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Foody Friday: Yesterday’s Mistakes

Dawn — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:00:14 +0000

Yesterday was full of excessive amounts of tasty food. I ate until I couldn’t eat more, and then I did anyway. I snapped a few pictures prior to making a fool of myself. Wanna see?

Deviled Eggs

Macaroni Casserole & Vegetarian Dressing

Cranberry Sauces

Pecan Pie

Round 1 of Several

Happy Friday! I hope you guys feasted yesterday as well. : )

Eating meat makes me feel sluggish.

Dawn — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:00:03 +0000

I just got back from a sufficiently relaxing vacation with Kirby and his family (hence my week-long post hiatus). The week was filled with sunshine, fruity drinks, and insane amounts of food. I enjoyed every second of it, but my body still hates me for all the junk food that I consumed. Potato chips, sausage casserole (Sometimes I’m a bad vegetarian, okay?), and lots of bread and cheese pretty much made up my entire diet for the week. I still feel sluggish, and I’m convinced that the three ulcers in my mouth are somehow connected to the poor food choices that I made. My solution? I’m going to swim laps, drink herbal tea, eat salads and lots of fresh fruit, and go to bed early every night this week. We’ll see how it goes.

And for something unrelated:

I’ve been searching for the tastiest dark chocolate around lately. I’ve only tried two so far, and neither is perfect. The first was a little too bitter, and the second was too sweet for my liking. Does anyone have a favorite dark chocolate that they would recommend? Here are the two that I’ve already tried:

I made several friends and family members try this chocolate, and I am one of the few who did not hate it. It reminds me of black coffee.

The amount of sugar and milk in this chocolate bar make it hard for me to justify eating it.

I am not a baby cow, or why veganism isn’t stupid

Dawn — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:33:52 +0000

As a new year’s resolution, I decided to cut dairy out of my diet.Why on earth would I do that? To make a long story short, I am not a baby cow. To make a short story long, milk is completely unnecessary. I can just as easily get calcium from almonds, oatmeal, wholemeal bread, dried figs, parsley, or kale (and the list goes on). Protein can be found in bread, pasta, brown rice, sunflower/sesame/pumpkin seeds, peas, beans lentils, tofu (among other things). Vitamin B12, a vitamin found in milk, can be incorporated into a dairy-free diet with certain cereals, soya milks or other fortified soy products, fortified yeast extracts, or a vegan B12 supplement. Riboflavin is not found in milk alone. You can also get a healthy dose of it by eating mushrooms, almonds, whole grains, and cruciferous vegetables ( such as collard greens, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and rutabaga). Phosphorus, another nutrient in milk, is also found in artichokes (one of the tastiest foods ever), asparagus, broccoli, butternut squash, corn, and lima beans.

My reason for giving up cheese is simple. Not only is it made from milk, an unhealthy part of any diet, but it also makes my bowel movements irregular… and I want no part of anything that interferes with something as natural and important as a bowel movement.

I still eat fish, eggs, and honey. This means that I am not a vegan or even a vegetarian. Regardless, I have no doubt that if done correctly…a vegan diet is an ideal diet.