The Mormon Vegan

My husband and I have come to the conclusion that its time to pen the name "Mormon Vegan."

We love being whole-food plant based. It started due to my failing health and has transformed how we view eating animals. Often we think, why eat an animal when there is so many other good foods in the world? It has also changed our hearts, feeling much more compassionate about the animals that share our world. In fact, on a recent camping trip I had a thoughtful talk with my son who so badly wanted to hit a squirrel. He confessed he only wanted to knock out the squirrel, not kill it. I shared with him my feelings and added that their is a fine line between knocking out and death. He would be crushed if he actually killed a squirrel. He understood. And now he knows how mommy feels about animals.

But then again, things changed in my recent pregnancy with my newest son. As the pregnancy came closer to a close, I craved protein, so I ate every plant source available. Still it wasn't enough. Not only was I craving protein I was craving beef! The thought disgusted me (you get that way the longer you go without meat) and up until pregnancy the only meat I even remotely liked was poultry. Yet I couldn't deny that this child had a dietary need so I indulged in the "cleanest" meat I could find. Oh how my body loved it! Now my sweet baby boy is here and every so often I have the same craving and I indulge. I still diligently put all sorts of legumes, nuts and whole grains on our dinner table but there are those instances I have learned my men need meat!

Hence we reached our conclusion, just as my kids can recite, we are the Mormon vegans, only eating meat in times of cold, winter, or famine and loving all things whole-food, plant. Dairy and eggs are a big no-no in our home, as is sugar. But what do we love? Honey! Yes, we need a new name for ourselves and look forward to meeting other Mormon Vegans, or other vegan eating members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.