My parents were vegetarian and so I was raised on a vegetarian diet and so I have been vegetarian all my life but when I was 19 and at university, I started becoming much more health conscious instead of just wishing to avoid meat. After finding people like Deliciously Ella, I started cooking with an abundance of vegetables and lentils etc and love it! I had been toying with the idea of being vegan since I had joined university after doing plenty of research into animal welfare and, with the shift in my diet, it seemed the perfect time to transition to veganism too. So now I am just your standard vegan who, once upon a time hated vegetables but now can't get enough.