Happy Meatless Monday. Today is our first full day in Punta Cana. It is my hope that by this evening I will have consumed my weight in plantains…served in many creative and delicious ways. Plantains are a staple in many Mexican and Carribbean diets. They are readily available, easy to make savory or sweet and […]
Tags: Meatless Monday, Meatless Monday entree, Meatless Monday recipe, meatless monday snack, Savory Plantain Cakes, vegan carribbean food, vegan plantain cakes
This weekend Sandy and I are setting out for another vegan adventure. This time we are travelling to the Dominican. We are staying at an all inclusive resort in Punta Cana. Neither of us have been there before. Last year was the first time we had ever been to an all inclusive resort. Before we […]
Tags: Coconut stuffed limes, Limones Rellenos do Coco, vegan dessert recipe, vegan Dominican travel, vegan Mexican dessert recipe, vegan travel, vegan wannabe
Hi friends, I have asked Sandy to be a guest contributor for the day. Enjoy. One of the most common conversations that crops up for those eating a plant-based diet is what about proper nutrition for athletes? Not the garden variety, staying-in-shape kind of physical exertion, but high performing and competitive athletes. It seems that […]
Tags: compassionate eating, Eat and Run, fueling athletes on plant based diet, Great Vegan Athletes, plant based diet, plant strong, Scott Jurek, trying vegan, vegan athletes, vegan wannabe
Happy Meatless Monday, Happy Earth Day and Happy first day of US VegWeek 2013. Launched in 2009 by Compassion Over Killing, VegWeek is a culmination of all things veg. It is an all encompassing resource for veg curious and vegan wannabes like us. You can go to In Your Area to see if there are VegWeek activities […]
Tags: Ann Arbor VegWeek, compassionate eating, dairy free, going veg, Meatless Monday, Meatless Monday recipe, plant based diet, US VegWeek, vegan wannabe
Today is VegFest in metro Detroit and we are planning to be at the doors when they open. It is one of many such Veg Festivals around the country and I feel excited and proud that each year, the crowd gets bigger than the last. Several years back, VegFest moved from inside a high school […]
You know how some weeks are busier than others…this has been one of those busier weeks. Last night I found myself standing in the kitchen at 8 o’clock , starving, unmoved and totally uninspired by anything edible. I wanted to eat the rest of the papaya in the fridge and call it a night, but […]
Tags: compassionate eating, cooking with kale, ENgine 2 friendly recipe, Kale with lentils and pine nuts, oil free entree, oil free recipe, plant based diet, vegan entree, vegan wannabe
On our recent trip to Florida, Sandy and I found ourselves in Palm Coast, headed toward St Augustine. Because I had never been in this area, I did a Happy Cow search to check out our veg options for lunch. Much to my delight there were almost too many vegetarian and vegan restaurants to choose from. […]
Tags: Florida raw food restaurant, Florida vegan restaurant, Handmade in the Present Moment, Present Moment Cafe, St. Augustine vegan restaurant, vegan restaurant review, vegan travel, vegan wannabe
Happy Meatless Monday. Today I am going to to share a two for one, because the first recipe leads to the creation of the second. Many of you have shared with me that you love juicing as much as I do. When I am not creating my own concoctions with my Omega VRT350, I am […]
Tags: baked crackers, carrot and flax seed crackers, carrot flax crackers, Carrot orange flax crackers, homemade crackers, juice pulp crackers, juicing recipe, juicing recipes, low sodium crackers, Meatless Monday, Meatless Monday recipe, Meatless Monday snack reciipe, Omega juicer recipes, Vegan crackers, vegan wannabe, vegetable pulp crackers
The following article was published on April 6, 2013 in the New York Times. It is about anti-whistleblower laws that have been proposed in several states throughout the US. What that means is that the proposed laws would make it nearly impossible to expose the rampant, egregious cruelty that is happening on so many factory […]
Tags: ag gag, Ag-Gag Bills, anti whistleblower laws, HSUS, Humane Society of the United States, Mercy for Animals, New York Times Anti-Whistleblower article, vegan wannabe
Happy Meatless Monday. Enjoying Mexican food is one of my greatest pleasures. I love the collision of fresh flavors like cilantro and lime with the heat and warmth of peppers and spice. Sultry flavors like cumin, cayenne and cinnamon come together to create this beautiful dish that I think you are going to love. There […]
Tags: ENgine 2 friendly recipe, low sodium Mexican food, low sodium recipe, Meatless Monday, Meatless Monday recipe, meatless mondays entree, plant based diet, vegan entree, vegan mexican food, vegan stuffed poblano peppers, vegan wannabe
