About
I (as well as my husband) have officially been a vegetarian since July 11, 2004 (yes! I actually threw out all the meat and probably several pounds of cheese and dairy in our refrigerator, and yes! I can live without dairy, it’s quite easy actually!). We decided to stop eating fast-food and processed foods, as much as possible. The healthier we tried to be and the more we read and researched, the more we were led to a vegetarian lifestyle. I never cared much for meat growing up, and thankfully in college I actually learned about vegetarian diets.
One of the many questions meat-eaters ask me is “but what do you eat?” So for my sake and others, I thought it would be best to start a food blog to journal what I eat, my recipes and my photos. I truly love cooking, I love the whole process, it’s a great stress relief for me. I try to live a vegan lifestyle the best that I can. The food on this blog will be vegan or vegetarian. Since giving up dairy, I have become lactose intolerant, it’s amazing that your body rejects what it cannot break down! I’m more impressed everyday to see different grocery stores carrying more vegan & organic products.
Hope you enjoy the blog!
Melissa
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amyfrancis | May 13, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Hey..!
Just thought I’d tell you you’ve got some great-looking recipes here (and wonderful photographs). I’d like to give some of your recipes a try.
I’ve thought about going vegetarian, or perhaps vegan, for a while, if only for a period of time to see how I fare. I love meat and food in general and I find a lot of foods very hard to resist, but I know fellow meat lovers who’ve gone vegan, so maybe I won’t fall flat on my face
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melissa | May 15, 2008 at 11:29 am
Thanks for your comment Amy! I think it’s incredible that you are going to try going Veg! I think you will be amazed at the changes you will experience, even the changes that you may not notice that affect our environment. To be honest, I don’t think that much about meat now, but whenever I do, there are some great vegan faux meat products out there. My husband really loved meat, but I think he would tell you that he doesn’t miss it now. If you have any questions feel free to ask me!
Melissa
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Gabrielle | July 29, 2008 at 4:30 pm
I just discovered your blog today, looking for yummy vegan food photos to drool over (I was craving meat, not good for a new vegan!) – your photos are beautiful, and so is your dog Elijah. Love your blog (I syndicated it over at LiveJournal – hope you don’t mind).
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melissa | July 29, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Thank you very much. I’m so glad you enjoy the blog & the photos, it means a lot to hear from readers, especially new veg*ns! Good luck with going vegan, I really believe you won’t regret it. When I need to see some awesome vegan dish photos, I go onto flickr.com and look at the vegan groups (there are tons, just do a search):
http://www.flickr.com/groups/vegan-food-cooking/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/vegetarian_food/
Melissa
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Allison Burgess | August 13, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Your photography is amazing. Absolutely beautiful.
where are you? Do you do your own styling?
allison
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melissa | August 13, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Thanks so much, Allison. I do my own styling and photography, I love it. I think the photography is why I started photo-journaling what I eat everyday. I am currently out of Tennessee.
Melissa
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Mike Burlingame | January 14, 2009 at 4:27 am
Feedback on daily veggie
I visited your blog, daily veggie located at http://dailyveggie.wordpress.com/ recently. I must say, I’m quite impressed by the blog’s content. In particular, I really liked http://dailyveggie.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/vegan-chocolate-chip-cookie/.
Good job!
I’d like to know if you’d be interested in having me as a guest writer for your blog. I am a features writer working with MiracleFruitPlus.com. I’d like to write a free 300 to 400 word blog entry for you. I have a few years experience and would really enjoy writing one or two guest blog entries for your blog.
If you’d like to take me up on my offer, please send me a topic and a quick outline of what you’d like the article to say. Please give me as much detail as possible so I can make the blog entry meet your specifications as much as possible.
In exchange for this free blog entry, I would like to request a linkback to MiracleFruitPlus in the body of the blog entry somewhere using the title tag “miracle fruit.”
I look forward to your response
Best Regards,
Mike Burlingame