cheez its

This was actually super easy and fun! SO I'll make this short & to the point!

Field Roast "Chao" vegan cheese- grated

Bragg nutritional yeast - 2 TBs

vegan butter (I used Earth Balance)- 3 TBs

1 cup of all purpose flour

Add all ingredients, measured out above, into a food processor

Once all ingredients have been pulsed thoroughly roll into a ball and wrap it in plastic wrap

Place this into the fridge for about 30 mins or until it has cooled down

Preheat the oven to 375, and take the dough out of the fridge 

Place the ball onto parchment paper and with your hands flatted the dough into a rectangular shape Now with floured rolling pin, flatted to a large rectangular on the parchment paper

Take a knife and begin to cut down horizontally and vertically and make about 1 inch squares

Then take a toothpick and poke holes into the 1 inch squares to give it the "CHEEZ IT" look

*if dough is too oily from the cheese when trying to roll the dough out, just gradually add flour*

Bake for 12-15 mins

Half way through, rotate the pan in the oven to get an evenly crispy cheez it

You will notice they will be slightly brown once they're finished.

Best served when cooled off at room temperature. 

Field Roast Chao "cheese" slices

Bragg Live Food Products- nutritional yeast

cheez its

Monday, January 14, 2019

here to spread the love

Hello to all you beautiful people taking the time to make a stop on my blog!

I just wanted to start off with a little about myself and where this all started. SO... I started a blog my second year during college because it has always been a pondering thought in my head for probably 6 years now. This first attempt at making the blog I wanted to express to my audience about health lifestyle habits, fashion on a college budget, skin care, etc. Then I found myself judging myself and comparing myself to other bloggers where they seemed to have more of this "blogging" thing down. I stepped aside from this blog that I started because of my Virgo self being a perfectionist (not that great of a thing). Recently I just got a reading from an astrologist based in LA area. I learned so much about myself and that thing exactly that I'm super judgmental of myself. Scott (astrologist) expressed to me that this is just who I am and I need to learn how to cope and work around who I am. We are all completely different in how we feel our emotions and how we work with ourselves and others, and of course much more. Who we are and what we do is written in the stars. In our conversation I asked him about my career and if he could give me some insight on my direction. With this being said, I graduated from a university with a Bachelors Degree in Business Management this past May(2018). Long story short of what I've been up to since then, basically in limbo. I'm sure there has to be a handful of people who've been in my situation (right?) where you are just trying to figure out what next. Yikes. In the conversation I had with Scott, I told him that I've been battling myself to start up a blog again but I had much more of direction this time; vegan lifestyle. He said to me, "Mikaela you need to do this blog", after he took a look at this chart he has during the reading; he told me that my career path would long aside "in health on a public platform in partnership". It's been a few weeks since I've had this conversation and here I am, starting this sh*t. 

I have been vegan for over a year now and its been easy!!! You know those comments like; "how could been vegan?, isn't it expensive!, I don't have time for that diet., where are getting your protein?", you know all those questions. Vegan is not diet, well to me it is definitely not, it is a lifestyle. I didn't chose to be vegan to lose lbs. I did it to change how I feel physically and mentally, and hopefully influencing the minds of others. I watched a documentary with a friend in college and yes it did in fact change my life. What The Health, gives you insight and extensive information in what is really going on behind that steak served all up on your plate. I'm vegan for my health, the environment, the animals; "because my treatment of animals is governed by my sense of right and wrong, not my senses of taste and smell".

here to spread the love

Friday, January 11, 2019