I have seen liquid amino acids in the store and have seen them on countless ingredient lists for vegan recipes. I have continued to wonder, what are they and do I want to ingest them? I began to surmise that it was the same type of deal as the Nutritional Yeast…most vegan pantries stock it […]
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The Art of Good Food has created another masterpiece, a mix for Lemon Thyme Cookies. Photo By: S. Duquet Art of Good Food is a family business from Montana creating mixes for vegetarian/vegan soups, salad dressings, breadsticks and cookies. You add a minimal amount of ingredients to their mixes and they magically turn into something […]
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Today is the three week mark of the vegan challenge. I have been trying to take an honest look at how I am really feeling and what if anything has changed in the past three weeks. I have been on the look out for the miraculous transformations I have read about, chronicled by others on […]
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At the Vegan Retreat I had the opportunity to cook with rhubarb for the first time. We cooked it down with mulberries and put the luscious mixture into tarts. It was SO tangy and fruity and bitter and sweet. Photo By: S. Duquet Ever since then I have decided that I am a lover of […]
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Over the weekend we purchased the most beautiful golden and red beets at the farmers market. I love roasting them and marinating them in balsamic and rice wine vinegar so they are ready to add to salads and sides throughout the week. When I roast beets I cut off the tops and cut them in […]
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We tried a package of Gardein Classic Style Buffalo Wings. I found them in the freezer of the “health food” section of our grocery retailer. They are like the new Morningstar Farms, becoming more available in the average grocery store. To say that they were delicious would be like saying winning the Lotto would be […]
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Sandy and I attended a funeral today (Thursday) that was over an hour away from the house. We new that we would be faced with a luncheon that would most likely be out of our vegan control. In addition to that, we would be gone the entire day, spending a great deal of it in […]
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I learned two things about myself today (Wednesday) and I wanted to share. They seem like revelations that could help another in some form. A little background…I do not like spinach. I have never liked spinach unless it was spinach dip, which is really mayonnaise and sour cream with enough spinach thrown in to warrant […]
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Dried Lupini beans look like Lima beans. They are flat and slightly yellow or cream in color. They are most commonly sold in brine and consumed as a snack food. Think-yellow Edamame that tastes more like roasted Macadamia nuts. They are more dense than all other beans even when cooked so they really are the bean […]
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On 4/29 Sherry blogged about Silk non-dairy products and a letter that appeared in Veg News criticizing Silk and their parent company, Dean Foods. She promised to share more when we had further information available. So, here is some more insight. During the Vegan Retreat we had the opportunity to inquire about Silk and Dean […]
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