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So I went into my kitchen to make dinner. I was like, "oh I have sweet potato and squash" So I started baking the squash and sweet potato to eat plain. But then I was like, " I can use some seasoning" and since I live 30 feet from a whole foods, I ran in, ostensibly to buy seasoning.

My sweet potatoe squash Au Gratin with heavy cream, Parmesan, butter, and danish blue cheese is baking as we speak. DAMN YOU WHOLE FOODS!!!!!

cheese substitutes are the fucking worst. i tried those once they're a travesty. mmm parmesan

Makes perfect sense following an eating lifestyle that constantly frustrates you.

I tried Vegan for a bit but .... Mmmmmm Feta.

Have you tried actual edible recipes? Being vegan does not mean eating bland food. Generally vegan is dairyless and meatless food. So.....

Since you made Au Gratin:
Youve could have mixed nutritional yeast, "nut cheeses" and oils in a blender then put it over and in-between the layered squash and potatoes with some more yeast on top. Then baked that.

I don't think I will ever be completely vegan because I prefer to drink Kefir. It has ten different probiotic strains that I can't seem to find in any other form. It's a nice spectrum of different bacteria.

Also, I may continue taking fish oil capsules because the omega 3 is a superior source of omega 3 in comparison to plant based sources.

Cheese is nice and I enjoy the flavor but I can avoid it. I don't have to have it.

Ariodante saidMakes perfect sense following an eating lifestyle that constantly frustrates you.

^ That wasn't a very nice.

Does it not suffice that countless RJ members feel compelled to repetitively carry on with ridiculous bacon thread after bacon thread after bacon thread as their way of expressing their adulation for "thou"? Now you have to go so far as to make some sarcastic remark toward someone who's trying to depart from an industry that treats animals horribly their whole lives until they wind up on your dinner plate?

There's nothing wrong with being a vegetarian or an omnivore, but it's the sort of thing that shouldn't really happen if you fail. As a vegetarian, I don't "fail" and just happen to buy some bacon. It's not even a consideration when I walk into a store. If you truly want to be vegan, I think you have to get your mind there in order to keep your stomach in step.

Temptation is a struggle for many people on so many different levels.

If life were so easy people wouldn't succumb to HIV infection. They'd simply know "better" and always ALWAYS use condoms.

If people simply knew never to overeat then we'd have no issues with obesity, heart disease and the myriad of other health problems associated with overeating.

And let's not forget how many people who try to quit smoking because they truly know its best for them but struggle and lose that battle.

It may seem a bit fallacious to compare what most people would consider addictions to someone else's inability to refrain from the flavor of certain foods. But my point is that it might be easier for one person to refrain from engaging in certain behaviors while it is difficult for others. And those reasons can be overwhelmingly multifarious. Comparing your lack of achievement to someone's much more easily acquired attainment of an intended goal really serves no purpose.

To parmetric:

Maybe you should consider becoming a lacto-ovo vegetarian. Sounds like you simply miss dairy too much.

calibro said As a vegetarian, I don't "fail" and just happen to buy some bacon.

You should consider failure as an option. A delicious, delicious option.

been on my kick for about 3 months. . . i cheated a couple times but don't let it get you down!

and the almond cheeses are fantastic

MuchMoreThanMuscle said

Ariodante saidMakes perfect sense following an eating lifestyle that constantly frustrates you.

^ That wasn't a very nice.

Does it not suffice that countless RJ members feel compelled to repetitively carry on with ridiculous bacon thread after bacon thread after bacon thread as their way of expressing their adulation for "thou"? Now you have to go so far as to make some sarcastic remark toward someone who's trying to depart from an industry that treats animals horribly their whole lives until they wind up on your dinner plate?

If I may butt in, I can't complain myself, since said industry puts food on my plate at the moment.

There's plenty of opportunity for "failure" given the broad range of "vegan" diets, ranging from hardcore raw foodies who subsist on lukewarm beans, root veggies and seaweed to those who feast on breaded fried ice cream. Of course it might take a decade or two for the "fail" to really show.

eagermuscle said Of course it might take a decade or two for the "fail" to really show.

My first hand experience has been vegetarians = rail skinny, vegans = skinny fat to morbidly obese.

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sounds like you need to meet more vegetarians and vegans so that you can widen your viewpoint.

I just had a big bowl of wholewheat pasta, sun-dried tomatoes, a couple links of Tofurky and a half cup of marinara sauce.

My meal had more than ninety grams of protein, 161g of complex carbs and twenty-eight grams of fiber.

With a little creative thinking you can make some very tasty vegan meals.

I don't miss meat at all.

Ariodante said

eagermuscle said Of course it might take a decade or two for the "fail" to really show.

My first hand experience has been vegetarians = rail skinny, vegans = skinny fat to morbidly obese.

This. I've known some vegans who I swore only ate vegan chocolate.

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If they are only going to eat chocolate...that diet will end pretty quickly. I have never heard of anyone being that extreme. The most extreme I have heard is raw foods or people that only eat fruit. I think adding raw foods can be healthy but only eating fruit is unrealistic.

Vegan chocolate?

Is it any good?

http://www.vegetarianbodybuilder.com


http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/

MuchMoreThanMuscle said

My meal had more than ninety grams of protein, 161g of complex carbs and twenty-eight grams of fiber.

Hope you stocked up on the Charmin..

MuchMoreThanMuscle saidVegan chocolate?

Is it any good?

https://www.google.com/search?q=vegan+chocolate&hl=en&biw=1680&bih=925&prmd=imvnse&source=lnms&tbm=shop&ei=IYm4T87rN8SniAKVyf2fBw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=6&sqi=2&ved=0CIQBEPwFKAU

ECnAZ said

MuchMoreThanMuscle said

My meal had more than ninety grams of protein, 161g of complex carbs and twenty-eight grams of fiber.

Hope you stocked up on the Charmin..

LOL!

Actually, since I eat a sixteen ounce bag of beans nearly everyday I don't go to the bathroom with the runs. But I do fart a lot.

metta8 said

MuchMoreThanMuscle saidVegan chocolate?

Is it any good?

https://www.google.com/search?q=vegan+chocolate&hl=en&biw=1680&bih=925&prmd=imvnse&source=lnms&tbm=shop&ei=IYm4T87rN8SniAKVyf2fBw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=6&sqi=2&ved=0CIQBEPwFKAU

Thanks for the link, but what do you think about it? Have you ever had it?

I know that I have tried a few of them at the Natural Products Expo....some of them were pretty good but I don't remember which ones. They have so many chocolate companies at those things offering all kinds of organic and natural chocolate.

I tend to like my chocolate in very small high quality doses.