Andrew Hello!

[Guest guest]

You will like it in here. You don't have to know a lot about

cooking. There are so many simple recipes to make. The hummus and

sandwich spreads are my favorite. Welcome in.

Holiday Peace, Joseph

 

 

 

, " Andrew " <awerling@g...>

wrote:

>

> 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

>