Today's menu:

Breakfast

--A brown rice tortilla (these are sooooooooo good...much better and lighter tasting than flour or

corn)

--A bit of shredded soy cheddar cheese (I'm at the end of the package and have purchase

shredded rice cheddar cheese for my next tries...ps. I just tried a bit of it today and found

it much better tasting than the soy cheese substitute...I believe Sprouts just started carrying

it and I hope this means the beginning of many more rice substitute products)

--Baby spinach

--Leftover soy churiso

--Homemade humus

...Damn...I should've added an avocado now that I recall all of the ingredients for my breakfast quesadilla. Oh well, next time.

During the day, I itched, as has been the case for about a week or so since I've started including soy in my diet. My tummy grumbled a bit, but not enough to keep me indoors. I had a lovely fall day shopping with my son, enjoying his company both inside and out of the house. A beautiful gloomy Sunday.

I didn't eat anything for lunch, which is abnormal since I started with all of this. I've come to realize that I need to focus on my vitamin and mineral intake via the foods that I eat and so I've been religiously eating at least 3, if not 5, times a day. But for dinner I made the following...an experiment which excluded soy and actually unexpectedly included a variety of root veggies which of course would be reminiscent of the season...beautiful fall. I love it. I cooked in tune with the season, in tune with what local farmers would be selling this time of year. Another belief and dream of mine...to live in accordance with nature. Here's what I made:

Dinner

--Roasted potato and sweet potato strips in oil, fresh oregano and basil (from my garden), sea

salt, fresh ground pepper, garlic powder (only because I was out of fresh garlic) and parsley

--Roasted organic carrots (with the same seasonings as the potatoes)

--Roasted bok choy (again, with the same seasonings as the potatoes)

More tomorrow...grrrrrr...now I just need to resume my walking, tai chi and exercise program. Everything's getting flabby despite the vegan menu. How is this possible? Ha. Just goes to show that it really does all work together. Well, for some of the less fortunate of us at least. So be it.