tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post376629658949614171..comments2023-12-27T17:26:35.546+00:00Comments on A Smaller and Simpler Life: Blogmas - Advent Day 14Sue http://www.blogger.com/profile/04947919568474743963noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-64573729363448788812021-12-15T07:03:21.023+00:002021-12-15T07:03:21.023+00:00You always leave such lovely comments, thank you J...You always leave such lovely comments, thank you Jackie. 💖 XxSue https://www.blogger.com/profile/04947919568474743963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-67738582876354625882021-12-15T07:02:36.263+00:002021-12-15T07:02:36.263+00:00It's weird as until recently I had all but los...It's weird as until recently I had all but lost my sweet tooth completely, I really don't understand what's happened. 😃🙃😃Sue https://www.blogger.com/profile/04947919568474743963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-46861503447238326672021-12-15T07:01:39.226+00:002021-12-15T07:01:39.226+00:00This the season indeed 😀🎄This the season indeed 😀🎄Sue https://www.blogger.com/profile/04947919568474743963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-28216456156451227662021-12-14T22:48:52.559+00:002021-12-14T22:48:52.559+00:00I am glad you found some wonderful vegan sweets. A...I am glad you found some wonderful vegan sweets. All of us need sweets once in awhile, especially at Christmas.<br /><br />God bless.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16051183778965359500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-79667240138658504172021-12-14T22:08:39.778+00:002021-12-14T22:08:39.778+00:00I have always loved savoury items so sweets are ju...I have always loved savoury items so sweets are just not so tempting. We do keep sweets around though as my husband loves sweeties. I remember my first meal with his family when his mother said "So for dessert, we have cake but there is also pie and , of course, there is ice cream .. vanilla, chocolate and strawberry flavours", I was in shock. Our family had dessert only on special days and after our Sunday roast. Funny things .. family traditions.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441981858311250693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-15681595962072148472021-12-14T17:04:36.875+00:002021-12-14T17:04:36.875+00:00Having special sweets is key for the holidays. It...Having special sweets is key for the holidays. It appears you've found a great source for quality sweets. My source in the US is: Endangered Species. Their dark chocolate with cranberries and almonds is excellent. Sweets are secondary for me. My preference is for savory. That said, my newly purchased triple berry pie is delicious. Tis the season!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473063249106111719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-56257729267497667952021-12-14T15:33:12.776+00:002021-12-14T15:33:12.776+00:00That's a good way to look at, but I do regard ...That's a good way to look at, but I do regard some of the foods that have no seemingly 'real' ingredients as fake food. Some of the Angel Delight type things or some sauces are just a mix of chemicals and flavourings, some of which have purely been created in a lab. These I avoid like the plague.Sue https://www.blogger.com/profile/04947919568474743963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-17405592935647287702021-12-14T12:49:08.814+00:002021-12-14T12:49:08.814+00:00I was vegetarian for about thirty five years and h...I was vegetarian for about thirty five years and have been vegan for the last six years. I try not to think of food as real or not and as just food that I like or I don't and having looked at the ingredients in some non vegan foods I can't really think of them as food.Jessica Hollinghursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04987441595507595133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-72007204226054933412021-12-14T09:28:08.158+00:002021-12-14T09:28:08.158+00:00I think you have to take a step back and think for...I think you have to take a step back and think for yourself what you are calling 'real food'. Yes vegan meat substitutes could be said not to be real food, but they are usually made out of real foods ... soya, wheat protein, vegetables etc. Vegan cheeses are made from either a soya or coconut base and must other vegan foods are made out of vegetables and seasonings.<br /><br />Meat is simply dead flesh made to taste good with seasonings and marinades, and dairy is a HUGE topic that would take far too long to go into. 😄🤣 <br /><br />I guess there's lots to think about, but your last sentence is quite true. I ate meat as a child and hated it, as an adult I ate chicken and fish but no red meat except bacon, mostly because of how much better I felt with it out of my diet. It was when I learnt for myself by being at the slaughterhouse just how our 'food' started out, and recognised the dead body of a chicken as being the same as one of my girls <br />the ones that had lived as families, had complex emotions and grieved for their friends, that bacon and chicken left my diet too. Sue https://www.blogger.com/profile/04947919568474743963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-78778786449258107752021-12-14T07:12:47.378+00:002021-12-14T07:12:47.378+00:00Thanks for the answer, I was just curious! I ofte...Thanks for the answer, I was just curious! I often wonder whether vegan foods taste like....I hesitate to call it the 'real thing' but you know what I mean! But if someone has been vegan/vegetarian all their life, then they're not going to know!Soozehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03762391472811785736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-46922254395797521592021-12-14T06:50:32.929+00:002021-12-14T06:50:32.929+00:00I was vegetarian, and therefore still having dairy...I was vegetarian, and therefore still having dairy and eggs but eating no meat since about 2010. Vegan chocolate can be hit or miss, some of it tastes like cheap cooking chocolate and some is lovely. So when you find a good one you stick with it ... like me and these 'Crunchies' 😀<br /><br />I do love crisps too 😄Sue https://www.blogger.com/profile/04947919568474743963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-79866280168461203982021-12-14T06:36:55.337+00:002021-12-14T06:36:55.337+00:00I know you can't eat dairy now, Sue, hence bei...I know you can't eat dairy now, Sue, hence being vegan, but were you always vegetarian? I'm wondering whether vegan chocolate tastes like non-vegan chocolate? I've not got a particularly sweet tooth, I can take or leave chocolate....give me crisps any day! xxSoozehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03762391472811785736noreply@blogger.com