LouisianaVegan

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Hi! My name is Sydney Aileen.

(V-Day 3-1-2017)

I the day, because it was also Ash Wednesday the start of Lent in the Catholic religion. (From Ash Wednesday, until Easter Day we must give up something) Ever since I was little everything I've given up has been food related.

Candy

Cookies

Chips

Cake

In 2016 I gave up sugar for Lent and was amazed at how different food tasted, but after Lent was over I went back to my old ways.

In 2017 I struggled to decide what I could give up. After some internal struggling and a literal whim I decided to become vegan. The decision was definitely the hardest part about this whole experience. I had no preparation, and no idea what I was getting myself into. The first few weeks of adjusting were filled with headaches and overeating as my brain tried to comprehend what I was doing to my body.

There were a few slips along the way. I didn't know about whey, or gelatin, and I was seriously challenged by my coworkers.

As Easter came closer and closer, I began noticing the differences. I wasn't lethargic in the mornings, or in the middle of the day. I was eating less while feeling full. I started to dive into the plethora of information telling me what being vegan means.

Then came Easter Day.

My Mother had jokingly made me a vegan Easter basket, but as the day wore on I realized that I hadn't broken Lent.

I didn't want to.

I've always prided myself on my love for food.

Being from Southern Louisiana has ingrained some of the most delicious recepies into my DNA, but vegan? It was a joke.

"That's rabbit food."

Right?

I've been adapting recepies from my grandmother's cupboard and I've never felt better.

One day, I decided to tackle the largest vegan cookbook I can find. I challenged myself to cook every recipe in Robert Robertson's 1,000 Vegan Recipe, and on December 31st 2021, I finished it. 🤯🥳

Now I've started cooking through another set of cookbooks, have fun following along.

~~~ #LouisianaVegan