10 Reasons Not To Eat Pig

Ladies and gentlemen...the most HARMLESS animal in the world!!!!

Seriously - have you EVER heard about a SINGLE injury inflicted on ANYONE by a pig???
We've heard about nasty dog bites, snake pites, bird bites and rat bites...but a pig...
they just wanna be loved. And - they have the mental capacity of a 3 year old..sounds crazy - but it's completely true. Smart piggies!! Here's 10 GREAT reasons why you shouldn't eat em.

1) Porking You Up
It’s a fact—ham, sausage, and bacon strips will go right to your hips. Eating pork products, which are loaded with artery-clogging cholesterol and saturated fat, is a good way to increase your waistline and increase your chances of developing deadly diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s, asthma, and impotence. Research has shown that vegetarians are 50 percent less likely to develop heart disease, and they have 40 percent of the cancer rate of meat-eaters. Plus, meat-eaters are nine times more likely to be obese than pure vegetarians are. Every time you eat animal products, you’re also ingesting bacteria, antibiotics, dioxins, hormones, and a host of other toxins that can accumulate in your body and remain there for years. Learn more about animal products and your health.

2)Pigs Have Feelings Too
Ninety-seven percent of pigs in the United States today are raised in factory farms, where they will never run across sprawling pastures, bask in the sun, breathe fresh air, or do anything else that comes naturally to them. Crowded into warehouses with nothing to do and nowhere to go, they are kept on a steady diet of drugs to keep them alive and make them grow faster, but the drugs cause many of the animals to become crippled under their own bulk. Learn more about cruelty to pigs. Check out these videos from pig farms in Oklahoma, North Carolina, Nebraska, and South Dakota.

3)Pigs and Playstations
Think that you can outplay a pig on your Playstation? You may be surprised. According to research, pigs are much smarter than dogs, and they even do better at video games than some primates. In fact, pigs are extremely clever animals who form complex social networks and have excellent memories. Eating a pig is like eating your dog! As actor Cameron Diaz put it after hearing that pigs have the mental capacities of a 3-year-old human: "[Eating bacon is] like eating my niece!" Learn more about pigs.

4)Pigs Prefer Mud, Not Crud
Pigs are actually very clean animals. If they are given sufficient space, pigs are careful not to soil the areas where they sleep or eat. And forget the silly saying “sweating like a pig”—pigs can’t even sweat! That’s why they bathe in water or mud to cool off. But in factory farms, they’re forced to live in their own feces and vomit and even amid the corpses of other pigs. Conditions are so filthy that at any given time, more than one-quarter of pigs suffer from mange—think of your worst case of poison ivy, and imagine having to suffer from it for the rest of your life. Learn more about what happens to pigs in factory farms. Check out the mange-ridden pigs on these South Dakota and Nebraska pig farms.

5)Farming Family Values
Factory farms are pure hell for pigs and their babies. Mother pigs spend most of their lives in tiny “gestation” crates, which are so small that the animals are unable to turn around or even lie down comfortably. They are repeatedly impregnated until they are slaughtered. Piglets, who are taken away from their distraught mothers after just a few weeks, have their tails chopped off, their teeth are clipped off with pliers, and the males are castrated—all without painkillers. Learn more about cruelty to pigs.

6The Manure Is Blowing in the Wind
…A pig farm with 5,000 animals produces as much fecal waste as a city of 50,000 people. In 1995, 25 million gallons of putrid hog urine and feces spilled into a North Carolina river, immediately killing between 10 and 14 million fish. To get around water pollution limits, factory farms will frequently take the tons of urine and feces that are stored in cesspools and turn them into liquid waste that they spray into the air. This manure-filled mist is carried away by the wind and inhaled by the people who live nearby. Learn more about how factory farming damages the environment.

7) Bacteria-Laden Bacon and Harmful Ham
Extremely crowded conditions, poor ventilation, and filth in factory farms cause such rampant disease in pigs that 70 percent of them have pneumonia by the time they’re sent to the slaughterhouse. In order to keep pigs alive in conditions that would otherwise kill them and to promote unnaturally fast growth, the industry keeps pigs on a steady diet of the antibiotics that we depend on to treat human illnesses. This overuse of antibiotics has led to the development of “superbacteria,” or antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains. The ham, bacon, and sausage that you’re eating may make the drugs that your doctor prescribes the next time you get sick completely ineffective. Learn more about the effect of eating meat from sick, diseased, and drugged animals.

8)Hell on Wheels
More than 170,000 pigs die in transport each year, and more than 420,000 are crippled by the time they arrive at the slaughterhouse. Transport trucks, which carry pigs hundreds of miles through all weather extremes with no food or water, regularly flip over, throwing injured and dying animals onto the road. These terrified and injured animals are rarely offered veterinary care, and most languish in pain for hours; some even bleed to death on the side of the road. After an accident in April 2005, Smithfield spokesperson Jerry Hostetter told one reporter, “I hate to admit it, but it happens all the time.” Learn more about cruelty to pigs during transport.

9) Killing Them Without Kindness
A typical slaughterhouse kills up to 1,100 pigs every hour, which makes it impossible for them to be given humane, painless deaths. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented 14 humane slaughter violations at one processing plant, where inspectors found hogs who “were walking and squealing after being stunned [with a stun gun] as many as four times.” Because of improper stunning methods and extremely fast line speeds, many pigs are still alive when they are dumped into scalding-hot hair-removal tanks—they literally drown in scalding-hot water. Learn more about what happens to pigs at slaughter.


10) Ditch the Bacon and Get Fakin’
Save pigs from hell and yourself from bad health by feasting on faux pork products instead. Stuff a sandwich full of Yves brand veggie ham slices, or throw some Lightlife Smart Bacon into a sizzling skillet—the freezer and “health food” sections of your local grocery or health food stores are packed full of these and other tasty substitutes. Check out VegCooking.com for hundreds of recipes, product recommendations, vegan meal plans, and a shopping guide.
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Soiree...

Went to a "soiree" the other night.
Hoity toity.
All that jazz.

A few of the guy's noticed I kept declining the BBQ and stuck to the veggies.

So finally, one of them asked:
"What, are you a vegetarian or something?" (asked rudely).

"I am," I SMILED back - and just left it at that.

I hate it when people ram ANYTHING down your throat - so I figured a polite and short answer would suffice.

"Hmm...", he said. "I thought vegetarians were supposed to be SKINNY."

Stop. The. Fucking. Press.

Not only did you just enquire rudely about my eating habbits, you then plop a cherry on top by calling me fat.

Now - I know I COULD afford to lose like, 5 pounds or so...but you know what? FUCK THAT.
I refuse to feel bad about myself anymore - I've done it for far too long.
I've struggled with body image since I was 9 years old and frankly, I'm sick of it.
We all want a perfect body - we all aren't going to get it.
That's a part of life.

It's fuckwads like this - who make people feel bad for being what they are.

In short - if you're fat - be fat.
if you're thin - FUCK YOU!

Just kidding.

but seriously...making a remark like that to a stranger - OR to someone you know is a VERY ugly thing to do.
it brings your self-esteem down a notch. That's a HORRIBLE thing to do to anyone and I have no idea why he tried to do it with me.

Mind you, I didn't exactly react with dignity either.
I went "crazy vegetarian ACTIVIST" on his ass.

I told him he must be mis-informed about what a vegetarian can eat - and that I'm living proof - having a little extra luggage around my mid-section - that you can still be healthy on a vegetarian diet.

I also told him how frightening it is when people - especially someone at a party promoting GAY RIGHTS and GAY PRIDE - display a closed-minded mentality about things that differ from them - and that ANY hostility he has towards vegetarians is probably just his own internalized GUILT about eating meat morphing into something ugly - like an insult to put me down.

I love helping people re-associate themselves with the animals they have learned to call meat. I love helping people UNLEARN. I am STILL in the process of UNLEARNING myself.

But this fucker. he had some kind of big bully syndrome going on...

People HATE vegetarians for some reason. They become AFRAID. They want to make them feel stupid, lowly, RIDICULOUS - DUMB.

I would in turn - like to extend a BIG THANK YOU to this person - who said those ignorant and RUDE words to me.
I would like to THANK HIM - because you just cracked open a WHOLE NEW can of worms.
I vow - NEVER AGAIN - to feel ashamed of my CHOICE to NOT SUPPORT the meat industry.
And I vow - NEVER AGAIN - to feel any shame in ANY extra pounds I carry around my waist.

So thank you, Mr. Insult, for helping me out in your round-about way.
I'm gonna have me a big OLE slice of watermelon - and LOVE IT!!!

Dan

National Ice Cream Day!

Did you know, in 1984 July was named National Ice Cream Month? And - the third Sunday of July is International Ice Cream DAY!!! That's TOMORROW FOLKS!!!
Sure it was an American thing, implemented by Ronald Reagan (asshole) - but - not a bad idea...
Unless of course, you've given up dairy or are lactose intolerant.
I've ALWAYS been an ice-cream-a-holic.
I love icecream in a cup, on a cone, in a sunday, drenched with caramel sauce - the more chocolately the better!!
Second to that - I LOVE me a good ole fashioned ice cream sandwich! The cheap kind...with the two soft chocolatey waifers and the creamy vanilla ice cream in the middle.
You know the kind...
Anwyay I was feeling MIGHTY left out - especially seeing that it's Ice Cream month - and there were a few frozen Rolo bars in the freezer that were starting to look PRETTY FUCKIN' GOOD, despite the fact that there was pussy cow milk in them.
"Fuck it," I kept thinking. "Ice Cream GOOOOOD".
Then, I discovered two AMAZING products that are TOO good to be true.
here's a short review of each:
Purely Decadent Soy Delicious Chocolate Brownie Almond.
Now - just in recent weeks - I've come to realize lots of people have a soy-phobia.
Personally, before this vegan gig - I never gave soy much thought either way.
I never bought it - but was NEVER grossed out by it either.
I fell in love with soy milk the SECOND I tasted it and even if I dropped the vegan lifestyle - I don't think I would go back to cow milk because I prefer soy so much more now.
Anyway - this ice"cream" product...FUCKING ROCKS. Seriously. Whether you're craving for a chocolate fix or an ice cream fix - THIS WILL DO IT. It is so rich, so BLOODY delicious - I can't even gush enough.
The real test though - came when Life Partner tried it. I was nervous. Although I like the taste of soy - it DOES have its own taste and not everyone has the same taste buds...
He tried it...HE LIKED IT!!!!!!!!!! In fact - he said it was ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!! And Life Partner is a SNACK conosieur...he closes his eyes when he eats - and I can't think of anyone else who has a BIGGER appreciation for tastey food than him..except....well...about 30 of my other friends.
But - to get the gold star from Life Partner CONFIRMED my suspicions: Purely Decadent Soy Delicious Chocolate Brownie non-dairy ice cream is a 100% FLAWLESS substitute for ice cream...you probably won't even KNOW the difference. Seriously.
So much healthier, so much richer - and not a single cow was milked in the making.

Secondly....my favorite:
Ice Cream Sandwiches WITHOUT ANY DAIRY!!!
Too good to be true? I thought so right away.
The true test came around 11pm last night. I had the munchies and when i get the munchies - my NUMBER ONE late night snack, especially on a humid and rainy late Friday night...is an ice cream sandwich.
I grabbed a Soy Delicious Li'l Buddy and cracked her open.
Perfect.
EXACT same texture, size, flavour - it hit the SAME SPOT a dairy ice cream sandwich would have hit.
NOTE - there was a SLIGHT soy after-taste - but EASILY over-looked...because I like the taste of soy.
In short - Li'l Buddies are FUCKING DELICIOUS and you have NO CLUE how relieved I am to find BOTH of these products, because Ice cream was a real tough treat to give up and if anything was going to throw me off the wagon - it would be that.
But - not any more.

Even if you're not vegan - I suggest you go out and try either or both of these products, just for the fuck of it. You might be TOTALLY surprised, seriously.
I was.

Happy I-SCREAM day...

Dan

Just Another Vegan Wednesday

A stellar day for veganism.
Breakfast:
1 cup v8 juice
1 bowl granola
1 cup soy milk

snakc
1 peanut butter granola bar

lunch:
1 cup veggie chili
2 clementines
2 rice cakes
1 cup soy nice peach yogourt

snack:
maybe 1/4 cup of unsalted peanuts

lunch:
veggie burger w/ whole wheat bun
1 clementine
glass of V8

night snack:
3 glasses of wine
2 handfuls of p-corn :)

Yum Yum Yum.
Did my first animal protest tonight and it ROCKED!!!

hearts and farts,

dan

Summer Food

Well...half way through summer and I have to give myself a pat on the back.
While I did fuck it up with the jello shots a few weeks back, my fuck ups have been kept to a minor degree.
However, they ARE there.
I kinda bombed the vegan thing on Friday at a party my sister took me to.
Nothing major - but - I had some cheese in some DEEELICIOUS salsa dip....
Again, not a biggie.
I think my bigget goal with this switch to vegan is to NEVER go HITLER on my self with it.
Meat - is a different story. I feel far stronger about eating an animal...but animal bi-product...while I try to avoid it COMPLETELY - I will allow myself a slip up ONCE in a while.
I spoke with a VERY active animal activist a few days ago and she said that she believes going vegan is LITERALLY a life long process.
Coming from her - this comforted me.

Summer is a tough season to go vegan though, I must admit.
Another drink I must bid fairwell to - is the blessed Caesar.
My love affair with Caesars has been a strong and passionate one...we've made love on many a summer afternoon, on sunny patios and in air-conditioned bars.
Unfortunately...it's made with clamato juice.
So, fuck you Caesar. We're breaking up.
My new girlfriend: Bloody Mary.
She's not a virgin, she's DEFINETELY been around the block a few times - but sorry bitch - she's vegan.

Also - I've been working promotions at all kinds of fairs and festivals...and let me tell you - festival food is VERY limited.
I worked Epicure Fest yesterday - which is LITERALLY a festival of the area's "finest" restaurants...and while they did have SOME vegetarian options - for a "food fair" they were VERY limited.
Lots of "stabbed shit" all over the place, scewered chunks of meat on sticks everywhere you turn.
I had an avacado roll and a spring roll - and a pad thai noodle bed that tasted like...well...I guess what I imagine a brick of feces might taste like.
So I dumped it and made myself a veggie burger when I came home.

Here's what I had this weekened:

Saturday:
breakfast:
Bowl of granola, 1 cup soy milk, 1 clementine

lunch:
avacado roll, veggie spring roll, 1/2 a nasty pad thai (the feces tasting one that I dumped).

din din:
veggie burger (no bun - cuz i wasn't that hungry), large asian-crunch salad with soy croutons and a banana

Sunday: (today, so far...)
bowl of granola w/ chopped banana and soy milk.
1 so(y) nice non-dairy strawberry yogourt
1 glass of calcium fortified zero sodium V8.

I also plan on juicing up some veggies today - before they go bad. Beets, carrots and some fugi apples...should be yum yum.
ANd I'll probably have dinner at my parent's house which means I'll be having prime rib and chicken wings.
Just kidding.
My parents - being some of the most ACCEPTING people in the entire UNIVERSE are supportive of the switch and even went as far to go buy veggie patties and veggie burritos for when I come over.... awwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!

I met a TON of vegetarians this weekend though...TONS! And vegan enthusiasts.
I really do think it is a growing trend, which rocks.

I'll also be attending my first ever animal rights meeting tomorrow at 5:15pm in the back of the 10,000 Villages store (in the same plaza as Hurricanes in Olde Sandwich Town).
I'm pretty excited - even just to TALK to like-minded people...I think I'll get a BUNCH of ideas from them - and I'm also excited to offer some of mine too...

laters,
dan

Today's Progress Report...

A pretty good day...

Breakfast:
1 cup of granola
1/2 cup soy milk
1 banana

mid-morning work snack:
1 clementine

lunch:
1 sandwich on 12 grain made w/ tofurky and "nay"onaise (no dairy)
2 unsalted rice cakes
1/2 english cucumber, raw chopped.

mid-afternoon at work snack:
1 clementine

Din-din:
2 cups of Asian crunch mix salad w/ soy crunchy noodles and vegan-friendly teryaki dressing
1 portobello shroom burger on a whole wheat bun (yeah, I'm addicted).
1 glass of V8 juice w/out sodium

evening snack:
2 bacardi breezers while watching Canada's Next Top Model.

Comments:
It's actually pretty fun planning out meals in advance. That sounds fucking lame - but seriously - it is. Puting THOUGHT into what I am eating - is by default - helping me eat a more balanced and HEALTHY diet.
I find I have more energy during the day - I get more accomplished in a day - I am less hungry at night and as a nice cherry on top - a few people commented at work that I dropped a couple pounds.

AND best of all - I have NO GUILT when I put something in my mouth. That was the worst. Not being able to enjoy my food before. Everytime I put a piece of beef strogenoff in my mouth - so help me GOD - every time I bit into a hamburger, this little TINY voice in my head would say "Yep...enjoy it...cuz that was SOMEONE before you slapped part of it between two pieces of bread."

Again - I never wanna be the kind of guy who makes OTEHRS guilty about eating...I could care less -but I was talking to LIfe Partner tongith about it - and I must say - amongst animal activists - it really IS a cult mentality, in a way.
Mind you - it is all meant to help you and support you in your diet - for the GOOD of your health and the animals well being - but - it is a BIT of group think factor weighing in.
The more I read, learn and TALK to activists who are HUGE vegan advocates - the MORE my stomach turns when I see meat on a menu.
The FASTER I walk by the meat section...which is a good thing.
I feared that it would wear off after a while and I would start CRAVING meat again, but the more I read up on it - the more turned off I am.
I hate jump starting something and making some GRAND statement before i've even been doing this for a full 6 months...but I think I'm COMPLETELY hooked OFF meat forever.

Yay!!!

Also - I am taking it a step further in a few days. I'll be attending an animal rights meeting on Monday night before Girlie So Groovie - and then...I think I might check out a circus demonstration that's happening in Windsor on the 12th.
More info on that later...

At any rate, I'm outtie...

Dan

Portobello XXXtravaganza!!!!!!

Today, I took it to a whole new level!
I "kicked it up a notch".
I went a-grocery shoppin' for goodies - stocked up on some fresh veggies and milk, munchies and even a wee little jingle ball for Pluto so she would stay happy....and...
some portobello mushrooms.

Okay - I never cooked these things to save my life. Ever - so I was completely ready to write them off as "not practical" or "over my head".

I was wrong.

Ladies and gentlemen - I would like to introduce my latest 100% Vegan creation:

The Porto-Burger-Bello-Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong
*ideally, these should probably be barbecued over an open flame...I decided to pan fry (I know not as good) because it kept looking like it was about to rain...

Here's what you need for two:
- 2 Whole wheat hamburger buns
- two portobello mushrooms
- 1 clove of garlic
- oregano
- garlic salt
- freshly ground salt/pepper
- a few leaves of lettuce
- 1 purple onion
- 1 table spoon Verve brand non-dairy margerine
- 2 table spoon (per burger) Nasoya Nayonaise (non dairy/non-egg)
- 1 table spoon (per burger) Yoso Spreadables: Jalapeno lactose free soy sandwich spread
- Vegetable oil for cooking

Instructions:
*Please keep in mind - this was ALL guess work on my part.
Remove stems from Portobello shrooms.
Leave the shroom "gills" on.
Dice up 1 clove of garlic until it is cubed - not TOO fine..but - each little section should be cut into approx. 3 pieces....chunky, but diced.
Splash 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil on frying pan.
Drop 1 table spoon Verve margerine on frying pan.
Put on low heat, let everything sizzle up..
Throw on diced garlic...
let it fry for a bit - on VERY low heat...just kind of...bubbling nd sizzling SLOWLY in the oils...it shouldn't be hissing and splattering - if it is - you have the heat on too high.
When it looks like the flavour from the diced garlic is really merged in with the oil and melted soy margerine - toss on some oregano and garlic salt and give the pan a little shake..almost like you are making an oily-garlic flavoured sauce. When this is hot enough this is what will cook the mushrooms.
When it looks like a nice juicy sauce (not too juicey, just like...enough so it kind of runs when you tip the pan) - drop the Shrooms on the pan - top DOWN.
this is very important.
The top of the shroom (the part that would face the sky when growing from its stem) MUST be the side that is ON the hot pan - gills facing upward.
This saves all the juice from immediately running out through the gills (i did some research).
You can turn the heat up a little bit now - to get it sizzlin...
The garlic pieces should be getting moist and juicey and plump..turning a beautiful yellow colour...
Let the shrooms fry for like, 5 - 8 minutes - check to make sure they are not sticking...give the pan a shake here and there to get the juices flowing.
Then - for the last minute - flip them over onto their gills - and let them fry for about 1 to 2 minutes, just to finish them off.
They will have gottten much blacker - but not burned...they should still be very juicey.
Kill the heat.
On yer handburger buns - spread the Nayonaise on one half and the Soyo spreadable on the other....slap some lettuce and ringed onion - and toss your JUICEY, garlic-fried portobello shroom on the bun - and ...you have yourself one of the TASTIEST and COMPLETELY vegan treats know to mankind.
The only other place I have ever had a portobello burger is at the Brick House - and while they are good...they have NOTHING on the Porot-Burger-Bellow-Rama-Lama -Ding-Dong.
For real.
It is a thing of beauty.
And - it was quick and easy, and impressive.
Seriously - if you are ever having guests over and aren't sure what to make them - this meal is SOOO good - they won't even realize it's PURE vegan.

It's some gourmet shit.
I had a nice Soy yogourt for dessert which was semi-okay...not the greatest, but - you can't win 'em all.
For breakfast this morning I had a sliced nectarine and some freshly juiced beets/carrots/fuji apples - with some lime and a clementine orange thrown in for some sour yum yum.

A five star day, vegan wise!

laters,

Dan
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What to Eat?????!!!!!

I think, for me - it's ALL about convenience.
THAT is the hardest part about (trying to) eat vegan.
I don't miss meat a single bit.
I don't miss cheese and I TOTALLY prefer soy milk to cow milk now - I wouldn't even THINK of going back.
Eggs...yeah - I loved eggs..but you know what? I haven't bought a carton of eggs in almost a fucking year - so I obviously didn't love them THAT much.
BUT.
It's the little things that get me....
Eggs popping up in pie crust...
Milk showing up in birthday cakes...
Cheese, glorious cheese melted in LAYERS on steaming hot pizzas...
THAT's where I find my self salivating for animal bi-product...when they are in their most processed forms.
I've been posting my vegan meal plans periodically on this blog - breakfast/lunch/snack/dinner - all are pretty easy plans.
I did some research today and discovered someone was kind enough to map out a "vegan meal plan" - BASED around 3 VERY IMPORTANT details:
1) Simplicity
2) Convenience
3) Time efficiency

While I would LOVE to be a master raw vegan chef - whipping up feasts and practicing the green and magic art of vegan alchemy...I just don't have the fucking time.
I need management.
I need direction.
I need a fucking cheese pizza, dammit.
Just kidding.
But, I need help.
And I need some creative ideas.
And I found these vegan meal plans to offer me EXACTLY that - hopefully they'll help you too!


Day 1
for men and women, ages 19-50

Breakfast:
1 bagel with 2 teaspoons vegan margarine (or almond butter),
1 medium orange,
1 cup Cheerios cereal, and
1 cup Soy milk

Lunch:
Sandwich of hummus made with
3/4 cup chickpeas and 2 teaspoons tahini
on 2 slices of whole wheat bread with
3 slices of tomato
and 1 medium apple

Dinner:
1 cup of cooked pasta with 1/4 cup marinara sauce,
1/3 cup carrot sticks,
1 cup cooked broccoli (frozen or fresh),
1 whole wheat roll

Snack:
1/2 cup trail mix (mix of nuts,
raisins, and sunflower seeds), and
1 cup Soy milk

Day 2
for men and women, ages 19-50

Breakfast:
1/2 cup calcium-fortified orange juice
1 medium banana,
2 slices whole wheat toast
with 1 Tablespoon nut butter (peanut,
almond, cashew, etc.),
1 cup Wheat Chex cereal, and
1 cup soy milk

Lunch:
1 bowl of instant veg soup (read the label),
10 saltines with 1 Tablespoon
nut butter (peanut, almond, cashew, etc.)
1 medium orange,
and 1/2 cup carrot sticks

Dinner:
1 veggie burger Burger on a bun
with a large slice of tomato,
and 1 medium baked potato

Snack:
1 cup Soy milk, and
1 cup kidney beans mixed with 1 Tablespoon salsa
served with 1 ounce lowfat tortilla chips


Day 3
for men and women, ages 19-50

Breakfast:
1 cup calcium-fortified orange juice,
Scrambled tofu: 1/2 cup tofu,
1/4 cup onions, and 1 teaspoon oil
and 2 slices whole wheat toast
with 2 teaspoons vegan margarine (or almond butter)

Lunch:
Sandwich made with 1 large pita bread,
1/4 cup shredded lettuce, 1/4 cup chopped tomato,
1/4 cup grated carrot, 1 Tablespoon SOY mayonaise
1 cup of lentil soup/ or black bean soup - or 1/2 cup lentils (you can get 'em in a can - trust me!)
1 medium banana, and
1 cup Soy milk.

Dinner:
1/2 cup kidney beans with 1 cup cooked
quick brown rice and 2 Tablespoons salsa
1 cup frozen mashed squash, and
1 cup unsweetened applesauce

Snack:
1/2 cup trail mix (mix of nuts, raisins,
and sunflower seeds), and
1 cup Soy milk


Day 4
for men and women, ages 19-50

Breakfast:
1-1/2 cups cooked quick oats
with 3 Tablespoons wheat germ,
1/4 cup raisins or dates, and
1 ounce chopped walnuts
1 cup diced cantaloupe, and
1 cup Soy milk


Lunch:
Burrito with 1 whole wheat tortilla,
1/2 cup black beans, and 1 Tablespoon salsa,
and 1 ounce lowfat tortilla chips with 1/4 cup salsa

Dinner:
6 ounces calcium-fortified V-8 juice,
Stir-fry with 1/2 cup diced tofu,
1 cup frozen stir-fry vegetables,
2 Tablespoons soy sauce,
1-1/2 cups cooked quick brown rice,
and 1 teaspoon oil, and
3 graham crackers

Snack:
1 cup Soy milk and
3 cups popped popcorn w/ butter flavour

There you have it veggie heads...4 days of SHEER vegan eating...nothing too hard and NOTHING you can't find at your local grocery store.
Nothing weird or out of the norm at all actually...

Anyway - I'm for SURE gonna be trying a few of these this week...I'll keep ya posted...

Dan