What the hell does a vegan eat for lunch anyway?
After reading an article in the Bee last week which examined the new found importance of "frugality" in our crumbling economy and how economic crisis and penny pinching is extending into our lunch hours bringing back our old school companion: the brown bagged lunch.
This made me think about my own lunch standards which mainly compose of copious amounts of hazelnut coffee lattes and a few vegan cookies for good measure. In short, my lunches leave much to be desired not to mention the toll they take on the coin purse at the end of the week, a cool 25 dollars just for coffee! So thanks to the Bee's article I am left feeling a little guilty not only for my irresponsible lunch choices and wanting to bring back a little dignity to my diet which, being vegan you would expect to be full of green vegetables and granola, is instead a caffeinated mess.
I have made the decision to bring a packed lunch for lunch everyday and have been pleased with the results, me personally I have never really had a problem with a sweet little lunch time sandwich but given the circumstances of bagged lunch everyday of the week I decided to branch out and try to make new and exciting treats for myself each day for lunch. Kim chi baked egg rolls on Monday, Breaded eggplant sandwiches and chickpea curry and brown rice are a fraction of my week's menu.
Preparing a lunch for the next day is not only rewarding because you can make your money last, spending what you would on a single meal on a week's worth of groceries, but because you can feel accomplished for making so many adult choices that allow you to bask in the glory of your own unbelievable maturity and independence. It also allows you to pack yourself second helpings and still have a few dollars left to buy yourself a box of wine and celebrate our economy's decent into third world squalor.
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