Vegetarian and Vegan Diets
Finding Dietary Balance: Raw Food Trial
Well well well, look who came crawling back to blog-land. Apologies for the cliffhanger re. raw status. Is she? Isn’t she? Did she die when she tried unsuccessfully to hook chlorophyll to her veins? All possible theories. But alas, I’m breaking the news to you...
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Vegan Pumpkin Cheesecake Bites
Wow. This is one of my favorite desserts ever. I had a batch of cashew ricotta in my fridge and thought to myself, this sure looks like it would make a good cheesecake... That is how this recipe was born. These cheesecake bites are not low fat or low calorie, but ...
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Low fat is HARD! Raw days 8 and 9
Hello friends! Here we are at day 9 raw. Who’d a thunk it? I’m continuing to love this experiment, and am convinced my diet can never incorporate the amount of cooked food as I ate pre-trial. That being said, I suspect I will need to wiiiiiiiise up on all things divers...
Read more...Quinoa Protein Bread (vegan)
Good morning, sunshine! It has been a pretty sunny November here in Michigan, which of course is never a complaint for its residents. Some say it is sunny days like these that help us survive the long winter that is ahead of us, and each day of sunshine is a gift knowing that ...
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David Wolfe: Superfoods
I had the pleasure of attending a lecture by David Wolfe this weekend and cant wait to share all the health nuggets with you!He was giving a 3 hr talk at Downward Dog Yoga Studio in Toronto. Before going, I met up with my great like minded friends Michelle, Joy...
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Raw day 2.
Howdy! Firstly, thanks for the v. sweet comments and pro-raw support. Your virtual pep talks get me through! Truth be told however, this has so far been the most natural feeling ‘diet’ in the world, and I haven’t experienced any hellacious cravings or ‘I wish tha...
Read more...Making Almond Milk
Happy Monday! Its fresh start day and a new week with lots of opportunities to add in doses of healthy living. What are your goals for this week? Yesterday, I ran out of Almond Milk so I decided it was time to try making my own. We go through quite a bit of it eve...
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Vegetarian Recipe - Mini Deep Dish Muffin Pizzas
Andrew saw these cute little mini deep dish pizzas and decided we had to give them a try - since we were just in Chicago this summer, we developed a love for Chicago style deep dish pizza. I, of course, forgot to get a photo of them when we made them last night, so, for no...
Read more...Planning a Vegan Thanksgiving
I think Im a wee bit overtired as I type this so be on the lookout for a few grammatical errors..... Last week turned out to be exactly as busy as I thought. I mentioned that I signed up to work the annual Lululemon Warehouse sale and Ill just let the pictures do...
Read more...Butternut Squash Gluten-Free Gnocchi
Welcome to October! And, welcome me to being past-due-date pregnant. Ah, yes! I am miserable in a good way. I am not sure how that happens really. I feel miserable and antsy, but so super excited that it really cant be more than a week more till we meet our baby. So, I ha...
Read more...You Won't Believe It's Vegan
You Wont Believe Its Vegan Lacey Sher and Gail Doherty (200 recipes for simple and delicious animal free cuisine.) Da Capo Press sent me this cookbook for review. Both Lacey Sher and Gail Doherty are graduates of New York Citys Natural Gourmet Institut...
Read more...Neal Barnard, MD: Book Review
Well when I received this book from Da Capo Press to review, I looked forward to reviewing this one. I got to hear him speak at Health Crusade in Lodi, CA. Neal Barnard MD author of the best selling booked called Dr. Neal Barnards Program for Reversing Diabetes. t...
Read more...The Vegetarian Diet for Kidney Disease Book
Got a kidney problem? I just received this book The Vegetarian Diet for Kidney Disease from Basic Health Publications by Joan Brookhyser Hogan, R.D. Joan Brookhyser Hogan, R.D. is a registered dietitian and board certified renal nutrition specialist. This ...
Read more...The Dirt on Sustainable Soil
Dirt and soil. if you’re an amateur greenthumb you know there is a major difference between these two things. Dirt is dry and dead and suitable for a cat’s litter box. Soil is dark, fragrant and alive. Good soil, along with good weather and TLC is the key to growing good pl...
Read more...Mon Histoire
My parents like to tell the story that when I was 5 years old, they bought a KFC bucket of chicken and took me down to the river for a picnic. There were some seagulls playing nearby. I looked up at my father, and said, Dad, Im a little uncomfortable eating bird in front of a ...
Read more...If Eating Meat is so Necessary, Why are Vegetarians still Alive?
As Ive said before, the meat industry has done a really good job of convincing us all that we need meat in order to get proper protein and iron. Many people continue to eat meat on the basis that they think they need it to survive. But think about it...picture in your h...
Read more...Ethics 101
Im sure every vegetarian could come up with several different, ethical reasons for being a vegetarian. Please feel free to post your own reasons below, but the following reasons are my own fundamental ethical reasons for turning my nose up at meat. These reasons are not meant ...
Read more...Healthy, Wealthy, and Kind
I love being a vegetarian. I love the word, I love the food, and I love the ethos. I think there are many reasons to become vegetarian, including the benefit to your health, your wallet, or the environment. However, I would like to say at the start that the real reason I am a ...
Read more...Queen of Vegetarian Cookery
One of the best things about not eating gluten any more is that I have become more aware of ensuring my diet is healthy and balanced. For me the key to a healthy diet is lots of veggies, fruit, beans and pulses with a small amount fish and meat. I was vegetarian for m...
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Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie (Dairy-Free)
Chocolate sugar hatin unprocessed foodies, we have to get our peanut butter cup flavor fixes the homespun route. We must conjure up low carb alternatives with nut flours, healthful saturated fats, sugar substitutes, and pure unadulterated cacao. Our desserts dont come ...
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