Veggie Chic

Veganizing the kitchen

by Jul on December 31st, 2006

After all this hemming and hawing about whether or not I want to go vegan, I’ve decided to just give it a try. So starting January 1st, I’m going to do 24 days of eating vegan. Why 24 days? I figure it will be long enough for me to really get a feel for the changes that will have to occur in my diet. Plus, my schedule is pretty clear for those first 24 days, so it will be relatively easy to control my diet (traveling and dining out a lot makes that hard).

In preparation for this diet experiment, I needed to use up all the non-vegan foods hanging out in the refrigerator. Yesterday for breakfast we had some delicious omelets with the remaining eggs (filled with sautéed leeks and mushrooms, and topped with a sauce made from pureed roasted red peppers).

Dinner was a creative cheese fondue made out of a blend of all the cheese we had left in the fridge. It wasn’t quite the right consistency, but it sure did taste good.

So now the fridge is “clean” with a couple of exceptions. There’s still a container of milk, which my husband uses on his cereal, and there’s a big stick of butter, which I have no idea what to do with.

Since all the stores are closed for the next couple days, I planned ahead and bought supplies for making several recipes out of Vegan with a Vengeance (or VwaV as the cool kids call it). I’m all set to start out 2007 as a vegan!

Here’s wishing you all a happy and healthy New Year. Oh, and I have a slab of butter that is free to a good home.

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