Most people love Halloween for two reasons–the costumes and the treats. Unfortunately, many of those treats use animal products and other less-than-awesome ingredients. But worry not, socially conscious eaters; I’ve compiled a list of 10 tasty treats, savory and sweet, that are vegan and perfect for the Halloween season. Give them a go and feel free to let me know your favorite Halloween indulgence! ______ 10. Vegan Pumpkin Pie (from vegalicious ) This recipe sounds (and looks) amazi
It’s easy to get discouraged by the handouts offered at Whole Foods Market because of the number of animal products promoted there. But if you go to the Whole Foods website you can pull up a large number of vegan recipes (497 at last count – admittedly the list contains such items as “how to cook butternut squash”, not quite a recipe). And then print out a shopping list for as many as you like. When you find a recipe you like – for example, Pasta with Greens – you can click on “Add to shoppi
More and more people these days are choosing to live a vegan lifestyle for them and their kids. It takes a lot of commitment as vegans do not eat or use animal products of any kind (no dairy, no honey….nothing!). I’m pretty sure that Kenya and my husband would be up for it, but if that meant no eggs, it would be a no go! They love their scrambled eggs for breakfast….and sometimes lunch and dinner, too. And after all, eggs are inexpensive, packed with protein, delicious and healthy. Still, when
Sometimes, when a recipe does not include eggs , it will call for “egg replacer” instead. This is most often found in vegan recipes, since vegan recipes don’t include animal products and never use eggs, although a search for egg-free bloggers will find you plenty of people who also don’t want to include eggs in their cooking. Egg replacer is a packaged product that is a dry mixture of starches and/or binding ingredients that is meant to replace some of the function of an egg in a recipe. They i
Okay, so maybe you're finally convinced that reducing your consumption of animal products is a good idea. Awesome! But now what??? Inspired by Skila's comment on my last post, I'm launching a series called 'Easy Vegan'. Skila writes, Tell me an easy cookbook or website for vegetarian meals that you like. Here's what I mean by easy - small amount of ingredients, basic stuff here, no hour long prep. I HATE to cook... Get me started. P.S. Without the 'fake meat' would be even better. Your wish
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