Today was a very special day considering that it was national pancake day. Since sophomore year I have enjoyed taking the fifteen minute car ride with my friends to IHOP where we happily sit and devour our short stack of free buttermilk pancakes. They are so delicious and filling, which made waking up this morning that much more of a disappointment, knowing I couldn't participate in the tradition this year. Though I couldn't eat the pancakes on this very special holiday, I still went with my best friend, Eleanor, to the IHOP at lunch. I guess it worked out because one of our other friends couldn't go, so I just took my free pancakes back for her. All in all, this national pancake day was successful. Even though we got lost going back to school and ended up being late to fifth, it was definitely worth it. Seeing those pancakes didn't make me wish for them as much as made me want to make my own vegan versions. I was strongly considering making some for my dinner tonight, but instead, I had a grilled portabella mushroom. I figured since my family was grilling for dinner, it would be out of place if I was eating pancakes. Maybe I'll do those another night, but the mushroom was delicious. Portabellas are extremely "meaty". My brother, Grant, tried it, and he was really surprised how closely it resembled his pork chop that he was eating at that moment.
Officially, we have now made it one week as being vegan. I have a slight confession though. I was in the grocery store with Eleanor before we went into IHOP because I was hungry and didn't have a lunch, and we were trying to decide what granola we thought looked the best. I was looking at the ingredients of basically every single one of them when I realized that honey was a consistent ingredient used in most all of them. Then, I looked at the granola that is my favorite and is currently what I've been eating since becoming vegan, and unfortunately I overlooked the honey ingredient in it. There is much debate about whether or not honey should be vegan, but technically it is still an animal product since bees make it. I feel bad, but oh well there's not much I can do about it now. I think I'm going to start making my own homemade granola, or test out new brands with no honey. I'm hoping the new one will taste just as good as the old. Speaking of making homemade vegan foods, tonight was the first night I baked something. I made a loaf of seven grain bread, and it's still baking now, but I'm excited to see how it turns out. The recipe called for a tablespoon of honey, but I just substitued brown sugar for it. It takes forever to bake, so we'll see how it tastes tomorrow! I love learning something new everyday, and though I couldn't eat my free pancakes or learned that I'll have to give up my favorite granola, I'm still so happy that I'm doing this.
One week down and excited for the rest,
Maggie
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