Vegan is Variety

I am so picky when it comes to food. For most of my life, I have been been the unwilling dude from Green Eggs and Ham (who my Kindergarten students figured out is named Mr. Nox from Fox in Sox). As a person transitioning into veganism and now as a full vegan depending on one's label definition, I am so much more willing to try new things (though not something from a pig or chicken, no matter the color).

A Not Exhaustive List of What I've Eaten as a Vegan:

Rice Dream Chocolate Bar mmmm

Garbanzo Beans/Chickpeas

Brown Rice

Vegetable Fried Rice from Chinese restaurant

Samosas, chana pindi, and naan from Indian restaurant (future post)

Uh...tortilla chips from a Mexican restaurant

Packaged tortilla chips

Soy sauce

Briggs amino acids

Packaged pita bread

Frozen packaged samosas

Homemade potato and leek soup

Homemade humus (future post)

Homemade quinoa burgers (future post)

Homemade butternut squash risotto

Homemade vegetable risotto

Peas

Chex mix

Pretzels 

Vegan yogurt: soy, coconut

Lemon juice

Variety of herbs and spices

Spirulina

Pickles

Cucumber

Avocado

Cilantro

Tofu

Packaged brownie mix

Homemade cookies

Homemade vegetable broth

Homemade split pea soup

Homemade lentil soup

Kale

Variety of packaged frozen 'chicken' (future post)

Bananas

Olive, canola, and coconut oil

Almond butter

Sunflower seed butter

Almonds

Homemade pesto (future post)

Homemade pizza (future post)

Variety of vegan cheeses (future post)

Vegan milks: soy, almond, coconut, hemp (future post)

Coconut water

Vegan ice cream: soy, almond, coconut

Nutritional yeast

Packaged whole wheat buns

Spinach

Red lettuce

Carrots

Apples- gala, fiji, pink lady

Bartlet pears

Tomato paste

Garlic

Goji berries

Orange juice

Orange soda (Ok, it was one time and I totally regret it)

Homemade smoothie (future post)

Vegan chocolate chips, carob chips, grain-sweetened chocolate chips

Raw cacao powder

Maca powder

Variety of flax oils

Ground flax seed

Hemp protein powder

Agave nectar

Flour

Cane sugar

Triscuits

Canteloupe

Brocolli  

Tempeh

Cabbage

Sprouts

Homemade mashed potatoes

Ginger

Peanut butter

Variety of mushrooms

Artichoke

Earth Balance butter like substance

Popcorn

On my list of things to try:

Seitan

Textured Vegetable Protein

Sea Vegetables

That's all I can recall at the moment. Even after all of this, I still detest tomatoes, peppers, onions, and okra. Apologies because I am world's worst photographer. Anyway, these are some of the recipes I will be posting, but my hubby will eat anything so some recipes will go beyond my weirdly picky tastes. Lots more posts, to come, thanks for reading! I guess the take away message is eating vegan is not restricting and for me it has opened up new food opportunities.