vegan babe

This is a video i watched on my hunt for good vegan diets and meals to make myself. Stumbling across this half warmed my heart and made me upset, wishing that i could have known my great grandmother and hear her stores of the great depression. I've never known anyone over the age of 80. however recently during a ceremony for 9/11, i met a world war 2 veteran and him and and i scheduled a date to meet and talk, he doesn't have a phone though, so it makes things an awful lot harder than it should be. i just want to sit and discuss the 50's and 40's over some tea is all, and hear the great stores of the times before me.

anyway, back to going vegan. we all know i love meat, i love steak, and chicken, and hamburgers and ribs bacon and all sorts of meat products....but i feel that it's time to make a change, at least for a little while. I'm basically doing a body cleanse, where i eat mainly vegetables and fruits. Breakfast would be my usual black coffee, or tea, apples, whole wheat bread and either some peanut butter or some avocado spread.
lunch would be, home made salsa, another apple (yum!) some pita chips and some cold chickpeas. dinner would probably be some sort of soup, i haven't exactly set out an actual plan for myself yet but that's what i have so far... and I'll be snacking all through out the day during classes and in between classes. i even keep a jar of mixed nuts in my locker...however they're far too salty..i have to buy salt free-unflavored ones.

Oh, and if you'd like to join me on my yummy veggie quest, here's a recipe i found and absolutely LOVE. its my favorite pasta dish. high in calories though, depending on how you make it.

• 1 pound rigatoni pasta
• 3 cups purchased garlic-flavored croutons, (about 5 ounces)
• 1/4 cup slivered almonds (about 1 ounce), toasted
• 1 cup julienned roasted red bell peppers
• 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

• Directions

  Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 8 to 10 minutes. Drain pasta into a large bowl. Place the croutons and the almonds in a food processor. Pulse until it becomes the texture of bread crumbs. Add the crouton and almond mixture to the hot pasta. Add the peppers and the olive oil. Toss to combine and serve.

it's awfully delicious. and can be served cold, so it makes for great lunch left overs if you bring a lunch to your classes.

oh and here's some vegan scaresuration music by one of my favorite singers.
i used to listen to her quite a bit.