Oatmeal? !!!

I would just like to point out how extremely productive I have been these last few days. Did stats assignment twice, applied for two internships, posted for ENVS, am writing a paper for economic development, hung posters, went for A GLORIOUS walk through the Riverview forest and down the waterfront. Met some urban ducks. They aren't afraid of anything.

For breakfast, I had a bowl of oatmeal with nut butter, jam and soy milk. Paired it with some grapes and cantaloupe, and washed it down with good ol' Yerba Mate.

It's been a while since I've eaten oatmeal. My understanding of the mucilaginous cereal is that it is generally thick, hot, and too much for me to eat. No so, at the Bon. I slurped (a horrid verb) it down much too fast, and I was glad my oatmeal had jam and nut butter in it, because it would have tasted like a warm bowl of nothing otherwise. I couldn't taste the good oatmeal-y flavor, which is one of the aspects of oatmeal I actually enjoy.

I don't know if I will be eating oatmeal in the Bon again, but if I do, I'm certain I will be adding jam and nut butter again.

Lunchtime:

Oooops...forgot that feta is most def not vegan. This is an interesting project, because while I probably know just as much as any vegan on this campus about what is and is not vegan, I keep messing up anyway. It's just this mindset that comes to me when I have so many options, and I forget to even acknowledge veganism. The grilled cheese last night was a choice I made, but today, when I was consciously trying to avoid dairy and eggs, I STILL couldn't do it.


And dinner...chili and salad, with vegan carrot cake with "cheesecake" topping. I'm so skeptical of vegan desserts. In my mind they are generally less healthy than desserts made with wholesome eggs and butter...but the Bon just does such a good job with them. It's hard to resist. HOWEVER, if I can resist the normal desserts, I can most definitely expand that to the vegan ones too. Grab an apple and slather it with nut butter, will ya?