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At Swasti Eco Cottages, their organic, plant-based restaurant has all kinds of vegan yumminess. I discovered this vegan gluten free pizza with gorgeous blue edible flowers!! A unique beauty and total deliciousness! Roasted greens, peppers, onions & tomato sauce on a thin, crispy, flavorful buckwheat crust. With comfy floor cushions, colorful art decor and design, the whole restaurant is nestled in lush, jungly gardens inside this eco resort. A quiet retreat tucked away from the busy city of Ubud. There's quite an extensive menu that includes nonveg and veg, with a lot of vegan and gluten free items clearly marked. They're also great about substitutions for the build-it-yourself types, like me. I don't remember exactly but I'm pretty sure I built this pizza. For dessert, the standard Ubud vegan lineup-raw vegans cakes and small treats.
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This cow with a numbered label attached to its body is eerily reminiscent of Jews being stamped with a number in concentration camps. This is also much like how black people were treated in slavery. These races were not seen as human. They were seen as lower level vermin. Another species that were certainly of lower value and importance than the white supremacy. Not considered worthy of humane treatment. Expendable. Do we not see that this is EXACTLY how we view and treat animals? We think of them as lower, less important, that their lives have much less worth than ours, and we are entitled to treat them however we want, and exploit them for our own benefit. Because we are, of course, a superior race.
It is difficult to be eating the flesh of a murdered animal and claim to not be racist. The very beliefs that produce racism are the same that permit and justify abuse and production of animal products. Consuming animal products requires continuously making a choice to value your life above another living creature's. That justification worked when we lived in the jungle and had to compete to fend for our survival, but that is now no loner the case. We discriminate against animals because they don't speak our language and they don't look or behave exactly as we do. It's the same thing we still do to other humans. We think they're different because they look different, communicate differently, need different things. But they are living, breathing creatures on this planet who feel pain and suffer, who innocently exist on this planet and deserve the same care and respect as any other living being would want. They just want to play, love and have freedom to enjoy their lives, the same as we do. We are always just repeating the first recipes that were ever originated. Someone invented pasta, pizza, falafel, pad thai, all these incredible, unique and delicious things. Why can no one do this now? Why are there NO new epic dishes being created? Why are the best chefs only still making the same dishes with small twists and variations? Ooh, truffle oil drizzle, cardamom-flavor, another exotic creature that sounds interesting. But nothing they create is ever craved by you again later, it just doesn't hit that spot of comfort. Is it that we don't have the social communities anymore that created long, strong traditions around certain foods? Or is it because our need for food in general is slowly dying out as our bodies become lighter, and the only relationship we have to food now is holding onto the memories we made in the past?
We are living in a great time for vegans- There is a lot of awareness now around wanting to be kinder and healthier with our diets, and now there are so many foods catering towards vegetarians and vegans. It's fantastic progress we've made from the days where the word vegan was completely foreign and vegetarian meant, 'Um, should I bring you some iceberg lettuce with our Caesar dressing?'
Let's be honest though, in our attempts to be more aware of what we eat, are we really eating healthier with these new vegan options? Now vegans can have vegan burgers with fake meats and fake cheeses, vegan donuts with 'egg substitutes' processed flour and a whole bunch of refined sugar, even regular pizza restaurants will offer a vegan Deep dish pizza! Whoa! It's great because we're being kinder to the animals, but are we being kind to our own bodies? And are we being kinder to each other? Sometimes being vegan turns into still not being conscious of our own health. And sometimes being vegan turns into a political stance that leads to more divide and anger between vegans and everyone else. |
MICHAELA CLARA I'm here to share what I've learned through my journey of self exploration-traveling around the outer world and within the inner world-learning about how to live a healthy life, in alignment with the body, heart and soul. Every day I'm discovering how to live more in health, connection and truth. Through joy, passion & self love, creating the life I want, and sharing this love with others. Join me for the ride! Read More |