so this weekend i was planning to go and see a couple of movies, however my plans changed when i learned that i could wait and go see those movies with a friend. :)
so what did i do with my day instead? i went shopping and decided that i would make my mom some fat-free vegan brownies for mother's day.
i would say that over the past 5 or 6 years of being a vegetarian, i've started to learn how to really be more healthy in my eating habits. the one thing i never really liked about a lot of the vegan recipes i'd find is that they just replaced the butter with a vegan oil. this to me seemed to defeat the purpose and i saw no real added value in it, until recently that is. i stumbled onto a fat-free vegan blog and thought, this is what i've been looking for! these recipes don't just replace fat for fat, they eliminate most of it completely!
all this to say that as i find more ways to eat healthy as a vegan, i could try it again. i find that when it comes to food, i'm able to make changes and stick with them pretty easily. for instance, because of my little trip to the er this past december, i no longer drink caffeine. this was a huge step for me, as i loved coffee! but when being healthy can be a strong motivating factor.
about 2 weeks ago, i began to feel a change. i contribute this to God working at healing both mind and body, and that my body is finally adjusting to life without caffeine. i have more energy than i have in a long time and i'm feeling great!
anyway, the brownies. i've always wondered about using tofu in baking, and this recipe gave me the perfect time to try it. the brownies turned out very fudge like and moist. and for being a fat free brownie, i know that it would satisfy the craving. i mean there is still no substitute for the real thing, but i could be happy with this change. i attempted to use the leftover tofu to make a frosting to drizzle over the brownies, but it ended up more like pudding. so now i'm just eating that with a spoon.
one of the biggest changes to my diet lately is trying to cut out many of the processed food and sugars that we all seem to consume way too much of. and it helps because my sister is starting to think (and eat) more like me too, so we can share recipes and such.
with summer approaching, i'm excited to try an array of recipes that focus on veggies grown in our own garden. there is nothing like a fresh tomato, corn, peas or zucchini...
last summer i remember thinking i was going to try a raw vegan diet, but this summer i think i'm just going to try more of a fat-free vegan diet. this could get tricky at work, but i think it will be well worth the effort. and someday i hope that i can pass along these new found eating habits to a family of my own. it really does make me excited to cook for other people.
next on my list will be some banana cookies... and i think i will pull out that chocolate peanut butter pie for my dad on fathers day.
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