And the other thing I wanted to say is I’ve been mostly vegetarian for 20 years and my husband, who works away in the North with a lot of beef loving rednecks, did in fact become a vegetarian just to annoy his obnoxious coworkers

Awesome, enjoy!

I just watched this and it was excellent - very informative! This is the reason I'm here. I wanted to do more research on veganism and the female body since that documentary was primarily geared towards men.

I have, twice! I agree, it's great 🙂

Hahaha! Thank you, Rox!!! Thrilled you are loving it so much. If you like, leaving a review on Amazon or Indigo would be much appreciated, but no pressure at all. So happy you love it so much 😀

Thank you so much! I have lots of blogging friends but I don't really follow anyone as I like to keep my recipe inspiration unique 🙂

Hi Gaby! Thanks so much for coming!! The recipe I showed was my Melty Stretchy Gooey Vegan Nacho Cheese. I also have a Melty Stretchy Gooey Vegan Mozzarella. The other two recipes I featured were my Sweet Korean Lentils and my Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies in case you were looking for those as well. So happy you enjoyed my demo 😀

My best friend is vegan, but her husband and daughter are not. What she does is make a vegan meal, and then just adds chicken (or whatever meat) for them. No need to make 3 separate meals 🙂 For eating out, check out my guide on How to Eat Vegan at Any Restaurant (and not order salad).

My other problem is that my husband and one of my daughters are meat eaters. My other daughter does it fish occasionally. But not meat. Becoming vegan at my house would mean making 3 different meals. My husband would go crazy with all the extra stuff I would need to buy. We also go out to eat. That would also be a problem.

Awww thanks so much, Lily. Welcome!! So happy I am helping you along your way. Let me know if you ever have any questions, recipe requests, or need any support 🙂

Keep shining x

Hi Margaret! Congrats on becoming vegan! You are not alone, I grew up in a very meat focused environment as well, you can read my story here. I recommend checking out the documentaries What the Health, and Forks Over Knives which both talk about the health impacts of eating animal products. They are both on Netflix if you have that. Maybe if your family watches these they will be more supportive. Hope that helps!

Hi Cheryl,
Welcome to my blog 🙂 Using bone char to refine sugar isn't very common anywhere other than the US as far as I know, but I do check the sugar I buy to make sure. The standard brand I use here in Canada is Redpath and they say on their site that the sugar is indeed vegan friendly 🙂 I hope you enjoy the fudgesicles!

Congrats on 8 months meat free Margaret 🙂 I don't watch portion size, unless I'm eating something I know is bad for me, like cookies. They are my weakness. Haha. Processed food is anything that comes with a label on it. A whole food is a plant, such as fruit or veggies. Now some foods are more or less processed. Tofu is only minimally processed and is still considered healthy. Whereas if you buy Oreos, for example, those would probably have loads of ingredients, and chemicals added to them, and would be a very processed food. I highly recommend watching the documentaries Forks Over Knives, and Eating You Alive. I also highly recommend the book Eat to Live which should help guide you in what to eat. I am actually working on an article on how to be a healthy vegan right now which should be published in the next few weeks. Hope that helps!

Some people do, but I don't! I just find that if I make sure to eat lots of whole plant foods (and not so much processed stuff), that I stay slim without worry. 🙂

Mary, that's such great news!! You are all going to get healthy together as a family, how wonderful and supportive of each other! It can be a challenge at first, but I always say going vegan is just breaking old habits, and replacing them with new ones. Once you get the swing of it, you won't even have to think of it. I would suggest by trading out your usual meals with easy vegan alternatives, such as if you had tuna salad sandwiches, try chickpea salad sandwiches, if you used to eat spaghetti bolognese, try my Tofu bolognese sauce (or many other pasta recipes). Play around in the kitchen, and have fun! My posts Top 8 Must Have Vegan Apps, How to Eat Vegan at Any Restaraunt (and not order salad), 8 Things Not to Do When Going Vegan, and10 Things You Didn't Know About Vegans, should be helpful for you. Let me know if you ever have any questions or need any support! Looking forward to seeing you around 🙂

Oh yes, I've seen that one too, it was good 🙂

Haha! I love it! Let's see if he will notice the food is vegan, and if he does, what he thinks about it. Yes it's truly horrific the way we treat the animals we eat, and unfortunately, most people are completely unaware of it. Congrats on your new decision to becoming vegan! Let me know if you ever have any questions or need any support 🙂

I'm so glad I found your blog. I also live in Toronto and I look forward to becoming a full-time vegan. I know it can be a challenge at times, but I will do my best!

I've already cut way back on eating meat. Today I saw a horrific video about eggs and the poor hens' living conditions. I'm disgusted and appalled. No wonder eggs have no flavour!

I'm not going to tell the hubby he's eating vegan - I'm just going to cook these recipes and see how we both change.... hopefully we can get healthy together!

Haha! I don't think anyone has asked me that before actually! Well, I knew I wanted to write a vegan recipe blog, and I knew I was going to be my usual goofy self. Saying a food "tastes like chicken" is a really common kind of comical way of describing (usually boring) food. As a vegan I knew my food would be neither boring or actually taste like chicken! So calling my blog It Doesn't Taste Like Chicken was my little joke 😉