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So, about two months ago, one of my best friends gave me a book called Skinny Bitch. No, she didn't think I was fat, but rather thought I would enjoy the biting humor of the two women who authored it. I did, and the rest of totally changed my attitude about food. I have always eaten everything, and have never had an issue with anyone who didn't eat meat, etc. In fact I've hardly touched beef or pork in years (health reasons). What my friend didn't know was that the women who wrote the book are vegans. But what I read solidified my reasons for already staying away from most dairy and meat: too much bothers my stomach and I would rather do without the pain everyday.
Each chapter in the book focuses on one topic or food item. For example, dairy, meat, soda, etc. And, whoa, some of the stuff in this book is well, whoa! You just need to read it. The book is well documented and quite fascinating. Interestingly enough, because I was working in a restaurant the last year, I drank a lot of soda. About three months ago, I decided to drop that from my diet mainly because it makes me feel bloated, and lo and behold, no stomach issues! Well, I thought, what's the next thing I can 86 from my diet that bothers my stomach? Coffee...yep, just gave it up cold turkey. What a difference!! I actually felt more tired when I drank caffeine all day!
Needless to say, my friend probably never thought this book would actually turn me from a ravenous carnivore into almost vegan (I say that because I try to eat vegan, although, living with my mom right now, I would have to buy all my own groceries and I just can't afford it. So, I will be eating a lot of whole grain pasta and veggies!). But, my health has improved, I have a ton of energy, I've lost fat, and not buying meat, dairy and eggs saves me a ton of money!
So, I check the L.A. times everyday and they reviewed this restaurant, which, I will have to drive to soon to try:)
The Vegan Spot: A vegan twist on comfort food in Silver Lake
Ringo H.W. Chiu / Los Angeles Times
Vegan sandwiches and smoothies at the Vegan Spot in Silver Lake
IF YOU think vegan junk food is an oxymoron, you've obviously never had a dairy-free "Twinkie" from the Vegan Spot. So great is the public desire for them that Silver Lake's newest vegan destination -- it's been open for three months -- regularly sells out of the golden-cake tubes filled with rich white frosting.
"I hadn't had a Twinkie in probably 25 years," says the restaurant's co-owner and chef, Sara Radovanovitch, about her first taste when the baker brought them in. "It was amazing. I'm eating something that totally tastes like my youth and it's not going to give me a heart attack."
The 31-year-old Radovanovitch has been a vegetarian for 20 years and a vegan for 10. Her robust complexion, tan skin and long, shiny blond hair repudiate the old myth that you'll waste away if you don't eat meat or dairy.
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Still, Radovanovitch found she couldn't shake a hankering for all the forbidden foods she grew up with in the Midwest.
Like many vegans, she spent much of her time cooking for herself and became an expert at making what she calls "vegan comfort food."
She opened the Vegan Spot with her friend Miranda Megill, who owns a popular vegan restaurant near Sunset Junction called Flore. Radovanovitch was waiting tables there when the two hit on the idea of opening another restaurant with more playful, less straight-up healthful leanings.
At first glance, the menu makes die-hard vegans feel guilty just for looking at it. Roast beef and cheddar sandwiches, Philly cheese steaks, corned beef Reubens, turkey dinner sandwiches, nachos and French bread pizza are listed alongside a lengthy roster of salads, wraps and shakes that include decadent-sounding flavors such as orange cream and chocolate-banana-peanut butter.
Radovanovitch says the most popular menu item is the roast beef and cheddar sandwich. Made with homemade seitan (gluten flour and seasonings), sliced deli thin and marinated in a browning sauce to give it a beefy color, it's served on a crusty French roll and smothered with a cheese sauce made from nutritional yeast, flour, pureed carrot and soy margarine.
The result is eerily addictive but pleasantly light.
As Radovanovitch says, "I want to give people what they miss and what they crave. Only I want to give them a healthier version."
Vegan Spot, 3206 W. Sunset Blvd., L.A.; (323) 667-0116. Sandwiches, salads and wraps $8.95 to $9.95; shakes $4.95; street parking; open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; delivery available.
Hey y'all!
I've been busy, mucho busy, I know. Anyway, here are the current goings on:
- Working 40+ hours a week
- Next week will find out if I have been selected to be a corporate trainer (which means travel!)
- Cooked Thanksgiving dinner with my friend Jill for 11
- It was fabulous
- Started my third to last class in my M.A. program today
- Which is also fabulous
- Decided to adopt out my dog, to whom I cannot pay nearly enough attention to, and who needs a buddy or two
- Moving into new apartment on Friday! YAY!
- My hair looks awesome today
Yeah, so that's pretty thorough for right now.
Catch you later:)
Celebrate the pilgrims and the Indians, or just celebrate your family and friends, but let's not PC-up another holiday.
Happy Thanksgiving.
I have already made the stuffing, cranberry sauce, a cheesecake and the turkey is brining overnight...it's gonna be good!
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Hello again...I have been busy!!! And tired. And packing, and finishing a paper and starting a new class...oy!
Labor Day weekend was fun. Cori came to visit and this was our weekend:
Friday night: picked Cori up at airport.
Saturday: Beach, late lunch, movie.
Sunday: Bookstore, I had a wedding to shoot, Cori went to South Coast plaza and saw a movie, then got lost in Fullerton trying to pick me up from wedding, then home.
Monday: Pool, read a little, outlet mall, late lunch with Cori's brother and "lady friend" as Cori likes to call her, then back to airport.
We had a good time. And Cori slept a lot! But she was kind of sick, so I won't bag on her too much.
The wedding on Sunday was a little kooky!!
The bride had called me to say that her step mom was a little nutso, but I never thought ANYONE would show up to their daughter's wedding wearing this:
Basically, it was a 50-something-year-old with a LOT of plastic surgery, bad makeup, in a prom dress, and yes, she is actually wearing elbow gloves. Holy cow.
The bride was beautiful and maintained her composure, which is more than I can say for Crackhead Barbie over there when I told her that she cannot put her face right next to the bride's in every picture like she's 12.
Half of the bridesmaids had to leave the room when she first got there because they couldn't stop themselves from laughing. I almost tackled the woman for having so little taste.
The rest of the pics came out great. Here are a few:
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Confirmation!! Cori Ashley, you are awesome!
At least, some. Where the hell are you Corissa, Cori and Siobhan? No posts? No comments? Did you all forget about Vox? Are you all in a drunken stupor? Hello. Come. Back.
Hey Cori! I think you should move to San Diego, we'll get an awesome loft in the city and live the good sunny life! With Hemingway too, of course!
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