Author: Miche

Videos

Scientific Studies: Losing Weight Releases Toxins in your Blood + 6 Ways to Reduce your Pesticide Levels

Miche

Happy Monday! Today I have a video for you where I go over scientific studies on toxins: how weight loss actually raises the amount of toxins (especially pesticides) in your blood, what those toxins can do to your body and what types of symptoms they cause, and 6 science-based steps you can take to lower your pesticide levels.

Some of the symptoms & diseases that pesticides could cause:

  • Hormone imbalance (can cause endometriosis, painful periods, acne, PCOS), birth defects & infertility
  • Inflammation (can cause eczema, headaches, fatigue, indigestion, etc.)
  • Cancer
  • Brain fog & neuron loss
  • Hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism
  • Autism
  • ADHD
  • Diabetes
  • Asthma

See the video for how you can lower your toxin levels, based on science.

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Want to help me do more of this kind of research for you? I would really appreciate your support on Patreon!

Recipes

Decadent Vegan Strawberry Shortcake Recipe

Miche

Vegan Strawberry Shortcake

I finally got my hands on the new Reddi-wip vegan whipped cream, and for my first time trying it, I wanted to make something a bit extravagant where whipped cream is a key ingredient: so I went with strawberry shortcake. My fiancé found a nonvegan recipe online, and we made it vegan and changed the method to make it easier—and it has turned out amazing every time! It’s now our go-to when we want a fun brunch.

We’ve also served it to nonvegan friends with rave reviews!

Vegan strawberry shortcake

Makes about 16 shortcakes

Ingredients

Shortcake

  • 4 cups flour
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 5 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3/4 cups vegan butter (for dough)*
  • 1/4-1/2 cup vegan butter (for pan & topping)
  • 1 1/4c vegan heavy cream, half and half, or coconut cream

Toppings

  • 2 pints strawberries
  • ½ cup sugar
  • Vegan whipped cream

*Our favorite vegan butter is Miyokos, and we add a bit of extra heavy cream to make up for it being a bit less wet than most vegan butters. Depending on the brand you use, you may need to add more heavy cream or non-dairy milk to make the dough smooth and moist enough.

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
  2. Slice strawberries to your desired size, crushing some of them if you prefer more juice rather than whole strawberry pieces. Mix with 1/2 cup of sugar, and set aside while you make the dough to let it produce strawberry syrup.

Make the shortcakes:

  1. Stir flour, 3 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. Add 3/4 cup of softened butter, and use your hands to rub it into the dry ingredients. Add 1 1/4 cups cream, and mix to a soft dough. Add more cream (or nondairy milk) as necessary to achieve a smooth ball of dough with no cracks.
  2. Knead the dough for 1-2 minutes in the bowl, then roll it to about 1/2-inch thickness. Using a biscuit cutter or jar (mine was about a 3″ diameter), cut an even number of rounds.
  3. Use some of the remaining butter to grease a baking sheet. Lay the rounds out on the sheet, leaving some space between them. Melt remaining butter, and brush it evenly on top of the rounds.
  4. Bake for 8 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown. Make sure not to brown the bottoms beyond a golden light brown color.
  5. Serve warm. Top shortcakes with strawberries and whipped cream, and enjoy!

I would love your feedback if you try it! I would also love to see your posts–if you make it and tag me @veganmiche on Instagram, I’ll share your post! 🙂

 

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Starch Solution, Videos

I’M NOT HIGH CARB LOW FAT ANYMORE? | Weight loss progress pics & advice

Miche

I’m back in action, with a diet update for you! In the video, I show you my weight loss from a high carb diet (starch solution) versus my new diet. Plus, what my new diet is & why I LOVED being high carb but it isn’t my current way of eating.

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Recipes

Vegan Lemon Cheesecake Bars Recipe

Miche


Easter is coming, which means it’s time for (more) baking!

I tried to make my fiancé a replacement for his favorite vegan lemon tart that the store stopped carrying, and we ended up with something even better: these lemon cheesecake bars.

They’re like a cross between cheesecake and lemon bars: creamy cheesecake texture with bright lemon bar flavor and crust. It’s a match made in heaven.

If you like cheesecake and lemon bars, you’re going to love these!

Makes an 8″ round pan

Ingredients

Shortbread Crust

  • 1/2 cup vegan butter (I highly recommend Miyoko’s)
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour

Combine ingredients in a bowl, and massage butter and lemon juice into sugar and flour until it forms an even dough, without lumps.

Line an 8″ round pan with parchment paper, and press the dough into the pan. Bake at 350 for 15 mins. Remove from oven and let it cool for a few minutes.

Filling

  • 1 cup raw cashews
  • 1 cup and 2 tbsp coconut cream*
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 3/4 cup lemon juice
  • 1 pinch sea salt
  • 5 tbsp maple syrup
  • Powdered sugar to sprinkle on top

Blend all ingredients except powdered sugar until completely smooth and creamy, with no pieces of cashew left intact. (If you don’t have a high-powered blender, you may want to soak the cashews for several hours before making these.) Pour into half baked crust and bake at 350 for 20-25 mins, until edges start to crack. Remove from oven to cool for 30 minutes, then transfer to fridge. Let cool overnight, sprinkle with powdered sugar, and enjoy!

*Coconut cream is the hard part at the top of a can of full-fat coconut milk that has a butter-like consistency; not the liquid. You can also buy cans of pure coconut cream.

Recipes

I’ve Started Designing Vegan-Themed Merch!

Miche

Hey guys!

Long time, no see. I’ve been working on a bunch of recipes to start posting here (currently tweaking and refining), so hopefully you’ll be seeing more of me.

In the meantime, I’ve been working on something else too. I realized I’ve had a problem: good vegan merch is hard to come by. It always takes a lot of digging to find decent vegan T shirts and workout tanks, and they’re usually really overpriced. So I decided I’d try to help fix the problem myself by making my own!

As of yesterday I’ve been uploading my own designs (mostly vegan themed) to Redbubble, where people can buy them as shirts, stickers, mugs, totes, pillows, phone and laptop cases, pretty much everything. The prices still aren’t as low as I’d like them (and they vary wildly by shirt style), even though I lowered the default markup (aka I lowered the percent of money I get), but it’s better than most stuff I’ve seen. I’m planning to upload a ton more, and I’m sure I’ll learn as I go, so stay tuned!

So, if you’re interested in vegan swag and want to help support a poor vegan grad student, check out my brand new shop! (Also linked in the menu bar above)

And if you have any suggestions, let me know–I’d love to take custom requests 🙂

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