So, as a warning, you will be reading labels for many hours at the beginning of your vegan voyage. Things that "sound vegan" may really not be- filled with surprising additions like egg whites, dry milk, even powdered bonito (fish!).
We took a trip to TJ's about a week ago in preparation for the 30 day vegan journey, and $300 later, we walked out with bags full of meat subsitutes, which lo and behold, are not vegan. Friends who have done this vegan thing before scoffed at us for trying to subsitute tempeh chicken nuggets and tofurky for "real meat". They are kindly sending us recipes and suggestions of meals to make with combinations of corn and beans, and grains with names we have never heard of. Maybe in two or three weeks, we will get to those. For now, I will stick to my veggie burger.
Here's the real kicker - honey isn't vegan- the poor bee was just doing it's thing, but no, we can't eat it's delicious nectar for another 29 days. Go figure.
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