The Beginning...

Hello Fellow Vegans, Prospective Vegans, and those that are just curious!

So I had been a vegetarian since I was 9 (I'm now 31 1/2). In June 2008, I decided to take the plunge and delete everything animal related from my diet. I tell people that ask why I became vegan that I was having a bad human week. I subscribe to the Humane Society and ASPCA and so I had gotten wind of some animal abuse that had happened and of course that insane marine that tossed the puppy over the cliff. Ugh! If you don't know what I'm talking about, don't bother looking it up, it will just depress you.

The dairy industry is also unbelievably cruel. Being a huge animal lover and animal rights advocate, I decided I could not participate in any of the insanity that goes on in the animal-food industry and still be able to sleep well at night.

Several people I know have watched the documentary Food, Inc. and they said it has made them want to look into being a vegan so although I haven't seen it yet, I am recommending this movie for those who want to know the truth about their food and who need some motivation for completely changing their eating habits.

Oh and by the way, if you didn't know, eating meat is extremely environmentally damaging so even if you're doing your part by recycling, not littering, etc, eating meat undoes all of your efforts just by the sheer amount of damage to the environment by raising livestock (but please keep recycling anyway!).

Hoping this blog will give good restaurant and menu suggestions, recipes, alternatives to animal based foods, etc. so that those of you that are vegan will find this resourceful and those that are on the fence might come and join me in reducing your carbon footprint and making such an impact that the world will be all the better because you were in it :)