I guess you could say that I've been putting off writing this particular post as I'm not sure what the reaction will be and to be honest, I'm a little nervous.
As you may know already, I have moved house recently. I am now living with my future in-laws in the Cheshire countryside. It's really lovely here and I'm slowly getting used to all the spiders and moths that come as part of living rurally.
Here's the thing, all four of us have dinner together most evenings, and lunch together most days. I am no longer in charge of what I eat, I eat what I'm given for the most part.
The food is lovely but it isn't vegan. It's vegetarian. So here I am blogging and instagramming my heart out about the moral and ethical reasons for going vegan, and yet in my life I am actually eating dairy.
I have to stay honest with you guys.
At the end of the day, when Mr SSV and I have our own house and our own kitchen, I do plan on keeping it plant-based and vegan, but for now I'm going to have to compromise in order to keep the peace.
I made a rather delicious vegan chocolate cake the other night from this recipe:
I plan to keep dairy as limited as possible while I'm here - I make my own breakfast so that's not an issue. Lunch is usually a case of putting loads of salad and bread (and cheese) on the table and you kind of make what you like. So I can cut out cheese from there.
That just leaves dinner. Family is important to me and I want to build a good relationship with my future in-laws, so I'm not about to start refusing the food that they have kindly cooked for me. I'd rather try to inspire with things like the chocolate cake above and maybe offering to cook once in a while. But if you have any suggestions, do let me know in the comments because I do feel conflicted about it all.
On the plus side, they grow so many different vegetables here, so my veg intake has gone through the roof, and it's all home-grown, organic, no packaging and I have lost a few kg since moving in.
In the meantime, I'll see you soon, don't forget to give me a follow on instagram. I've joined a new gym near my new home so I've been posting what I'm been doing for my workouts in my insta-stories. Do pop over and say hi.
Let's chat soon,
SSV x
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