Recipes, restaurant reviews & product picks — all vegan, all honest, all from an LA local who’s been living this lifestyle since 2019.
and never looking back
Recipes, restaurant reviews & product picks — all vegan, all honest, all from an LA local who’s been living this lifestyle since 2019.
Hi, I’m Karima Peeran — a vegan foodie, LA local, and passionate advocate for rare disease awareness. I’m also living with Sialidosis Type 1, a rare neurodegenerative condition that has shaped my life in unexpected but powerful ways.
“In my early teens, I began experiencing hand tremors. By 15, I began using a wheelchair. It wasn’t easy — but through patience, gratitude, and love, I’ve grown stronger and more thankful.”
My turning point came when I met Dan and Faith, siblings from Switzerland who also have Sialidosis — yet live vibrant, healthy lives. Their secret? A vegan lifestyle! Learning how animal products could worsen our symptoms, I made the switch in 2019 and never looked back.
It wasn’t always perfect — I had to learn how to read ingredient labels carefully. But soon, I felt lighter, more focused, and energized. My tremors improved, and I found a new sense of peace and balance.
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From fluffy blueberry muffins to cozy breakfasts plant-based cooking made simple and delicious.
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Honest, unsponsored reviews of vegan-friendly spots I’ve personally visited and loved or not. Always from the heart.
“In my early teens, I began experiencing hand tremors. By 15, I began using a wheelchair. It wasn’t easy — but through patience, gratitude, and love, I’ve grown stronger and more thankful.”
On another visit, I tried their Pure JOI Classic coffee (hazelnut + cinnamon), a maple donut, and French toast. The coffee was rich and velvety with cacao, coconut whip, and vanilla. I’m not even a coffee person, but I drank half the cup without realizing it! Their in-store products — cookware, protein powders, seasonal gifts, and JOI-branded caps — are a lovely bonus too.
Honest, unsponsored reviews of vegan-friendly spots I’ve personally visited and loved or not. Always from the heart.
“In my early teens, I began experiencing hand tremors. By 15, I began using a wheelchair. It wasn’t easy — but through patience, gratitude, and love, I’ve grown stronger and more thankful.”
On another visit, I tried their Pure JOI Classic coffee (hazelnut + cinnamon), a maple donut, and French toast. The coffee was rich and velvety with cacao, coconut whip, and vanilla. I’m not even a coffee person, but I drank half the cup without realizing it! Their in-store products — cookware, protein powders, seasonal gifts, and JOI-branded caps — are a lovely bonus too.
I’ve been loving this one lately. It’s a super rich nut butter made with cashews, almonds, Brazil nuts, chia, flax, and pumpkin seeds basically everything I want in one jar. The texture is creamy with just the right amount of crunch. I’ve been having it on toast every morning with a bit of jelly and it makes breakfast feel extra cozy. Really simple, really good.
Ingredients: Cashews, almonds, brazil nuts, flax seeds, chia seeds, hazelnuts, pumpkin seeds, celtic sea salt, sugar (1g for 2 tbs)
Dietary Accommodations: Vegan, Paleo, Certified Gluten-Free, Non-GMO Project Verified, Certified Organic.
Taste & Texture: “very nutty, you can also taste the different types of seeds” (Google).
GenZVeganz Rating: 5 out of 5 – It has a nice nutty texture, but it’s. not to the point of the nuts getting stuck in your teeth. I always eat this nut butter every day for breakfast on toast with a little bit of jelly, to give it a little sweetness!
Ingredients: Organic coconut oil, organic cultured cashew milk (filtered water, organic cashews, cultures), filtered water, organic sunflower oil, organic sunflower lecithin, sea salt.
Dietary Accommodations: Vegan
Taste & Texture: smooth, not hard to slice it with a butter knife, just the right amount of salt to make the food good, but not too overpowering.
GenZVeganz Rating: 5 out of 5 – This is my favorite butter to use for spreading on sandwiches, cooking, or even baking! Ot has got a really nice and smooth texture to it and it melts on your tongue delicately. I always spread this butter on my toast for breakfast every day and it goes well with NuttZo butter with a little bit of jelly!
Ingredients: Ramen noodles (unbleached wheat flour, sea salt. vital wheat gluten), seasoning packet (dried miso (soybeans, cultured rice (rice, aspergillus oryzae), salt), yeast extract, potato starch, natural flavors, sugar, dried wakame seaweed, dried green onion, dried garlic, dried cabbage, shitake mushroom powder, spices), oil packet (sunflower oil, toasted sesame oil).
Dietary Accommodations: Vegan
Taste & Texture: It has the right texture to slurp a noodle in your mouth, (without the noodle breaking), and for you to enjoy chewing it. The soup compliments the noodles very well. I added in some vegetables to make it healthy like broccoli, snapeas, asparagus, mushroom, and other vegetables!
GenZVeganz Rating: 5 out of 5 – This is my favorite instant miso ramen so far! I haven’t tried ramen in a while, since it wasn’t vegan, but I found this small and quick food item to cook in a pot and it’s delicious. I wish I could eat this everyday!
I’d absolutely love to hear from you! Whether you’re craving new vegan recipe ideas, excited to share your favorite plant-based finds, or just popping in to say hi I’m always happy to connect.
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