Thank you friends for your patience and kind wishes as we heal from the loss of our Sparky dog. We have hardly cooked since last week and creating new recipes has felt tantamount to scaling Mount Everest. Creative expression takes a level of energy our household just has not had until last night. I created […]
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Today’s post is from Sandy, honoring our sweet Sparky dog. We’ve missed sharing a post or two in the past few days and want to take a few moments to explain; as well as raise a toast to a furried best friend. On Friday last week, our Sweet Sparky girl was put to sleep. […]
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I pulled this right from this mornings headlines because it is just so important. It inspires me to continue to work toward safer, cleaner food for everyone. Seven Million Pounds of “Pink Slime” Beef Destined For School Lunch Program By Sarah B. Weir, Yahoo! blogger McDonald’s and Taco Bell have banned it, but now the […]
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Image courtesy of Momsgoinggreenblog.com Throughout this Exploits journey I have continued to stress the idea of small steps creating great change. I believe that we can be as vegany as we choose to be…every single day. There is no code of conduct or point of failure. Start where you are, do your best to make […]
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Happy Meatless Monday. To start off the week with a culinary slam dunk I have a super easy dish to share. While at work the other day we were sampling a roasted red pepper soup and adding cooked lentils to it. I thought it looked scrumptious but was disappointed to learn that for some silly […]
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While doing some surfing on the web last night, I found an interesting idea that is cool enough to share with you on Exploits. Dr. Neil Barnard and the team at PCRM, (Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine), are preparing to launch a 21 day program to help kick-start a vegan lifestyle for anyone who wants […]
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Ever since I welcomed kale into my life I have admired the combination of sweet potatoes and kale. The sweet and the funky, the chewy and the soft. They are a perfectly unlikely pair that fit like a hand in a glove. I have paired the two before for a kale stuffed sweet potato but […]
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Since choosing vegan nearly 2 years ago now, I’ve met lots of people along the way who have been vegan for more than 20 or 25 years. I truly marvel at their resolve and appreciate that they paved the way for many of us who are choosing vegan now. I can only imagine that 20 […]
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When we visited Grand Rapids in January for Wake Up Weekend, we discovered a cool Recycle shop called the Tree Hugger Store. They are a recycle center for the community of many hard to recycle items and also have a retail storefront. Their merchandise is a compilation of many chic “up-cycled” products. Lots of […]
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Happy Meatless Monday. Sandy has been wanting to create a dish inspired by Ethiopian spices. It is one of those things that gets into your head and you can’t stop thinking about it until you finally give it a go. As I came home from work the other night, a waft of delicious aroma […]
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