Tag: vegan

Moving On

Friday, November 29, 2024

Today is post-Thanksgiving and Black Friday, the annual hottest sales day. The department store where I work part-time opened today at 6:00 a.m., four hours earlier than usual. Luckily, I wasn’t assigned to work mega-early, but I will work this afternoon in my old stomping grounds, the Jewelry Department.

My Thanksgiving Day was pleasant. Free from my outside job, I handled some property needs before joining friends. In my transition toward becoming a vegan, I opted for salad and soup. Those were plenty satisfying and supported my program.

I have chosen against making a sudden complete shift to veganism. My freezer has stored foods that aren’t vegan and that I don’t want to trash. I’m totally ready to go vegan, but with groceries nowadays so expensive, wasteful tossing feels sinful.

Dear Friends: Enjoy shopping today, and soon again, the Christmas sales. Diana

Chicken Love

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Since it’s getting colder outside, I’m dusting off my trusty slow cooker. I will combat this period’s tiring darkness by arriving home from work and finding comfort food at the ready. My first brew will be chicken with rice and vegetables. As in ancient ads, my dinner will be, “Umm, umm, good!”

Recently, I elected to combat increasingly higher food prices by becoming a vegan, except for eggs. My flock of chickens provides eggs and is treated humanely, so I’m not inner-conflicted about calling myself a vegan and eating fresh eggs.

It’s odd, right? Being a vegan while anticipating a waiting chicken dinner in my slow cooker?

Here’s what happened: While scrambling around in my refrigerator and pantry for strictly vegan foods, I discovered many edible meat-based foods on hand. I considered discarding all those but felt doing that would be mega wasteful.

My rationale for going vegan is to avoid ever-heightening prices for both real and lab-grown meat-based foods. However, becoming a vegan must be on hold until I have used up everything stored, edible, and soon unwanted.

Dear Friends: Wasting is sinful, and I can’t, but transitioning should be easy. Diana