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Veganized Toll House Cookies

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The next time you are craving some homemade chocolate chip cookies, here is a veganized version of recipe of Nestle’s Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies. Enjoy.

Ingredients

  • 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup vegan butter, softened
  • ¾ cup white sugar
  • ¾ cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 Tablespoons chia seeds (soak a couple minutes in 6 Tablespoons of warm water)
  • 2 cups vegan semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup oatmeal and/or nuts (optional)

Step 1:  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F

Step 2:  Beat butter, white sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, chia seeds and water in a large mixing bowl until creamy and fluffy.

Step 3:  Add salt, baking soda and gradually add flour. Mix well.

Step 4: Add chocolate chips and optional oatmeal/nuts. 

Step 5:  Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.

Step 6:  Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 9 to 11 minutes

Step 7: Cool and enjoy

Organic Homesteading

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It is time to look at our organic homesteading lifestyle centered on growing our own food focusing on a plant-based diet. Our approach is to work in harmony with nature, cultivating fruits, vegetables and herbs without the use of synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. This also means making the most of what the earth provides, reducing waste, and embracing a self-sufficient lifestyle by using sustainable and eco-friendly methods.

Whether you have a small piece of property, tons of acres or a suburban garden organic homesteading allows you to nourish your body while contributing to a healthier planet.

I will be focusing on getting our fruit trees healthier and determining what winter vegetables we want to plant.

This is all a learning process and some fruit and vegetables could take years to have healthy crops, but I am in it for the long haul and excited to see my plants flourish as I learn more about gardening.

Embracing Plantbased Lifestyle

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Embracing a plant-based lifestyle comes with numerous benefits for your health, the environment, and even animal welfare.

You can have many reasons for going Plantbased. But whatever the reason is, you will find several benefits in your decision.

1. Health Benefits: Plantbased can reduce risk of chronic diseases, improved heart health, and increased energy levels. It can help you have better recovery after working out.

2. Environmental Impact: A plantbased lifestyle can contribute to sustainability by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, conserving water, and preserving biodiversity.

3. Saving animals from being tortured and killed. This was my main reason next to the health benefits.

4. Transitioning to a Plantbased lifestyle isn’t as hard as people make it sound. Just don’t cook animal products. Some say they can’t give up cheese, then eat cheese and go plantbased everywhere else in your diet. Then down the road maybe try and move off cheese. Research what animals go through for you to have that cheese and venture out and try Plantbased cheeses. As with anything, some are good and some are not. But if you can’t go off cheese, then that is okay and don’t let anyone make you feel like a failure.

Food seems to be a trigger for some and when they hear you are Plantbased some become your nutritionist asking the same old question, “how do you get your protein?” The answer is plants, legumes, tofu etc.. I like to ask them how they get their antioxidants.

I enjoy a Plantbased life. Am I perfect? Absolutely not. I still like milk chocolate. I do look for vegan chocolate but sometimes it isn’t.

Live your life. Eat plants and feel great.