I am on the VEGAN 5 day Cornell Dining TEAM and I had a great experience this week dining on only VEGAN items . I am an avid fan of meats cheese and other dairy products to I was interested to see how our Vegan students ate here at Cornell Dining .  My first lunch was at Bear on North Campus and I had fresh baked pizza bread with herbs and a bowl of Vegan vegetable soup .I was very happy with my choices for my First meal . I could have also had a vegetarian burger and house made fries or a vegetable calzone but went with the vegetable soup and frsh baked bread ..YUM

Monday evening was Mardi Gras at RPCC and I always look forward to having some of my favorite items on Mardi Gras . Chef Hilda made it easy for all to eat wonderful foods from New Orleans . She had tranformed many items to be vegan and this made my day as I got all the smells and flavors of New Orlenas in my meal at RPCC .. Truth be told I really missed the grits and Grillades but after eating the other offering that were made with freshly ground spices and had so much depth of flavors I left happy  and proud to be working for Cornell .

I had more great vegan Meals at Northstar with Chef Harold and his skilled culinary TEAM.  Jean Tang made me a wonderful scrambled tofuand broccoli dish that would make anyone happy with flaovr added with fresh garlic and ginger .I could eat this all the time and be happy and satisfied .  Chef Cathy at Keeton House had a special on Wednesday evening called Wizard of Oz and had so many vegan items I was very happy Vegan creamed corn with soy milk was one of my favorites of the evening along with Vegan Apple Crumble .  I can see that it may not always be easy to eat Vegan but now my eyes have been opened by this process to look at every item and ask how can this be made for Vegans .Mashed potatoes are a very easy fix to make with EVOO and fresh herbs or roasted garlic or any number of other items to make the perfect mashed potatoes. We will look at food differently from now on. thats for sure .