Thanksvegan!!!

Sorry, I could not help myself with the title.
This thanksgiving was great for many reasons...
One of them was that we had an all vegan thanksgiving, I know! I can't believe it either. What we first had in mind is that I was going to cook for my sister and I while my parents got to eat some dead animal, as most people do on thanksgiving. I'm not sure what happened but all of my family decided to eat vegan for thanksgiving, they told me that I was in charge of the cooking and whatever it is that I cooked that was going to be served.

I was very excited, but nervous at the same time. At first I thought that maybe I could let them have some cheese or something like that, but something inside of my was just disgusted by the idea of serving something I wouldn't eat. So, the menu was completely vegan.Vegan stuffing, baked/fried eggplant, nice salad, mash potatoes with gravy.

Even the dessert was vegan...I got a little bit carried away, and made three different desserts, hehe.

Vegan carrot cake, vegan pumpkin pie, and you guessed it, vegan apple pie.





I had a lot of fun cooking for my family, and it was nice seeing that everyone was on board about honoring God's creation this thanksgiving.
Oh, just before we were about to eat, a family that we just are getting to know appeared on our home, they passed by to return something we had lend to them, we decided to invite them for dinner. I really enjoyed sharing thanksgiving with them, we shared great memories. Plus, they said the food was delicious, so it I'm happy that they got to eat a vegan meal, and that they enjoyed it.

I'm thankful because of many things, but I'm just going to name few.
1.- My family. I'm thankful that I'm lucky to have them with me, that includes my grandmother which I love very much and my guinea pig.
2.- My friends. I'm so happy to have my friends back in Monterrey, and I'm thankful because I've made friends in college which I love very much.
3.- I'm thankful because I believe strongly in being vegan, and God has really helped me through this, I've learned so much through this new lifestyle. First of all I have a new appreciation for life, I've learned that I can commit to whatever it is I believe in, and I've found myself through this.
4.- As I said in the previous number, I've found myself. I didn't know what I wanted to do with the my life, I have to admit that I was a bit lost. Now I know that I want to dedicate my life to help promote animal rights. I have a passion for it, and I'm thankful because I had been looking for something in which I could be useful and that I truly believed in, and I finally found it.
5.- Last but not least, I'm thankful for all of you!!! Thanks to all the amazing bloggers who inspire me so much, and that are so kind to answer all my question about recipes and more. THANK YOU GUYS!!!



I want to thank everyone who reads all of my randomness in this blog :)

I promise to post the vegan pumpkin pie recipe tomorrow.

Botana rapida

Voy a plantear un escenario...
Digamos que acabas de invitar a varios de tus amigos a ver un partido o para ver un concierto, el final de la novela o para jugar scrabble. Sabes que no quieres darles de cenar (porque no quieres tener que preparar mucho) pero también sabes que quieres darles algo rico que puedan comer como botana...piensas en que darles y lo único que se te viene a la mente es pepino con salsa o tostitos sin sabor....mmmm, como que eso ya aburrió ¿no?
¿Que haces?
Brusquetas!!!
Los ingredientes para esta receta los puedes encontrar en un mismo super, y necesitas muy poca preparación para poder hacer este platillo.
Ingredientes:
Pan. El pan que use yo era un pan integral que tenia diferentes granos y hasta tenia pasitas.
Una lata de tomates con albaca, o tomates desidratados.
Hummus...aquí puedes elegir el sabor que tu quieras, yo elegí hummus de pimiento rojo y piñones.
Aceite de oliva.

Ahora, ¿Como haces para que estos simples ingredientes creen un platillo que les encantara a tus invitados?
Rebana los panes como se ven en la imagen.
Cubre los panes con muy poquito aceite de oliva, ponlos en el hornito hasta que se doren a tu gusto.
Cubre cada pan con una cucharada de hummus y cubre con un tomate.
Estos bocadillos saben como si te hubieras pasado toda la tarde preparándolos, pero se hacen literalmente en un abrir y cerrar de latas.
Ya tienes un platillo delicioso para cuando tengas visitas inesperadas...

1 Peter 2:15-16

“It is God's will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men. Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.”

We should, like Jesus Christ, respond to the unkind, cynic and selfish by showing compassion, kindness and justice. When we shine God's love onto all Creation we are honoring and glorifying our Lord

God gives us the freedom of choice. We can choose to be loving and compassionate or tyrants and victimizers. God does not want us to use the freedom our Creator gives us, to exploit other creatures for our benefit. Christ is our example and we should abide to His teachings.

Honor God's creation by eating vegetarian.

I SCREAM ICE CREAM....I mean, SOY CREAM!!!

Perdon por las fotos feas, las tome con el celular.

Hace mucho tiempo que no tenia nieve, desde hacerme vegan pero oh sorpresa! HEB maneja Soy Dream, una de las marcas de nieve de soya mas grandes.
Lo acepto, cuando mi mama me dijo que vio nieve de soya en el super no le creí, pero luego tuve la oportunidad de ir y era verdad. Lo venden en los botesitos chiquitos,pero ese botesito alcanza para tres personas, fácil. Compramos uno de SoyDream y otro the RiceDream. Los dos son vegan.
Ahora la critica del producto.

SoyDream esta delicioso! Enserio, sabe igual que cualquier nieve de leche. Es cremosa y tiene la misma consistencia que un helado de leche.
RiceDream también sabe bien, pero no tiene el mismo sabor que una nieve de leche. A mi hermana no le gusto la RiceDream, pero le encanto SoyDream.

El precio del bote es de 30 pesos. No es el mas barato, pero hay que ser honestos, eso no es caro para un helado, mucho menos de soya.
Recomiendo SoyDream, creanme no se van a arrepentir.
Oh, y no te dolerá el estomago después de comerla. Antes, siempre que comía nieve de leche me dolía el estomago demasiado, porque pues la leche le hace daño a mucha gente, pero con la SoyDream nada!


Vayan a HEB y compren su nieve! Pueden servírsela en un cono. Son vegan!!!


BE VEGAN!

"Animals are God's creatures, not human property, nor utilities, nor resources, nor commodities, but precious beings in God's sight. ... Christians whose eyes are fixed on the awfulness of crucifixion are in a special position to understand the awfulness of innocent suffering. The Cross of Christ is God's absolute identification with the weak, the powerless, and the vulnerable, but most of all with unprotected, undefended, innocent suffering."

--Rev. Andrew Linzey