Vegan Food Lacks Flavor?!?!

What?!? Are you flippin' kidding??  Yeah, I've heard the "oh, I'm sorry, it must be really boring" response to the announcement that I eat a vegan diet.  I was just talking about this with one of my daughters today as we sat down to eat a late lunch at the Loving Hut.  Why do meat-eaters assume that vegan food is bland or boring?  Their assumption is really kind of stupid and ignorant, don't you think? Predisposed to thinking that everything outside the realm of meat is sub par.  But, really, we use all the same seasonings and flavors (mostly), I explained to my daughter.  That's when she surprised me by suggesting to these naysayers to eat a piece of meat prepared simply in the oven and without any seasonings whatsoever and then point out that that's the only flavor that's missing from a vegan diet!  Cool!  Who should we test this out on first???  :-D

Vegan eating is not bland and, in fact, we are constantly looking for fresh, new ways to prepare our food or to add something different.  If anything, I'd say it's the complete opposite of bland, it's...it's...heck, I can't even think of the word that would describe it fully...scrumptious? satisfying? flavorful?  Well, whatever the word is, I find myself truly enjoying the different tastes and discovering different ways to make my food :-D

Here's how boring it is...check out the "Walking the Vegan Line" blog post about her French Yule Log recipe...you'll go into a chocolate coma just reading the recipe!! http://walkingtheveganline.blogspot.com/2008/12/daring-bakers-challenge-french-yule-log.html

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