Rotten Veggies

Before we started vegan I would buy vegetables. I knew I was supposed to feed them to my family so I bought a bag of __________ (insert anything green here) and kept it in the fridge until it was slimy, then I would toss it and buy another bag of _________ and repeat. If I served vegetables at a meal Roland would ask if we were having company. It was a big deal. My idea of veggies was frozen peas and carrots in a chicken pot pie (with a pre-made crust and soup as the gravy - this is still Ike's favorite meal).

I was proud of my fruit bowl. It usually had 5 or 6 pieces of fruit. But I often tossed out fruit when it got old. We ate other garbage instead.

This is what my fruit bowl looks like now. This will all be gone in 3 days. Imagine how great it will be this summer with peaches, melons, tomatoes! Yum!

Here is my fridge -stuffed full of green stuff. 

Lots of people have asked about how expensive this is. It is cheaper than our old diet of meat, cheese, processed foods, cereals, breads, cookies, chips, and junk. I will have a better idea of the expense in a week or 2. I will be able to compare it to last month.

I usually shop twice a week so the food is fresh and we will empty that "fruit bowl" and the fridge in about 4 days. We are eating lots and lots of food - it doesn't have a chance to get slimy!

What I Ate Yesterday:

• Breakfast: baked apple with raisins and a little drizzle of real maple syrup, orange
• Lunch: Tomato barley stew (so good! I added salt!), green salad, banana
• Dinner: (pictured below) Whole wheat tortilla stuffed with "grilled" veggies (peppers, onions, red cabbage, and anaheim peppers), vegan fat free refried beans and guacamole. Ike added sour cream to his. Yum. I was too full to eat anything else.