Posts Tagged ‘going veg’

5/16 Happy Meatless Monday & Golden Sun Soup

This weekend we had the most wonderful time at a huge outdoor market. We found gorgeous produce, local foods and a new-to-us treasure, yellow-eyed peas. They are as beautiful and unique looking as their black counterparts but appear to have been touched by gold. I had never seen these before and was very intrigued. We […]

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5/14 Convenience Store

The funniest  thing happened yesterday. It is the kind of thing that makes you shake your head and think, “I could not have made this up. It is too random.” So here is the set up. Yesterday was running day and by the time I had time to run, I had already put in an […]

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5/13 Carrot Cake Morning

A few days ago at the store where I work,  I rang up a Carrot Cake for a customer and thought, yum. I would love to eat you if you were vegan, made without oil and a more compassionate version of yourself. So, that day  I decided to  take it a step further and invite […]

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5/12 Grill It

Today we are teaching our third vegan cooking class. The theme is “Grill It” and  I am very excited. The moment the temperature goes above 50 degrees I crave the taste of grilled edibles. We are offering a menu of alternatives to traditional grilling foods that will create beautiful and impressive food in a really […]

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5/11 Embrace The Sprouts

I have resisted sprouting. I have hidden behind my lack of green thumb, my lack of  available time and a lack of sprouting devices. Really, I think I was just afraid for a few reasons. The first is that  once you have become a sprouter….there is no turning back, you are a person that grows […]

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5/10 Green & Clean

I found this article in VegNews online and wanted to share. I too have been curious about ways to make my cleaning routine not only green but more compassionate to the Earth and my olfactory and nervous system. This is an area of my life that is still awaiting a make over and I welcome […]

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5/9 Grilled Pineapple Steaks W/ Banana Ice Cream

Happy Meatless Monday. Spring finally came to our house and it was a very welcome visitor. Yesterday it was a glorious 70 degrees and all I could think of was firing up the grill. As Sandy and I walked Chloe and Sparky, I could smell all of the grills of our neighbors cooking Sunday dinner. […]

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5/7 Tempting

For the 14 years I was a vegetarian before becoming vegan I  feared giving up ice cream. I was of course fearful without having all the information for I did not know how unbelievable non dairy ice cream could be. There are so many flavors and varieties available that I have really been enjoying trying […]

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5/6 Portobello Steak Sandwiches

Only a few short months ago, making an entire meal out of a mushroom would have been unheard of. I was relatively ambivalent about the fungi but I could have gotten Sandy to eat a live  goldfish before she would have eaten a mushroom. But now, here we are with constantly changing taste-buds and new […]

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5/5 Happy Cinco De Mayo

In honor of Cinco De Mayo I would like to share a few of my fave recipes in this celebratory profile of flavors. Try something new today. Have your first vegetarian Cinco De Mayo or if you are already veg, try a new recipe for fun. If you have some faves of your own, please […]

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