Vegan Diet Day 3 Summary • 10/05/07

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Wow, what a day! The gas has decreased and overall things are moving more regularly “down there.” For breakfast I had a responsible serving of leftover beans and an apple with natural peanut butter.

tofu and mushrooms

For lunch I improvised a dish that I will call “Tofu, Fall Wardrobe.” I pan fried extra-firm tofu, mushrooms, and garlic in olive oil seasoned with salt. Then I put it on a bed of spinach with a dollop was also craving sweets today and popped into the Vitamin Shoppe on Broadway and Astor Place to pick up a vegan snack bar. While in the store I inspected the ingredients of various snack bars and found three that did not have meat/dairy:

three snack bars, reviewed

Organic Northshore Smackers Chocolate Coated Spirulina Patties, $1.29
180 calories, 8 grams fat, 23g carbohydrates (of which 12g are sugar!) 4g protein.

Organic Optimum Rebound Energy Bar, banana nut matcha and flax flavor, $1.39
190 cal, 4g fat, 33g carbohydrates (20g sugar,) 10g protein.

Organic Food Bar Active Greens Chocolate, $2.49
310 cal, 15g fat, 35g carbohydrates (24g sugar,) 12g protein.

Of the three I liked the chocolate-coated spirulina patties best because it had the highest ratio of chocolate-to-healthy crap. I think the manufacturers coated them in chocolate because the spirulina is an unappetizing green color. But despite the gnarled-spinach look it tastes rather pleasant, like amaretto. Also the patties had the lowest amount of sugar of the three bars.

I was not too crazy about the other two. The Rebound Energy bars were too sweet and I could not taste all the flavors, mostly it tasted like banana and I do not even know what matcha is supposed to taste like. Also it had that squiggle of frosting-esque sugar stuff on top of it so you think you’re eating a cupcake or something that you wouldn’t ever buy at the Vitamin Shoppe.

The “Active Greens Chocolate” bar was a trip. It had a granular texture that left my mouth dry and did not really taste like chocolate, despite its brown color. I wonder what makes the greens active. The texture combined with the name would almost make me feel like I was eating something healthy were it not so sweet tasting. Also there were these little crunchy things, I encountered it once every other bite. Like a rice crispy or a fried ant.


 

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