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So, you want to be a vegan?

So you want to be a vegan? Whether you are seriously considering it, kicking the can around, or have a friend or loved one who is considering it I decided to write an article to tell you everything you need to know. I am providing tips from my own experiences to keep you from failing.

When I made my decision to be vegetarian and eventually vegan I didn’t take it lightly. It was a time of my life when I was still cooking in restaurants and I was heavy and wanted to lose weight. Cows and pigs were in my mind the most fatty things I was eating except for deserts so that is what I decided to cut out of my diet at first. I did a lot of research on nutrition, and this was in the early to mid 90s when the internet wasn’t around, I didn’t have a computer or anything, so a lot of it was going to the library, and subscribing to newsletters and magazines. As well as my culinary knowledge. Over the next two years I slowly cut out other animals out of my diet as I learned more about how the animals were treated and at the same time I was finding out more about myself and rejecting things that were taught to me in my childhood like religion, while finding my own beliefs. click to read more

Vegan cupcakes two ways

Today I am going to make vegan cupcakes two ways. The first is a yummy chocolaty and fudgy cupcake, the other one uses the same recipe but with a couple of extra ingredients will turn them into a spicy Mexican cupcake. Doesn’t that sound yummy?

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King Missile vegan chocolate cheesecake

If you are a vegan and are missing cheesecake, miss no more! Satisfy your cheesecake cravings by making my really easy to make chocolate cheesecake! I named it after one of my favorite bands, and if you like them you will know why. I call it my King Missile Chocolate Cheesecake. This recipe uses very few ingredients and is topped with a perfectly paired strawberry sauce.

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