The Mom who Mistook her Woof for a Ham

We went out to breakfast yesterday, and most of the group ordered poached eggs, hollandaise sauce, toast with butter, and ham. How to do a vegan brunch? Potatoes are good, but then it ends. Scrambled tofu and assorted veggies like spinach, mushrooms, and a spice mixture called zaatar- what is that?????? And last week, we had a bagel brunch with tofu “cream cheese” and vegetables on top. Pretty good, but lacking lox and his friend, real cream cheese.

So, here's the trick: stop trying to do imitation meats and cheeses! Embrace the total vegetable vacation! Grill eggplant, saute zucchini, roast portobellos, bake brussel sprouts, boil beets, and mash those terrible turnips until you get from the inside out that the wild vegan rumpus is really about vegetables!

Having said that, tonight's meal included soy mac and cheese, pretty decent, but I swear we are done with that track. We are in the Veggie Lane now, eschewing faux dairy products of all kinds. We are whizzing into overdrive with beans paired with grains like an old married couple, complementing each other, but still outstanding in their own right. I am looking forward to the next chapter.