Being payday, there's no need to shamefully tear out several of those food stamps while everyone in line watches and criticizes what we're buying with their tax money. We have cash in our pockets. The car will not get repossessed this month. The rent will get paid. The electricity will stay on. We may even have enough money to get cable TV this month. It's time to celebrate!
1. Beanee Weenees (made vegan style)
Being payday, we don't want to settle for just any tasteless can of beans. We can enjoy our meal with Van Camp's Beanee Weenee which includes real hotdog slices and sweet baked beans. It's chunky and flavorful like real food. And it has meat in it, so we don't feel poor.
To make this vegan I used 365 Everyday Value Organic Traditional Baked Beans and Lightlife Jumbo Smart Dogs with a tiny bit of maple syrup
2. Macaroni and Cheese (made vegan style)
No celebratory meal is complete without Velveeta Shells and Cheese. It's payday, so we can skip the cheap powdery stuff and go straight to the premium choices that have the creamy flavorful cheese package inside the box. This heavenly food makes everyone feel wealthy.
To make this vegan I chose Daiya Cheddar Style Deluxe Cheezy Mac and added salt.
3. Sweet Tea
The standard drink of choice in the south is sweet tea. It's usually home-brewed using tea bags, Dixie Crystals, and cloudy polluted tap water. The sugar is probably added to cut the bitter metallic taste of the lead pipes. Then it's chilled in the refrigerator, unless the electricity has been cut because of nonpayment. It's served cold in previously acquired peanut butter or jelly jars or old Mason jars.
The tea pictured here is Milo's Sweet Tea. I'm an uppity snob now, and I can afford to have other people make my tea for me. The jar was intentionally left unfilled in remembrance of the days when having something good to drink was a luxury.
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