This is a healthy and filling dish that’s easy in concept, and you can use different kinds of seasonable vegetables as substitute. Try it at home! Ingredients 2 cup cooked grain like brown rice or quinoa 1 large handful snow peas 1 crown broccoli or large crown bok choy 1/2 small butternut squash or kabocha pumpkin Korean kimichi, store-bought mild or spicy Sesame seed or hemp seed Instruction Cook…
Basically it’s a wrap you can make in a short time with whatever fresh produce you might have on hand. 2 sheets lavash wrap, store-bought regular or whole wheat 1 ripe avocado, quartered into 4 slices 1 tomato, quartered into 4 slices 2 long sheets of lettuce 2 handful fresh sprouts, alfalfa or clover or sunflower Veganaise or hummus, your choice Place 1 sheet of lavash on a flat…
This dish is easy to make and requires basic assembly of several key ingredients. Try it at home! Ingredients 4 pieces corn tortillas 1 cup cooked pinto or black beans, ready made from can or home-cooked 1 medium-large ripe avocado, seeded and diced into small chunks 1 medium tomato, diced 1 small-medium red bell pepper, seeded and diced 1 small bunch fresh cilantro, washed and chopped Salt and black pepper,…
In my all-vegetarian household, we eat a lot of nut butter (almond butter, cashew butter, sunflower seed butter) — on toast, celery sticks, and by the spoonful. Our favorite brand of nut butters are created by Living Tree Community Foods, a small, independent company that manufactures organic, raw, kosher nut butters in Berkeley, California (USA). Living Tree nut butters are made slowly, over several days and in small batches…
I am a long-time HappyCow member and a 35 years young woman. Married but not girly. I don’t wear makeup, perfume, or even chapstick (low maintenance, I guess). In fact, I wash my face with just water from the tap – that’s it. No fancy soaps, lotions, or potions. So when I was given a Hurraw!Balm lip balm sample a few weeks back, I accepted it but I was…
Gourmet vegan chocolate is practically my favorite food in the world. So you can imagine the heavenly joy I felt when my husband brought me a large bag of chocolate assortments from different gourmet chocolatiers that had recently participated as exhibitors at the Natural Food Products Expo in Anaheim, California. For those who don’t know about it, the Natural Foods Expo is a convention that brings together all the manufacturers and distributors of natural, organic, vegetarian, vegan,…
As reported by The Canadian Press, May 2008 TORONTO – Following a five-year roasting by animal-rights activists, KFC Canada is promising improved welfare for the chickens it buys for its fast-food outlets in exchange for an end to a boycott campaign that will continue in the U.S. and elsewhere. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has agreed to call off its Canadian “Kentucky Fried Cruelty” campaign, which featured high-profile actress…
I found the following article to be quite interesting and relevant to what’s happening today – not only in the U.S. but also around the world with the so-called food crisis. Title: The real “new” economy by Jurriaan Kamp, editor-in-chief, Ode Magazine, May 08 Since my days as the chief economics editor at a leading daily newspaper in the Netherlands, I’ve always believed recessions are substantially made by people’s fears. …