Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Vegan Experiment On Track

Today was the second day of my experimentation with vegan eating. I think it went okay for the most part. Breakfast was the final (and small) wedge of Apple Pie which I wrote about earlier this week. Lunch was a half circle of pitta bread and a small bowl of yesterday's Beany Stew. I made Butternut Squash Lasagna for dinner.

This what the filling looked like.

A close up of the autumn coloured lasagna filling.

Here is the beginning of the layering process before the noodles are added.

And a close up after the noodles are added.

I made enough lasagna for two pans. That way I would have left overs since this dish was more labour intensive than what I normally cook. Perhaps after I make it a few times it will seem less so.

This is what the lasagna looks like after it is topped with the vegan "cheesy" sauce which is really a roux or a bechemel sauce.

I topped one of the pans of lasagna with soya "Mozzarella" cheese.

The cooked lasagna with the "cheese" topping. Ready for eating.

It was good! My taste taster however, said that while it tasted good, I should have made "real" lasagna with meat. I reminded him that I could not because that wouldn't be vegan eating. He had a two large pieces at dinner and another one later for a snack.

Looks like I ended the day on an error as I had some refreshing pomegranate sherbet. Later, upon reading ingredients I learned that this sherbet contains milk! I usually read labels first, but I really thought I was fine on this one.

An earlier snack included about 8 nacho chips and 4 squares of dark chocolate (50%) at different sittings as well as a half pitta circle filled with alfalfa sprouts, a few slices of avocado and tomatoes. I didn't feel like eating more pasta when I felt a hunger pang.

3 comments:

Kerri said...

I think you're very brave! I've been a vegetarian all my life but I'm afraid my cheese addiction won't let me give up dairy! I may need a 12 step program. Good luck!

Joyful said...

Oh I'm not brave at all. I must do it for my health. I thought foregoing meat would be a problem but it seems it is the dairy products I am having trouble with. I'll keep it up for awhile though as I'm only just getting started. My guide, Naomi Rose gave me some good encouragement after my 3rd day challenges (day after this post) :-)

Joyful said...

I think you're very brave! I've been a vegetarian all my life but I'm afraid my cheese addiction won't let me give up dairy! I may need a 12 step program. Good luck!

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