vegan kitchen diaries ep 2 // cooking vlog with my toddler

[@wjtrack]

Love Bean's little voice and helping through the video, and 100% agree with your philosophy on raising them without strict rules about what they eat outside the house!

[@imjesperbtw]

I really appreciate how you censored Bean. Too many youtubers are exploiting their children as much as non-vegans exploit animals. Thank you for showing proper respect to everyone. 💚

[@Thevietvegan]

I do my best to ride the line between sharing my life while also respecting their privacy :)

[@viviannepulido9623]

I enjoy watching your videos and hearing your voice It’s very soothing and I love hearing the interaction between you and Bean. 🫘 😊

[@Vegannan]

“ those vegan guys “. Mentioned you on their vlog so I popped in to see you ❤

[@GamingFoodie]

Rewatching your videos for comfort. Hope you are doing well.

[@hollywebster6844]

I support you in fostering judgement-free food choices for your little Bean. Growing up is tough and kids can seize on any perceived differences as topics for teasing. Allowing Bean to choose to try a friend's gummies or Cheetos is an easy grace, along with allowing Bean's friends to try vegan snacks.

[@RebelwheelsNYCShow]

hearing bean is in the background is so freakin' cute

[@Thevietvegan]

It definitely takes a bit of planning but its definitely doable!

[@linzertube]

It was so amazing to hear you and Bean communicating and working and playing in the kitchen together.❤

[@notarose]

6:47 Bean’s little Twinkle Twinkle was so cute!

[@Thevietvegan]

They often sing that and Frere Jacques to themselves and its so cute >

[@simchamiller3655]

I always really appreciate your videos. 2 days out from top surgery and was so excited to see this posted to have nice calm vibes to watch and nap to. All the best to your family!

[@CarJul666]

Bean helping to cook is so so cute and the positive encouragement from you will make Bean an even better helper in the future. This is what it must have looked like when my mum and gran taught my siblings and I how to cook and bake. We're adults now and we still think it's fun to cook and bake. I agree with Bean, the food processor is a scary gadget.

[@shobhamaharaj4503]

Spicy cabbage soup for lunch while chilling with Lisa and the occasional Bean cameo 👌🏾

[@rn2787]

I never forced vegetarianism or veganism on my kid, but they did become vegetarian on their own. I never hid my choices or beliefs from them and I never made meat for them and since becoming vegan I haven't made dairy or egg stuff either. I wouldn't say that I didn't influence that decision because I told them exactly why I did when they were old enough to understand and when they asked me. I don't lie to my kid. I had that conversation with them and after a month or so passed they became fully vegetarian and has been for 5 years

[@Thevietvegan]

This is essentially how I'll approach it! I don't want to cook or make it myself, but if they're at family's house or friends' houses and see something they want to try, they have free reign to choose. Hopefully they understand why Eddie and I choose to be vegan and maybe they're understand and choose it themselves.

[@dibamoca9885]

Such an eager little helper☺️

[@plaitedlight]

If you want to use the rest of the Crisco shortening for pie crust, they have a recipe on their site. I think the ratio of fat:flour:water is very slightly different than when using butter/PB butter. My mom has been making pie crust w/ Crisco shortening for decades. It's always great - and made it so easy for me to enjoy holiday pie w/ the family when I chose PB eating. My mom's pie crust recipe is from an old Better Homes & Gardens cookbook (colloquially 'The Red & White') but I believe its the exact same as the one Crisco publishes.

[@AwkwardPain]

It was a thought that crossed my mind. Being the only person around me that eats plant based, I assumed that we would eat mostly plant based, but sometimes they would have other things (nebulous they, as I am not even in a relationship, nor am expecting to be a parent soon) This was very similar to how I ate BEFORE going vegan. it was 90% plant based - meat was something that was maybe once a month or so, and the rest would either be egg, milk products or cheese.

[@elageesnara]

Hi. I'm vegan from Russia and I like your recipe :D

[@mravenwing]

Thanks for the recipes. I, too, have a cuckoo rice cooker, and I love it. Bean is adorable!

[@desiregonzales6246]

I never thought to put Spanish rice in the rice cooker. I'll have to try that so I don't have to pot watch. (Which, I never want to devote/waste the time to do - pot watch.) I was taught to toast the rice first, then add the onion and garlic. Tomato paste. Then, the broth which goes bubbly/boil instantaneously because the flame is on high. Cover and turn it down to simmer. Now, about 6 months ago, I had a huge revelation about Spanish rice. SoCal culture is all about that Spanish rice, ya know, from Mexico. My grandmother learned to cook from my great-grandmother and though my grandmother was born in New Mexico, it was a territory at that time. Here's the revelation. My grandmother's family came from Spain to continue what they had done there - work the mines in the territory of New Mexico. My grandmother learned Spanish rice from Spain, which is how I learned it. Mind blown.

[@PriscillaSaiz]

I completely agree about not sweating the small stuff when outside the home. We don't live in a vegan world unfortunately, but we do our best.

[@rasputozen]

It all looks delicious... I'm drooling lol. Also, is that rice cooker pot PFAS coated? I still have some non-stick stuff I'm trying to get rid of but it's hard!

[@lisac4487]

Bean is so cute ❤❤

[@Bookworm5589]

My 4 year old is also handsy 😂. They try to help but it's sometimes hard to get things done.

[@Thevietvegan]

Haha i can only imagine it gets worse as they get older

[@Bookworm5589]

@@Thevietvegan It does because now it's I can do it which is great for independence but makes my squirrelly

[@martineo9638]

Sounds healthy, a long time ago a mom told me "we are a vegan household, all in my home is vegan, what they choose outside is on them, we give them the why and how....they make the choise. But, all they bring in here is vegan." And that was not to a pushy point but just to set a boundry. When small she would give them snackbags for school and parties and such but if they were to eat non-vegan at that occasion...fine. That sounded like a healthy standpoint to me. I didnt grow up with any restriction but still never ate pork because my mom hated it. Nobody batted an eyelash if I ate pork somewhere else but at my house it was stricktly porkfree. I would take that approach with my kid. You can choose al you want but in this house its vegan.

[@katygates9261]

*grabs for a box of blades* "shahsha!" 🤗😇☺️ I friggn love kids 😅

[@Thevietvegan]

They have the uncanny ability of finding the most dangerous thing within seconds 🙃

[@pandora4078]

I love that ur not restricting bean to plant based foods as a child. I've seen vegan parents make a huge scene at bdays or other get togethers about their not being a plant based option for the 1 vegan child at the party. And I believe that being vegan should be a choice that's made by the individual. A girl I went to school w was raised vegan and at sleepovers when we would be eating junk food she would have rice cakes w peanut butter, this was the 80s when there was very few or no vegan chocolate etc, and we would try to get her to eat reg candy and stuff and she was literally afraid she'd get caught like it was against the law..So yeah..Good job mom!

[@Thevietvegan]

Yeah I would prefer that Bean eats plant based everywhere but i think that’s a big ask of other parents to accommodate so I’ll try to provide pb options and if they end up going for other food as well then 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@marleythewizard]

I need to use my rice cooker 😅 It's still in the box, I'm too scared to cook anything in it besides rice

[@Thevietvegan]

I mean absolutely start with the basics first! Eventually you can start trying more :)

[@amethystjean1744]

I am the opposite. I hate my rice cooker. I hate rice in the instant pot. Only rice on the stovetop for me.

[@MrNioMoon]

Hey! 😁

[@tlsnana9539]

This is long and I apologize first . . . My sons were fed vegetarian until they started school. It’s a health choice for me but not a “religion” so I let them be more free and less restricted in school . . . They knew where to draw the line but, I felt, they had enough decisions to make w/o adding guilt to their school days. Interestingly, they didn’t seem to obsess about eating like everyone else. But I did continue to cook vegetarian at home. They are in their 40’s now, I’ve since become vegan (after 2 recent MI’s, apparently hereditary) and they both still make wise diet decisions. My older son lives with me, has health problems that he was born w/, including cognitive issues, and I cook vegan but he has some non-vegan choices. I give him the freedom to be himself. He has had many dozens of emergency surgeries and, I’m sure, our diet helps him dramatically. My younger son has 2 teenagers, a great job and loves to cook and eat out. He’s experimental with recipes and his Asian wife has brought an amazing dimension to his repertoire. In fact, we had our version of a vegan/vegetarian family Thanksgiving dinner last weekend. It was delicious. Bottom line? I think you’re wise to not let your sweet little one see you panic about tiny diet issues.