday, friends and foes. Hell of a week it’s been. I’m not going rehash all the mucky details but my day job was a wall-to-wall drama fest this week. Whew. It’s over now. Resolved. Put to bed. Dust settled. I survived. I spent the better part of the morning Cope Cleaning my office. That’s…
Plant Based Post–Day Nineteen
Well, here I am halfway between two weeks and three weeks into the Grand Vegan Experiment. I’m running out of new things to report. It’s been a few days since I posted an update so I felt compelled to check in. That’s about all I can do. There just haven’t been any significant changes or…
Plant Based Post–Day Twelve
Alright folks, I’ve got breaking news from the GVE. One of the things I was told might happen after adopting a vegan diet was that my body odor would diminish or disappear. My sister has been vegan since last October and she doesn’t need to wear deodorant anymore. Veteran vegans report the same thing —…
The Renaissance Heart 