I have to be honest with you…until I became vegan, I didn’t really give much thought to the ingredients in many of the products (especially cosmetic) I used on a regular basis. I just lived, purchased, painted and puckered despite hearing many of the same terrifying things I am sure you have heard…lipstick contains harmful […]
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Since becoming vegan we have become food movie aficionados. We have hosted Mind Expanding Movie Nights at our house where we have experienced slaughterhouses, GMO’s, corporate cover ups and greed centered around the food industry. I have been blown away, shamed and prideful as I have watched these movies with purpose. Over the weekend we […]
Tags: an transition, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, compassionate eating, vegan experience, vegan movie night, vegan movies, vegetarian movie, vegetarian transition
I finally broke down and tried whippable soy topping. I have picked it up and passed it up a half dozen times. It was not until I was going to create the Peach Galette that the Soyatoo! whipped topping seemed critical. It feels unfathomable to have pie or Galette without a la mode or whipped topping. The […]
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Thanks to all of you for sharing Exploits, for “liking” us on Facebook and for following us on Twitter. Each time you use our new tool bar to share features you will be entered to win some handcrafted vegan-tastic prizes. Click here for additional giveaway details. Thank you for spreading the word. Last week we […]
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This week we watched the movie The Witness. It is a documentary that follows the transformation of Brooklyn born Eddie Lama to an impassioned animal advocate. As the story begins, Eddie is unaffected and uninterested in animals of any kind…companion or otherwise. He offers to pet sit for the kitten of a beautiful woman he would […]
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Love is in the air and this time it is for a new sparkling water. La Croix has dazzled me with the most delicious water I have ever had the pleasure of sipping (gulping). It is a coconut essence sparkling water and it comes in a case of 8 cans. I found it while wandering […]
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Today marks another milestone along the journey of the Exploits blog. It is the first full year of being vegan. The initial months of the blog shared ways in which we explored various aspects of eating vegan, how to substitute foods we enjoyed with new compassionate versions, seeking recipes and learning more about foods that […]
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Happy Summer Solstice. A celebration of all things bountiful , earth loving and pure deserves a unique vegan brownie. These are a variation on the E2 brownies I made using fresh raspberries. I used three new-to-me products from Edward & Sons that I really loved to create this fancy brownie; organic unsweetened coconut flakes, finely […]
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As the story goes, Stephen grew up enjoying his moms legendary tofu steaks. Out of all the veg dishes in Helen’s repertoire, her tofu steaks were the most requested by friends and family. Stephen asked his mom if he could turn her specialty into a family business and she obliged, on one condition, ” if you […]
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The other day I found a new-to-me package of breakfast pitas called Morning Rounds by the Ozery Bakery in Toronto. According to the Ozery site, “… our business is based upon this simple foundation: Our bodies deserve the best possible fuel. And our commitment to quality and service is at the core of our daily […]
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