My REAL First Day As a Vegan- butternut squash and pear bisque

So I don't think this is a good sign but I went out to dinner last night instead of staying home and making lentil balls as planned.  I know I know I cheated on the first day :(  However if does make me feel better that I stuck to a partial vegan diet at the restaurant.  I had french onion soup without the cheese (I know it most likely contained beef broth but I don't abstain from that...I never have), a salad without any cheese or meat and lemonade.  Now the bad part is that I did pick at A's hot dog...I know I know...it's been the only "meat" (if you can even call it that) that I have eaten my entire life.  I picked up the bad habit when I playing on a traveling basketball team.  For some odd reason concession stands only sell junk food, don't they realize players will be eating their food!  I also ate some peanut butter "mousse" with peanut butter cups and a few bites of chocolate cake.  I am going to go ahead and assume that both of those deserts contained large amounts of dairy.  After that I felt terrible about cheating and I am going to do my best to be a good little (I hope) vegan.  I feel like I'm confession some sort of mortal sin!


Today went much better then last night.  I feel sort of strange posting everything I ate...sort of like telling a boyfriend each thing you ate while griping about being fat...it's just bad taste (I think Dane Cook had a skit about that).  So instead I'll just post the things I think you all will want to know about...the strange and exciting foods.  


Breakfast-  The smoothie I wrote about yesterday.  I refrigerated a batch and it was still just as good the next day.


During the day I really enjoyed having roasted vegetable hummus.  The kind I buy has chucks of roasted veggies in it and it has a nice kick.  


Dinner-  I made the best squash and pear bisque I have ever tasted! It was naturally vegan so I didn't have to mess around with substitutions or strange ingredients like soy cheese. 


http://www.food.com/recipe/pear-and-butternut-bisque-187207


I also had spring mix with cranberries, almond and straight balsamic vinegar drizzled on top.


At the end of the day I had consumed over 10 fruit and vegetable servings!


I am so proud of myself and I seem to already be feeling like I have more energy.