So the vegan thing is still working out — today’s food log includes:

Breakfast: Rice Krispies with soymilk and a sliced banana
Lunch: Black Pepper Tofu Snacks, Safeway Mushroom Rice Noodle soup bowl, a handful of wasabi peas
Snack: toasted everything bagel with Smart Balance Light, herbal red chai latte with a dash of Silk soy creamer (I ♥ Trader Joe’s Red Chai — it’s rooibos tea with Chai spices)
Dinner: the hubby and I went out for sushi — I had green tea, an avocado and cucumber roll, a vegetable hand roll, and inari; simple and delicious

In other news, I also watched King Corn this afternoon after work (how did I live before Netflix?), a documentary about corn’s ubiquity in our lives, from corn-fed beef to high fructose corn syrup. It was interesting, but also somewhat disheartening — basically, the family farm is disappearing because of America’s need for cheap food.

It was also depressing to see images of cows on feedlots, awaiting slaughter (at least the cows grazing in the field looked like they were doing what cows are supposed to do). Anyway, I’d recommend it to anyone that liked The Omnivore’s Dilemma, or is interested in learning about American farm subsidies and/or where our food comes from.

And with my 40 days soon coming to an end as of April 12 (technically, it’s 40 days, plus the Sundays of Lent), I’m trying to mentally create my tactful conversation with my husband, explaining how I’ve been secretly vegan all this time. I’m not sure how he’ll react, but he’ll never be able to say that it would be impossible to “work around.”

As far as Easter eating goes, I’ll most likely bring some dishes to my grandmother’s house, where we usually have lunch. She usually has some dishes that are incidentally vegan, so I’m thinking about an appetizer (possibly VeganYumYum’s asparagus and white bean pesto tart), possibly another veggie dish, and a strawberry pie for dessert (I have to make up for my not-that-great strawberry pie from last year — I will not accept defeat!).

We usually have Easter dinner with my husband’s aunts here in town, but I’m not too worried about that as they’re pretty healthy folk. They usually have fresh veggies for apps, a big salad, and fruit for dessert. Besides, oftentimes, I’m too full from lunch at my grandma’s house, so I usually eat light for dinner on major holidays.