Change Will Do You Good

New Years Eve, last night, was my last sip of any sort of adult libation for at least a few months. By sip I mean a bottle of champagne with the husby and some crafty designer beer he picked out at Sprouts. I'm not hungover just kinda groggy. You know the way you feel after putting poison in your body. That's the way I'm breaking it down in my head. Poison.  The first challenge comes next week when I go to Hollywood for one of my bestie's bachelorette party. There are more pros than cons when turning down the drink but there's always a pusher in the group and that's the one I have to stay away from. Put on your big girl panties and walk away right?

So this a.m. I had a taaaaasty vegetarian breakfast. scrambled egg whites with a sprinkle of Daiya "cheese" and a morning star "sausage" patty. I still had some of my mom's delish salsa so i garnished with that. Daiya has to be THE BEST vegan cheese I've ever had. It melts and stretches like a dairy cheese. It comes in cheddar, mozz and pepper jack varieties and none of them taste like a sweaty sock. Dinner tonight is vegan pot pie. Chard, broccolini, corn, leeks, baked tofu all in a "creamy" sauce in a whole wheat pie crust.

I was reading a pretty inspiring blog from a girl that is a lot like what I aspire to be as a human. She went to culinary school so there's the difference, although, I'm pretty sure she can't do a time step so we're even. Anyhow, she is a vegetarian that eats vegan 95% of the time. It may not make sense to you but it does to me. It's just a little leniency when it comes to eggs and cheese. She says it all depends on where the product comes from how the animals are farmed and treated, stuff like that. My thing is, I love eggs, poached, scrambled, boiled, I love 'em. I hate the idea of them though, the whole chicken baby thing freaks me out.  So, the plan is to continue with eggs in the a.m. for a bit. I've done without them before so it's not impossible. Another mish that I have is to find a decent vegan protein powder. My idea of protein powder is no more than 4 or 5g of carbs to 20+g of protein. I think i found one at Whole Foods but I have to do a little more internet searching.

Happy New Year :)

Be well xoL