I'm starting a new diet. I'm going to call it the 'pantry diet'. The only guideline to this diet is that I only eat what is in my pantry (or fridge or cupboard, basically I'm trying to cut out all dining out). I am basing it on the simple principal that food I cook for myself is cheaper, but also the fact that I tend to be far more conscious about eating healthy when I can look over nutrition facts and ingredient lists, something that is generally impossible in a restaurant.

That being said, health is not my main concern here. I'd love to lose a little weight, but I am a lazy human, and when it comes to going for a jog or playing video games... let's just say that I don't run unless I'm being chased or I'm late for work. As I said in my previous post, I'd like to dispel some myths about veganism. One that misconception that I had is that being vegan is expensive, and while I don't really have a basis for comparison (before I went vegan I lived at home and groceries were taken care of my parental units), I've been surviving on a vegan diet with just a part-time job for the past seven months. I feel like I am proof that you don't need to rely on "cheeze" and "chick'n" to live a vegan lifestyle. I do admit that I'll occasionally spoil myself with faux meats, but that's another blog post entirely.

So today I'm going to end with a few photos of a recipe I love from Thug Kitchen. Thug Kitchen is a fairly new, hilariously profane blog about eating healthy, and while not specifically vegan, pretty much every recipe is free of animal products. I messed this one up a bit. I didn't hear my timer go off so I overcooked the filling a little bit, and I don't have a picture of the burritos all rolled up because I filled them up too much and I needed 2 hands to hold the thing together.