Have you started planning your next vacation to Greece, only to discover that there are surprisingly few vegan or vegetarian restaurants in the country? Has your search on HappyCow left you discouraged, wondering if you’ll be subsisting on Greek salad (hold the feta cheese, please)? Fear not! While it’s true that veganism per se is not widely known or understood in Greece, the local cuisine is actually incredibly vegan friendly.…
What’s a great way to stay cool in the summer heat? Delicious, cold desserts of course…like the new Dairy Free Cashew Milk Frozen Desserts from So Delicious®! With flavors like Salted Caramel Cluster, Creamy Cashew, Dark Chocolate Truffle, Cappuccino, and even Snickerdoodle, these dreamy vegan treats are just screaming for a sundae party! And that’s exactly what we had. Read on to find out how you can WIN all 5 of their new flavors…
Salad Bagels… I eat them every day for breakfast and I never get tired of them. I vary the spreads and greens and toppings, so that it’s like a new thing every day, but it’s still my tried and true Salad Bagel. This isn’t a recipe per se, but more of a “how-to” on how to put one together. This is what you’ll need: Toasted Bagels: Toast your bagels to desired doneness…
So the other day I was thinking, if you can turn courgettes into noodles, then why not use them to make a semi-raw veggie lasagna? The classic lasagna pasta sheets are a lot wider than courgette slices, but if you layer them two by two, they work perfectly. For the filling, I used a nutty sun-dried tomato sauce, and vegan sour cream. This semi-raw lasagna is really tasty, but unfortunately it’s not…
Avocados are not only super yummy, they’re also one of the world’s healthiest foods. They are full of nutrients, fiber, antioxidants, potassium, and healthy fatty acids. Some even say that they help improve your eyesight, and prevent cancer! Plus you can use them to make so many different things, like smoothies, salads, salsas–you can even use them as a substitute for butter in baking. AND, best of all, they are…
College is one of the best places to promote an active culture of veganism. Campus is full of curious, smart people who are thinking about life’s big questions, like what are responsible ethics, how to decrease our environmental footprints, and what to eat for dinner. Young people tend to be more open-minded and flexible about lifestyle changes, and you can help make their dietary switch easy for them by providing…
A few posts back, I talked about keeping it simple with meals in a bowl…for breakfast, lunch and dinner. One important component of a meal in a bowl is the sauce. You can literally have the same ingredients in every bowl, but make it taste completely different by switching out the sauce. I sometimes make several sauces at a time, and keep them in the fridge for use throughout the…
Forget about eggs for Easter! Vegan foods are cruelty- and cholesterol-free, and they taste great, too. If you’re planning to decorate eggs, check out PETA’s catalog for dyeable EggNots, which look and feel like eggs, without the cruelty of the egg industry. On Easter morning, indulge in a decadent yet easy-to-prepare brunch, featuring an egg-free French toast casserole, tasty breakfast tempeh, savory potato crostini, an Italian Easter Pie, and other…
In this Key Lime Pie recipe, the lime juice will prevent the delicious Haas avocado from browning, but chances are the pie will be gone before you have that problem! You will need: -Food Processor -Pie Plate -Vitamix or another high speed blender Ingredients for crust: -10 organic Medjool dates (remove pits) -1 cup raw organic walnuts -¾ cup raw…
With the clock running down on dinner, a bunch of sweet potatoes about to go bad, a somewhat limited amount of ingredients at my disposal, and a hungry mother to feed, I had to really dig deep into my creative gene pool last night. (Not to mention I was coming off a failure of a Kenyan-inspired ugali dish the night prior.) So the pressure was on and if I may, I’d…
You’re in a hurry. You’re hungry. You’re veg*. You know you will need food to bring on the plane. You’ve just arrived, starving. You wish there was just a veg* restaurant close by, but you know better. Well, now there is healthy veg* food at the AIRPORT! I’ve never been so teeth-grinningly happy to enter airport security. I knew once I was past security, after putting my shoes back on, I would have arrived at…
Vegans have been around for a long time, and I myself realized this childhood protest of mine grew into the backbone of my adult character. But just this past week alone, I began to wonder: am I witnessing something I never thought would ever happen in my lifetime? The dietary choice and the community that evolves around it is growing, for various reasons…and now, is it possible— here in the…
Sometimes it’s hard enough just to be vegan in the city you live in, making it hard to even imagine maintaining a vegan diet while traveling abroad. Wanting to keep up a healthy vegan diet might seem difficult and bank-breaking but it surely doesn’t have to be. Even the most meat-heavy of places have something to offer us veggies! You just need to know where to look and how to…