Thanksgiving

Alright well I am back at it. I was gone for a minute but I am dedicated to writing and having my voice heard. My thanksgiving was great. I ate some really good vegan food. I wonder does anyone out there know how to make vegan dressing? I am going to try this Christmas but we shall see how it turns out. I am very nervous about it. Yea I have a couple of cookbooks options I can use. I am thinking about using the vegan crunk recipe. A topic of discussion a while ago was vegan and perfection. I stated to myself, I was going to talk about it but I never got around to writing the post. So here we go. I wonder is it even possible to obtain perfection in anything? I believe in God and the good book states there is no prefect human. The good book states we all fall short of the glory. So even in veganism is perfection possible. I don’t believe so. We live in a world that is not perfect and as a human being we are not perfect. It is interesting that a community that is supposed to be about compassion struggles with being compassionate at times.  I think in order to encourage people to become vegan, plant based or more aware of what they eat. Love and compassion will be more encouraging than anger and hate. That my little two cents on the issue. Back to the vegan dressing, if someone has a good recipe, please share it with me?

Alright well I am back at it. I was gone for a minute but I am dedicated to writing and having my voice heard. My thanksgiving was great. I ate some really good vegan food. I wonder does anyone out there know how to make vegan dressing? I am going to try this Christmas but we shall see how it turns out. I am very nervous about it. Yea I have a couple of cookbooks options I can use. I am thinking about using the vegan crunk recipe. A topic of discussion a while ago was vegan and perfection. I stated to myself, I was going to talk about it but I never got around to writing the post. So here we go. I wonder is it even possible to obtain perfection in anything? I believe in God and the good book states there is no prefect human. The good book states we all fall short of the glory. So even in veganism is perfection possible. I don’t believe so. We live in a world that is not perfect and as a human being we are not perfect. It is interesting that a community that is supposed to be about compassion struggles with being compassionate at times.  I think in order to encourage people to become vegan, plant based or more aware of what they eat. Love and compassion will be more encouraging than anger and hate. That my little two cents on the issue. Back to the vegan dressing, if someone has a good recipe, please share it with me?

Just Saying

Well the foruth of July went well. I ate some banna pudding which was not vegan.  Everything else I consumed was vegan. I am moving towards prefection but I do not believe such a thing exist. I did stop over the weekend at a food truck here in Memphis called the Raw Girls.

 I picked up two of their smoothies. One was the raw girl buzz which has coffee, maca root, raw cacao, chaga mushroom,chia, vanilla and sea salt and coconut nector. It was delicious. I love their food and drinks. I buy from them when I am near their area. I live in Mississippi right outside of Memphis. So I go to Memphis often. If you are ever in the area you definatly have to check them out. I will be traveling and my goal is to eat vegan and on this trip. My other goal is to eat totally vegan for the rest of the summer. I have some snacks I have brought along for my 6 hour drive. I have some almonds. I brought the smoothise this morning to help me along. I will more than likely stop in Jackson at their whole foods and pick up a couple more snacks. Wish me luck, I will be talking to you guys soon.

Social Gathering

Does anyone else struggle with eating out especially when you identify as a vegan? I find it very challenging to eat out and enjoy gathering. I have learned some tips and tricks from various bloggers I follow. I still find it challenging. I still find myself feeling left out at the party because no one knows what exactly to make me or how to accommodate me. I guess it is a good time for an educational moment. We had a retirement party for my coworker and there was no food there for me to eat other than crackers. This party took place a couple of weeks ago. I ate the crackers and did not give into eating the rotel dip. I think I did pretty good.  I follow the brown vegan and I love her stance that this lifestyle is not about being prefect. I guess that was my struggle before with going vegan is that I felt like I needed to be perfect in it. I realize that perfection is not obtainable in anything that I do.  Let’s see how it goes when I have to go down on the gulf coast in a few weeks.  Any good suggestions for traveling while being vegan?  

Transitioning from vegetarian to vegan

I become a vegetarian for health reason. I relocated from Chicago to the midsouth six years ago this month. When I relocated I had made up my mind I would go strictly vegetarian. I had always had an interest in being a vegetarian. It intrigued me. I found myself exposed to the lifestyle more and more as I went through college and grad school. I have stuck  with it and had some bumps in the road honestly. So the new journey is going vegan.  That has been challenging for me for a number of reasons. Let’s start with I had let go of drinking milk years ago. I am not even really in love with cheese actually.  I find myself struggling in social situations. I do not buy or cook with any dairy products or meat. I have been in situation where I have had no food options.  That has been hard for me to deal with.  I am still learning how to deal with these situations and always being prepared. My goal for this year is to become a TOTAL VEGAN  bY the end of the year.  So we are starting this month with this vegan plan.

Welcome to The Vegan Spirit!

This blog is my journey into not only becoming a better person, better writer, and a better Christian; but adding my voice to the conversation around veganism.