Party Season and Vegan Diet

I have a party to attend tonight and there will be a wide variety of food but I am wondering what I can eat. Have gotten in the habit of eating a little before I go just in case there are no or very limited vegan-safe offerings.
Having a late lunch from local Chinese restaurant. They have a nice selection of both vegan as well as gluten free offerings(good for 2008). Will have a little "something" in my belly and be set while visiting and schmoozing. A good practice as Christnas and Thanksgiving approach
Tofu, veggies and rice will do the trick.

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Spent 20 Minutes Reading and Studying the Bulk Bins at Natural Food Store

Going GlutenFree as a Vegan may not be as challenging as I worried.

At the small downtown natural store I counted 15+ bulk bins of great grains that are gluten free and will make good staples and can be used for breads or crusts or other fun carbs.

Now I need to practice and get ready to change 44 years of habits as I back away from breads rolls and crackers. Now have to LOOK FIRST-Read and go to the next shelf as needed.

Marty

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A Bag of City Market ( Farmers) Goodies and a Crock Pot

This past weekend I made to our City Market ( summer farmers market) and loaded upon parsnips, radishes, beets, leeks, onions and other goodies. Got home and cranked up the crock pot and started some veggie/miso broth going on the stove and got to chopping.

Also had a fresh picked butternut squash and started chopping and rinsing and soon the crock was almost full and I added the broth a little more water, a cup of dried quinoa and sesame seeds and stirred and closed the lid.

Came out great and was delicious and is still 4 days later.

Thinking and Dreaming

I was thinking of food and future as we have decided to go gluten free in the new year as well as continue on our vegan journey.

So i started checking out some blogs and other related sites and will give links as I find fun stuff.

A favorite Vegan blog is http://eatair.blogspot.com/ . Of course not gluten free as noted by recent delicious picnic menu that included some (apparently) tasty fried seitan.

We also hiked over the weekend but were not so elaborate with our food. We brought some low-sodium veggie chips, soy yogurt with fruit and raw trail mix.

Now looking for vegan and gluten free sites and blogs.

harvest Season Almost Over- farmers market Over Soon

A large bulk of my weekly fruit and veggies come from a local farmers Market (City market in Charlottesville). Not sure what to do for winter.

There is a local retail space that is an outlet for a produce distributor and may have to serve for the off-season. Looking for organic at a reasonable price will all become an even greater challenge.

I have enjoyed the vegan diet and the fun of experimenting and playing with my food. Now we are looking into gluten free and after some review and research i am not as worried as I once as with such and effort. My biggest concern will be breads and rolls. i am in a 44 year habit of having bread, rolls, toast etc. Will experiment with the available products and maybe even make some of my own.