Good Days and Bad

Well, there are good days and bad.
Some days, I have no problem avoiding cheese, eggs, or meat products. Other days, not so much.
But today has been a good day!
I made a very tasty pasta dish with olive oil, toasted walnuts, roasted garlic and brussel sprouts.
My husband even liked it!

Maybe This Time It Will Stick?

So, a couple of years ago I started this blog to chronicle my "journey to health" through a vegan diet. Except, I pretty much abandoned the whole plan within a few weeks. I have found it difficult, I suppose, to adhere to a vegan eating plan because I'm the chief cook in my home and those I'm feeding are dedicated omnivores with no desire to even try vegetarian cuisine on a consistent basis, let alone vegan.

Here's the problem.

A few weeks ago, I was officially diagnosed with high blood pressure and pre-diabetes. My doctor is now making a change to a low sodium vegan food plan. His recommendation, so long as I follow it will (hopefully) control the first and prevent the latter from turning into Type II Diabetes. Well, that's the plan anyway.

My husband is on board in a way. His suggestion is to make a vegan meal and then add a meat protein on the side for other diners (such as himself).

Alright. I will give it a go.

Life changes. Old habits can be hard to kick. On the plus side, there are very few processed foods now in my kitchen, replaced with lots of fresh fruit, veggies, legumes, etc. Tonight's meal will be a homemade vegetable soup (he will have to deal with no meat a few days a week) and Olive Oil Bread from Isa Chandra's new cookbook "Isa Does It". BTW. You can find a recipe for Isa's Olive Oil Bread on her website, The Post Punk Kitchen. There's a link on the right.