What Vegans Can't Eat....

Recently I saw this article pop up on Yahoo titled "10 foods that vegan's can't eat."
I am not a vegan.  I have considered becoming vegan many times but I enjoy cooking seafood,  I still use butter and eat the occasional egg.  I gradually try to eliminate more and more food items.   I've only purchased eggs once since the beginning of December (I used to purchase eggs everytime I went to the grocery).  I have also eliminated marshmallows from my life for the past few months. 

Marshmallows are one of those light fluffy treats that really don't have a lot of flavor.  Yet, I never imagined they were made from animal products.

 For those of you that don't know- marshmallows are made with gelatin, which is produced by boiling the bones, skin and tendons of animals.  Other food items made with Gelatin include the obvious, Jell-O and many different gummy candies.

I remember being younger and hearing someone say, "you know marshmallows are made from horses?"  I thought they were just teasing me for not eating meat.  Believe me, growing up in a small country town full of fast food and nothing else- it was NOT cool to eat healthy.  You learn to ignore all of the negative comments regarding your own healthy eating habits.
But marshmallows made from horses? Too sad.

I do believe I live in the horse capitol of the world, Kentucky.  Anything such as marshmallows (made from horses) is now removed from my diet.

I was reminded a few months ago while reading  a vegan blog that was selling vegan marshmallows.  You can actually purchase the vegan marshmallows on different sites including Chicago Soydairy.  They call their marshmallows "Dandies" which contain soy and are gluten free.



Dandies- Image from chicagosoydairy.com



I have been eliminating meat from my diet for about 16 years - yet I still have a long way to go to become Vegan.  I will also need a bigger pocketbook to pay for all of the substituitions.  As much as I love to cook- it get's pricey purchasing things such as vegetarian cheese, milk, meat substitutes, soups and now marshmallows.