ʻO ka mea kākau o ka blog, ʻo Wendy, ua kipa aku i kahi helu kupaianaha o nā ʻāina - 97, ʻaʻole ʻo ia e hoʻōki. Ma kāna nīnauele, kamaʻilio ʻo Wendy ʻoliʻoli e pili ana i kāna mau wahi punahele ma ka honua, ka meaʻai maikaʻi loa a ma ka ʻāina hea ʻo ia ka manawa paʻakikī loa.
Ua hele au i ka vegan i Kepakemapa 2014 i koʻu hele ʻana ma Helene. Noho au i Geneva i kēia manawa, no laila, ʻo ka hapa nui o kaʻu mau huakaʻi ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma ʻEulopa Komohana. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻo Farani, Kelemānia, Helene, Italia, Pokukala, Sepania a me UK. A, ʻoiaʻiʻo, Switzerland. Ua lele pōkole aku au i koʻu mokuʻāina home ʻo Alabama (USA) e hālāwai me koʻu makuahine.
Ua hānau ʻia ka hoihoi i ka veganism ma muli o ka hopohopo no ke olakino a me ke kaiapuni. I ka pau ʻana o ka makahiki 2013, ua ʻike au i ka make ʻeha o koʻu makuakāne, i pili pū me nā pilikia mai ka maʻi diabetes type 1. I kēlā manawa, ua ʻike wau i ka hiki ʻole o koʻu hopena ponoʻī a me ka ʻike maopopo ʻaʻole wau makemake e hoʻopau. I kekahi mau mahina ma hope mai, ua aʻo hou au e pili ana i ka meaʻai mea kanu a hiki i ka waiu protein casein ke hoʻoulu i ka maʻi maʻi type 1 i ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka genetically predisposed. Ma hope o ke aʻo ʻana i kēia mau mea a pau, ua lilo ia i mea paʻakikī iaʻu e ʻai i nā huahana waiu: i kēlā me kēia manawa aʻu e noʻonoʻo ai i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i ka manawa pinepine, liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, kau inoa wau iaʻu iho ma lalo o ka hoʻopaʻi make.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni he mea nui iaʻu. Ke piʻi aʻe nei ka hopohopo o ke kaiapuni i ka piʻi ʻana o ka nui o nā kinoea ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ka lewa a me ka piʻi ʻana o ka nui o ka luku e hoʻopōʻino ai nā kānaka i ka honua. Ua ʻike au e hiki i ka meaʻai mea kanu ke waiho i kahi kapuaʻi ʻino ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi, ʻo ia ka mea hoʻoikaika no kaʻu hoʻololi.
ʻO kaʻu ʻāina punahele ma mua a ma hope o ka hele ʻana i ka vegan ʻo Italia. Manaʻo ka poʻe he nui nā meaʻai Italia a puni ka cheese, akā ʻaʻole kēia ka hihia. He ʻoi aku ka nui o kēia ʻāina ma mua o ka stereotypical pasta spaghetti. Loaʻa ka ʻai ʻItalia maoli i nā ʻano kīʻaha kūloko a me nā kīʻaha kūloko, no laila hiki ke ʻokoʻa nā kīʻaha ma muli o ka ʻāpana o ka ʻāina. Makemake au e hoʻomaopopo pono i ka Hema o Italia e pili ana i ka nui o ka meaʻai meaʻai!
E ke Akua, e koho anei au i kekahi? He paʻakikī loa! ʻAe, aia kahi pahu tapas vegan ma Madrid i kapa ʻia ʻo Vega aʻu i makemake nui ai. Hāʻawi pū lākou i nā papa nui, akā ua kauoha wau me kaʻu kāne ʻo Nick i nā papa tapas like ʻole (he mea hoʻomaka Spanish). Eia kekahi, lawelawe lākou i nā ʻōpala anu maikaʻi loa, e like me gazpacho, a me nā croquettes mushroom. I ko mākou kipa mua ʻana, ua mālama ʻia mākou i kahi cheesecake blueberry he mea kupanaha!
ʻO ka huakaʻi paʻakikī loa ma kēia ʻano ʻo Normandy, Farani, i ka wā hoʻomaha Kalikimaka i ka makahiki 2014. Akā ʻo ka "paʻakikī" kahi huaʻōlelo pili, no ka mea, ʻaʻole ia he paʻakikī. ʻO ka meaʻai kūloko ka nui o ka ʻiʻo a me nā huahana waiu, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i nā kīʻaha kūpono. Ua loaʻa iā mākou nā koho maikaʻi loa ma nā hale ʻaina Italia, Moroccan a me Kina.
He mau manawa mākou e ʻai ai i nā hale ʻaina Palani ma ka hōkele a mākou i noho ai. ʻAʻohe mea kokoke i ka meaʻai meaʻai ma ka papa kuhikuhi, akā hauʻoli nā mea lawelawe e hana i kahi kauoha kūikawā no mākou. Ua lawa ka nīnau a wehewehe ʻana i nā mea e pono ai mākou!
He mau pule pule mākou i hoʻolālā ʻia i ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻo Lākana kekahi, kahi i kono ai koʻu kaikoʻeke iā mākou i koʻu pāʻina lā hānau ma Vanilla Black. He hale ʻaina ʻoi aku kēia ma mua o nā hale ʻaina aʻu e kipa mau ai. Hiki iā ʻoe ke haʻi i koʻu hauʻoli!
A laila, ʻo kā mākou huakaʻi aʻe i Sepania no nā lā hoʻomaha Easter. Ua kamaʻāina mākou i kēia ʻāina, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i kahi mea hou i loko. Ma hope o ka holo wikiwikiʻana ma Madrid, e holo mākou i nā'āpana o Aragon a me Castilla-la-Mancha. Ma Zaragoza, ke kapikala o Aragon, he nui nā mea ʻai meaʻai a hoʻokahi wahi vegan i kapa ʻia ʻo El Plato Reberde, aʻu e kali nei e kipa aku!