Dear Em,
I think I'm giving up on getting my kids to eat a vegan "whole foods" diet. It's been 5 months, and they still hate everything, complain all the time, and refuse to care about the treatment of the animals they so desperately want to eat. And, frankly, it's been expensive to buy all organic, all vegan food, and I'm cracking down on our budget again. So, my new goal is to feed them as cheaply and healthfully as I can (don't ask me which is more important; I'm honestly not sure at this point). I found a fabulous website called $5 Dinners: http://www.5dollardinners.com/frugal-food-for-large-families/ and it is my new favorite blog. Aside from this one. I'm choosing not to think about the beef we gave away earlier this year (it went to good homes) or the $5 salsa I was addicted to (I found $1 Fareway salsa in a can which is kind of scary but still tasty).
I don't think I can do the meat thing, and John still wants to lose weight, so we are going to become cheap vegans (I think that means beans, rice, and grass clippings). I did have a Noosa the other day and it was like heaven...dairy may make a comeback at some point. I experimented with drinking yesterday's coffee warmed up in the microwave this morning, and it's pretty good. Then I had a bowl of cereal with 1/2 almond milk, 1/2 water and it was better than you would think. We're switching to oatmeal soon, so I'm eating cereal like crazy until it's gone (I might be the only person on earth with a cereal addiction). We're going back off pop again too...we've had a month or so of drinking it again, and I think we had our last can yesterday. Sniff.
If you have any ideas for cheap eating, let me know. I'm willing to try anything except Ramen noodles and bugs.
Love,
Al
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