Ginger New Member

[Guest guest]

Hey Ginger:

 

Welcome to the group. I used to be a homeschooling mom, too.

 

What part of Louisiana are you from? I have LA roots. My entire family is

from there. My mom was born in Natchitoches, and grew up in Colfax. My dad

was born in Boyce.

 

Have you found it difficult to find vegan food there? Is your family vegan

also? When I started out, I was a vegetarian and no one in my family was. It

was a little difficult getting relatives to understand that just because

they had vegetables didn't mean I could eat them. Being from the South,

everything had a hamhock or bacon or some meat-like substance, lol. My best

memory though is my uncle fixing me vegetarian ettouffee. Man, that was so

good. Wish I could replicate it. Anyway, welcome to the group. You'll love

it here. There are enough recipes to cook something different every day,

every meal for a couple years!

 

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 5:45 PM, ginger connelly <gingerb85wrote:

 

> Hi all,

>

> I'm Ginger in Louisiana, a fairly new vegan since the first of the year.

> I'm a homeschooling, work-at-home mom who loves to cook. Thanks for

> letting me be part of your group.

>

> Ginger

[Guest guest]

Hi Elaine. Thanks for the welcome. I am just outside of Baton Rouge.

 

I have not found being vegan difficult in the least. That said, I'm not a

big fan of " fake meat " and generally get my proteins from beans, quinoa, and

the occasional serving of tofu (but not more than once a week). My family

is not vegan - or even vegetarian with the exception being my Dad, who has

been vegan for 7+ years. We have been eating vegetarian meals a few times a

week and my family was fine with that. Now I have a vegan meal one night, a

meal for the omnis the next night. I am getting tickled, though, because

the meat leftovers are hanging around in the fridge, but my vegan leftovers

seem to disappear when we close the refrigerator door! :^)

 

I did go to my first " outside of the family " event last Saturday - a

missions group from our church and it was potluck. I brought a pasta dish,

some hummus with veggies/pita, and vegan chocolate mocha cupcakes. Of

course, everything else was meat or was in a creamy/cheesy sauce. The pasta

was Vegan Yum Yum's Spicy Lemon Pepper Pasta with Broccoli that my family

now adores!

http://veganyumyum.com/2008/01/spicy-lemon-pepper-pasta-with-broccoli/ And

everyone raved over the vegan cupcakes (and I am in love with the book

" Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World " ). Of course, this was also the first

time to be A Spectacle - " You're vegan? What does that mean? What do you

eat? What about eggs? What about fish? What about butter? How did you

make the frosting for these cupcakes - it's delicious! " Funny, yet

disconcerting at the same time.

 

I've actually been adapting a lot of my own recipes, but have enjoyed trying

new ones. I love to cook - and eat! I'm looking forward to trying some of

the new recipes from this group.

 

Ginger