So I wanted to take a few moments and share what I ate today. Today was the first day of the vegan diet, and it was awesome. I am getting help from Phillip (magentaradio on 2p2), he is preparing all of the meals and is a super cool guy. My initial plan was to do this for a 2 week trial, but I could easily see this lasting for the entire summer. I felt great eating everything, and it was all delicious.

In other news I have been pretty busy in the last week engaging in much debauchery in my first week in Vegas. Lisa came into town, and all my roommates were here so we were going out a lot. Joe had a couple girlfriends from jersey fly in and we went out a ton. Was a great time. My favorite night was a date night where Lisa and I went to go see The Phantom of the Opera at Venetian, then did the tasting menu at Valentino's. I mentioned that in my blog, and it was probably one of the best nights of my life. Anyways, here is the first day of me being vegan.

Day 1 of veganism.

¾ cup cereal : buckwheat, sunflower, quinoa, pumpkin seed, almonds, all sprouted

Cinnamon banana almond milk: 2 cup almond, 4 cup water, 2 dates, 1 banana, 1 tbsp cinnamon, 1 tsp celtic sea salt, yielded 6 cups used 1.5

16oz green veggie juice: ½ zucchini, 2 carrots, ½ cucumber, ½ beet, 3 cups kale, 2 cups swiss chard, ½ lemon, 2 oranges, ½ grapefruit, 1 packet green vibrance, yielded 44oz used 15oz

Workout

PWO smoothie : 2 scoops vega protein blend, 1/8 cup coconut water, 2 cup almond milk, ½ tbsp agave, 1 tbsp hemp seed, ½ pack green vibrance

Young coconut : the juice/water only

'pasta' : squash, zucchini, 3 mushrooms, 3 tbsp red pepper, 1/3cup pesto, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, sprouts, 2 flax crackers

Pesto : 2c basil, 1/2c arugula, ¼c miso, 1c walnut, garlic, 1tbsp flax oil, 1 tbsp hemp oil, 5 tbsp olive oil, 1 tsp agave, 1 lemon, yielded 2 cups used 1/3cup

Kale chips : cashews, nutritional yeast, apple cider vinegar, salt, scallions, red bell pepper, garlic, water for the sauce, dipped kale in it then dehydrated it. Tasted like Doritos, was delicious.

Apple mix : 1 braeburn, 1 gala, 1 fuji, 1 red d'anjou pear, 1/2c walnut, 1 lemon, 1/2c almond, 1/2c pumpkin seed, 1/2c raisins, yield 4 cups, ate 1/3 cup

Dinner: 1c quinoa, ½c broccoli, 1/3c onions, 1/4c swiss chard, 1/4c bell pepper, 1/4c mushrooms, all steamed

Miso sauce: 1/4c scallion, ginger, 2 tbsp agave, 3 cloves garlic, 2 tbsp miso, 1/2c sunflower, 2 tbsp sesame oil, 1/4c water, yielded 1.5 cups, used 1/4cup

Strawberry mousse pie

Mousse part : 2c cashew, 1 lemon, 1 lime, 2 tsp agave, 2 dates, 1/2c coconut water, 2 tsp vanilla, 6 strawberries, 1/2c chia

Crust : 2c almond meal, 1/2c walnuts, 3 dates, ¾ cup coconut water, 1 banana, cinnamon, 2 tsp vanilla, 2 tsp agave, pinch salt. Yield whole pie, ate 1/8th

-David