Vegan Story Time, Amanda from The Shared Skillet

I feel so lucky to be contacted by such inspiring and positive vegans from all over! It’s really motivating to hear different stories and how this lifestyle choice has played an incredible part in so many people’s lives and growth. Incredible! If you want to participate in this series, contact me!

This week, I’m sharing with you Amanda’s story. If you haven’t stumbled upon her blog, The Shared Skillet, you just have to go there now! She has delicious recipes for soups, desserts, meat substitutions and more! It’s seriously yummy and making me hungry every time!

Without further ado, here is her story!

I became vegan because of food intolerances/allergies, and also other digestive issues in general. No matter what I tried I still had troubles. After doing research, I decided to change. What was a 2-week trial is now 3 ½ years… mostly vegan. I sleep better, and I have more energy. I have fewer digestion issues and if I do, I know what caused it. What was difficult was cooking food for my husband when I was first starting to change. One thing in particular I remember was I told him that if he wanted macaroni and cheese, he’d have to cook it because I couldn’t smell it. Now it doesn’t affect me. He was really supportive and still is. I still crave some things, but most times I have been able to find plant-based versions that satisfy what I want from a certain recipe.

One thing I had to learn was that I didn’t have to eat meals. Especially on busy days, just grabbing fruits, energy bars, nuts, and just snacking whenever I was hungry made busy days really easy to stick to a plant-based diet.

The fun part for me was using and “manipulating” food in a way I never knew I could. It’s been so much fun to experiment and to find new flavors and new combinations. Because of that, one thing I always have in my kitchen that I never had before and I now love is nutritional yeast. I’ve slowly grown to love it, and now it’s something that has become a pantry staple.

Another staple is that I always try to have ingredients ready to make a “Chickpea Salad/Sandwich”. It’s quick, it’s delicious, and one of my favorite lunches. Here’s one of the recipes I had found early on that I started with from The Simple Veganista . I’ll be posting on my blog a few versions that are my recipes, but since I don’t ever measure anything with this, I have to make sure it’s correct!

Thanks for letting me share!

My pleasure! Thank you, Amanda, for sharing your story! I have to agree with you on nutritional yeast: it’s the best.

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