A little about me....

Welcome, to my recipes, reviews, confessions, etc.... for Veggies and Vegans, both here in Mexico or from other places, I hope you enjoy what you see for it has taking me quite a while to compile all this info, but I will try my best to be at service, this is a new and exciting project for me which i hope most of you will come to enjoy. Now let`s begin shall we... a little about me.. well

My name is Heather I`m 23 years young :) I have 2 calico cats and have been living in Mexico since i was 8 years old, on the west coast to be specific, and my it has been an experience from awkward blossoming stages, to trying to find myself, to me giving up meat, and just completely changing my lifestyle, and completely embracing it.. and where I live, I won`t lie... it`s not easy... just being Vegan period isn´t easy, add to that a country that has taco and hot dog stands on every corner...and a very close minded view of things and your in trouble... and it was not long ago I decided to forego my old habits.. just barely 3 years ago, when i was waitress for the first time but not the last, I slowly started to let go of  sodas, candy and ultimately red meat.. at least at first, and then i lost 5 Lbs or 10 kilos approx. and I was like wow! I could get used to this.. I started dating more... and well just moved from job to job, and then this last October, (now down almost 40 Lbs and 20 something kilos... I`m at 55 Kg currently)..I was working at a seafood place, the employee dinners were chicken almost every single day until i said : enough is enough... and i have not looked back... but there was still one little problem... fish...... to this day sushi is still my fave food ever!.... it was hard... i started cutting back to a couple times a month and then new years came around and i had shrimp... :( sigh.... I know.. i cheated and i felt horrible so much that on day 2 of the year i got really, really.... sick... turned out it was something different entirely.. but still..since then i ditched fish too, well, that and i discovered a lot of info about mercury contents, pollution and environmentalism. And even back when I`ve always loved animals dearly... and plants, and the environment.. so it only seemed natural.. plus I`m a very spiritual person, and it has helped me immensely to release tension, clear the aura, and what not... if your into all that stuff... that`s another post for another blog..

Anyway as I was saying.. fish... right.. well slowly around Feb of this year ( `13) i started hoarding vegan cook books from all over the lands, and webs and blogs, etc.. and one of my first was Everyday Happy Herbivore, which saved me, well that and Youtube channels Eco-Vegan Gal, and the Vegan Zombie.

Good ideas on substituting tuna salad with chickpeas (garbanzos ) and Nutritional yeast, I`ve even made fake Cheeze, all thanks to ordering online from iHerb.com as well.... details later.

I`ve been looking into different diets in Veganism including raw, and oh don´t get me started on the chocolate covered diet ! ( chocolate covered Katie is a goddess).

So! If your still reading this, and haven´t gone off to Facebook or something... Thanks, I appreciate it, and hope you stick around, for more to come.

Blessings!

Heather