Vegan for a Month

Since November is national, (or not even national but international, which makes it even cooler,) vegan month, there's no better time to try to eat a vegan diet. I've tried it before, for a few days at a time, but always end up giving in to my cravings for chocolate, which I always seem to be surronded by a surplus of the non-vegan kind, and the fact that it's the day after Halloween doesn't help with that right now, or cheese, which I always have a drawer full of in my fridge.

But this time's going to be different.

I've stocked up on tofu, tempeh, and textured vegetable protien, though of the three I've only cooked with tofu before. I have plans to go to a speciality store on Wednesday, and pick up some products that I can't find at the regular grocery stores, like nutritional yeast, silken tofu, (they only sell the firm block kind where I do most of my regular shopping,) and flavored oils.

My vegan cookbook shelf, though small, is growing. I only have four cookbooks that are all-vegan, Vegan with a Vengeance, Urban Vegan, Skinny Bitch in the Kitch, and the Vegan Cook's Bible. Vegan with a Vengeance is the only book I haven't gotten a chance to use yet, but I bought the ingrediants tonight for both the tempeh sausage, and the Brooklyn pad thai. I also have all the ingrediants needed for the pumpkin-oatmeal cookies in my pantry, so if I get a chance to bake in the next few days, I'm going to make those too.

I'm actually really looking foward to this next month.