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Hello!
By jen | April 1, 2009
Welcome to my new food blog where I share with you my (mis)adventures in vegan cooking and baking!
I became a vegan permanently in January 2007 (after a few unsuccessful attempts) and have come a long way in my culinary abilities since then. As much as I enjoyed food, I was never particularly interested in cooking when I was an omnivore or vegetarian. When I became vegan, I was essentially forced to learn to cook for myself and boy were the first six months rough! I felt helpless, even with all of my newly purchased vegan cookbooks. I didn’t have any staple ingredients, hadn’t worked with most of them and I lacked the patience to even try. My diet mostly consisted of salads, Tofurky, rice and tofu and veggie stir fries. B-o-r-i-n-g!! And as much as I loved to bake, vegan baking seemed intimidating.
Since those first few months, something incredible has happened. I cook and bake nearly every day and I absolutely love it! I feel that veganism has opened a new outlet for my creativity and awakened my appreciation for food and food preparation. I love trying new recipes, experimenting with ingredients and sharing the results with my partner and friends. A domestic side of me surfaced that had never existed before age 26. (Anyone who has known me since before 2007 can attest to this.)
I read dozens of vegan food blogs every week and am in awe of all amazing recipes and photos – there is some serious talent out there! I hope to one day reach the level of all of my vegan blogger heroes, but in the meantime, I’ll be sharing many of my mistakes along with my successes as I continue to learn the art of vegan cooking and baking. I hope you enjoy the blog!
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April 12th, 2009 at 1:08 PM
Yay Jen!
I’m so excited for your blog!
Looks like some very tasty stuff (I’ll have to try out that fantastic quiche recipe this week if I can get out to the store for the ingredients.
I’ll pass your blog along to a few veggie and vegan people and we’ll start a little fan club for you
-Chrysta