How To Sort And Clean Beans And Grains – A Pleasant, Peaceful Task
I’m sure your days are busy, like mine. You may be on your feet a lot, or in your car zipping here or there, or doing work you don’t particularly like. Here is a task, though, with which you can sit down, slow down and concentrate on simple, important work that goes toward preparing a wholesome meal for your family: sorting and cleaning legumes and grains. If you are vegan or are moving toward a healthier whole foods diet, chances are, the bulk department of your local natural food …
Bryanna Clark Grogan on the Vegan Mainstream Cookbook Club: Let’s Talk Fine Vegan Cuisine!
If you consider yourself a vegan foodie, you are in for a treat this week! Bryanna Clark Grogan, well known chef and author of World Vegan Feast (and seven other cookbooks), will be joining us on the Vegan Mainstream Cookbook Club! I came across Bryanna several years ago when I was looking for a vegan lemon meringue pie. I didn’t have much hope that I would find anything that was remotely reminiscent of the non-vegan version – but boy…
VEGAN DAILY DRINK: Arugula Piña Colada Smoothie
VEGAN DAILY DRINK: Arugula Piña Colada Smoothie
Cajun Lentil Po’ Boy Subs
To join with the Mardi Gras celebrations, we have wanted to have some typical Cajun meals. Today we enjoyed Cajun Po’ Boy subs. Yield: 4-6 sub sandwiches Ingredients: 1 cup lentils 1 leek, white parts and finely chopped 2 celery stalks, finely chopped 1 clove garlic, minced ½ tablespoon chopped fresh thyme 1 teaspoon salt 1½ – 2 cups tomato puree Italian herbs Cajun seasonings lemon juice Tabasco sauce salt and pepper to taste Vegan cheese slices 4 Hoagy rolls or hot dog buns or baguettes Directions: to prepare the lentil balls: Cook the lentils in 2-3 cups of lightly salted water. Once the lentils are soft, allow to cool. Meanwhile, chop the leek, celery and mince the garlic. It is your choice if you wish to put them raw with the …
Peas and Pasta Soup
This recipe (a spin on an Italian soup with peas and pancetta) is fairly simple in that it does not have a lot of ingredients, and so its success relies on making sure those ingredients are top quality. Making your own veggie stock is ideal, and making your own pasta is essential unless you are lucky enough to live in a place that sells eggless fresh pasta. The key to the pasta is making a firm dough and giving the noodles some time to dry before they go into the broth. INGREDIENTS- 2 tbsp…
Royal Blood On Their Hands
Prince William and Kate Middleton may be giving life to a human animal, but the Royal Family is much more typically giving death to nonhuman animals.So as nonhuman animals strolling grounds of the many royal properties shudder as yet another royal human is born that will no doubt follow the family tradition of torturing and killing other species, it is appropriate to remind humans of their sordid speciesist royals.Great Grandmother Queen Elizabeth Has Some Time To Kill While On TourThe Royals have a very long history of bloodsports. Historically, royal hunting often involved placing a tiger …
God’s Forgotten Covenant with Animals
Jews around the world this week are reading the story of Noah in Genesis 9. (Was he the one who first said, “When it rains, it pours”?) Ironically, while most people associate this story with the saving of animals in the Ark, it is in this particular Torah portion that God first gives humans permission to kill animals for food. Yup, the animals had barely…
Vegan News Network
I signed up for membership at a site called SocialMedian. What’s cool about this is that you can create your own News Network using keywords and news feeds. So I thought it would be cool to build a Vegan News Network and invite people to join in. The news being aggregated from the networks looks really good. So check it out. Just go to Vegan News Network and let me know what you think.
QUICK & EASY, CHUNKY, SPICY, CREAMY VEGAN MULLIGATAWNY SOUP
An easy, healthful recipes to start the New Year! (I will start blogging in earnest soon, I promise!) Happy New Year, everyone!Printable RecipeBRYANNA’S NEW VERSION OF VEGAN MULLIGATAWNY SOUPServes 6This new version is super-easy and a bit chunkier, spicier and creamier than the older one that is in my book “The Fiber for Life Cookbook”– very yummy!1 tablespoon olive oil 1 large onion, chopped2 stalks celery (with leaves), chopped2 medium carrots, scrubbed and chopped3 cloves garlic, minced1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger1 tablespoon golden or red curry paste or powderabout 1/2 tsp. chile flakes (or to taste)1 tsp. ground cumin5 cups of “chickeny” vegan broth (I like this one)1 green bell pepper, cleaned and chopped1 red …
Vegan Red Velvet Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Glaze
Have you heard of the Virtual Vegan Potluck? Well, it is a fun way to share recipes. Everyone participating is linked together. If you want to start at the beginning, click here. Beets in a dessert? Yes! Beets are not only good for you, they create a very moist cake. …
5 Common Vegan Myths
Those who choose to adopt a vegan diet often encounter questions and criticism. It usually comes from well meaning family and friends, who are just concerned about your health and well being and who may have a few misconceptions regarding veganism. Here Are 5 Common Vegan Myths : Vegan Myth No.1 : Humans Need To Eat Meat To Be Healthy This is not true at all… in fact …
Sun-Dried Tomato and Spinach Quiche
December is one of my favorite months. Whatever the reason, I love that everyone everywhere just seems to be in better spirits than usual this time of year. I also love logging long hours in the kitchen whipping up cookies and candy to share with people that matter to me. I’ll be posting some of my favorite recipes for gift-worthy sweets soon, but one cannot live on sugar alone! Around the holidays, one should also remember to eat quiche. Specifically, this savory sun…
Caramelised Orange and Cardamom upside-down cake
This is my favourite type of cake. The best type of cake. The top is sticky and jammy. The caramel oranges glisten in their shimmery golden pool. Almost toffee like on the edges, it’s all I can do to simply pick away at the topping. The cake underneath itself is pillowy soft, and more than just a canvas for the caramelised fruit, as the scent of cardamom wafts into the air as …
Irish Beauty Rosanna Davison: Go Green, Go Vegan for Paddy’s Day
Former Miss World Rosanna Davison, daughter of singer Chris de Burgh, shows off her stunning plant-fuelled body in new photos released just in time for St Patrick’s Day. Painted, courtesy of Dublin make-up artist Shima Mistry, as a sexy leprechaun lady, the qualified nutritionist is spreading the word that one of the best ways to stay healthy, slim and energised is to go vegan. © Marc O’Sullivan “Vegan meals are packed with nutrients and free of unhealthy animal fat and cholesterol, so they’re a great way to keep your weight down and your energy up”, says Rosanna, who is a certified nutritionist. “The best thing to do for your health and for animals is to go…
The “Happy Exploitation” Partnership
Here is the Bell and Evans website. Bell and Evens is a chicken producer. Bell and Evans advertises that HSUS, PETA, and the Global Animal partnership support it. Please don’t tell me that the major animal groups aren’t partners with the institutional exploiters of animals. Please. Click the picture so that you can read the statements praising “happy exploitation.” ***** If you are not vegan, please go vegan. Veganism is about nonviolence. First and foremost, it’s about nonviolence to other …
It’s Simple: Neglected, Chained Dog Dies in the Bitter Cold
Every time the cold hits I think of these situations. What causes a fuck…g human to just leave a dog to die in the cold? F who did this and I hope someone out there pays them a visit in a harmful way. Child abusers are treated with more respect than the innocent outdoor, chained dogs. As stated in the article, “If you see a dog who has been left outdoors, without adequate
THE SPIRITUAL BACKGROUND OF VEGAN “MEAT OF THE FIELDS” – and A RECIPE FOR HOMEMADE SEITAN
I grew up in California, most of that time in San Francisco, within walking distance to Fisherman’s Wharf. The majority of the rest of my life has been spent on the West Coast of British Columbia (pre-and-post-vegan). My father was Peruvian, with an Italian mother. These facts alone might explain why I have seafood cravings to this day, 25 years after becoming vegan. Some vegans, the ones who turn up their noses at any sort of replication of animal proteins, might say “get over it and eat some nori seaweed” (which I do from time to time), but inventing dishes is my craft, if you will. I can’t help being inspired by memories of the delicious meals …
Edible Gift Ideas and a Giveaway!
Hey readers! I hope you’re all keeping safe, healthy, and warm, and feeling as invigorated by the cold and general end-of-year excitement as I am. For my part, I spent most of this snowy weekend making cookies and candies to give to friends and family. If you need a visual, just think about…
Baked Samosas
I love Indian food but hate paying for take out. I’ve been trying more and more to make it at home but it never tastes quite as authentic. Sometimes I think my ‘make your own take-out’ meals aren’t *as* good because I don’t use butter/oil/sugar with reckless abandon the way restaurants do. My absolute favorite Indian appetizer is the Samosa. Generally they’re fried dough pockets full of curried potatoes, peas and onion and they’re served with a chutney of some sort. These are of course healthified by using wonton wrappers and baking rather than frying the samosas. However they still have the same delicious flavor …
Review: Apple and Roasted Parsnip Soup
We enjoyed a very nice soup today that we found at the site of Aussie Apples. This is a great winter soup. We kept it on the thick side as we wanted to serve it in wholegrain bread bowls made from hard rolls. We used our own home grown organic apples and parsnips and a leek rather than an onion. Of course we used …
Why is flu more common in winter? The answer can help protect you
How do these sneeze droplets differ in winter? Read on!Photo courtesy of www.dost-dongnai.gov/vn This year’s flu season is expected to be one of the worst the US has seen in 10 years, according to the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Said Dr. Joseph Bresee, “There’s flu all over the country right now…there’s widespread disease in most states and high levels of disease in most states…the country has lots of flu.”Most of the US is nearing a “moderate to severe” flu season…
Rosti Casserole with Baked Eggs
When I looked in the Thanksgiving grocery store circular there was an ad on the front page – 10lb. bags of Idaho Potatoes for $.99! It took everything in me to not buy ten bags, I can’t pass up a good deal! I’m usually one to spend a bit more on Yukon Golds (my …
