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Vegan/ Vegetarian Experience
It is never easy to change. Sometimes change is forced upon you, while other times you are the one initiating change. Either way, it takes some time to get your feet under you when the winds of change blows. 
I have experienced quite a bit of change here in 2018; most I could not control. However, the one I could and can control is my diet. I have taken on a Vegan/Vegetarian diet with the occasional fish. 
I wanted to try this eating change because of health issues. I wanted to see how a change in my diet would affect my mental and physical states. I love meat of all kinds; from your everyday beef and pork to the more exotic (to some) deer, rabbit, etc. I also love veggies; growing up, my parents insisted my brother and I ate our beans, peas, green and the likes. No, was not an answer, which has served me well as an adult. 
I have never not eaten meat, nor have I ever had the desire to not eat meat. But as I grow older and different health issues have manifested, it has been suggested that I cut meat from my diet and perhaps try a vegan, vegetarian or even pescatarian diet. Of course, when it comes to food, I am game to try new things and if it will assist in decreasing or eliminating me health issues, I am here to give it a try.
So for the next 4 weeks, maybe more, I will be embarking on this Vegan/ Vegetarian diet. Actually I have already begun. I am now ending week 2 and will be posting the week 2 update on my YouTube Channel: Week 1 is here. 
So far so good. I am really enjoying eating and especially make vegan/vegetarian meals. It has given me a chance to test my food creativity and try new foods I would not have otherwise tried. For example, I have tried Beyond Meat burgers and they blew my mind!!! The same with Field Roast’s smoke Apple sage sausage.
So here I am on another food Journey, so come and follow along and watch the updates and recipes on my YouTube channel Cook Eat Enjoy.
In the comments, let me know if you have or ever considered going Vegan/Vegetarian and why? Also let me know some of your favorite vegan products that you think I should try.
So I would say wish me luck, but so far, so good. Until next time, Cook, Eat, Enjoy!
Seafood Boil
Hey All,
Hope this blog post finds you well and prospering in 2018. Well let’s start this year off right and that could only mean seafood for me.
Last week, I was inspired to make a seafood boil and it turned into a Mukbang on my youtube channel Cook Eat Enjoy
I am an east coast girl, so seafood is in my blood and I could eat it everyday!!! I am actually considering becoming a pescatarian… maybe. Anyway, I had really been craving seafood and was going to go out to a restaurant, but realized that I could get more for my money if I did it at home, and that is what I did. So I was home alone, everyone else was either at school or at work, so I got to treat myself, but I did save everyone else some… I am not that greedy (although when it comes to seafood, I typically am).
My seafood boil had head-on shrimp, snow crab legs, king crab leg, little sausages, red and yellow potatoes, frozen corn on the cob, mussels and old bay seasoning.
Of course, any combination of seafood can be added, your choice.
All of this cost me about $32, and I had enough to feed 4 people and it took me about 30 minutes to make. Please tell me in the comments if you know of a place where you can get a deal like that. That is a restaurant I might just go check out with my family 🙂
Never-the-less, if you want to see how I made the Seafood boil in 30 minutes. Go check out the youtube video Seafood Boil Mukbang
Oh and while you are there please like, comment and subscribe to support your girl, me!!! Until next time; Cook, Eat and Enjoy!!!
2 Pies, 1 tart, and Paella
Okay so Saturday, I decided to be super adventurous and make my first apple tart and Paella and two pies. Now the pies were a sweet potato pie, which I am a pro at making and could make with my eyes closed; the second was a sweet potato cheese cake pie, which is only my second time making it. I have to admit, the first time I made it was much better than this time, probably because I was trying to do to many things at one time. I mean I can multi-task with the best of them, but 4 dishes in 4 hours, yes 4 hours, each having lots of steps to complete, is pretty dang-on good. Never-the-less, the sweet potato cheese cake was a bit too lemony which isn’t actually a bad thing if you like lemons, but I will keep working on the particular dish.
Now for the apple tart, as a rule, I typically never make my own crust, just because I suck at it, but this time it came out very good. The tart on a whole was good; however, I used granny smith apples. These apples are fine if you like a sour apple, but I am a sweet apple kind of girl, so next time I will try a sweeter apple. However my husband likes it, although he said he would like it “more sour…” go figure.
The Paella was something I have always wanted to try, and for the first attempt I think it came out better than I could have expected. My oldest daughter is in love with it. The paella has shrimp, lobster tail meat, andouille sausage, and chicken in it. However, I think the next time I make it I will use the Arborio rice instead of the Long grain rice.
Over all I think it was a raving success. Don’t know what my next food venture will be, but I will definitely enjoy it.
Beef burgundy
So yesterday I made my take on beef short rib burgundy and it was good. I added red potatoes to it and a side of sauté green beans, it turned out well for my first time making it. My daughter and I were so stuffed we just sat at the table for a good 15 minutes. I so enjoy making new foods.
Then today for lunch, I grilled some French bread in butter on top of the stove and topped it with grilled vegetables and some of the beef from last night. It made an out standing snack. I still have some of the veggies leftover that I am thinking about adding to some penne pasta.
