Today is the last of Veganuary. It’s the first time I’ve tried it, mostly out of curiosity. I’ve never considered going vegan as, I admit, I’m not a fan of some of vegan staple food/ingredients, such as soy milk or, even worse- coconut and coconut based products, yuck….. However, as I don’t eat meat and fish/seafood anyway and cut down on dairy products few months ago for health reasons, I got more and more curious about trying out vegan diet.
This is how it went….
- whoever said that vegan food is boring, has never tried these dishes:
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- Or those puds:
- I’m glad I tried vegan cheese, but I won’t be buying it again I think, although I thought it was better than I’d expected. I didn’t miss cheese too much, I have to say
- Soy based fruit yoghurts are really nice- plain ones, not so much as they’re too sweet for my liking. But if anyone knows a brand that produces plain, savoury yoghurt, please let me know!
- Soy latte and cappuccino, again, are better than I’d thought, although I prefer coffee with some cow milk. However, I’m not giving up yet and going to experiment with rice milk
- Talking about plant-based ‘milk’- I like one brand of soy milk, I enjoy rice one (although I mix it with soy as it’s a bit too sweet), I like hemp milk. Oat, not to mention coconut, don’t agree with me so much
- I’m getting more and more fascinated with vegan cooking and vegan baking. I would’ve never thought that vegan baking can be so easy and fun!
- I feel I’ve helped the planet, especially animals, even more by going vegan for a month
- I’ve learnt to pay more attention to food labels. However, I had a little accident once… When I cooked my red lentils and lemon soup, I added some vegetable stock. I never looked at the label, because I’d have never thought that veggie stock contains milk! At least this brand did. But why a veggie stock requires milk, I have no idea! So yes, I had one, unintentional slip up during Veganuary, nevertheless I think I’ve done really well 😀
- I’ve learnt to eat dark chocolate
- I’ve lost some weight without even trying and despite feeling more snacky than usually!
There are, however, still issues that I don’t fully understand- some not necessarily strictly related to vegan diet. For example, I’m not entirely sure why some vegetarian/vegan products are called ‘milk’, ‘cheese’, ‘chicken’ and so on…The only reason that this happens is perhaps trying to make some kind of links to products and tastes that people are used to. My vegan housemate seems to agree with me. Are there any other reasons?
Another thought I’d had during this month was what about veganism in other parts of the world, i.e. would it be possible to go vegan in those areas of the planet where it’s difficult to grow crops, fruits and veg? Or countries where people don’t overuse natural resources or kill animals to over-indulge, like , well, most of Western countries do, but to survive? How about nomadic tribes? I have lots of questions, but not a lot of answers yet…. However, I’d like to continue to learn more about philosophy behind the movement, which I’m pleased to say, seems to be catching on. I’m not rushing into gorging on cheese and other milk products as off tomorrow. But I am curious to see how my taste buds changed… So, although at the moment I’m not committing myself to be a 100% vegan to the rest of my life, I’ll carry on my Veganuary adventure as long as I can. And I’ll definitely be trying more vegan recipes 🙂