Mon 1st Dec.

Sally has decided to stick with soya milk on cereals, and I was already having it anyway before Vegan Month. So breakfast is the same as it has been for the last month.

We have coffee morning in a café today and I have soya milk in my coffee. However, it’s disgusting! I don’t know whether the coffee is too strong or what, but the result is not good. I won’t name the establishment!

Lunch is leftovers from yesterday, so that’s vegan.

Right, what about the evening meal? Nick and I have to go to Sittingbourne at 5.15 as Nick has a trial for the Kent Schools Football Association squad. So I need to make something we can have early and which can be left for the other two to heat up easily later. I toy with the idea of risotto, or maybe quinoa; then Nick asks if we can have pasta with tomato sauce and grated cheese. And yes, this sounds quick, easy and appealing. So it is that I have my first cheese for over a month. Ooh, it does taste good! I leave the plate of cheese separate in case Sally decides not to have any.

On returning, feeling very cold, Nick and I have yet more pasta. It turns out Sally did go for the cheese option. One of her friends has bought her some chocolates, not just because she can now eat them, but to say that she’s proud of her for sticking to being vegan. Apparently another of her friends, a vegetarian who also “did” Vegan Month, is planning on remaining vegan.

I think we know that we won’t be remaining vegan, but let’s see how the next few days go.