vegan kitchen diaries ep 2 // cooking vlog with my toddler

CW: Discussing food and my history with disordered eating at the 16:33 mark

Welcome back to another episode of vegan kitchen diaries, where I turn on the camera while I'm cooking food for my family. Today's episode spans from the last week of Sept to the beginning of October (hence the pumpkin pie for Canadian Thanksgiving season).

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[ F A Q ]
♡ Where do you live? - Waterloo, Ontario, Canada :)
♡ Why do you refer to your baby as they/them? Because we don't share Bean's face, sex or name online.
♡ Why are you always wearing gloves? - I have eczema, and atopic dermatitis on my hands, so I wear gloves because of food safety and so they get less irritated.
♡ Is YouTube your full time job? - Yes! Although I do freelance on the side to pay them bills.

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❧ Epidemic Sound

[wjtrack]

Love Bean's little voice and helping through the video, and 100% agree with your philosophy on raising them without strict rules about what they eat outside the house!

[viviannepulido]

I enjoy watching your videos and hearing your voice It’s very soothing and I love hearing the interaction between you and Bean. 🫘 😊

[imjesperbtw]

I really appreciate how you censored Bean. Too many youtubers are exploiting their children as much as non-vegans exploit animals. Thank you for showing proper respect to everyone. 💚

[linzertube]

It was so amazing to hear you and Bean communicating and working and playing in the kitchen together.❤

[ahsogaytano]

I always really appreciate your videos. 2 days out from top surgery and was so excited to see this posted to have nice calm vibes to watch and nap to. All the best to your family!

[Nanna-lesley]

“ those vegan guys “. Mentioned you on their vlog so I popped in to see you ❤

[hollywebster]

I support you in fostering judgement-free food choices for your little Bean. Growing up is tough and kids can seize on any perceived differences as topics for teasing. Allowing Bean to choose to try a friend's gummies or Cheetos is an easy grace, along with allowing Bean's friends to try vegan snacks.

[CarJul]

Bean helping to cook is so so cute and the positive encouragement from you will make Bean an even better helper in the future. This is what it must have looked like when my mum and gran taught my siblings and I how to cook and bake. We're adults now and we still think it's fun to cook and bake. I agree with Bean, the food processor is a scary gadget.

[RebelwheelsNYCShow]

hearing bean is in the background is so freakin' cute <3 but also I love the angle of the video and that you can be a busy mom and still be vegan.

[GamingFoodie]

Rewatching your videos for comfort. Hope you are doing well.

[rn]

I never forced vegetarianism or veganism on my kid, but they did become vegetarian on their own. I never hid my choices or beliefs from them and I never made meat for them and since becoming vegan I haven't made dairy or egg stuff either. I wouldn't say that I didn't influence that decision because I told them exactly why I did when they were old enough to understand and when they asked me. I don't lie to my kid. I had that conversation with them and after a month or so passed they became fully vegetarian and has been for 5 years

[notarose]

6:47 Bean’s little Twinkle Twinkle was so cute!

[shobhamaharaj]

Spicy cabbage soup for lunch while chilling with Lisa and the occasional Bean cameo 👌🏾

[mravenwing]

Thanks for the recipes. I, too, have a cuckoo rice cooker, and I love it. Bean is adorable!

[plaitedlight]

If you want to use the rest of the Crisco shortening for pie crust, they have a recipe on their site. I think the ratio of fat:flour:water is very slightly different than when using butter/PB butter. My mom has been making pie crust w/ Crisco shortening for decades. It's always great - and made it so easy for me to enjoy holiday pie w/ the family when I chose PB eating. My mom's pie crust recipe is from an old Better Homes & Gardens cookbook (colloquially 'The Red & White') but I believe its the exact same as the one Crisco publishes.

[AwkwardPain]

It was a thought that crossed my mind. Being the only person around me that eats plant based, I assumed that we would eat mostly plant based, but sometimes they would have other things (nebulous they, as I am not even in a relationship, nor am expecting to be a parent soon)
This was very similar to how I ate BEFORE going vegan. it was 90% plant based - meat was something that was maybe once a month or so, and the rest would either be egg, milk products or cheese.

[elageesnara]

Hi. I'm vegan from Russia and I like your recipe :D

[desiregonzales]

I never thought to put Spanish rice in the rice cooker. I'll have to try that so I don't have to pot watch. (Which, I never want to devote/waste the time to do - pot watch.) I was taught to toast the rice first, then add the onion and garlic. Tomato paste. Then, the broth which goes bubbly/boil instantaneously because the flame is on high. Cover and turn it down to simmer. Now, about 6 months ago, I had a huge revelation about Spanish rice. SoCal culture is all about that Spanish rice, ya know, from Mexico. My grandmother learned to cook from my great-grandmother and though my grandmother was born in New Mexico, it was a territory at that time. Here's the revelation. My grandmother's family came from Spain to continue what they had done there - work the mines in the territory of New Mexico. My grandmother learned Spanish rice from Spain, which is how I learned it. Mind blown.

[PriscillaSaiz]

I completely agree about not sweating the small stuff when outside the home. We don't live in a vegan world unfortunately, but we do our best.

[rasputozen]

It all looks delicious... I'm drooling lol. Also, is that rice cooker pot PFAS coated? I still have some non-stick stuff I'm trying to get rid of but it's hard!