Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet Day 15: This theme of posts is a lot more challenging to write about. I’m watching these videos and reading facts and my heart just hurts. I wish I would have made this change sooner. Don’t read the research below if you don’t feel you can handle it.

Research: In my head, I pictured these cows grazing on grass and then at a ripe, old age, it was time to go. I thought that death was quick and as painless as possible. Perhaps that is just what I wanted to tell myself. This is not the case. Without getting into too much detail, animals are often not killed instantly. At times, they are being scalded or gutted while still alive (not to mention also hung upside down). That’s as far as I’m going to go for today.

Resource: Peta (https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/) the documentary, Earthlings, is also a good one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gqwpfEcBjI&t=4133s)

Recipe: I used to love hot dogs, but I sure couldn’t eat one of those now. But guess what, I’m not missing out because of wait for it…carrot dogs! I was very skeptical too. It will taste like a carrot on a bun, right? Nope. I tried the recipe I’m sharing and I think I want to alter the marinade a bit (I did add liquid smoke) and I need to boil my carrots just a little bit longer. Other than that, the carrots definitely picked up the flavor of the marinade and it was good. I look forward to perfecting my own recipe for this. (Ignore the bun, I just needed to use up some from a party).