So that was awesome. I was a little iffy on the lack of POC characters in it-- everyone with a speaking role but the monsters/aliens was a white human being. So they could have done better on that front.
2) Outside of work, I have been mainly eating a diet of macro vegan food plus yogurt. Not vegan yogurt. But some vegan yogurt. I am not so fond of the soy yogurt, I think, but I had coconut milk yogurt and that was amazing. I have been trying a lot of different brands and styles. So far, my favorites have been Wallaby, Rachel's, and Liberté Méditerranée. I was disappointed by Ronnybrook-- Ronnybrook is a dairy in upstate New York that makes some of my favorite dairy products, and I bought one of their yogurts today even thought it was forty cents more than the Wallaby and 70 cents more than the Méditerranée, which was on sale. While the flavor was very nice, the texture was soupy. I felt like it might have been better over granola. Man, can someone be a yogurt nerd? Because I think I am turning into one. Méditerranée by far has the best, creamiest texture I have ever seen in a yogurt-- it is more like a very soft cheese. Wallaby makes a maple and a dulce de leche that are to die for, and Rachel's makes some very unique flavors like chai and honey lavender.
3) At work, today was asparagus day. Get that. Asparagus day. In our cafeteria, I mean, not the office. This meant that they had six different dishes available at the buffet, and ALL of them had asparagus. There was plain steamed asparagus with mushrooms, an asparagus frittata thing, orzo with asparagus and tomatoes, and three different asparagus salads-- one with scallops and spinach, one with fennel, and one with white asparagus and prosciutto. The sad thing was that the fennel one was by far the best, but it looked the least interesting, so I took the least of it. Oh well. But yeah. That was my cafeteria.
4) In case anyone was really confused, my post the other night was an April Fools' joke.
I could't do vegan, though. Even if I found soy cheese and alfredo sauce, I need real ice cream.
I heart yogurt.
I was surprised when I realized I'd turned into a semi vegetarion, though, because I would have said I'm way too attached to meat. Its just the meet I can cook for myself is usually not worth it.
Edited at 2009-04-03 04:21 am (UTC)
I think it might be possible over the course of years to be, with possible rare exceptions, at the lacto-ovo plus fish point. (Clams were my undoing when I was trying to be vegetarian, after all.) Right now, though, I'm concentrating on minimizing the white flour and HFCS in my diet, since I found out from my gestational diabetes experience that my body particularly dislikes white flour and John is finding that HFCS makes him pass out.
I actually avoid white flour, too-- I feel like it makes me too lethargic...I eat sugary baked goods sometimes but on a day to day basis the only white flour I eat frequently is in the form of English muffins. I do love those nooks and crannies.
*sigh* why is it so hard to get food in our food?
OH! If you want something fun and baked-goods-ish based on wheat flour, try Stroopwafels. Ever have those? :)
Also, I love making a yogurt bowl with french vanilla yogurt, chopped up applies, sectioned oranges and pecan nuts.
I found this one natural foods store that actually has way cheaper prices on more expensive food items than anywhere else. The Rachel's is still more expensive but it's about 50 cents less than it is in the regular grocery store. Same with the Wallaby. So I am stoked.
I noticed that about "Monsters vs. Aliens" too, and was impressed by it. A shame the movie wasn't better otherwise, though.
mom still swears by activia. me, i'm not so sure, especially given the logistics of some of the studies done on it.
Good for you, that was a good show. :D