Truth be told, before I decided to go all the way vegan, I tried to just go dairy free. This was really only because I developed a sudden (very severe) milk allergy. It is pretty rare for adults to be allergic to milk, so I was pretty shocked when I ate some ice cream and went into anaphylactic shock (or anaphylaxis as some may know it). A few tests and an E.R. visit later and my doctors determined that I am now allergic to cow’s milk. I don’t eat any other animal milk products like goat milk because my allergist warned me there that I would most likely also have a reaction to those. I was bummed for a while before I realized that this would be my perfect opportunity to go vegan. I had always wanted to, it just never seemed practical until this point. I am living on a college student’s budget, and whether or not some vegans want to admit it, going vegan can be really expensive. My days of living (albeit very unhealthily) off of ramen noodles with a dash of soy sauce were over. I had to make a change and I was really excited about it.
So, once I fully began my journey of going fully vegan, I noted some immediate changes. One: I felt truly so much better. A vegan diet isn’t for everyone (though in a perfect world it would be), so I was very excited that I found immediate results in how my body felt. I also found that finding vegan substitutes for my favorite foods wasn’t that difficult (for at least some of them. Some substitutions for things are very expensive and I have had to make do without those for now, as I’m sure a lot of new vegans have as well). So, after eating a few different frozen vegan pizzas, I found that this area of readily accessible vegan food is just severely lacking. So, I decided to make one myself, for as cheaply and easily as possible. On this blog, you’ll be able to read and make everything I’ve found so far!
A Lazy Vegan Chef 