"What do you eat?"

I don't feel like I have much more to say about babywearing right now! And Little E doesn't have enough patience for me make any more how-to videos. I'm still wearing E everyday, but there is nothing new to report. (Well, I do wish he was more into back carries, he's getting really heavy to carry in the front while napping. Argh.)

Anyway, I thought it would be fun to address this question I often get when people find out I'm vegan: "What do you eat?" Last week I decided to take a couple of photos of our groceries, since I was actually organized enough to do a week's shopping all at once. (That is very rare!) These are not great pictures, but they were the best I could do on the fly.

Here's what you're looking at in the top photo: soy milk, various soy yogurts, bottled water, spinach pasta, ground flax seed, avocados, cashews, spinach, asparagus, seitan, garlic, a taco kit, garlic stuffed olives (E loves these!), brussel sprouts, swiss chard, fruit & nut granola, lettuce, cucumbers, oranges, apples, sunflower bread, Italian bread, crystalized ginger, sliced coconut and plantains.

Second photo: jasmine pearl tea, onion powder, popcorn, miso paste, lentils, mushrooms, arugula, baby spinach, broccoli, peppers and tomatoes.

(All this was bought at Your DeKalb Farmer's Market. Not a real "farmer's market", but still the best store on the planet! Just my opinion!)

Some of the dishes we made using some of this food were mock fried chicken (made with the seitan), TVP tacos, black-eyed peas & swiss chard, chick peas & spinach and lentils & rice. I try to keep dry ingredients like TVP (textured vegetable protein), various beans and oatmeal, etc. as staples in the "pantry"( I don't actually have one of these, but you know what I mean).

Our "menu" really varies from week to week, season to season and year to year. Dad and I will really get into a certain food and want to eat it all the time, then we'll want to move on. In the winter we do more soups and food made in the oven. With Summer right around the corner we'll be grilling a lot and making salads and pasta. When Big Sis is with us we eat out a lot, since she's not a veggie and really doesn't like any of the food we make!

That's about it! Any other questions? It can be a challenge, but I like to answer questions about being vegan.

Now I'm off to get lunch together. On the menu today is leftovers : lentils & rice, spinach soup and tomato & cucumber salad. Little E really liked the spinach last night, I'm crossing my fingers that he'll like it for lunch today!