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alright so here are some tips on being vegan in case u ppl actually want to know or be a vegan:

okay so i'm a vegan (yay vegan pride! blaugh )
and it's extremely hard for me to find recipes for everyday food made vegan. (a vegan is someone who doesnt eat meat, fish, eggs, dairy, or honey)
So I went to my town's library and asked them if they had vegan cookbooks. they said they were sorry but (since they're so small) they don't have very much variety in their books (like cookbooks and things).
So I went home dissappointed and decided I would have to live the rest of my vegan life eating plain tofu and tofutti ice cream (vegan ice cream).
A few days later I went to the library to check out some books I wanted to read and when I got to the front desk.....
VOILA!! ( or however you spell that... sweatdrop )
they had a vegan cookbook waiting for me that they borrowed from another library.
It was called...

"LA DOLCE VEGAN!
vegan livin' made easy"

I was so delighted that I checked it out and rushed home.
The first thing I made was...
VEGAN PANCAKES!!
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I had missed pancakes so much... haha..
But if any of you people out there are or are considering becoming vegan,
here are some suggestions to smooth down the bumps on the road there for you....

*Before you do anything, look up vegan nutrition, and if you're still sure you want to be vegan, go to a local drug store or vitamin shoppe and but multivitamins and such so that you can stay healthy. You can also ask your doctor or the person working at the drugstore about which vitamins they think you should take, or bring notes that you printed out from the internet about vegan nutrition

*Buy lots of food supplements like fake meat (it's actually pretty good!), soymilk, and tofutti ice cream 3nodding . There are also places online where you can get vegan things for good prices. like The Vegan Mart
click the link above to go check out the vegan mart online store!

*BUY THE COOKBOOK "LA DOLCE VEGAN - vegan livin' made easy"
it will help you so much to never again miss the foods you once ate.
There are recipes for mac and cheese, homemade marshallows wahmbulance , waffles, and TONS of other foods you used to eat, but theyre all vegan! (no duh.. rolleyes )

*If you're invited to someone else's house for dinner, lunch, or whatever, tell them first that you're a vegan so that there can be something vegan made. You can also bring along the vegan cookbook and make something for dinner together. ^^
JUST REMEMBER that some people think that tofu is disgusting!! (i don't see why..) like for example, one time my friend was over and we were eating this chicken stuff in sauce and everything. She said to me "this is really good, what is it?" and i told her. I said "it's fake chicken made out of tofu in marinara sauce with noodles" She looked at me and said "you're joking right?" xp it was actually pretty funny.... heheh
but remember that before you tell you friend what they're eating.... rofl

*READ LABELS!! If you dont want to read the labels then you might as well just not be vegan. A lot more things contain eggs, milk, honey, and gelatin wahmbulance than you think! so dont be lazy and read those labels!


well, good luck on you journey!
(if you're becoming vegan that is.... or any other journey you're having.. sweatdrop )


P.S. MILK CHOCOLATE IS NOT THE ONLY CHOCOLATE WITH MILK I IT! ALL CHOCOLATES HAVE MILK IN THEM but you can still buy vegan chocolate (and yes it tastes the same and no its not made with tofu)
in most vegan stores and online.

wahmbulance the reason why i kept putting this thing next to marshmallows and gelatin is because i wanted you to know (sorry to spoil your appetite) that gelatin (found in things like gummy candies,
jell-o <-- basically flavored gelatin and sugar, marshmallows, etc...) is made of boiled horse and cow bons and hooves and such. (if you don't believe me look here:
click here to see what gelatin is (dictionary.com)

okay so now this is getting way too long so i have to stop writing it... heh heh sorry people...
bye! 3nodding
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