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Vegan stint




Just like with everything, the first day back at something is hard.
Yesterday was my first day back at intentional Veganism (that is, to say, that intentionally eating only produce that doesn't contain eggs, dairy or meat). I went to sleep hungry, after demolishing a sweet potato with home-made organic tomato sauce and sweetcorn, and woke up absolutely ravished. I even tweeted Dominoes at around 2am, putting my troubles into words. Clearly, the folks at Dominoes weren't going to discourage me, but I made it!
Today was better. I went grocery shopping and bought a helluva lot of healthy foods. On the walk home, heaving under the weight of bags that were far too heavy, I had an idea.
The interwebs is full of vegan recipes- but none of them seem to be that accessible for students (i.e. perpetually poor and occasionally too lazy to even consider picking up a saucepan). So my intention is to occasionally put up cheap, easy and tasty Vegan recipes for all of you out there wanting to get into it, but are somewhat daunted by the big, scary world of alternative eating habits.
I was vegan for about 6 months earlier this year, and have been on and off before that. I can't honestly say I go vegan for moral reason- that's an added bonus. I go V because I enjoy the feeling of putting good, responsibly resourced foods into my body. And that, in turn, does my body the world of good.
I don't find cutting out meat and dairy too difficult (apart from the occasional NEED for pizza), and neither should anyone else. If you're interested in Veganism, I'd be more than happy to write about it for you- my experience with it, recipes and advantages vs disadvantages of short-term conversion. My feeling is that 4 months at a time is a good way of going about the eating habits, if you can manage it. Then phasing back in dairy and meat, should you so please. But it's down to you- any time upwards of a few weeks is going to be so beneficial to your body.
Again, the first few days are rough if you haven't done it before. You'll be hungry, tempted to shout at your vegetables and go, sit and eat cereal. Or order the biggest takeaway known to man. But stick at it- it's worth it!
Now excuse me whilst I go finish my vegan, raw apple crumble. Recipe to follow, but images are above!

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