Hi Steemit,

I recently joined this platform and really thankful to all those that welcomed me. I wanted to know more about my new friends here, so I can write more effective posts for you. If you comment on this post please let me know what your food addictions are.

I’ve always been a food lover and I regularly take pictures for my own visual food diary.

I hope you like my photos, the chocolates are my own creation and I will be sharing how to make my homemade healthy vegan delicacies soon!

Coffee, Chili, Chocolate and Cheese, my addictions.....

I’ve always loved spicy food. As a kid when I’d hang out at my Bangladeshi friend’s house, she would give me the spiciest fish curry. It was so hot that I couldn't feel my lips after eating it. To be honest after that, I always felt food wasn’t tasty unless there was chili inside it.

I also considered myself a chocolate monster, as a small child it was kinder eggs, then as a teenager I moved onto all the major confectionery bars, into adulthood I'd only buy organic or ethical brands. At one point about 4 years ago I was having a few cubes of Green and Blacks for breakfast before heading to my restaurant job and making myself that daily addiction, coffee.

Cheese, well that’s another thing altogether! I worked in an artisan cheese shop for 3 years and part of the job description was to regularly taste test the quality of all 130 cheeses that were available. It was this job that really sparked up my passion for cheese that was more than just grating it on pasta and pizza. I actually became very snobby, eating only farmhouse cheeses and never brought anything mass produced.

Becoming vegan didn't happen over night for me. One day about 3 years ago I just decided to cut down on my milk and cheese slowly, until eventually I just stopped bothering and noticed I was saving a lot of money by doing so.
Everything takes time, I cut sugar out completely but had to substitute it with natural sugars. This is how I started making my own vegan chocolates, they ended up replacing the coffee that I didn't want to consume anymore because it was making me tired and irritable.
Even the chili was having a negative effect, who would of thought that it can give you a fiery temper? Although it sort of seems obvious, we don't often connect these things and yet is widely known about in Ayurveda, a Indian medicinal food practice.

You might be thinking that I have no fun but actually It's not all about the sensations of our taste buds and the buzz we get from stimulants. I want to be stable, calm and able to function especially under pressure without constant mood swings, sugar crashes and burn outs. That's not all, there are also a whole bunch of health reasons for giving these up, which I am going to go into more detail in another post.

Is it just me or do a lot of addictive foods begin with the letter C? maybe its because they are a curse? :)
Thanks for reading! let me know your thoughts on this and what food and drinks you are addicted to.

Learn more about celestial cow by checking out my intro....
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@celestialcow/hi-steemit-i-m-celestial-cow-fully-plant-powered-food-anarchist-and-diet-revolutionist-excited-to-be-here