More Chloe!

I have a crush on vegan chef  Chloe Coscarelli (see previous post here), even though I haven't actually made any of her recipes yet!  I just think she's so gracious, I love her message, and obvi she's super cute.  So I was really excited when I saw her make a guest appearance on another blog I follow, Marie Forleo!

Marie focuses on inspiring entrepreneurs, and she interviewed Chloe about how she built career.  In the process, Chloe talks about her own wannabegan approach to food! "It's my goal to show people that hey, this food is actually good, and it can make you feel satisfied, and it's not something that you have to commit to 100% of the time if you're interested in it so I like to think of it not as an all or nothing, you're either an extreme vegan or nothing, I like to think that you can eat vegan once in a while... and maybe you start to like it!"

Check out her vegan recipes online, or go out and get one of her cookbooks!

Freelee's #1 tip for switching to a vegan lifestyle

I've recently gotten hooked on Freelee the Banana Girl (YouTube high-carb raw vegan advocate). She's probably the most extreme kind of vegan I've ever heard of, high carb raw vegan, or sometimes called 80/10/10, you basically eat a ton of raw fruit and vegetables.  There's a whole clique of raw vegan vloggers on YouTube, I'll post a list of my favorites some time.   I have to admit, all of the high carb raw vegan YouTube people are in such amazing shape, so high energy, and they talk about how their health, watching their videos is great motivation!

Anyway, in this video Freelee answers a ton of questions from her Facebook fans, and one that came up was "What is your #1 tip for switching to a vegan lifestyle?"

Anyway! Freelee talks about educating yourself about why you should go vegan. Here are the links in her video description (I suspect some of these may be graphic, I personally don't watch these kinds of videos):

Earthlings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce4DJh-L7Ys
5 reasons to avoid eggs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTfvdypnAgg
5 reasons to avoid milk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS9hh-Npc50
What's really in your burger? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD0RTBtl0Pc

Also, she says find a community or start one. Let me know if you have your own tips in the comments!

What are this?

Answer: Delicious!

So we've been hanging out around Lincoln Center a lot lately, and the concession stand of the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center had these little chocolate brownie/cupcake things that were vegan and gluten free!  I'm not sure what I was eating, but it was very rich, velvety, and deeply chocolate.  I had trouble finding more info about Doe Dough Bakery, there was a bakery called Dough, but not "Doe Dough."  Does anyone know what the deal is with them?

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PS if you didn't know already, chocolate is poisonous to dogs, I only mention because this post is about chooclatey things and there is a dog in the video, people might get confused. Side note, Jenna Marbles is a Wannabegan!

She's a Wanna Wannabegan

Guess who has totally been copying me?

Hint: I started this blog on December 2, 2013.  On December THIRD, this person announced going vegan (for 22 days)

Hint: I booked a flight to Jamaica MONTHS ago (September) and I fly out tomorrow morning.   Guess who just showed up in Jamaica this week?  Classic "I'm not stalking you" move by anticipating my whereabouts and then casually appearing there before I arrive.

It's Beyonce!  OK, I fully realize that Beyonce is not emulating a blogger with only 8 posts. But it's nice to imagine.  I'm the wannabegan, not her (especially since I'm not actually vegan).  Here are some celebs who are actually vegan for real.