I recently turned vegetarian (again). I have no trouble eating meat, but a week ago we bought a baked chicken from Winn Dixie. I couldn't help imagine that it had once been alive. I think it was because I saw the whole chicken instead of the bits and pieces that I normally eat.
We looked up some recipes, and bought some vegan foods. I want to list them and how they tastes for future references.
I also want to talk about the struggles I have, and anything else due to vegetarianism, because I feel like this is a unique experience. I've only been vegetarian for one week, about a year and a half ago. maybe two years. One week isn't enough to really feel the heat, and I wasn't in school so I didn't have any trouble with that. Hopefully this will last a long time.
Also, here's a recipe I want to try, but I don't feel like opening a word document to save it in: (vegan chocolate chip cookies)
2 cups unbleached flour
2 tsps baking powder
1/2 tsp.salt
cinnamon to taste (optional)
vegan chocolate or carob chips - put in as many as you like
1 cup raw sugar (turbinado #1, sucanat works too but sucks up a lot of the moisture)
1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup water
Vegetarian Food Log
Amy's Quarter Pound Veggieburger:

This was okay. It was easy to make. You could microwave it for a few minutes, but we followed the grilling instruction. I sprayed it with some olive oil so it wont stick, and dad went out and cooked it on the grill for a few minutes.
It looked okay. Much smoother than real beef. Kind of squishy.
I put some pickles, mayo, mustard, and ketchup on it, and took my first bite.
It was...different. Okay, it wasn't good at ALL at first. It had a unique taste. But after awhile, I couldn't taste that part anymore. The pickles really helped, and if you piled some vegetables and other things, it would probably taste awesome. It kind of tasted like bread at the end, and when I let my dad taste it, he said that it was "okay".
When I looked on the website, they have tons of other ones. I'd like to try some 'Cheddar' veggie burgers.They're all vegan and organic (:
Amy's Veggie loaf:

This one was pretty good. You just pop it into a microwave for..two and a half minutes, I think, after slicing the plastic wrap. Then you "turn" it, and I don't see the point of that because my microwave already turns.. uh anyway. so then you do it again for two and a half minutes, and ta-da. you got yourself a veggie loaf.
The mash potatoes and the corn and peas were okay. the veggie loaf tasted like turkey stuffing, but with gravy.
I would buy it again.
Amy's Cheddar Cheese Burrito:

This was amazing. You just pop it into the microwave for like, two minutes on each side, and then you're done.
It's delicious. I didn't taste the cheddar cheese, but it had all these vegetables and stuff in it that were amazingly good. If I stop being vegetarian, I'll still probably eat these.
The only thing was that there was a little too much tortilla, but I just peeled some away.
Hot Bean Soup:
This wasn't really..a recipe or anything, but dad had those 15 kind of bean things, and cooked them. then he added seasoning.
..It tasted like beans and seasoning.
I wasn't too fond of it, until he put cheese on it. Then it was pretty good. I went back and sprinkled some feta cheese on it, because I loooove feta, and it made it even better.










