Hello!

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the invite...this looks like a well-designed group...heck,

just from the pretty pictures flashing by as I read the group

description. Nice to see I'm Andrew, currently an ovo-lacto

vegetarian who has tried more than once to convert to veganism and

made it for a few days. Old habits die hard. My proudest moment was

three weeks, which included the Thanksgiving holiday and a visit by my

roommate's parents, who like to eat at places like Black Eyed Pea and

Applebee's...and I made it work!

 

Like I said, though, old habits die hard, and the first was my

tendency to not enjoy cooking. Hence, fast food becomes a major food

of choice and not easy to work with in terms of variety. In addition,

so many of my standby's include eggs or dairy that it was difficult to

work around that. Happily, I like soy milk, and the unsweetened Silk

works in everything I've tried. The first time I made mashed potatoes

with Xen (the soy milk with the panda bear on the carton...I've got a

soft spot for pandas, and who doesn't?) I could taste this sweet soy

aftertaste and I didn't like it. Silk is working out for me. Even

the regular, though I prefer the unsweetened personally (that's the

green carton).

 

Have I rambled enough? I look forward looking at the recipes and

getting to know everyone. Usually I have to go " special notices " and

just check in from time to time, because I can rarely keep up with

groups. Occasionally there's an exception, but usually those are the

slower groups

 

Thanks again for the invite, and nice to meet everyone.

 

Andrew