About half a week ago, I became self aware of my state as a piece of shit regarding the animal populations of Earth and their wellbeing. It was sparked by a video of animal abuse I saw online that I refuse to describe beyond serial-killer-level psychological torture to a poor, defenseless being.
I realize, there’s a set, and a mic, and props. This ain’t the first time, this has fucking followers and people will mimic it. We’re this shit as a species?! Where is the bottom? Is there one?!
I generally consider myself a fairly strong willed person, and my former diet wasn’t too dissimilar from dishes I could make vegan, so, I figure, why not? I saw Blue Planet 3. I know we’re fucking up. I had a few holdout food items but, pizza is my favorite food, and I believe replicating it will be fun. There’s apparently a few vegan roux recipes with some ways to mimic cheese flavor for mac and cheese. I’m into it.
Anyway, do share any tips with me that you wish you’d known when you started out. What’s a good brownie recipe?
I’d echo the tip previous, that vegan-substitutes for things (like cheese) are not going to be exactly the same, so don’t go in to things thinking “this has to be exactly like X”. Instead of cheese sauce, it’s just a really nice sauce made from cashews and potatoes and carrots and nutritional yeast.
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Also cravings fade with time. I used to think I couldn’t go vegan because I loved pizza and ice cream so much. Now I don’t really miss them. And it’s easier than ever now to indulge those cravings when you really want to, with all the great options now.