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Hello, everyone! and by everyone, I might as well be saying, "Hello, me!" I'm okay with this. I talk to myself all the time. I find myself really rather amusing, so I'm totally okay with this.

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Ann. I live in the recently Forbes magazine rated, worst snow city in the country, Cleveland, Ohio. I actually live in Berea, OH, which is just south of the city. I work in downtown Cleve though. I get a year-long view of the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame, but I have yet to see a rock star. Years ago I was a vegetarian, which, to my 19/20 year-old body meant cheap pizza and cereal. I ditched the vegetarianism for a more balanced diet, but still reluctantly ate any meats outside of chicken and turkey.

Here I am about five years later, training to become a yoga teacher, loving to cook, willing to try all sorts of weird sounding fruits and beans and vegetables, and can actually afford to shop outside of the frozen food aisle, so I've decided to try this again. However, with the recent onslaught of lactose intolerance, I figured, let's do this vegan style. (Plus, yanno, it's totally great for the environment and your body and stuff. double bonus.)

I know plenty of vegan folks, so I've been using them for a resource, and my oh-so-thoughtful husband picked me up "The Kind Diet" by Alicia Silverstone (who my 13 year-old self worshipped faithfully. as if!). so far so good. or so I thought. Turns out Berea, OH is not a mecca of vegan products. I found my jubliant "let's do this!" self sorely disappointed after a couple of health food stores, and just annoyed enough to not make the 45 minute drive to a Whole Foods or Mustard Seed Market. But, finally, I found a health food store that had most of the products I was searching for. Or, I discovered, you can find a lot online, and in bulk too! It's like Costco. without the membership fee... or the ginormous chocolate chocolate chip muffins. (seriously, who needs a muffin the size of your noggin?!)

So here I am on my journey to veganville! yeah, I said veganville. dammit. Stay tuned for thoughts, pictures, recipes, and hopefully some happy poo'ing (sans the pics).

Love and light,
Ann

5 comments

Ellz on February 14, 2010 at 11:26 AM

Great post Ann. My friend makes these great snacks for the kids using Vegan chocolate over marshmallows-yummy. There sure seems to be more options than there used to be.
Ann on February 14, 2010 at 8:09 PM

sounds tasty! We just made these vegan PB Cups the other night, that are SO good. I'll put them up soon! Reminds me of marshmallow PB pizza!

Thanks for reading the blog, babe! it's fun :)
Lisa on October 19, 2010 at 5:30 PM

I just happened upon your blog, and your writing is very fun to read. I'm always looking for vegan recipe blogs, and am pleased to find yours. :) Thanks.
Kimberly Roberts on October 20, 2010 at 2:29 PM

I just found your blog thru Chef Chloe's facebook page and I LOVE it!!!!
if you think your city is tough to be vegan...i live in the Bahamas, on the island of Abaco!!! i moved here 17 years ago as a vegetarian and fresh veggies and soy milk were a JOKE. so i went back to eating meat, felt bad, and now finally have started a vegan journey. now there is a little Seven -day Adventist (most of them are vegan) foodstore that sells vegan products, and i constantly annoy the regular foodstore to bring in new vegan products :) i am trying your stuffed shells recipe tonight!
ann on December 6, 2010 at 10:45 AM

Thanks, Lisa and Kimberly! love your blog, Kimberly! :)

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