A little about me and Vegan Foodie & the Feast

I love food. There, I said it. I won't go into all the various reasons I became vegan and I won't get on my soapbox and tell you all the moral reasons that veganism is awesome. What I will tell you is that vegan food is delicious. In a perfect world vegan food would just be called food, but I think that's hoping for a bit much.

Often times people become wary when I tell them something they're about to eat is vegan. They don't know what to expect when meat and dairy products aren't involved and the idea of biting into tofu makes many people cringe. That might be why I like to play the "see if they notice" game and just not tell people until after the praise has been sung. The best part for me is when I hear "wow, I had no idea that was vegan! It's delicious!" I think one of the best ways to show people how great vegan food can be is to keep them from missing what they're not eating; and that's exactly what I had to do for myself when I first made the decision to stop eating animal products.

Warning: vegan food should be tastier than this!

Thankfully, when I made the choice to become vegan I already knew that I liked to cook and that this was going to be a long journey of relearning everything I thought I knew about cooking. It's been several years now and it's been a fun and tumultuous journey. I've made some meals that my omni friends beg me to make again and I've made others that the boyfriend and I couldn't choke down. I still experiment with food and, honestly, I think becoming vegan has made me a more creative and conscious cook. If you're reading this blog you're probably already interested in vegan cooking, but I hope there will be something that anyone who reads this can ponder; even if that something is just "wow, when I start my own food blog I'll be sure to learn something about what a blog is supposed to be and how to photograph food".

Please join me in my culinary adventures and follow along while I make my tiny Seattle kitchen look like my fridge exploded. The food isn't the only experiment here; the blog is as well!