Summer

So! Long time, no blog!

What's going on in the life of the lovely vegan? I'm sure you are just dying to know.

Schools out, finally, I got my license on the 15th of May, and right now I'm visiting my father and twenty-year-old brother in Kansas City (my parents are not separated; my father's job just transfered him again). If you ever plan on visiting KC, I strongly recommend this website: www.vegkc.com. Unfortunately, I have not had the chance to try out some of those fantastic sounding restaurants, but I'm sure I will next time. Oh, also, check out the Auboretom, if you are a nature lover. The gardens there are b-e-a-utiful, and the trails go on forever. Bring a camera.

On June 23rd, this little vegan will be traveling far, far away to Spain, the land of the meat, meat, and more meat. It seems like it is going to be practically a nightmare to fine vegan food, but vegan food I shall have to find. I'm determined. But, just in case, a few Luna bars or other nutrition bars are going to be making there way into my travel bag. I hope I can take them... Oh, and don't worry, I will post lots of pictures!

On the food front, I have not been doing so well lately. Between finals and traveling, I just have not had the time to eat well. Now that I'm here at the apartment, I'm starving for something green. I'm seriously wondering how these boys live like this. What in the world do they eat? All I could find in the pantry was tuna, mustard, mayo, refried beans with (gasp!) lard, potato chips, and some Campbell's chicken noodle soup. Yum. Their fridge did not fair too much better... Hot sauce, yogurt, cheese, sour cream, meat and of course, beer. I've tried my best to remedy this problem, but there is only so much I can do. My father's been traveling so I have not been able to use his credit card, and I only brought sixty dollars with me. I had to be very pragmatic when planning my grocery list, and needless to say, there is not so much you can buy with sixty dollars, especially with the prices the way they are right now. I had to buy spices, regular base veggies such as potatoes, carrots, tomatoes and celery, and then some fruit, grains, oil, cereal, soy milk, bread/tortillas... etc. It was tough, but I did it. It would not have been so bad if I were only buying for me, but I was buying to feed several people. Ugh. I did it though, and now hopefully my boys will have something green to eat!

I got a great compliment from my diehard meat-eating brother the other day. He told me my cooking was fantastic and he actually went for seconds a few times! (He actually ate vegetarian for a day!) Before, he said, my cooking was... so so... (hey, I was just starting out and I had never cooked before!) but now it's great!

It made me happy.