Baby Steps

The second day is now complete and I'm happy to say that this vegan diet is still going really well. Even though only two days have passed, it has definitely been a challenge. We had a delayed opening today and for many of these days in the past I have enjoyed a big, delicious breakfast with some friends. Even though being vegan doesn't prevent these same sort of breakfasts from happening, it just makes it difficult to come up with something that myself and everyone else can all enjoy.  That being said, Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen was definitely out of the question, and since I decided to sleep in, I happily just ate some oatmeal.  Though today's delayed opening was spent much more layed back, maybe for the next one I can indulge a little and attempt to make vegan pancakes or waffles.  I might have to test out recipes before serving any to my friends, considering just yesterday someone from school informed me that the Trader Joe's vegan waffle mix "tasted like butt."  Hopefully I can find a recipe where the waffles taste a little bit better than that.
The rest of the day went well. I went out to dinner with my sister and friend, Eleanor, and we went to Mediterranean Deli on Franklin Street. Looking over the menu it seemed like there were many vegan options, but I took the safer route and got the fattoush salad. When we got our food I started to doubt a lot of what I thought was vegan. I had no idea how these people made the tahini dressing which was white and looked like milk, and I didn't know what the ingredients were in pita bread.  It is a good thing that both Hayley and Eleanor have iPhones because I was able to look up how to make both of the questionable foods, and luckily both were vegan.  Tahini dressing is made from a sesame paste which coincidentally looks just like milk, and pita is simply made with yeast, flour, salt, and sugar. All of it was delicious and it was very filling. It's going to take me awhile to get familiar with all the foods that are safe to eat, and recognize those that can potentially have animal products in them, but I guess that's part of the challenge.
I'm hoping this is of some interest, and like what Andrew said before, feel free to comment or offer suggestions.

Excited for tomorrow!
Maggie