Top 10 Reasons to Give Up Pork

Top 10 Reasons to Give Up Pork

Peace Love Vegan ;)

Peace Love Vegan Facebook Group

Alot of my updates and such are in my FB group, join if you are interested or curious about being Vegan or Vegetarian or ARE Vegan or Vegetarian. I am still a #VeganInProgress!

I will still update here occasionally but mostly do everything in my group. Encourage to Join as well as bring friends who feel they are interested or curious as well.  

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

The Story of How a Turkey Became My Best Friend

Art for Animals

Art for Animals

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!

Okay now Im just being an Asshole

idk wtf I was thinking today but I had to stop at McDonalds for my bro two doubles and I got me a cheeseburger and strawberry/cream pie.

Which is so funny because when I volunteered today I was very careful and bought a salad with no meat/dairy and tortilla soup. I did add thousand island dressing. I really didnt want the vinaigrette stuff :/

idk why I did it. I no longer enjoy it and I no longer think of myself as a meat and dairy eater. Then why the fuck did I do it???

I actually sat there and thought about it before I did it. Back and forth and then I finally told myself it would be okay. WRONG!

But I still dont understand why I did come to the conclusion is because I dont like being denied and I have no self-discipline. But I have done great so far. So why fuck it up??? Its a Cause I believe in indefinitely. It took me a long time and a lot of guilt to come to the conclusion that I wanted to be a vegan. This was no overnight decision. This is no fad for me.  Maybe its letting go of who I was before or the new change in myself? IDK. I really dont know. But I think when shit like this happens it gets easier and easier for me to separate myself from it Ive noticed and I have lost 7lbs : D

I live in Utah, which is somewhat trendy with its Vegan food but not enough like LA or NY. We have a couple of specific vegan restaurants and options and we have a Whole Foods and a Sprouts. But we can still customize our food vegan still with no meat and no dairy. Just like any other fast food or restaurant place. I wish more food places would act as an example of Chipotle.

Anyway WORLD VEGAN DAY is coming up November 1st. I am also preparing my favorite holiday Thanksgiving Vegan Style. I just need to buy more sides. I cannot wait to share :) on here.

Chipotle Vegan Sofritas!

Before I begin, I would like to start off by saying IM AN ASSHOLE. Yes, I ate a piece of pizza today with pepperoni and extra cheese and at first I was going to remove the cheese and pepperoni but then just said FUCK IT. I also had 2 donuts. Im annoyed with myself but got back on the vegan wagon and moving forward again. 

I think it was because I am super stressed right now so I was in no mood to give a shit. Which happens. I am getting better at controlling it since I am still new at this. The reason why I admit it on my vegan blog is because I dont want to lie to yall secretly and we all make mistakes. I almost had a hershey bar but stopped myself.

Anyway what is pictured on the right is the new sofritas at chipotle! For a long time (before I decided to become vegan) I have always heard of how wonderful chipotle is and then I heard they are cutting out gmos and now I see they are adding a vegan option!

So I figured to try it all at once I would hit up chipotle and test it out AND try their new vegan option! It was perfect! :D

What is Sofritas your wondering right? Well Chipotle describes it as "We start with organic tofu from Hodo Soy that we shred and then braise with chipotle chilis, roasted poblanos, and a blend of aromatic spices. The result is a delicious, spicy tofu that will give vegans and carnivores something they both will love".

So with it I had it in a flour tortilla with green peppers & onion, pinto beans, brown rice, medium salsa, guacamole, and of course sofritas! DELICIOUS! <3

Boy was I Tempted...

Vegan Veggie Marinara Spaghetti for Dinner tonight

Boy was I tempted to have a hot dog before I had dinner ready...instead I ate the leftover veggie pasta I made yesterday...

Boy was I tempted to eat meat (ground beef) in my spaghetti...Instead I separated some veggie maranara sauce for myself...

Boy was I tempted to eat ice cream but instead had some of my Clif Bar.

Ironically, I have the worst self-discipline, but the longer I am Vegan the easier it gets. 

I still have plenty of VEGAN food to eat too. I have leftover vegan sloppy joes, veggie pasta, sandwich stuff, chikn patties & black bean vegan patties plus some Clif Bars for dessert.

It was hard at first, being the only Vegan in my household but I manage and I try to share my meals with my non-vegan family so that they can see it can be good without meat or dairy and I still get all my vitamins with a good multivitamin with iron, B12 & protein. No reason not to go Vegan. ;)  Even if you dont care for the animals going vegan is actually good for your health & the environment.

TIP: If you want to go vegan read the labels of your food choices it will let you know right away if there are any milk or any other dairy items in the product! AND non-dairy does NOT mean dairy free, its just a tricky word. 

Here are a couple of helpful articles I found this weekend about being Vegan on the Cheap (NOT a vegan article BTW ;) ) and living without Dairy:
7 Foods to Buy when Your Broke (#7 has a dairy free option)
29 Tips to Get Rid of Dairy (without turning to Soy!)