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January 16, 2010

Stacey

January 16, 2010 - stacey. Tags: Washington, DC

breakfast: waffles This is a very basic recipe. I didn’t have many ingredients in the house and I didn’t feel like going shopping.

Lunch: Vegetarian combo from Zenebech. I don’t think they have a website, but it is an Ethiopian restaurant in Shaw. Their food is cheap and delicious. The veggie combo changes based upon what they have, but it always includes split peas, red lentils, spicy red lentils (they are too spicy for me so I get something else to substitute for them), tomato salad, cabbage and collard greens. Of course it comes with injera.

I cooked a pumpkin I got off of freecycle. I baked the seeds with salt and baked the insides to make pumpkin puree. The “meat” of the pumpkin was really stringy so I wasn’t sure it it would work, but it did. I baked the pupmkin at 450 until it was very soft. I then put it into a food processor to make a puree.

Snack: pumpkin seeds, Cape Code salt and vinegar chips

Dinner: left over dumpling soup and left over sadza ne muriwo (seep post from 1/14/2010)

Drink: 1/2 mickey’s

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January 15, 2010

stacey

January 15, 2010 - stacey. Tags: Washington, DC

breakfast: I can’t remember, but probably oatmeal

lunch: Chipotle burritto with the garden blend. In general, I try to eat at non-chain restaurants. I am torn about whether to support a chain that is including and labeling vegan food on it’s menu. Thoughts?

snack: pistachios

dinner: from Whole Foods prepared food bar- quinoa, wheat berries, chickpeas, vegan chicken, tofu marinated in balsamic vinaigrette. Vegan food is labled at the Whole Foods on 14th and P st. In general, I am not a huge fan of Whole Foods. One reason, among many, is John Mackey’s (co-founder and CEO) view on health care.

drinks: UFO Harpoon’s white wheat (I need to confirm this is vegan. Barnivore’s source is pretty old) and a sip of Maudite (I am not sure if this is vegan..oops). I just emailed Unibroue who makes Maudite to find out. I also had some of April’s prune juice. This was my first taste of prune juice and it was much better than I thought it would be.

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January 13, 2010

stacey

January 13, 2010 - stacey. Tags: Washington, DC

breakfast: a lot of pistachio nuts and a banana

lunch; bread from Marvelous Market (I can’t remember what type of bread it was, but I read the ingredients and it was vegan) and leftover dumpling soup.

dinner: fish sandwich and shrimp with fries from Brookland Cafe I was excited to go there because they have “vegan Wednesdays” where everything on the Menu is vegan on Wendesdays. Also, they have additional vegan items that are not on their normal schedule. Sadly, I was informed that vegan night is not happening, at least not for the next several weeks.

desert: Ghirardelli semi sweet chocolate chips.

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January 10, 2010

Stacey: 1/10/2010

January 10, 2010 - stacey. Tags: Washington, DC

brunch pumpkin donut with oreo cookie crumbs and half a vegan burrito with sausage and mozzarella cheese from The Fractured Prune. The food was OK, not great. I was really excited to have a donut, but the donut did not taste exactly how I remember donuts tasting. The price was very reasonable. If I was in the neighborhood I would go back, but I would not go out of my way to go back again (except perhaps to support the fact that hey have a vegan menu). In the DC area, only the Fractured Prune in Silver Spring has the vegan menu.

dinner dumpling soup. The soup was based off this recipe, however I changed the recipe a bit and made my own dumpling wrappers (recipe). In the dumplings I omitted the chinese broccoli and the seitan and added in lemon juice, salt, tofu, and spinach. In the broth I added in carrots, broccoli (not chinese), green beans and green onions. I also added more water than the recipe called for. Overall, it’s a pretty tasty, light soup.

desert/pm snack Kettle brand salt and vinegar chips. I ate way too many and now feel sick. The only 2 brands that are easy to find and are vegan are Kettle and Cape Code

drink 1/2 Mickey’s beer (vegan). Although I am relying currently relying on barnivore to find out if beer is vegan, I am going to start checking for myself.

medicine still taking Cleocin Pediatric (seems to have vegan ingredients, although I’m sure it was tested on animals), but i’m almost done!

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January 8, 2010

Stacey- January 8, 2010

January 8, 2010 - stacey. Tags: Washington, DC

Breakfast- oatmeal with salt (I promise it’s delicious)

Lunch- falafel (maoz) sandwich from Maoz Vegetarian in DC (click here for the menu)

Snack 1- salad with black beans, carrots, red onion, celery and lettuce tossed in balsamic vinaigrette

Snack 2- a handful of Whole Food’s vegan chocolate chips

Dinner- homemade fettuccini (more info) and another salad with balsamic vinaigrette

Drinks- 1/2 of a 40 ounce Budweiser. I just realized that I have never confirmed that Budweiser is vegan. This blog has taught me something already. Before I drink it again, I will find out and report back.

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