Do Life Right

Ask any person today where calcium comes from and 99 times out of 100, you’ll hear: Dairy, cheese, milk, or calcium fortified orange juice.
I find it fascinating how the milk industry has used this marketing gimmick so effectively that practically everyone I have ever met truly and honestly believes this myth.
Let’s start over. What […]

Yesterday was Pi Day, one of our favorite days of the year. We ended up making seven pies to celebrate — all vegan, of course: two Chicken-less Pot Pies, one Creamy Strawberry Pie, one Chocolate Pudding Pie, one Blueberry Pie, one Apple Pie, and one Cherry Pie. Here are photographs and recipes of […]

I’ve had several people tell me recently that they can always tell who are vegetarians/vegans and who are omnivores in a crowd due to the people’s complexions. I can, too. However, I’m usually 90% accurate and they are usually <1% accurate.
Does changing to a vegan diet affect complexion? The answer is an […]

I find it appalling that the dairy industry is still advertising that drinking milk can help people maintain healthy weights.
In the Summer of 2005, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine took the weight loss with dairy myth to court. In May 2007, PCRM won, making it so that advertisements of milk as a weight […]

As a vegan family that celebrates Christmas, we’ve felt left out in the fun chocolate advent calendars that we see in all the stores this time of year. Those cute little windows with chocolates hiding behind them are SO fun. Unfortunately, we just haven’t been able to find any that are vegan (and I’ve been […]

I first wrote about “Vegan and Ethical Trick-or-Treating” in September. Here is an update.
We had an absolutely excellent Halloween! My oldest daughter dressed as a Borg (from Star Trek) and my youngest was an astronaut. Note the space theme.
We went to two parties: A Vegan one (a potluck), and a Homeschooler’s […]

With Halloween just over a month away, I’ve been having people tell me they feel sorry for my kids. They think that because we are vegan, we don’t eat candy or go trick or treating. We happen to do both.
To have an ethical Halloween, consider what you purchase for your Halloween handouts.

Do you […]

Yes, vegans can eat chocolate. Yes, it is delicious and real. Pure dark chocolate is vegan. It is when dairy and sugar filtered with bone char is added that chocolate turns unhealthy and is no longer vegan.
Where can you find vegan chocolate? Just about anywhere these days! I’ve been pleasantly surprised at […]

When I was pregnant with my oldest daughter, over eleven years ago, I craved Baskin-Robbins “Chocolate Blasts”. Being that I’ve become a much healthier person since then, I was afraid my chocolate blasts were doomed to the past (although I no longer craved them, I still enjoyed the flavor and texture of the icy chocolate […]