February's Challenge: vegan, no caffeine, no sugar

Let the games begin! I'm doing the Daniel Fast this month because I can't sleep and am feeling fat. I'm also going to be traveling every weekend this month-- that will be the biggest challenge with being vegan.


Sunday afternoon, I went to EarthFare to stock up on my vegan fare. I raided their bulk food bins: red lentils, green lentils, french couscous, steel cut oats, kidney beans, pinto beans, black beans. They had such fabulous produce: kale, purple sweet potatoes, beets, red navel oranges, grape fruit, bananas.

Last night I met the Chief for my last cheeseburger (for a while) at Belmont Abbey's grill-- we both like it. A good time was had by all. This morning the health fest set sail. Oatmeal, oranges, pb&j. I was falling asleep coming home, which is not so good in rush hour traffic. But I caught my second wind when I got home and started cooking. I roasted beets, cooked some red lentil dahl sans onions because I was out of them, and roasted my purple sweet potatoes and mashed them with some coconut milk. As you can tell, I'm not in awe with my intrepid culinary prowess. I was even practical and cooked up a vat of oatmeal so that I can have some in refrigerator in the morning. I've learned so much of being successful with this is planning. This is going to be a fun challenge! I explained to my students that February is my least favorite month, and some of them were on board. However, this is definitely going to change the blah landscape that owns February, the cruelest month. TS Eliot was wrong.