Baby steps

How do you tell someone your the big V word no not a virgin but a Vegan? This is the question my husband and I have been asking ourselves and seeking online for also how do we answer the question as to why we are and what sparked our change. Well first off i've been an on again off again vegetarian since i was in high school always for ethical reasons but i always approached it the wrong way eating a lot of processed junk. My husband on the other hand was a hardcore meat eater the redder the better. 2013 is our year of enlightenment our journey to veganism started at the beginning of the month we cut out all extremely processed foods and switched to only grass fed free range organic everything lucky for us this was not our stopping point! I had told my hubby that i wanted to stop eating meat because for one i felt like crap just awful and weighed down after i ate it (which I thought wasn't a good thing) and two because i look into the face of my babies (which are my 2 dogs and their 4 puppies and my 2 kitties) and think i couldn't do it I wouldn't eat them so I don't feel like I could eat anything with a sweet face. Although we are far from perfect   vegans as we have just began it's super exciting to see my hubby embrace this so openly (he is loving all the cooking and i'm not complaining!) as we speak he's cooking us some potatoes :) Wanna know a good way to start your decision on whether or not to try veganism watch the documentary Vegucated. So as of now when posed the question why on earth would you want to be a vegan? My response shall be this because since i've adopted this lifestyle I have a clearer conscience I feel better have more energy and have lost weight and a lot of my ailments are gone :) I do this for ethical as well as nutritional reasons. The purpose of this blog is to educate you as well as myself on how to live the Vegan life on a small budget doing it yourself! So you may be asking why is this called the diy vegan hippie well ask most people we know we are "hippies" we live in an old 83 rv to which we are remodeling as we speak I know this is not an ideal living  space for most people especially with animals but we love it! We did ask what ourselves i think every new vegan ask themselves when they make the decision to not buy any animal products is what do i do with all of my things i already own that have animal by products? at this moment we are working replacing these things and donating the rest :) onto my first diy project baking! Here's a picture of what I made tonight!

MMMMMMMMM Banana nut bread!

So I was apprehensive about baking because i was taught to bake  with severely processed junk so the task seemed daunting but once I started I ended up making 2 batches it was so freaking easy I love it! My husband also raved about it says besides his moms this is the best banana nut bread he's ever had :) So here's the recipe  

Banana Nut Bread (Vegan)

1.5 cup flour (I used arrowhead mills organic)

1 cup of sugar (i used full circle organic cane sugar) (which I would not recommend because of it being processed in  place that also processes dairy)

3 very ripe bananas

1 tbs vanilla extract (full circle organic)

1 tsp salt (organic)

egg replacer for 2 eggs ( i used applesauce 1/4 cup= 1 egg)

1 tsp of baking soda (bobs red mill pure)

1/2 cup of melted vegan butter (we use soy free earth balance)

(this recipe was found on vegweb.com)

Mix all ingredients with blender add nuts if desired and preheat oven to 325 F grease whatever kind of pan you want to bake it in and coat with nonstick coating (i just use more butter) bake for around 40 minutes (may take longer depending on oven and type of bake ware. the results are 5 out of 5 MMMMMs!

The best thing about this wonderful bread is people want you to share so I am I posted on my Facebook saying i'd bring some to whoever wanted to try it and 8 people said yes! so that's 8 people who will taste cruelty free food and that makes me feel really good! stayed tuned in my next entry i'll be talking about where we get our food and how to make cruelty free natural organic shampoo and conditioner!