Happy sunny Monday! I wanted to start a blog to track my exploration in veganism and compare stories/recipes/discussion with other like-minded people. I started my vegan diet on April 1st, so it's been just over 2 months now. I have already collected a few amazing cookbooks and found tons of blogs that I love to read.
One of the most important goals I have with this blog and my lifestyle in general is to show (others AND myself) how delicious an animal-free diet can really be. It seems that so many people think vegans eat nothing but vegetables and must be sorely lacking in protein. Untrue! From a nutrition standpoint, the average American gets WAY more protein in their diet than they need anyway. Plants like beans, soy and nuts all have plenty of protein for your daily intake and they are delicious when incorporated into your daily diet.
More than anything, though, I just wanted to keep a blog to write down my thoughts and discoveries as I go along this journey. I'm still very new at this and by no means perfect, nor do I know what my diet will be like in the future. I can only say that I am enjoying these changes now and I hope I can continue with them for a long time. I have been dealing with many digestive issues for several years and I finally decided once and for all I needed to clean up my diet to figure out how to prevent some of these issues. Veganism is helping a lot; I have felt a lot better with the elimination of dairy (cheese addict here!!), not to mention that I've added a lot of healthy things into my diet that I wasn't eating enough of before.
Welcome to my blog, and please feel free to share your thoughts and insights along the way!
The photo is a roasted portobello burger I've been making a lot these days :)
I'm not vegan, but a vegetarian. I admire your efforts to eliminate diary from your diet and wish you well however your future diet works out. Ultimately it has to work for you.
ReplyDeleteThis looks really good, I have yet to have a portobello mushroom burger.