About
This blog started out as Cooking For A Vegan Lover and has become Cook.Vegan.Lover. because I no longer just cook for my vegan lover. My blog has evolved into a blog about cooking, veganism and still features my lover and things that I love. The mission of my blog is to inspire others to create a healthy balance in their lives through healthy eating, physical activity and self-care. I feature posts on healthy vegan recipes, travel, healthy vegan and green products, self-care and nutrition. I am also enrolled in the holistic health counselor program at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and will be a certified health counselor and will complete the program in the Spring of 2011.
Please feel free to ask me any questions my e-mailing me at lindsay (at) cookingforaveganlover (dot) com
I first should start with that I became a vegetarian at the age of 9 after a traumatizing experience at sleep away camp. We were all sitting around the fire getting dinner ready and I believe we were having tacos and then I saw the red bloody ground beef and was so turned off I decided right then and there I would never eat meat again. Of course I had thought about being vegetarian for quite awhile before this and went through “phases” of not eating meat but my parents always doubted me, just as they did when they picked me up from camp and I announced I no longer ate meat, they rolled their eyes and said sure sure.
I eventually became more interested in strict vegetarianism and became one in high school. However at that point I was dealing with a number of body issues and was not eating correctly. This became even more compounded by my change to a vegan diet. I ended up with mono because my immune system was so weak and a vitamin B12 deficiency. After passing out a few times at work I decided that until I was more informed about nutrition that I would stick to vegetarianism.
I then met (well re-met him) my husband (who is also vegan and was at the time of our meeting) during my third year of university and we began to date and cook all of our meals together. I began to get my hands on any resource I find to help me understand more about nutrition and how to eat healthy on a vegan diet. The more we were together the less dairy and eggs I consumed and then I decided that it was time to give them up all together especially with my knowledge of the affects of factory farming, the treatment animals and the additives that can be found in animal products that are not good for us or just plain appalling.
Becoming vegan brought my husband and I closer together and forced me to being more aware of what I am putting into my body. I also have developed a love for make our meals using whole foods and have developed a great knowledge of nutrition and food. My relationships with others has not changed but rather have inspired my friends and family to try new things that are foreign to them and helping them see that vegan foods are just as good as ones that contain animal products.
Wow, that’s really funny because I too became a veg at a sleep away camp in Washington at about age 9. I think one of my camp counselors was veg, and she inspired me. When I came home from camp I was like “Ok everyone, I am not eating meat,” and my family was surprised but supportive. Here I am 20 years later as a veg, still.
Teehee… for some reason I’ve never read that… made me smile!
I wish I will find a vegan husband~ xDDD
Hey nice blog! I found you through Fitnessista. I’ll be sure to stop by more often
I stumbled upon your blog from barbbarbbarb.com , great blog, i’m loving it! i’m a vegan curious person and have a niece that become a vegetarian at 8 and i’m always looking for ideas on what to feed her! thanks, i look forward to reading more!
I just came across your blog, it’s great! I live in Vermont too