substitutes

 

I have been vegan for about 2 weeks now and it's easier than i thought. I guess also because I feel strongly about it, It's not a sacrifice for me to give up animal products. 

I have replaced

-milk with flax milk

-sugar with agave nectar (I know sugar isn't an animal product, just a health choice)

-butter with earth balance

-flour with rice flour (david is gluten free) 

-eggs can easily be substituted in recipes, but we have stopped eating them on their own

-Cheese I have just avoided this past week, Haven't even looked into subs yet. 

A friend gave me Alicia Silverstone's book "The Kind Diet" on being vegan and I have been devouring it!! It's really informative and simple. From what I've read so far I would definitely recommend it, I am consantly bombarding David with all the facts i'm learning. 

In the photo is a meal I have been making a lot the past week, I looovvvve it! It is spinach, quinoa, and pumpkin seeds with a vinagrette of olive oil, honey, and lemon juice. Topped with diced yams grilled with onions, and then sliced avacado. nom nom. 

Hey Hey Saturday

Oats & Apples

The other night I made a Vegan/Gluten Free Apple Crumble (subbing the flour for brown rice flour, and the butter for earth balance) for a family dinner. I was pretttaayy yummy. Lately we have been trying to eat more Vegan, and David is gluten free. Before I always found it impossible to cook for Vegan friends but since being more aware about our food, where it comes from/how its treated, It's easy to stay away from animal products. We've still been having cheese every now and then, and cream in our coffee. (Still trying to find a good milk sub) But there are a lot of really great organic/vegan foods out there. Suggestions?  

ma famille

Today in British Columbia it was the first ever "Family Day" a new stat holiday. Neither David or I work "real" jobs thats are effected by holidays or weekends but still we decided to take fulllll advantage of Family day. We slept in (the latest I've slept in a long time) Then we watched some prison break in bed, walked to the coffee shop, then came back home and watched more prison break. I'm a little embarassed to say that it is now 10:26pm and we are still watching it. But it has been a good day.

photo from instagram @bethanymenzel

ahhhhh.

I haven't posted in days. New years resolution fail. 

I've been busy getting back into doing a bit of hair, blogging over here, selling over here, and being a wife (except my house i really messy and I need to wash the beds) although tonight (don't want to toot my own horn) but i made a freaking awesome dinner! Salami & Truffle baked mac and cheese with chillies. yup. "I die"