I've been cooking.

I used my Diet Coke reward points to get one of those electric grills. I grilled slices of eggplant and then made baba ganoush (or however it's spelled). It tasted great but I wish it didn't have such a dorky name. I call it eggpant dip. I think being vegan would be much more popular if we could replace the name of some of our foods: hummus, tofu, seitan, tempeh, texturized vegetable protein, nutritional yeast flakes, soy milk. Thay don't have appetizing names and/or are too hard to pronounce.

I made lentil burgers, which turned out VERY well. I don't like the name, but there you go.

I made brownies that were just alright. I need to try again and alter the process I used to mix all the ingerdients. I think they were so flat because I over-blended.

I don't know what I'll try next...

Ethical Eating

My latest cholesterol count was too high (233) so I am officially giving up cheese and other high cholesterol food. I have joined an Ethical Eating Group at church and have signed on to a 21 day vegan plan at

http://support.pcrm.org/site/PageServer?pagename=21day_vegan_kickstart&autologin=true

I made my first health trip to the grocery store and bought greens, salmon (in envelope), tomatoes, walnuts, and I already have mushrooms for salads.  Also bananas.  Am I right in thinking alvocados have high cholesterol?  Also I bought no-fat dressing and some more soy yogurt.  Eating out will be my downfall but I am going to give it a try.