SuZ Creamcheez

Okay, I'll admit it, I'm already having my doubts about this vegan business.  I mean, I love LOVE milk and I prefer to add half 'n' half to my coffee, and I'm fond of real omelettes with eggs and cheese, and I can't imagine a world without cream cheese!  Cream cheese: I love it on my bagel with lox, I love it in spinach dip, I love it with pepper jelly on crackers, I love it globbed on my finger.  And what about feta, pepper jack, aged cheddar, Jarlsberg, brie and cambozola? 

When I look on the labels of stuff I think is "safe," it'll have chicken broth or something that's a vegan no-no.  Yesterday, I was reading recipes for vegan cooking and they call for vegan versions of meat, cheese, mayo, and more.  When I think of a lifetime of giving up the real stuff, of never having a juicy beef burger or a fish taco or a chicken enchilada or creamed eggs on toast with those little bacon bits, I get kinda queasy and awfully anxious.  Can woman live on tempeh and tofu and beans for a lifetime?  Well, yes, I'll answer that, augmented with lots of yummy fruits, veggies, nuts, oils and grains... yes she can.  Okay, but would she want to?

Dadgummit, I'm gonna try this, as an experiment.  Not so much with the idea that I'll turn vegan for a lifetime.  But maybe I can be more vegan when this is all over, or at least approaching vegetarian.  I really don't eat enough fruits and veggies.  When I was caring for a patient in the ICU a while back, his doctor kept talking about The China Study.  He was passionate about it.  He'd say "if you only read one book, read The China Study."  He believed that diet was the main cause of disease.  Anyway, I know that if I took its message to heart, I'd probably end up being a vegan.  That much I know.  But... but...

Oh... I LOVE eggs benedict... Look, it's a kiwi! and spinach!