1. This blog is full of my best vegan recipes, reviews, rantings and ravings. It is not, and was never, intended to be a political platform. With that being said, I welcome all comments regarding how the food looks, tastes, smells, and satisfies. If you want to preach, start your own blog and I will link to it. I promise.

2. No personal attacks on the blogger or anyone willing to make a comment. Sure you can call me out for posting a bad recipe. I really do want all your input as it gives me a chance to tweak the recipes in the future. However, let’s keep the name calling down to a minimum. Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words may make me cry a little on the inside while I am cooking.

3. I am not a nutritionist or a dietician. So I will let you all know up front that some of these dishes will not be 100% healthy. Remember you can make vegan French fries, but if you eat them every day you will get fat. I do, however, try to make healthier versions of my recipes. I have struggled with weight most of my life, and I try to cook fairly healthy at home. But sometimes … you need some fat laden, super rich, old-style comfort food to get you through the day.

4. I forgot to tell you that I am a child of the 80’s. I love all things 80’s from the music to the movies to the clothing. My mother wouldn’t buy me a Member’s Only jacket or parachute pants. Oh wait, that is another blog or at least a trip to my therapist. Please disregard that last bit. Anyway, I will most likely reference song lyrics and movie lines as we progress. No haters please. If you can’t appreciate the 80’s keep it to yourself and just enjoy the food. That reminds me of a song…

5. Just as much as I like the 80’s, I loves me some Jimmy Buffet music, his earlier stuff mind you, not the stuff he produced after selling out. I still can’t get my head around being able to listen to Jimmy Buffet music, while wearing Jimmy Buffet clothing, while drinking Jimmy Buffet margaritas, while eating Jimmy Buffet frozen entrees. Oops, another blog or perhaps a subliminal reason why I went vegan. Anyway, I like to listen to Jimmy’s music while I cook. So you may wind up with some bizarre, random music lyrics in my recipes.

6. THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE is that I set up this blog to have fun. My first two years as a vegan were filled with some pretty odd and sometimes disgusting food. My goal is to provide great vegan recipes and menus that anyone can eat and anyone can make. If need be, I will use outside, real-life, certified meat eaters to test my recipes. So let’s have some fun, and let me create some awesome food for you.