Eating like a vegan

We buy onions in bulk these days. 

And bell peppers. Only they call them capsicums here in Australia. I don't know why. They don't call them capsicums in England, or in the US. They call them bell peppers. On the other hand, in England, it is called a courgette, while here in Australia and in the US it is called a zucchini. 

Anyhow, onions and bell peppers. We used to buy one every so often and keep it in the corner in the back of the refrigerator in case there was a recipe that used it. It would be there hiding in the back, hopefully without too much freezer burn for having lived in that back corner for weeks. 

Now we go through an onion or two per day. Per day! What kind of crazies have we become?

 

Onion-eating crazies. That's the kind. The crazies who have to make our own sauces rather than buy a pre-made jar. Those pre-made jars? They have non-vegan ingredients hiding in them like cream or fish sauce.

I'm not vegan. Tim isn't vegan. But with a vegan in the house, it's easier just to make meals that all of us can eat, rather than cooking multiple times. So make your own sauces. 

We've also bought spices we never bought before. Ingredients we never knew existed. I wouldn't say I'm finally learning to cook. Rather, I'm following recipes I've never followed before. With onions. Lots and lots of onions. 

I'm just glad we're not dealing with the vegan on top of food allergies.