Tajana has been vegan since January 2019🐾. She believes in body positivity, equality and love. Meatless Movement recently had an opportunity to chat with her.

Please tell us more about yourself

Hi, I’m Tajana. A 19 years old Balkan girl based in Germany. I’m currently living in a small city near Frankfurt am Main which is where the huge airport is located. I’ve lived in both, Germany and also on The Balkans due to my dad’s jobs. 

@vegankisses

I’m vegan since January 2019, a couple of days just before my 17th birthday. It was a big disappointment for my family and friends initially. Nobody believed me at first as I was both a fan of sweets and a huge dairy products lover. For your information, Raffaello has always been first on my list of favorite things.

AÇAÍ ICE CREAM

PETA was the one who introduced me to the vegan world. I accidentally found out about their Instagram profile though a vegetarian friend. Since I have always considered myself an animal lover I continued scrolling through their feed. I was both shocked and amazed while reading their content.

After a couple of breathless moments I came to a post recommending the documentary called “Blackfish” on Netflix.

I spent that night and the following day crying. Seeing the way people treat animals broke my heart into multiple pieces. I swore myself and the animals to go vegan. Now I’m also vegan for the environment, Mother Nature and also my health. 

Our ability to talk and spread truth is our power

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what i eat as a vegan teen

I’m not a Coach nor a Chef, I just like to show people how easy it is to eat as a vegan and how many different vegan products you can get nowadays. I also review places and their vegan offers, try snacks and create recipes. For me it’s important to create an easy and cheap recipe without any ingredients that you can’t get here. 

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To be honest I’ve never had a challenge finding vegan products or foods since I’m a picky eater and would choose accidentally vegan fries at an Omni restaurant over a spinach lasagne any time!! 

@vegankisses

I lost about 30kgs after going vegan and my blood test showed only great results. I’ve never felt this good, light, pretty or happy. Veganism educated me on many different toppings and since I’m active on instagram I found some amazing accounts that spread body positivity which helped too!

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I’ve also found new friends! Had the opportunity to be a part of an opening event of a vegan restaurant (purple soul) and going vegan made me try so many new foods!! I didn’t even know what chickpeas were or that they even existed. 

My parents aren’t vegan but they love trying and eating vegan foods or meat alternatives. I inspired them simply by saying that they won’t lose anything with trying it, instead they will get new experiences. Whenever I ask them if they want a bite and usually they say yes because my food looks „pretty“. Their eyes eat too don’t they, Haha.

Seriously talking about the health benefits of being vegan to some people who are interested in wellness and nature can be an inspiration too. You gotta know who you are with and the subject matter to decide how to inspire them to eat vegan foods.

@vegankisses
  • VEGAN FRENCH TOAST YOU WILL LOVE 🍯
  • DID YOU KNOW THAT ITS POSSIBLE TO MAKE PANCAKES OUT OF WAFFLE DOUGH?? WERBUNG

  • SWEET AND PROTEIN RICH PANCAKE PIZZA
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My favorite plant based place is Purple Soul, the vegan restaurant located in a gym! They make the best açaí pancake bowl and amazing vegan snickers like raw cakes! You can find it in Offenbach! 

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  • AÇAÍ PANCAKE BOWL
  • SNICKERS RAW CAKE

Any advice for someone switching to a plant based lifestyle?

CAULIFLOWER NEVER DISAPPOINTS 🥵🤍

What is important is the fact that you replace as many animals products with vegan ones as you can. Even only switching from cow milk to soy milk is a huge step! And has a great impact on our dying world. If the vegan diet is too much for you and you can’t keep it up – don’t worry that’s fine. If you need any tips, encouraging words or simply a listening ear, feel free to dm me! I would be honored to help you out on your way to make the world a better place.

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tajana | vegan since january 2019🐾 | balkan girl based in germany
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body positivity, equality, love.

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