Pete is heading in for surgery right now. He’s really nervous but if everything goes ok he should have a speedy recovery!

Here’s a bit of vegan stuff on our journey at the surgery center.

Pete wasn’t allowed to eat anything this morning but I thought it would be fun to post what Pete normally drinks for breakfast! It’s very vegan friendly with 4 bananas, 10 ice cubes, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries and blackberries! I top it off with chia seeds, cocoa powder and unsweetened almond milk. And yes, it totally looks like mud. Remember that looks aren’t everything!

And what hospital trip would be complete without checking the vending machine for something vegan for fun! I found, sadly, only a few items that were vegan!

Here’s the vending machine! Can you spot the items?

Ok that’s kind of like finding Waldo. Here’s my favorite option even though it’s not the healthiest one: Mini Oreos!

I’m pretty sure the pretzels are vegan also and most likely the fruit and nut mixes are too. There are two other questionable items that I don’t know about: the Gardetto’s Original Recipe snack and the Austin Zoo Animal crackers. It just goes to show you that you can’t trust the product is vegan unless you either know that it is like the Oreos or if you can read the label. It is hard to read a label in a vending machine when all of the labels are turned away from you.

I will look up more information on the products I wasn’t sure about and send another post to let you know if they are vegan or not!

Sara Sawochka