Hello, my dear friends!
Welcome to Donut follow the Crowd! I'm Julia and I'm so happy you stopped by!
ABOUT THE BLOG.
Donut follow the Crowd is a food blog for easy, healthy, gluten-free and grain-free vegan recipes. I love creating simple meals and foods that neither take long to make (unless it’s worth the effort ;)) nor need all too many ingredients!
ABOUT FOOD.
All my recipes are vegan and have a gluten-free option, where possible. But my blog wouldn’t be called ‘Donut follow the Crowd’, if I weren’t doing things a bit differently.
Vegan does not mean complicated or hundreds of ingredients to replace an animal product. It can, in fact, be very easy – easier than a regular diet.
Also, vegan doesn’t mean expensive – if you start making the basics yourself! Why buy almond milk that is often just almond flavoured water, really, if you can easily make this at home for less money and more value?
I love fermenting and cultivating foods and I make pretty much everything from scratch, for one good reason: homemade eliminates all those nasties, like preservatives, additives, etc. Plus, here again, it saves me money! Of course, I share all my recipes and experiences here too!
Just a few more things that you won’t find here on this blog: wheat (I use spelt or Kamut, or gluten-/grain-free flours), processed sugar (I use coconut sugar or maple/brown rice syrup instead, or go sugar-free) and soy (soy isn’t actually good for you and may mess with our hormone production).
THE CHOICE IS YOURS.
Although I cut out so many different foods from my diet, I don’t want you to simply do the same. It’s only a suggestion, right? You eat whatever you like and whatever you think is best for you and your body :).
This is why my recipes will give you many, many various options so you can adapt them to your liking! The choice is always yours!
ABOUT ME.
I live in the Northwest of Queensland, Australia, in the Outback (where it’s hot and dry most of the year). However, I’m actually not Australian but German which means English is my second language (so excuse my mistakes which I’m sure are scattered all over my blog, haha).
I left Germany in 2015 and travelled around the world, lived in different countries and ever since I simply enjoy life. Since 2019 I live in beautiful Australia and absolutely love it.
Always being on the move (even when I lived in Germany) poses quite a few challenges when it comes to cooking. Oftentimes, you don’t really have a kitchen or it’s not well-equipped. Especially when I’m travelling in my car (i.e. camping).
But all these experiences and challenges taught me that you can whip up tasty meals even though you don’t have the equipment, the space or enough ingredients. Thus, my hang for easy, simple & quick meals was born…
I hope you enjoy Donut follow the Crowd and that my recipes inspire you. LOVE, Julia.