Vegan Eating…
Changing eating habits after years of pizza and goodies!
I never used to be a healthy eater. I can recall toasting mini bagels and bringing the butter in the living room with my while I ate, because God forbid the butter melted and I couldn’t see it. Every Friday, my family would order out for pizza. I opted for the chicken parm sub and a two liter bottle of Mountain Dew, which I would without a doubt, drink all by myself. It wasn’t until last year that I discovered Mountain Dew has vegetable oil in it, so I wonder how much damage I did to my stomach over the years.
Fast forward over ten years and here I am trying to change my eating habits. I’m not a huge girl, but I could benefit from losing 10-15 pounds like most people. This weekend, after much pestering by a friend of mine, I finally watched the movie Forks Over Knives. This video chronicles the benefits of a whole-foods, plant-based diet; decrease in cancer, less risk of diabetes, increased energy. Who wouldn’t want that? It was time to change my habits for good.
Yesterday I made two awesome recipes! The first was a quinoa salad of sorts. Simple and delicious! My husband said he didn’t like it, but he went for seconds, so I think he lied.
When my stepson arrived from his mom’s we immediately started baking! There is nothing more enjoyable (and aggravating at the same time) than baking with a four year old. Inevitably, there will be flour all over the floor and counter, not to mention all over each other. I decided to make some vegan chocolate chip cookies. Yes that’s right: no eggs, no dairy. But the question is…are they good?! They are so good that we managed to eat all but five of them in two days! We used a great recipe from VegWeb and substituted coconut milk for water.
And in the oven now… Vegan blueberry, chocolate chip muffins!
I cannot wait to taste them…. Happy (Vegan) baking!
