What Is Health? Sometimes when you hear a word too many times it can lose its true meaning or power. Words like LOVE or AWESOME are good examples of this but perhaps one of the most overused words is HEALTH, or to BE HEALTHY. We all know inherently that to have it is a desirable goal but what are we really talking about when we refer to health? To a…
If you’re one of the many individuals with health and well-being at the top of priority list for this year’s resolutions, you are in good company. And for those who are already eating a vegan, or a primarily plant-based diet, you are on the right path. You see, hundreds of studies indicate that a plant-based diet is indeed the healthiest on the planet while also being the most environmentally sustainable.…
Nutrient packed and meat eater approved! Start the new year with this detox recipe that packs a flavorful punch. Happy New Year to all you Happy Cowlings! May this year bring you everything your heart desires and more. I am a huge, gigantic, I want to throw my arms around them, fan of Meatless Monday. They have done such an amazing amount of good in a relatively short amount of…
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 celery stalk, chopped 1/2 sweet potato, cut into thin strips 8 brussel sprouts, thinly…
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 large sweet potato, diced into medium sized pieces 1/4 pumpkin, diced into medium sized…
Here’s a Thanks Living week Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you cooking this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s 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: 4 small-medium zucchini squash (yellow or green), sliced 1 red capsicum (bell pepper), thinly sliced…
When a fetus is being carried by a woman with too much amniotic fluid, the practice used to be injecting a sweet-tasting substance into her womb. The result is that the fetus will drink in more of the fluid which then gets flushed out through the umbilical cord thus alleviating the dangers associated with this condition. Is this innovative problem-solving on the part of the medical community? Absolutely. But it’s…
With two thirds of U.S. adults being considered overweight or obese, you better believe that many of those people are desperate to get their waistlines under control. Veganism is more than a diet obviously but many people consider going this route for the sole purpose of dropping the extra weight. They assume that by cutting out animal products the extra pounds will literally melt off with little to no effort.…
When you think of sea vegetables what comes to mind? Is it the stuff that makes sushi a nice and neat little package on your appetizer plate or maybe the seaweed sold as snacks for $1.00 a pop? How about the slimy-looking stuff that washes up on the beach along with broken sea shells and the occasional jellyfish or (God-forbid) fish hooks? Unlike the Japanese and other Asian countries that…
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 polenta (corn meal/semolina) 2 cup filtered water 2 cup spinach leaves, chopped in food…
Traditional, staple foods from Asia, central South America, New Zealand, Australia and many more continents have made their way to American tables for some time, and if one surveys the grocery, natural food, and even big box store aisles one can see that they are here to stay. Even though thirty years ago Asian foods like tofu, soymilk, and shiitake mushrooms were novelties reserved for hard-core ‘foodies’, these foods have…
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 zucchini (courgette), diced 2 carrots, diced 1 red capsicum (pepper), sliced 3 yellow squash, diced…
As a Vegan, do you need to care about or even advocate for non-GMO food production? Well, considering that the 9 genetically engineered food crops currently on the market in the U.S. are all “Vegan”, and that tomatoes are being mixed with flounder genes in order to grow larger and more quickly the answer might be a resounding YES. But the biggest kicker of them all is the fact that…