I grew up as vegetarian but turned vegan in 2014. It was a decision I made after watching a documentary on the treatment of farm animals. It broke my heart and I quit egg and dairy overnight.
Here are some documentaries: https://nutriciously.com/best-vegan-documentaries/
If you’re new to a vegan lifestyle, please make sure to include a variety of veggies, fruits and fibre into your diet. Also, include a vegan-friendly multivitamin (and/or iron pill especially for females) into your daily supplements. See a doctor before making any major changes. The last thing you want is to be nutrition deprived.
For vegan restaurants: https://www.happycow.net/
If you want to check whether your alcoholic beverages are vegan-friendly use this site (there is an app as well) although they may not all be listed: http://www.barnivore.com/
Vegan recipes – Food
Channa (chickpea) masala curry (coming soon)
Cookie dough oatmeal breakfast (coming soon)
Molagootal (Chayote squash gravy)
Peanut Butter Tofu Veggie stir fry (w/ brown rice) (coming soon)
Rajma (kidney bean) curry (coming soon)
Vegan recipes – Dessert
Three-ingredient frozen chocolate bites
Oatmeal coconut choco chip cookies
Vermicelli Pudding (Chocolate flavour)
Vegan recipes – Drinks
Strawberry-banana-soy milk smoothie
Want some help with a vegan grocery list? Here is mine…
- almond/soy milk
- fruits (bananas, apples, oranges/mandarins)
- frozen fruits (great for smoothies)
- peanut butter
- steel cut oats
- bread (vegan certified or 100% vegetarian certified)
- frozen veggies (corn, mixed vegetables, broccoli)
- spinach, tomatoes, cucumber, coriander, onions, lentils, chickpeas, kidney beans, ginger, carrots
- instant noodles (chow mein 3 minute), instant spinach noodles
- tofu or soya chunks
- hummus
- roti, brown rice, pasta
- soy sauce, sriracha hot sauce, mustard
- nutritional yeast, unsweetened coconut shreds
- olives, pickles
- peanuts/almonds
I have many Indian spices, turmeric, cinnamon, black pepper, and salt.
If I get lucky and find more veggies in the discounted section of Walmart I’ll go get the bell peppers, mushrooms, zucchini and anything else! Yum!
Junk food treats
- multigrain tostitos chips
- unsalted corn nuts
- veggie straws
- spicy sweet chilli doritos (although I have been keeping away from these for a while now because of the sodium content)
- Voortman’s chocolate chip cookies
- Vegan ice cream (So Good, Ben & Jerrys)
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