Happy Vegansgiving!

Not sure where to begin so first lets start this is my first year Vegan.

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The Story of How a Turkey Became My Best Friend

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Happy One Month Veganniversary to ME! :D

Today is my one month Veganniversary!!! I cant believe I did it. I did admittingly slip a couple of times but the majority of my eating is Vegan! YAY! So happy! I am also starting a Vegan Challenge Group on Facebook in January to get others interested in becoming Vegan!

 

 

Gardein Fishless Filets are YUMMY!

I have always been a fan of seafood, when I lived in Mexico I had the best fried fish ever...with pico de gallo, corn tortilla, avocado, lemon and salt. I have always loved Red Lobster Sampler Platter too.

So I definitely had to try these as a Vegan and they were absolutely delicious and had the same familiar flavor as real fish!

I decided to make them as fish tacos. So I put them in the microwave for a minute, then grilled them on the stove for 5 minutes on each side. Then grilled my corn tortillas and then placed them on a plate on my corn tortillas with tomato, onion, jalapenos and avocado. DELICIOUS! ***Picture Below***

5 Droolworthy Recipes Made with Gardein's Fishless Filets

My Alternative to Hot Dogs Review

Let me first talk about Yves 'The Good Dog' looking at the ingredients I am assuming its a soy dog and I believe I had grilled it in the pan to give it maximum flavor and I am sorry Yves but it wasnt pleasant at all.

 It tasted rubbery. There was something else about the taste I didnt like neither. I couldnt finish it. Even though I added bun, ketchup, mustard, onion and jalapenos. It was a no go and ended up giving them to my dogs.

The next dog I tried was a veggie dog from MorningStar Farms. Now this time, I was hesitant about trying it because of what happened last time. It gave me 3 cooking options - grill, boil or microwave. Well, this time I decided to microwave instead of grill. It only took about a minute based on the instructions.

Now this time, I added just the bun, ketchup, mustard and jalapenos. It was actually really good and tasted very close to a real hot dog! A little relieved but also a little disappointed as this is more of a vegetarian product vs vegan. But I figure the less harm the better. :)

Vegansgiving

Ever since I could remember Thanksgiving has been my favorite holiday and not because of what we were brainwashed to believe but because of the food and time with my family.

Before I became a Vegan our Thanksgiving dishes consisted of the turkey, mashed potatoes & gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce, rolls and pumpkin pie.

This year, I decided to go Vegan and I am already planning on how to play out my Thanksgiving since I still want to celebrate and enjoy my holiday but with a conscious.

From what I understand Tofurky is not very good but Celebration Roast is. So I was lucky enough to pick me up one. This I found Herb stuffing with no dairy ingredients in it. I normally have mashed potatoes with mushroom gravy, cranberry sauce, rolls and pumpkin pie with it as well.

I will be sure to post my menu! :D

Bananas & Cream

My client (Im a self-employed homecare Nurse Assistant) eats regularly cut bananas with International Delight coffee creamer for breakfast.

I asked her about it she says she has always done it (she is 96 years old) and since I love to try new things I tried it myself (before I was Vegan I tried it the way she eats it) I thought it was alright.

Then since I now just LOVE Hemp milk, I decided to switch the creamer to Hemp Milk and it was just delicious! <3 I am now officially out of Hemp milk as of last night but I still have almond, rice and cashew milk left. :p But will be getting more today as well as some more avocados! :D

Later: Well, went to the store, the other store by my house (Smiths) didnt have Hemp Milk :( So I need to go to the original Smiths I got it from. I did pickup soy chocolate milk though and had a coupon.

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Adopt a Turkey

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idk how many times I have to say it but THANKSGIVING IS MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY! LOL!

At Thanksgiving, some adopt a Turkey instead of eating one per CNN

Anyway since this year I will be doing Thanksgiving Vegan style #Vegansgiving, instead of eating turkey I learned from my favorite FB Vegan Group about adopting one! I LOVE IT!

So I had my 11 year old daughter help me pick out the turkey to adopt and decided we are going to do this every year. : D

My daughter chose Gable, I cannot wait to get the certificate in the mail! : D

I said NO CHEESE!

I was on my way to work and a couple of times of week I like to have Del Taco Bean & Cheese burrito with red sauce and NO CHEESE. Normally they get it right. Before I was Vegan I used to have with cheese and add sour cream.

Well today IDK WHY but they still added cheese and I was fuming on my way to work, because I was in a hurry & went through the drive-thru and I dont want to complain for fear they will muck up my meal...so I ate it as is.

Then in the afternoon I finally decided to try Cafe Zupas since it was soup, salad and sandwiches. So naturally I got the Vegetarian sandwich but he worked on it so fast I didn't get a chance to say no cheese or pesto sauce (which I think had mayo in it) so again I ate it as is. Kind of annoyed and decided next time I will be more aggressive if I need to be to get my point across but in a nice way :D

Then I was thinking about how hard it is to get Vegan food anywhere. But at least if there are Vegetarian options you can always customize it even more. Which typically anything Vegetarian has cheese & mayo on it depending on what you get.

Now dont get me wrong, I love cheese like the next person but I switched to Vegan cheese which aint no different than what I used to eat. So today I basically today I ate like a Vegetarian :p

Potato Tacos........Hemp Milk

Last night my brother made tacos for dinner (including hamburger meat which I opted out of naturally) and he also made fried potatoes, chopped onion & tomato.

So I made myself a potato taco! On a flour tortilla with diced onion & tomato, some avocado and to spice things up I added tapatio sauce. I thought it was the BEST taco I have had in a long time!

I LOVE MILK! I say it all the time. So I have been trying to find a milk that I can TRULY enjoy as a Vegan! I have tried Soy, Rice, Almond and Cashew Milk so far...Soy was the best but now I have found and tried Hemp milk and I absolutely LOVE IT! <3

The best thing about being Vegan is trying new things and I have always been a foodie and its always fun to get creative and make new things especially as a Vegan. :D

My Favorite Vegan Foods...So Far!

CLIF BAR

 

Avocado Bagel Sandwich (avocado, tomato, onion, jalapenos, veganese, salt/pepper, bagel)

 

Oriental Ramen 

Silk Almond Milk

Smoothies and Juices 

 

HAPPY WORLD VEGAN DAY 2014!