Life As A Veggie: August 2015

Bucket list #3: Learn sign language.

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How to make vegetable milks! (The simple and easy way).

When you are lactose intolerant, trying to go vegan or just think cow's milk is too unhealthy for you to consume, you usually try to find a healthier alternative, and the first thing that pops up most of the time is vegetable milk. Vegetable milks are milks that are made out of vegetable, like grains, legumes, nuts and seeds. I'm gonna be posting the two with the easiest ingredients to find here in Venezuela, which are rice and oats.

As I have heard from many vegans I have had the pleasure of speaking with over time, sometimes the thing about some commercial vegetable milk brands is that they are enriched with sinthetic vitamins and minerals or are made out of GMO veggies, and it is no secret that no good comes from GMO's or sinthetic stuff.

So, we go for the safe, homemade stuff. You're gonna need a few things for this (Besides a trip to the supermarket):

Blender
Measuring cup
Mason Jar or Thermus (For storage)
Medium sized bowl

For the Oat milk you'll need:

One cup oats
Three cups water

Instructions:

First off, you're going to have to soak your oats. You need to soak them for at least 20 minutes. After that, rinse them and wash them to get off any oat slime that might have apeared during the soaking.
Place the oats along with the three cups of water in the blender and blend for about 30 seconds.
Strain the oat/water mixture through a cheesecloth, store in a mason jar and enjoy!

For the Rice milk you'll need:

One cup of brown or white rice (Brown would be the healthier choice but the milk will probably be thinner)
Four cups of water
Sugar, stevia, agave syrup or any other sweetener of your choice.

Instructions:

First, you put the rice and the water on the stove and cook the rice until it's really soft.
Put the rice and the water in a blender.
When the rice is completely blended, strain it through a cheese cloth,
Put it in a mason jar or thermus (It has to be an airtight conteiner since rice milk picks up odors from other foods), add whatever sweetener you prefer and store in the fridge.

As always, I hope you liked this post. It is wonderful to share these things with my readers. Stay tuned for more posts and stay awesome!

7:00 AM
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Bucket List #2: Vegan macarons!

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The day I discovered Aquafaba I realized I had a higher chance of going back to Miami than finding any kind of chickpea in Venezuela. This miraculous liquid that made most of my wildest dreams come true (Vegan lemon meringue pie, vegan lemon meringue cupcakes, puffy and light vegan yellow cakes, perfect brownies, amazing VEGAN MACARONS) was pretty much nowhere to be found and I after much thought I found myself asking my mom for permission to use the ONLY CAN of chickpeas we had left in the house for a little aquafaba experiment. I was planning to make something simple: Vegan meringues. I thought to myself "Well, If there are people that manage to make them with hand mixers, I can totally pull it off with the kitchen aid!". So I opened my can of chickpeas, put the aquafaba in the kitchen aid, ate half of the chickpeas and began to mix that motherflecker in medium speed for about 5 minutes, then high speed for about 10 minutes. I added powdered sugar, set them on a baking sheet and baked them according to instructions. This was my result:

My meringues totally sank. I ended up with these little sugar cookies that no one ate because they were soooooo sweet! Sadly, I had to throw them away.

Even though my first aquafaba experiment was an utter fail, I really hope that someday I'm able to learn and succeed in vegan macaron baking. Have any of you seen macarons? Those things just yell "Eat me! I'm as delicious as I look!". I've never had any, but gosh if I ever got the chance to use aquafaba ever again I would totally try and make macarons. So, if any of you lovely readers are anxious to see a vegan macaron in the making, check out this video Step-by-step Vegan Macarons and this webpage Vegan Macaron Troubleshooting so you can bravely face any problems you might encounter in your vegan macaron baking adventure! Happy baking!!

*So, this is my second Bucket List post. I'll be doing a ton of them but not precisely in order so I might make a random post between each part of the Bucket List. AND those amazing macaron pictures aren't mine. Just sayin'*

As always, thanks a ton for reading! Stay awesome!

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Bucket List #1: New York City.

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As some of you know, I live in Venezuela. Yeah, that really beautiful, warm country in South America with a bad management problem. Certain circumstances have made it extremely difficult for me to travel, but do I let that stop me? NO! One thing I've come to understand in my very short life is that things change, situations change, people chance, etc. I force myself daily to think in a positive manner, even though it gets a lot harder whenever I'm outside in the real world. When you go outside and see mostly misery, hunger, poverty, etc; all those good thoughts you managed to work up slip away like water between your fingers. The real challenge is keeping them and thinking about yourself and your dreams. That's the reason for a new post series I thought up: My Bucket List!

I have always been a dreamer, I want to do amazing things with my life, I want to help animals and people alike, I want to travel, I want to cause a change in the world, I want to give myself completely to what I believe in. Most of all I want to be a really old lady and feel super awesome because I did everything I wanted to do. One of those things is to visit New York City. These are the things I need to do when I go:

Walk hand in hand with my boyfriend through Central Park.
Ride the subway.
Visit the Empire State Building.
Visit the 9/11 Tribute Center (I was living in the States on september 11, 2001 and I've always felt deep respect for everyone who was involved in that tragedy.)
Steal a cab from someone who needs it more than me (How I Met Your Mother Reference)
Visit the Statue of Liberty.
Drive across the Brooklyn Bridge.
Visit the American Museum of Natural History.
Eat as many vegan cheesecakes as I can!

Obviously when I get there I'm gonna do more things, but just with these I would feel accomplished! I hope I get to do all of these things someday!

Also, I'm a huge Suits fan, so everytime I listen to the theme song I immediately think about NYC. You can listen to it here:

So, where would you guys and gals love to go? Share your comments on the comment section below! As always, thank you for reading! Stay awesome!

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Blog revamp + Life update.

Life update

Hello there! Remember me? Legend says I used to post on this blog. Well, wait no more! I am back! With a really interesting life update. This year has been extremely amazing. I finished my career last month, now I'm an attorney (Frick yes!). I am extremely satisfied, since I got to finish my career at 21, with a post-graduate course and with a job. Oh yeah! This young lady finally (and after months searching) HAS A JOB. A real job! And it's not only A JOB, no no no. It's an amazing job at an amazing international Law Firm. When I started my career I thought that speaking english would do me no good but turns out I was wrong! It got me a fantastic job at a fantastic firm that is currently giving me training for international legal practice. Just when I didn't think things could get any better, I got a chance to be an english teacher at an up-and-coming national project. So that's pretty awesome too. Oh! And my big sister is getting married, so THAT'S FRICKING AMAZING AND I'M SO SO SO SO HAPPY!

I've actually felt a bit overwhelmed at all of the good things and opportunities that life has been throwing at my face lately. Literally, so many things are going on that I feel unable to focus. So, to clear my head and help myself out I've started a clean eating challenge, I spoke to a nutritionist about my eating habits, I started working out and meditating every day. I figure that things might not always stay this way, so I am doing the best I can in most aspects of my life to be able to find myself and give myself support in case I need it.

Since so much has been going on, I decided to come back to my little personal space in the internet and keep track of things. Consequently, I revamped this whole blog to fit a changed-and-grown-up version of me. I loved the background from the moment I saw it and changed everything to match it. I feel it's much more classy than my last background; which was also awesome but a bit too colorful now that I think about it. Besides, who doesn't love vintage roses? They're so pretty! So, since this is kind of like a new beginning for my blog, I'm gonna be making a list of posts to keep it active and to keep myself motivated.

As always, thank you so much for reading! And remember, stay awesome!

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Bucket list #3: Learn sign language.

How to make vegetable milks! (The simple and easy way).

Bucket List #2: Vegan macarons!

Bucket List #1: New York City.

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