Friday, October 31, 2008

Vegan MoFo Day 31 Happy Halloween!

It's a beautiful day here in NYC, and I clearly don't get enough exercise. So tonight I decided to walk from work on Wall St. to Grand Central on 42nd St. If I wasn't hungry, I would have made it the whole way. Instead I stopped in the Whole Foods in Union Square to grab a Larabar, but ended up buying a shopping bag full of groceries. I needed veganaise and nutritional yeast anyway and I wanted to try the Vega stuff since I just read the Thrive Diet by the vegan triathlete.
So with my now heavy bag of groceries, I took the subway the remaining 28 blocks. Then in Grand Central I remember I need olive oil, too, so I went O & Co (pricey, but awesome) and got a nice grassy bottle of olive oil and some balsamic vinegar.

All in all not a bad decision, but my adventure emphasizes 2 things. I need to exercise more(I pay for a gym) and I really need to spend less money on groceries since I have a pantry full of things to eat.

So I'm making November, the month of the pantry. Let's see how long I can make it without going to the grocery store.

6 comments:

Tara said...

Good goal! I definitely need to limit my trips to the grocery store as well. Good luck!

the little one said...

Great idea! I'll be interested to see how this goes!

Amanda said...

Cool idea! I may have to try the same thing. Assuming I can find a million ways to cook black beans; I don't remember starting to hoard them, but somehow I seem have a full shelf of them...

disabled account said...

i have done the same thing before with the pantry, but you still have to go to the store for your fresh produce.

Zoey said...

I am looking forward to seeing what you create with food that you have on hand.

Jen Treehugger said...

I've been doing the pantry thing for a few weeks now - ignoring fresh veggies that is. It's amazing how many potential meals I already have in there!
Good MoFo'ing by the way.
:)