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One Year as a Vegan: Pros & Cons, What I’ve Learned + My Advice
Even though it is quite well past a year of my vegan lifestyle, I still think that my experience with veganism for a whole year has taught me far beyond my expectations. On top of that, my discoveries of both the highs and lows of veganism have made my journey that more exciting and insightful.…
Cassie Tran
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Body Questionnaire Tag
As soon as Linda tagged me in the Body Questionnaire, I had to jump on board. Taking care of your temple is always the most important part of your daily routine, because how can you carry on everything else if you don’t have a strong physical foundation? I have been relatively open about how much…
Cassie Tran
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Diet and Exercise: Fulfilling Your Soul or Filling a Void
Differentiating between taking care of yourself with positive deeds versus using positive deeds as coping mechanisms to ignore underlying problems is probably the most difficult mystery to solve. We generally picture alcoholism, drug abuse, compulsive shopping, self-harm, binging (food, television, etc.), or even sexual intercourse as forms of coping mechanisms that do little to no…
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Pumpkin Spice Overnight Oats
Need a breakfast idea? Don’t worry, friend. I got you covered. Overnight oats were, I admit, a breakfast dish I personally despised when first trying it. Basically the same as broccoli and I–hated it before, love it now! Okay, I don’t quite love overnight oats as much as I do with sweet potatoes, dark chocolate,…
Cassie Tran
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What I Ate During the Week of my One-Year Vegan Anniversary
Hi everybody! I just uploaded a new YouTube video! Woohoo! Vlog #3 essentially captures everything that I did and ate leading up to my one-year vegan anniversary, which was Friday, August 24th, the official day I became vegan and the start of not eating anymore animal products for good! Just to clarify, vegan anniversaries are…
Cassie Tran
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Can You Relate…
First time trying these kinds of fill-in-the-blanks posts! I’ve always loved reading these types of articles and have so much fun answering them in my head! Can you relate to the joy of quarter-empty peanut butter jars? Can you relate to my obsession with Indian food? Can you relate to my adoration for quotes on…
Cassie Tran
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Blueberry Cinnamon Protein Pancakes (vegan + gluten free)
Brunch can actually be a major setup for debate. Some people are all about eggs and bacon, or for people like me, tofu scrambles and tempeh bacon. Then, you have the peeps that lean towards French toast. Others are all about Team Waffles. What about the individuals who love oatmeal and yogurt with granola? And…
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Answering My Old Foodie Questions
A year ago, I published a whole list of questions for readers to answer in the comments! They are all dedicated to food, aka one of my most loved life subjects. I’d thought I’d throw it back a year ago and tackle them all–unaltered, unedited, the exact same as in the post–now for some fun…
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Baked Oatmeal: Three Ways!
Do you recall my little sister’s baked oatmeal recipe? Isn’t it absolutely fantastic? I can say that every member of my family can cook quite well, and even though my dad doesn’t cook that much anymore, he made the BEST breakfast croissant sandwiches (toasted croissant + eggs + soy sauce + butter = BAM!). I…
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Quick Update: Physique, Diet, and Fitness
Why hello there! Want to dissect my brain? Of course you don’t. That would be utterly disgusting and I would die. Let’s not do that. Jokes aside, I’m currently caffeine-high from my daily dose of chocolate in the form of chocolate Teddy Grahams, which I’ll get into later in this post, but for now, let’s…
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