Okay so as I said in Stop in the name of good taste, becoming a vegan took a long time. The most important part of the learning curve for me has been making sure I'm eating a variety of delicious and nutritious foods, so I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything.
I've started this blog because a lot of people ask me, with legitimate curiosity, about what I eat now. I know a lot of people who would love to eat animal product free meals more often, but don't know where to start. It's a hard thing to break into, and the last thing you want to do is spend $200 at the health food store and get stuck with a whole load of weird stuff that seemed fun at the time. Most of my recipes can be made from the supermarket and the odd product from a healthfood store. You don't need to break the bank to eat this way.
I love cooking from scratch, and I love spending time in the kitchen. But all these recipes can be adapted to be made faster and easier, by changing ingredients or buying pre-made replacements for pizza bases, or breads, or pasta or whatever.
I play pretty fast and loose with recipes and I encourage you to do the same. Replace, experiment with other ingredients, and keep tasting throughout the cooking process.
I'm writing the recipes with lots of instruction, but my word is not gospel. Cooking is all about instinct as well. Feel free to use my recipes as a guideline, or a jumping off point.
Most of all, vegan or not, I just want as many people as possible to relish (Hahah! Food pun) the idea of cooking, and learn to cook in an exciting and new way with as much variety and reward as possible.
And, I'm going to master a vegan cheesecake.
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