About Me!

So, thought I'd be selfish for a bit and post about myself. I promise, the next post will be food-related.

Basically, I'm a 16-year-old vegan who loves to cook. I'm never sure whether to be complimented or insulted when one of my omni friends tells me something I made doesn't taste vegan at all. I decided to start this blog to share some of my recipes, food tips, and anything else that has to do with food, with my friends and (hopefully!) other vegans.

Most people ask me why I'm vegan, and how I came to be vegan. Though I was raised omni, when I was ten, I decided to try vegetarianism for a few weeks just for the fun of it. But when my aunt and grandparents expressed doubts that I would really be able to stick to it for more than a day or so, I took it as a challenge. I really didn't start to think that eating meat was wrong until several months later. Five years later, I watched an Oprah show on the treatment of dogs in puppy mills. At one point, Oprah (or someone else) said "My god, those dogs are being treated like livestock!" I was shocked - it was okay for cows and chickens to live like that, but not dogs? The next day, I went vegan. Since then, I have come to believe that it is wrong to use other living animals for food, in any way.

Now, about this blog. I go to a residential high school, so I have to deal with the same issues as vegans in college do. My goal with this blog is to offer recipes and advice that are easy and cheap. And when I say easy and cheap, I mean it. I hate it so much when cookbooks or people say that a recipe is easy or cheap, and you end up needing a blender, food processor, microwave, and oven for it. I usually have less than $20, which needs to last me a couple of weeks. The only tools I have at my disposal are a dull knife, small cutting board, bowls, silverware, a microwave, and a small cookie oven. That's it. So I promise to be as honest as I can with my recipes, with the hopes of helping some other poor, starving, or just plain lazy, vegans out there.

One last thing before I sign off is that I don't eat honey. Now I know that there are vegans out there who do eat honey, and I respect that. Though I do consider honey an animal product, I understand why some vegans may eat honey, and I don't think that there is a purely rational argument against eating honey, since it's more an issue of belief.

With all that said, I bid goodbye for now.