A House Divided

There are so many different ways of eating, and learning about all of them and how they relate interests me greatly. This past week my family and I have been relating my vegan diet to my sister's new paleolithic diet. The two are extremely different considering the majority of the foods she consumes are meats and animal based products such as eggs, while mine is strictly animal free. The paleo diet only allows the consumption of pre-agricultural foods, therefore, everything must be gluten free and dairy free. Hayley can only eat meat, eggs, fruits, vegetables, and unsalted nuts (peanuts are excluded from the nut group since they are considered legumes, which are agriculturally grown). Soy is also not allowed. I get all of my protein as a vegan through peanut butter, beans, and soy, and all of those foods are ruled out as a paleo. Hayley's way of eating now is rubbing off on my brother (unfortunately eating massive amounts of meat appeals to him more than my vegan way of living off plants), and so recently I've been trying some of his foods. Since dairy and soy are off limits, I've begun to try almond milk. Though it is not my favorite, it's interesting to know about all the various dairy alternatives. On one vegan website that I read, oat milk is extremely popular and preferred over all the other milk alternatives. I am interested to see how that compares to soy and almond milk. Anyway, when I got home tonight my sister and brother were excited to show me a paleo dessert that they created. They were even more excited because it was also vegan, so I was able to try it.

These paleo/vegan ball things are chunks of banana, covered in almond butter, and rolled in chopped walnuts, golden raisins, and regular raisins. Then, they are refrigerated until they aren't as gooey.
For the past few days I've been trying out various almond butters and cashew butters with my brother, and though I still love just plain peanut butter, these almond butter banana balls are really good. I recommend trying them out!



My parents must think their kids are crazy,
Maggie