Today me and my lovely friend Emily made humous!!! It took a while and some expensive tahini (made from seasame seeds apparently) from waitrose but we eventually got a really nice tasting one. We also had a discussion about philosophy, in a way because I go to philosophy lectures ... even if I don't actually technically take the subject.
Last night I got a wonderful receipe from a very kind person who posted on my wall on how to make a type of vegan milkshake - thanks to them!! I also found many recipes on similar websites on how to make vegan slice - a high-energy choclate yummy yummy thing which I made and is amazing!!! It uses oil and water to bind it rather than egg :)
So today I have been a little bit better. My stomach was not well last night which meant I had to lie in bed for most of the evening :( but that meant catching up on LOTS of good television such as Being Human :D
So hope you are all well. And eating safe!!!
Ailsa
PS; I live on Vine leaves (food item)
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
V-v-v-veganism and illness
So yes, found out today that my health has been deteriorating a rather big bit due to my veganism. I am silly, call me silly if you must because I think I am, but bascially I am not eating properly. So, I am going to start taking many supplements and going to eat lots of vegan slice (a fantastic iron-heavy thing made from oats and dates) and dolmades (ie stuffed vine leaves).
There is a tea house down from me, on Otago Lane, called Tchai Ovna, which only serves vegetarian food and the majority of them are vegan, so I am going to live in there from now on. It is open from 11 to 11 (as in am to pm) and so I can eat eat eat and listen to jazz all day. Hooray.
I used to have pretty bad IBS and it still comes back if my diet or my lifestyle changes dramatically. I guess becoming vegan counts as that, so I am not feeling great. But at least I have a stack of drugs in the drawer. And I am going to lower my intake of alcohol. Well, I did have a dram last night. But it was Glen Fiddich (only £2.50!!!) which doesn't count since it is so amazing!!!
Another thing I am wanting to do is, because I am going to mad with this vegan thing, is raise money for charity through it. So, if you are reading this and want to sponsor me (the money will go to planting trees in Brazil or something similar) then give me a buzz via email ( ailsacorinne@gmail.com ) and we can sort something out!!!
Thanks! Ailsa aka Smidgeon aka Yonder Bovine Hero
There is a tea house down from me, on Otago Lane, called Tchai Ovna, which only serves vegetarian food and the majority of them are vegan, so I am going to live in there from now on. It is open from 11 to 11 (as in am to pm) and so I can eat eat eat and listen to jazz all day. Hooray.
I used to have pretty bad IBS and it still comes back if my diet or my lifestyle changes dramatically. I guess becoming vegan counts as that, so I am not feeling great. But at least I have a stack of drugs in the drawer. And I am going to lower my intake of alcohol. Well, I did have a dram last night. But it was Glen Fiddich (only £2.50!!!) which doesn't count since it is so amazing!!!
Another thing I am wanting to do is, because I am going to mad with this vegan thing, is raise money for charity through it. So, if you are reading this and want to sponsor me (the money will go to planting trees in Brazil or something similar) then give me a buzz via email ( ailsacorinne@gmail.com ) and we can sort something out!!!
Thanks! Ailsa aka Smidgeon aka Yonder Bovine Hero
Sunday, 26 February 2012
The admittedly fourth day (or is the fifth??) but third post
I have arrived within the mock-city of St Andrews. Apparently folk in Standrews call it a town (and its not officially a city) but I still feel like its a spoilt rich child crying to be a city when it all grows up.
Therefore, it is a mock-city.
Friday I was in Edinburgh where we went to the zoo. All I could eat in the zoo was a packet of organic fancy crisps and an apple which is a treat to pandas. Dinner we went to pizza hut where the folk didn't have any chilli pasta but made me my own special pizza. It was great!!! Pizza, vegan pizza! And I drank wine.
Went home, my parents home, on Saturday, where I found my daddy had bought me a treat, or four: soya milk, soya cheese (which isn't great but good in sauce), soya butter and chocolate dessert thingys (which are AMESOME!!!) which are made from - guess - soya. Soya soya soya. I love soya.
We went to a meeting for a kids club (a week long morning-club thing which I am getting almost free reign on the drama for woo hoo) and the hostess was disappoineted that I had not told her of my veganism. I felt incredibly guilty after looking at the three types of lasange there (one meat, one without onions, one vegetarian) and all the work she had put in. I thought I should go home and mope in self-vegan-pity. But no, I was handed a very large bowl of salad. Yum. SO I ate salad for dinner with a scraping of the tomato bottom of the veggie lasange. Yum.
Then I got to St Andrews and had more wine last night, and this morning tried to eat the soya cheese melted on toast with jam... it was not great but at least it was edible. Dara (a friend whom I am staying with) asked if I was cheating, but don't worry it was soya cheese. As I said before. Yum. Cheese
The end. See you later
Therefore, it is a mock-city.
Friday I was in Edinburgh where we went to the zoo. All I could eat in the zoo was a packet of organic fancy crisps and an apple which is a treat to pandas. Dinner we went to pizza hut where the folk didn't have any chilli pasta but made me my own special pizza. It was great!!! Pizza, vegan pizza! And I drank wine.
Went home, my parents home, on Saturday, where I found my daddy had bought me a treat, or four: soya milk, soya cheese (which isn't great but good in sauce), soya butter and chocolate dessert thingys (which are AMESOME!!!) which are made from - guess - soya. Soya soya soya. I love soya.
We went to a meeting for a kids club (a week long morning-club thing which I am getting almost free reign on the drama for woo hoo) and the hostess was disappoineted that I had not told her of my veganism. I felt incredibly guilty after looking at the three types of lasange there (one meat, one without onions, one vegetarian) and all the work she had put in. I thought I should go home and mope in self-vegan-pity. But no, I was handed a very large bowl of salad. Yum. SO I ate salad for dinner with a scraping of the tomato bottom of the veggie lasange. Yum.
Then I got to St Andrews and had more wine last night, and this morning tried to eat the soya cheese melted on toast with jam... it was not great but at least it was edible. Dara (a friend whom I am staying with) asked if I was cheating, but don't worry it was soya cheese. As I said before. Yum. Cheese
The end. See you later
Thursday, 23 February 2012
the second day...
SO yeah... the second day.
I managed it. Let's be glad of that. Rather unusual day, what with this riotous wind, but nevertheless splendid. I ate what we term in Japan as "azuki" bean roll, but is also known as red been paste. It was vegan friendly, lovely.
My problem I am facing at the moment is lack of butter. I have milk, my flatmates have eaten all my cheese and eggs, but I cannot find any version of butter. My idea is to very soon buy myself some swedish glace icecream (YUMMMM) but I had to have scotch broth today with bread WITHOUT butter. It was dreadful.
I do not know how much I will be able to contact this weekend. I am here there and everywhere. Not literally but in general. Oh yeah, and today I created a poster which says "This chick is vegan ... do you still want to take her for dinner? :D
See you sometime.
from, a small vegan person.
I managed it. Let's be glad of that. Rather unusual day, what with this riotous wind, but nevertheless splendid. I ate what we term in Japan as "azuki" bean roll, but is also known as red been paste. It was vegan friendly, lovely.
My problem I am facing at the moment is lack of butter. I have milk, my flatmates have eaten all my cheese and eggs, but I cannot find any version of butter. My idea is to very soon buy myself some swedish glace icecream (YUMMMM) but I had to have scotch broth today with bread WITHOUT butter. It was dreadful.
I do not know how much I will be able to contact this weekend. I am here there and everywhere. Not literally but in general. Oh yeah, and today I created a poster which says "This chick is vegan ... do you still want to take her for dinner? :D
See you sometime.
from, a small vegan person.
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
I woke up
I woke up this morning, and was a Vegan.
It might be easy, this whole vegan for lent thing, because I am already vegetarian. And for a while I have been considering going the whole way. (As a vegetarian I already deny myself good food such as Haribo)
It was my sister who first put the idea into my head. We were talking about pancake day, my favourite day of the year, apart from Christmas. I had pancakes for breakfast and dinner yesterday (which was pancake day) yum yum. But today, I am vegan. Apartently a lot of folk used to go vegan at shrove time, aka lent, but I am trying it out. I still have cow milk and cheese in my fridge and mayonnaise (oh how am I going to cope?! Seriously - I have mayo with everything. I am not going to be able to cope), but also I have soya milk.
So here I sit with a cup of tea, with soya milk. I used to be lactose intolerant so am used to the flavour. Its different but the same. Still tea, at least. Coffee is going to be different, I can tell.
Coffee .... *slow smile comes onto face as I think about coffee*
I am a vegan, but haven't told my parents. Not that I live with them, but I am going to be staying with them this weekend. Ahh
It might be easy, this whole vegan for lent thing, because I am already vegetarian. And for a while I have been considering going the whole way. (As a vegetarian I already deny myself good food such as Haribo)
It was my sister who first put the idea into my head. We were talking about pancake day, my favourite day of the year, apart from Christmas. I had pancakes for breakfast and dinner yesterday (which was pancake day) yum yum. But today, I am vegan. Apartently a lot of folk used to go vegan at shrove time, aka lent, but I am trying it out. I still have cow milk and cheese in my fridge and mayonnaise (oh how am I going to cope?! Seriously - I have mayo with everything. I am not going to be able to cope), but also I have soya milk.
So here I sit with a cup of tea, with soya milk. I used to be lactose intolerant so am used to the flavour. Its different but the same. Still tea, at least. Coffee is going to be different, I can tell.
Coffee .... *slow smile comes onto face as I think about coffee*
I am a vegan, but haven't told my parents. Not that I live with them, but I am going to be staying with them this weekend. Ahh
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