April Experiment: update #2

Vegan, vegan, vegan. Where to begin? Eating vegan is tough and yet easy at the same time. Make sense? I have found it takes a lot of planning and prep work. Eating out is really hard. When we went to the beach we ate out a bunch and I didn't do so well. Caved at the sight of eggs benedict on a menu, definitely not vegan. :) Had a black bean burger for lunch, it was vegan and surprisingly yummy! Had a salad for dinner and ordered it without dressing but forgot about the cheese, therefore not vegan. And then I went to Seattle for the night over the weekend and ate at Cheesecake factory, had a omelet. Which is an odd choice, but if I can't eat vegan then I at least try for vegetarian.
Eating at home is way easier. Planning ahead is key.

Thought I'd share our menu for this week. Most of the recipes are from these cookbooks:



~nori wraps
~mushroom topped potatoes and green salad
~portabello mushrooms and shredded brussel sprouts (I've never eaten a brussel sprout so I'm a little worried about this one!)
~Pinto bean soup and bread
~Moroccan cous-cous
~veggie burgers and sweet potato fries

I've still got to figure out some lunch ideas. I'm struggling with packing Justin's lunches. I realize now that I sent him a lot of meat and cheese sandwiches!

Justin and the boys are "off the vegan wagon" I think. If I cook vegan they eat it, but otherwise they eat like normal. I currently have no cows milk in the house and I honestly don't think the boys have missed it.

We're almost half way through the month! Not sure what my final thoughts will be on this experiment yet. I can see myself continuing to eat vegan and I can also see myself going back to eating how I was. Which would be fine, we eat pretty healthy anyway so I wouldn't feel like I was failing at all.