The birthday party went well. My little people were very pleased with the family effort. They helped make the cake and daddy decorated it with a picture of a dolphin and waves and a sun. We decorated with balloons and streamers and everything. I don't think she was disappointed at all with the fact that it was just "us".

The weekend went very fast. It was spent cooking in our pajamas. I think we have come to the conclusion that tofu isn't ever going to be a part of our vocabulary. I am finding it very hard to adjust to vegan cooking. I think this is primarily because I grew up on fried chicken and mashed potatoes with brown gravy and real butter. Eating vegan recipes with their unusual ingredients is definately an aquired taste. I have been doing this for awhile now. I have decided it would be best to save my time and money by just sticking to the basic veggies and fruit and store bought whole grain breads. I made some relatively easy recipes for green onion cornbread stuffing, vegan mayo and vegan "ranch" dip for veggie trays this weekend. All of which went into the trash. I don't think it is my fault. They just didn't taste like they should have. I guess I am just not willing to settle for food that doesn't taste good to me. I would rather just eat salads and veggie subs and skip all of that tofu crap. The stuffing would definately have been good had it been made with regular cornbread! The fresh spices and celery and onion rocked. It was the bread that I had to make to use in the recipe that was gross. So, that is my take on the whole thing. I would rather have to eat a product containing eggs than eat yucky food. I will continue to avoid that though.

The Nascar race came and went and I missed most of it because I was cooking :( Next Sunday we are just eating smoothies for breakfast and breadsticks and pizza sauce for lunch! I am sure my monkey and all my little people will be happy to hear that!

Posted by gwendolyn on April 09, 2001 at 11:20 AM