One of my papers was pushed back a week, so that gave me a little breathing room. Still pretty swamped, though.
Today's diet: Lots of coffee (with soy milk and sugar). Out to Thai Express (a chain fast food thai place) and got takeout. They give you a crazy amount of food (as is the custom among our culture) so that was kind of my main mean of the day.
Dark chocolate bar with raspberry filling.
Also went out for Indian food with a friend, but I hate spicy food and wasn't that hungry so I just got this thing that's name I don't remember and a Ginger ale. Ginger Ale is awesome.

Soup and pesto

Quick entry because I have to get to writing this godforsaken paper.
I needed a quick meal the other day so I made pesto with cinnamon basil leaves and academia nuts. Blended with lemon juice, garlic and olive oil and stirred into whole wheat pasta. Picture above.
Yesterday I made carrot soup with fresh dill, lime leaf, and agave nectar.

Lunch yesterday: This was actually closer to dinner time but we went out for a late dinner too, so I'll call it lunch. I made Tofu Scramble (bottom picture), served with tomato and avocado slices, and toast with margarine and jam. I like making breakfast foods for not-breakfast.
The scramble I kind of invented. Saute half an onion and 3 chopped garlic cloves in 1 tbsp olive oil until onions are translucent. Add one chopped green pepper and saute another few minutes. Crumble up firm tofu into the pan and add garlic salt, onion powder, lots of dill (i like dill), pepper, and a bit of paprika. Let cook for 10 minutes, stirring every so often.

Dinner Yesterday: Went out with my mom and step dad and Aaron's dad and step mom to a fancy Japanese place called Fune. I got Vegetable soba noodle soup. Soba noodles are made with buckwheat. Aaron got an appetizer of assorted pickled vegetables and a vegetable maki set.

Breakfast today: Cornflakes and regular Natura.

Lunch Today: Vegetable sandwiches with soy creamcheese and a banana. (Top picture.) Sandwiches with margarine, soy creamcheese, tomatoes, cucumber, and garlic salt on toasted flax bread.

So school is trying to keel haul me. I'm working on not letting it.
Going to the Bombay Dreams warehouse rave tonight helped a lot. Even though it closed by the cops around 12.
Right now: Eating an apple. Can't go wrong with fruit.
Bedtime snack: Frosted flakes with flax seeds
The other day I whipped up some Jasmine rice with onion, peas, and celery. It's easy to make. You just chop up like a quarter of an onion (I added celery this time) and maybe some garlic and saute it with like a tablespoon or two of olive oil in a big sauce pan. Then you add like half a cup of peas, 1 1/4 cups of rice and a bay leaf and stir it around. Then add 3 cups of water and let it simmer uncovered until the water is gone. Finally, let it sit (covered I guess so it doesn't get cold) for 40 minutes. Add salt
That's all i got right now.

Stupid school

I have like a billion pages of reading to do right now. Seriously.
Along with trying to have a social life so I don't become a crazy hermit (this happened last year), that's about all the time I have so blogging has taken a back seat. Here's a picture of me on Halloween. I was an alien. ^^ I went to a warehouse rave with some friends. Much props to the Promise crowd, good party. The visuals were super and I liked the music. Unfortunately it got really hot and crowded around 1, but by then we'd gotten some good dancing in.
I've still got some good vegan ideas for you though, so don't despair.

I made a 9 Bean Soup a few days back. I'd bought this big jug of dried beans and such which has a recipe on the side for cooking it. Next time I make it I'm going to soak the beans first. The box didn't say to do that but the texture turned out all funny.

Yesterday I made Herb Potatoes from 'How it all Vegan.' Fresh herbs are freaking awesome. The only problem is that you never ever use them all up. These had thyme and rosemary (not fresh) on them.
Potatoes are so awesome. You can cook them so many ways (chips, fries, mashed potatoes, roasted, baked, in hashbrowns, etc.) and they're always filling and delicious.

I took my mom to Kensington market the other day. We bought some cute stuff. I took her to King's Cafe, one of my favourite vegetarian places. I got an eggplant dish. Eggplants are cool 'cause they soak up flavour. It was really tasty and satisfying.

I bought a pack of Oatmeal and stocked back up on soy milk. I also bought grapes, which are a great snack.

Aaaand on my way home I saw a guy selling organic stuff so I bought some onions. You always need onions.

Above there's a picture of the bean soup.

Not much to post lately since I made another batch of that Moroccan dish and we've mostly been eating left overs and cereal. I'm on a Cheerios kick right now.
Breakfast idea: I used to make Quaker's oatmeal with vanilla soy milk and brown sugar ever morning. I ate too much at once and got sick of it but I should pick some of that up again. It is tasty goodness.
Today was the zombie walk. Good times. I appreciate people's creativity in coming up with various zombie versions of just about everything. One chick had a fake pregnant belly with the baby's arm sticking out of her stomach. There was also a zombie Napoleon and more than one zombie Jesus.
Dinner: Afterward we went to the Green Room and I got a plate o'fried rice with tofu.
Dessert: I bought a Green and Blacks brand dark chocolate bar with ginger from the grocery store (Metro). It's got candied ginger bits in it and is probably my favourite kind of chocolate ever. They're fairly expensive as far as chocolate bars go (like 4 bucks), but it's way better to buy quality chocolate once in a while instead of crappy chocolate every day.

The other day my friend came over and we went to Subway. If you've never had their veggie patty you should give it a try.

I think I've done a fairly good job so far of demonstrating how many places there are to go out for food when you're a vegan. Off the top of my head there's Ethiopian, Subway, Japanese restaurants, Thai food, Green Room, Lick's, most places that have burgers also have veggie burgers, Middle Eastern places, Magic Oven, One Love, Full Moon (vegetarian Vietnamese place), King's Cafe, the Hot Box, the Pickle Barrel (they only have a few vegan things but they're good), and Fressen.
Obviously the number of available options changes depending on where you live. Toronto is very good for vegan food.

Thank you!

Thank you to yourworstfriend who followed the link on Reddit to this blog and says they'll use it to eat more veggies. It made my day!
Even if you don't want to go vegetarian, it's a good idea to eat more vegetable based foods and reduce your meat intake. Meat production is really hard on the environment so if you half the amount of meat you buy you're really reducing your carbon footprint. I think you'll feel healthier too. And you'll probably have more money.
Thanks again and I hope you continue to enjoy the blog!

Breakfast: Coffee with soy milk and raisins. (So I'm not big on breakfast, sue me.)