This month's issue of VegNews contains a vegan bucket list - 99 things you must do, eat, and see. We're not vegan, but we've accomplished 17 of these items - well, at least our version (in red).
While most of their suggested activities sound fun (or worthwhile), I disagree with number 33: :"Join Twitter and Facebook, follow or friend a bunch of your non-vegan acquaintances, and send along great recipes, videos of cute farm animals, and timely vegan news." That's sure to annoy your friends and get people to "un-follow" you.
Our additions to the bucket list:
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| Sipping soup at Moosewood Restaurant |
2. Go on vacation to a vegetarian resort (or at least a vegetarian-friendly one). Nothing makes me more miserable than being on a nice vacation but having to eat crappy food (ahem, Greek all-inclusive). I don't really care where we go, but I'd prefer somewhere warm.
Now onto the VegNews list:
5. Eat a veggie dog from a street cart in Vancouver, BC.
Does Toronto work? I think so. Except we call it "street meat".
Does Toronto work? I think so. Except we call it "street meat".
9. Perfect a signature tofu scramble.
Done - my version is yum yum yum.
12. Splurge on a beautiful Matt & Nat bag that you can carry with pride for many years to come.
I have two, in fact. Consider them an investment.
19. Veganize your grandmother’s favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. Then share with everyone.
Done! most of the cookies we make are vegan, and no one is the wiser. Eggs and milk are wasted in cookies anyway.
22. Become a vegan myth-busting machine—even if you never need to bus vegan myths.
Who doesn`t need to bust vegan myths?
23. Attempt to work out as hard as Brendan Brazier, Kenneth Williams, Tonya Kay, Robert Cheeke, or Scott Jurek.
Done! But haven't reached the same level of competitive success, unfortunately.
26. Give fun vegan gifts such as cookbooks, baked goods, Vegan Etsy jewelry, and wine every chance you get.
Done - for Christmas I gave my friend Rebecca some vegan body treats from Lush.
29. Try vegan ethnic food, such as Filipino, Korean, or Sri Lankan.
Have you seen our website? Korean dak galbi is one of our favourite dishes. Not to mention Mexican, Chinese, Thai...
30. Inspire at least one person to become vegan.
I'm going to go ahead and modify here. I'd like to take credit for helping at least one person go vegetarian...but I've helped a heck of a lot more move closer to a vegetarian diet by seriously cutting down their meat eating.
38. Don’t judge meat-eaters. They’ll just stop listening to you.
So true. That is, if they ever listened to you in the first place.
42. Help the environment by opting for a bicycle or running shoes over a car - not sure what this one has to do with vegetarianism...but...I'll take it.
46. Start a balcony herb garden Done! Thougth we've since graduated to a deck.
49. Rekindle your childhood love of PB&J. I eat PB & J in my oatmeal several days a week.
50. Create something that helps humans feel compassion for animals: a video game, children’s book, ‘zine, novel, movie, or blog will do! uhmm...ahem.
64. Become a vegan hostess extraordinaire by throwing holiday parties, brunches, bonfires, barbecues, fondue nights, and so on.
Yes! I don't cook meat at any of my get-togethers. Last week we had some friends over for dinner - roasted veggies with tempeh (instead of tofu), couscous, bread, cheesecake...uhm, no compalints there!
92. Attend (or, even better yet, have!) a vegan wedding. We got married last year and had a totally vegetarian wedding - butternut squash soup, roasted veggie stacks with goat cheese, curried lentils, anchovy-free Caesar salad, and apple tart.
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