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AKA 5 ways to make the vegan transition easier. So, you have decided to go vegan for New Years and you have no idea what to do? Or you are a little intimidated by thousands of #smoothiebowl pics on Instagram? Here are some ways to make the vegan transition simple and stress free: 1. Eat foods you normally eat, just leave out the animal products. If you eat a bowl of cereal for breakfast every day, a sandwich for lunch, and a microwave dinner every evening, don't try all new recipes every meal every day. That's really exhausting and time consuming. Just switch out dairy milk with soy/ almond/ coconut milk, make a hummus and veggie sandwich instead of ham and cheese, and get an Amy's Kitchen tofu Pad Thai dinner instead of PF Chang's. If you always eat certain things, stick to things you like. If you want to try new recipes, that's great! But only do one or  two new foods per week. Otherwise it can get overwhelming. 2. Don't go crazy with the vegan...

Hello everyone! It's almost Christmas and then comes that time of year again: New Years Resolutions!!! I've decided that this is the year I'm going to simplify and downsize my life. Over the past few years I've lost about 90 lbs (hurrah!) and as a result my clothes no longer fit. I've been slowly going through my closet and giving away the nice clothes and turning the hole-filled ones into rags. But recently I realized I need to go through more than just my clothing. I was going through my food-stash (what I call my vegan section of the family pantry) and I realized that I have a ton of food I really need to eat before it expires and a lot of duplicate items (I guess I went overboard with hurricane preparations this year). So, starting this January, I'm going to try "shopping my pantry" AKA not buying stuff at the store unless I really really really need it. I've given myself a food budget for the month of $60 to cover the cost of fresh f...