Day 2.2: A Vegan on the Go

Today, I went out to hang out with my best friend and with my dad since my fiancé was working tonight. I was worried that I would not be able to keep to my diet because in the past my friends and family have not been super supportive of it. My best friend nearly got herself in trouble when she nearly crashed her car, and wanted me to do our driving around since she was a bundle of nerves. I took advantage of my being the driver and we went to PuraVegan, a vegan café out in Forest Park. I mentioned on my Facebook page that there were these incredible looking raw vegan caramel apples, with caramel topping made from dates, as well as carob nibs, hemp seeds, and pumpkin seeds. I bought one of those beauties and a sweet potato pasta (it's a raw café, so everything is raw) and I just loved everything I ate. Even the mushrooms they used in the pasta were incredible, I'm not sure what kind but I think I'm a fan of mushrooms now. :-)

My dad has found out about my food allergies and my decision to go vegan, and he surprised me today with dinner at this fancy restaurant called Prasino, which serves both vegan and conventional meals. I saw the vegan tacos and the vegan sushi and both of them looked really good, but I decided to go with the vegan tacos with chorizo-flavored seitan and pico de gallo, with some avocados in them as well.

Don't they look awesome??? This is 100 percent vegan.

 

It was definitely a different texture and flavor than chorizo, but man was it good. I left the restaurant feeling healthy and energized. That is why I love vegan foods, especially ones with a lot of protein, because you end up feeling sooo good after you eat. Not that bloated gross feeling you get when you eat a lot of meat and dairy. And so far so good with the gut, it is very happy with me. :-)

 

My Facebook page is doing rather well. In doing Girl on Fire: From Underdog to Beastmode, I learned a lot about how to get the word out about my pages. I enjoy new viewership that wasn't there before, and I just love meeting like-minded vegan folks, since besides Arch Vegans here in StL I don't have a lot of vegan friends. :-) I am looking forward to getting hooked up with Arch Vegans again and getting to know some cool people through this page as well.

 

I hope everyone has a good day! I'm just going to dither around a bit on the intertubes and watch the end of the Joyce Meyer broadcast (it's an obsession, really, lol) and then study for chemistry. Be blessed and enjoy the journey!