Have you been vegan(spired) to try vegan foods after my past four blogs, or do you still not carrot all? Hopefully it’s the former, because I’ve had a little too much fun trying vegan recipes this past month. If you’re still not convinced, you GOTTA try this carrot cake! Or the Chili from week 10 - I’ve made three pots since that blog post - it's sublime!

I also recently discovered that soy milk is amazing in lattes and decided to try making a Chai Tea latte. Well, I didn’t actually look up Chai latte recipes nor had I tried a Chai latte before, but I figured it couldn’t hurt to add steamed milk and maple syrup... because you can never go wrong with maple syrup. Chai tea is no exception to my maple syrup theory as the latte turned out to be a wonderful sidekick to this light carrot cake recipe.

While I won’t go into the nitty-gritty details of why livestock farming (especially on factory farms) is almost as bad for the environment as it is for the animals, my one wish is that this blog will inspire at least one person to try eating vegetarian or vegan more often each week. No, I’m not saying you should cut meat off cold turkey -unless it’s Thanksgiving, in which case, the turkey is much easier to carve when it has cooled - but at least try to consider the impact of your consumption habits. The best part is going for thirds or fourths (not ashamed to admit that seconds are always a given for me; I do run a food blog, after all) without feeling as guilty about it ;).

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Recipe (from therawtarian.com

1 cup cashews

2 tbsp lemon juice

2 tbsp maple syrup

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp water

Directions