On the twelfth day of Christmas...and a couple of days later

Hey!! I'm back!
I had a great Christmas this year, I got to go to the U.S to spend time with my family that lives there. I slept over in my cousin's house along with the rest of the older cousins. It was very nice to see them for three days straight because I usually never get to spend that much time with them, because they live so far away.
One thing that I thought I was going to regret was the fact that I didn't plan on what I was going to eat in my time there....I didn't even plan what I was going to eat on Christmas dinner. But I didn't regret it after all! One of my cousins (I stayed in her house) just became vegan, and she had a whole menu planned out for us. When we arrived at her house she had just come from the supermarket so I got to help her a bit with the food preparation. And I got a lot of videos...of course, I'll just post a few.
The plate you see on the video is completely vegan, that was our menu for Christmas dinner. A creamy pasta made from cashews, garlic mashed potatoes, portabello mushrooms, and of course, a colorful salad. Oh, and very good bread! My cousin went on extreme lengths to protect that bread from the non vegan family members....I don't blame her, it was really good bread.



We sang, went bowling, attempted to visit a graveyard at midnight just for the fun of it (we got lost), watched a movie, watched the food network haha, and ate a lot!! But most important, we got to spend time together.

In these video Tony, the youngest one of all plays music with my cans of no- chicken vegan soups. Isn't he adorable???

On the last day before we headed home mom, dad, my sister and I went to have lunch at Chili's. One of my aunts (who is on her way to becoming a vegetarian) gave us a gift card as a Christmas present, she told me that Chili's had a great all bean vegan burger. So, I was more than happy to try it. I didn't get pictures, but it was AMAZING! The dish becomes vegan if you ask the waiter to leave the ranch dressing off and to serve the veggies without parmessan cheese.

In this video one of my cousins tries to eat a slice of bread in less than 30 seconds.


Patricio, one of the youngest was very excited to take his turn with the piñata, until the piñata took a life of its own.


I hope you had a great Christmas as well.

"Any religion which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion... Until he extends his circle of compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace."

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.