VeganMOFO-Education systems and it's evil evil ways

Attending university has forced me rather violently to see the many ways in which our education system force-feeds us an awful food relationship. From the first day that "hot lunches" were brought into my grade 3 class room, Mc-Donald's burgers, Pizza and Subs on Thursday.

Poor food, prepared in advance reheated and chemically treated served up as the only option from an early age. I remember being watched by teachers, there to insure everyone ate their food. Choke it down, and I don't want anymore was not acceptable, because growing boys and girls needed their "nutrients".

On-wards to school cafeterias who's healthy special consisted of fat sausages on white buns and a salad. Ice berg lettuce and greasy fries, and it's no wonder people developed negative relationships with food. Being forced to eat the same things day in and out, nothing is ever really cooked. It's heated and torn from its packaging.

Thinking back to the way in which food was present in the education system it really shouldn't be that surprising when in High School confused students genuinely inquired about turkey and fish not being part of my diet. (They actually had no idea turkey was meat) Honestly thought, when would a kid from the suburb raised on fast food, boxed KD and cafe food witness the growth of a tomato? Pick a carrot from the ground and eat it? Watch a slaughter? Have any part in the creation of their own food?

University is not much better, the food is given an air of variety by implying a rotational menu and offering vegan "food" stations consisting of goey veggies and grains covered in thick sauce. It's a real wonder and miracle people move on to have such profound relationships with food at all. I find myself day in and day out losing the desire to eat, because really what is there? Eating has becoming the same chore it was back in elementary, with a stern teacher standing over demanding that you eat everything down to the last bite. Eating is a necessity, but with dismal options and pre-cut, re-washed, re-heated, day-old slop... who wants to?

It's gotten to the point that even going out to eat, with real food has become tedious. I need to eat but the desire and bond is gone. I'm afraid someday I will stop looking forward to having a kitchen or being able to cook again. It's funny how much effort is put into the appearance of health and wellness or aesthetics of these campus wide food establishments, always telling you to eat a healthy variety, 3 meals a day, while doing nothing to provide you with those options.

In many ways I feel extremely bad for all those children who will grow up without a vegetable garden, seeing carrots as grainy orange sticks that come from plastic bags that taste like chemicals. Because really everyone deserves to feel the love and joy that comes from growing, cooking and creating something to fuel your body. something good and tasty, to take pride in and enjoy. Far too many are denied that joy.

I tried to start this thing off with a nacho recipe and pic

But my PC hates the internet and it died halfway through.
And now I'm at work, so instead I'll start with a classic but boring food diary.
One to show my lazy ass that I really do need to start eating, and cooking and lay off the junk and shit (you know eat some veggies with the veganism and all). Also to show some web folks what a lazy ass teenaged vegan eats (Note: Most of the time I will not be recomending that any vegan eat the way I do, because I am a lazy ass and sometimes forget to eat. I hope to fix that with this blog tho).

Also I'm wordy.. and I ramble.. so this may get intresting or boring.. depending on your view point.

Ok to the point.
(Today is the worst example to start with because I was in Emergency until 4am and had work at 9. Basically a friend got hurt at the metal show we were at, a concusion but it was all good.)
B: My mom made me a lovely whole grain bagel with toffuties moza cheese (vegan) and slice tomatoes with salt, pepper and garlic.
Which I'm eating now at my desk, and a swiped a big ass class of really fucking old coffee from the coffee pot. It was cold so i nuked it for 30 seconds, which made it luke warm.. and I think I added some brown sugar to it.

L: all day I'll be muching on things I brought with me (last minute grab shit and run out the door)
May include:
Rest of the tomatoe vegan cheese bagel
Another bagel and some pb
A green apple
maybe more PB ( I brought a whole jar of crunchy)
Water (lotsa water after the coffee)
A spotted banana
Salted peanuts
And I have like 6$ so not sure what I may purchase with that.

Well the water in the building is out so no toilets (joy -_-), they just delivered portapotties... for the mall +800 people who work in this call center, plus whoever is in the other 4 call centers. Ew.
Anyways, walked to sobeys and spent 1.96$ got some cheapo tv dinner white pasta and tomatoe spice sauce (vegan.. but not exactly healthy) and a white roll. Cheap and filling to say the least, I also bought lays plain chips because I enjoy the grease. Still got enough to buy some choped fruit or veggies later.. maybe.
I did eat the apple tho.
Ok, my noodles are getting cold.