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Meatless Mondays: Stir-fry with Linseed (Flaxseed)

Here’s another Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you cooking this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s Meatless Monday recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach. Ingredients: 6 okra, sliced 2 zucchini (courgettes), sliced lengthwise 1 red capsicum (pepper), thinly sliced ½ cup…

July 16, 2012 By VivalaVegan

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Meatless Mondays: Tofu and Vegetable Gnocchi

Here’s another Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you cooking this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s Meatless Monday recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach. Ingredients: 1 carrot, grated 1/4 pumpkin, grated 1 zucchini (courgette), grated 1/4 broccoli florets 1/2 eggplant…

July 2, 2012 By VivalaVegan

Health/ Nutrition

Coconut Oil

What have you heard about coconut oil? Is it mostly positive or negative? Here are some of the claimed benefits I’ve come across in my research (and I’m sure there’s even more). Positive Benefits Reverses Effects of Alzheimer’s + Increases Metabolism+ Improves Hypothyroidism + Aids Weight Loss + Cure Ulcers + Great Mouth Wash + Sustained Energy for Endurance Athletes + Heals Various Skin Problems + Replaces Hair Conditioner +…

June 20, 2012 (Last Updated: April 18, 2018) By PureVegan

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Meatless Mondays: Kale, Quinoa, and Falafel Salad

Here’s another Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you cooking this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s Meatless Monday recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach. Ingredients: 6 cooked falafel balls, crumbled 1 bunch kale leaves, chopped 1 cup cooked black and…

June 18, 2012 (Last Updated: April 23, 2012) By VivalaVegan

Health/ Nutrition/ Veganism

“Natural” Flavorings and Other Hidden Animal Sources in Your Food Supply

Vegan Beware: Natural Flavorings and Other Hidden Animal Sources in your Food Supply Finding an ingredient listed as “natural flavorings” may very well be one of the most confusing, misleading and costly issues we face today with truth in labeling practices. In fact, as a Vegan this is especially troublesome because companies are not required to list the source of the flavorings, whether from animal or plant. Here we’ll go…

June 8, 2012 (Last Updated: January 25, 2013) By PureVegan

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Meatless Mondays: Inca Red Quinoa Stir-fry

Here’s another Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you cooking this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s Meatless Monday recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach. Ingredients: 1 cup Inca red quinoa 2 cups filtered water 1 eggplant (aubergine), salted and thinly…

June 4, 2012 By VivalaVegan

Health/ Nutrition/ Veganism

Garbage In, Garbage Out: How To Spot a Junk Vitamin

When you go to a store or online to shop for a multivitamin how do you go about making your choice? Do you feel 100% confident in your purchasing process? Do you rely on better informed friends and family, buy on a whim if the advertising looks reputable enough or do you simply guess your way through it? According to a study done by the Office of Dietary Supplements, in…

May 22, 2012 (Last Updated: January 25, 2013) By PureVegan

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Meatless Mondays: Colorful Indian Spiced Curry

Here’s another Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you cooking this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s Meatless Monday recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach. Ingredients: 1 carrot, diced 1 red bell pepper (capsicum), diced 1 zucchini (courgette), diced 1/4 pumpkin, diced…

May 21, 2012 (Last Updated: May 7, 2012) By VivalaVegan

Health/ Juicing/ Recipes/ Veganism

Raw Pluck

Being a Vegan doesn’t mean you’re some kind of extremist freak the way it did say 20 years ago. In fact, the number of Vegans in the U.S. has been increasing every year and is slowly but surely becoming main stream, even hip thanks to some celebrity endorsements and a growing concern for disease prevention. So now that Veganism has found a more acceptable place in society what has taken…

May 9, 2012 (Last Updated: January 25, 2013) By PureVegan

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Meatless Mondays: Vegetable with Tortilla Corn Chips and Guacamole

Here’s another Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you cooking this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s Meatless Monday recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach. Ingredients: 2 zucchinis (courgettes), diced 2 carrots, diced 2 stalks of celery, sliced ¼ pumpkin, diced…

April 23, 2012 By VivalaVegan

Health/ Juicing/ Nutrition

Kids and Vegetables: No More Sneaking

When I decided to become a Vegan, it was a weighty decision. Not because I thought it would be really hard for me personally but I had a husband and two young children to convince as well. With my girls, I decided to take the slow and steady approach. I just casually began adding more almond milk to their cow’s milk, switching out hummus for deli meats in their lunches,…

April 11, 2012 (Last Updated: January 25, 2013) By PureVegan

Health/ Nutrition

Love In A Cage

Are you by chance anything like me in that you love to discover a new food or flavor combination? (I think people refer to us as Foodies if I’m not mistaken) In those moments, everything else fades in the background and the only thing truly important is to have the experience of smelling it, touching it, tasting it and then thinking and talking about it… It wasn’t unlike any other…

March 23, 2012 (Last Updated: January 25, 2013) By PureVegan

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Meatless Mondays: Fried Wild Rice

Hi! Here’s another Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you cooking this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s Meatless Monday recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach. Ingredients: 2 cups wild rice 4 cups filtered water 2 carrots, grated 1 zucchini, grated 1…

March 12, 2012 (Last Updated: April 23, 2012) By VivalaVegan

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