While this recipe isn’t ground breaking, I found it to be a very filling meal for dinner:

3 slices whole grain bread ~ 300 calories
4 slices Peppered Tofurky Deli Slices ~ 140 calories
2 slices Soya Kaas Monterey Jack style soy cheese ~ 130 calories
2 tablespoons mustard

I stack the sandwich like this:

1 slice bread
2 Deli slices
1 slice of cheese
1 tablespoon mustard
1 slice bread
2 Deli slices
1 slice of cheese
1 slice of bread

I also added some carrots on the side, which added another 70 calories. Total for the meal was 640 calories, but it was very low fat, high fiber, and super filling. You will feel satisfied, without a feeling of sloth than overcome you when you eat a huge meal full of simple carbs and raw starches.

Just a couple links to stories about the benefits to eating vegan. Less animal fats lead to less cancer, not to mention it’s better for the environment.

Soul Times

Huffington Post

Post Chronicle

Taipei Times

For the record, I am of the opinion that human activity can effect our climate, but I don’t believe we really know what will happen in the future. Irrespective of the science of “global warming”, I see no reason that we human should pollute and use more resources than we need. I think using our resources as efficiently as possible is sound policy. On that basis, I’m promoting the vegan lifestyle as an environmentally friendly and healthy way to live. Once you’re on a low calorie vegan diet, you can’t believe the amount of energy you have!

I found an interesting article in the New York Times discussing “farm” subsidies that greatly effect the price of healthy fresh produce versus unhealthy soft drinks, milk, and meat. While soy is mentioned as a subsidized crop, the article suggests that it’s mainly for fat, not the protein. While I do benefit from the subsidy of soy bean crops, I would gladly pay more for soy products, if it meant the country would pay less for fresh fruit and produce.

Check out the article here: http://www.nytimes.com

My apologies if the New York Times link causes problems.

From the Daily Californian:

http://www.dailycal.org/sharticle.php?id=24535

“Emily Thurston is a category one cyclist. She is also a vegan.

Thurston, a Berkeley resident, rides with Team Vegan, a Bay Area cycling team working to change a perception that athletes need animal products to perform at their peak. The team, part of the nonprofit organization OrganicAthlete, is the first elite cycling team in the United States whose members exclusively follow a vegan lifestyle…”

One thing I noticed when I became a vegan was an increase in energy and a feeling of “quickness.” This doesn’t surprise me at all.