Fact: Being Vegan can be really hard to do!

That meal does not look very appetizing..

We recently as a class went to this volunteer program that makes vegan meals for the community. We were lucky enough to get the chance to cook one of the vegan lunches. For lunch that day we ate kale with sesame oil as the dressing, squash, and black bean brownies. I'm not going to sugar coat it most of it did not taste very good. The squash was okay because it actually had sweet flavor to it but the brownies were soft to the point it tasted like batter and it was very bitter form the black beans. The kale was not soft enough and was far to bitter for my taste. It was interesting to learn how to make a vegan meal. I didn't know there was such thing as black bean brownies! After eating this I realized how hard the transition must be from eating a meat based diet to eating vegan. The flavoring of meals is completely different and if you ask me being vegan makes your meal blan and boring! I think it would be difficult for vegans to have a wide variety of meal choices because it's so limited without any meat products or products that come from animals. You would definitely be eating much healthier than the regular meat dieted person. You would not have to worry as much about certain health problems that come with eating too much diary, or meat. I believe that being vegan could be healthier for you but at the same time there are facts proven that you need meat as a protein and some dairy products to help build and keep bones strong. All though it has even been said that milk and the calcium in it actually weakens our bones over time due! SHOCKER! There are many apposing arguments to both sides but i think anyone who is a vegan eat much more healthy products compared to others. It would be really difficult to become a vegan and you must be really committed. Applause to all those vegans out there!