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30+ easy vegan snacks + a recipe for chocolate energy bites
When I first became vegan, I found tons of recipes for lunches and dinners that I loved to try. However, I could never find any snacks for between meals. I was missing my favorite snacks like goldfish, cheez its, and basically any cracker ever. I'd end up going hungry...
Seriously, how much protein do I need?
Am I getting enough protein? There's one question vegans seem to get more often than any other: How do you get protein? I get this question just about every time that I tell someone I'm vegan. I get this question just about every time that I tell someone I'm vegan....
Simple Weekly Meal Plan for the Transition to Veganism
When I first became vegan, meal plans were one of the hardest things for me. I personally love meal planning, but it seemed that I had too many recipes to try, too much to buy, and the food would go bad before I ate it. I figured that more people than I have struggled...
10 tips for eating vegan on a budget
Recently, I received a comment with a concern about eating vegan on a budget. It seems hard at first. I was honestly terrified to start because I was in school still. Budgets always seem to be tight when in college. And I get why we think it has to be so expensive....
What I eat in a day
I love watching "What I eat in a day" videos on YouTube, especially when I first toyed with the thought of being vegan, and I've always been a little sad that I couldn't really do my own. Writing is where I shine, and I seriously hate recording myself. Recently, I...
5 surefire ways to handle critics on a vegan diet
Critics are the worst Being vegan is hard. Yes, making delicious new recipes and feeling so great is amazing. I can even handle the hunger, cravings, and having no idea what to cook. But as soon as people start criticizing my decisions, I get frustrated very quickly....
Why doesn’t meditation work for me?
The wrong impression Meditation makes me think of monks sitting far away in a monastery in the mountains. They sit with hands in lap, cross-legged on the floor. With closed eyes, they murmur, “Om,” over and over again, dragging it out. Seriously, I thought that if I...
Practicing Gratitude
The problem Recently, I’ve really needed some good vibes. For some reasons, even though things are working out alright, I'm not content. I find myself seeing other lives and wishing I have it like them. It's far too easy for me to get caught up in someone else's life....
Vegan Challenge: Final Thoughts
My experience This vegan challenge has been interesting, to say the least. For those of you who don't know, I have been embarking on a vegan challenge for 30 days. At first, I kept it simple. One vegan meal a day. As I continued, it got easier and easier to eat vegan....
Meet Annah
Welcome to Pure Living! I’m Annah, and I am building this blog in hopes that I’ll inspire others to live the life they’ve imagined for themselves. I write about vegan food and lifestyle, life, and self-love.
I’m a lover of chocolate, animals, and life.