Homeschool Fiction

Happy day for my family and me!
When our local vegan restaurant, Lovin’ Spoonfuls Cafe, sent us an invitation for a benefit dinner for one of our favorite local cat shelters, Casa de los Gatos, we were immediately interested. Add in a haiku contest, plus the chance to meet up with some fabulous friends of ours, [...]

As a vegan, I’m often told, “I used margarine to make this, so it’s vegan,” in reference to certain bakery items friends make.
While I always appreciate the gesture, I don’t always eat it. I only eat the items if the person used vegan margarine.
How is margarine not vegan?  Several scary ways:

The government requires that all [...]

Here is a quick and easy recipe for those of us who love cheesy stuffed mushrooms, but now eat a strict vegan diet.

Ingredients:

One large container of mushrooms
One container of Tofutti cream cheese (or similar vegan cream cheese)
Parsley
Paprika (optional)

Wash mushrooms thoroughly.  Break off the stems and chop them into little bitty bits.  Stir vegan cream cheese [...]

It’s time once again to vote for your favorite veggie products, periodicals, restaurants, and more!  If you have an opinion about even one vegetarian or vegan product — PLEASE VOTE!
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Most people aren’t the “cold turkey” type.  We don’t like quitting our bad habits all at once.  This makes the transition from a S.A.D. (standard American diet) to a healthy vegan diet easy in the grand scheme of getting rid of unhealthy habits — it doesn’t have to happen all at once.  Every vegan meal [...]

Since becoming a vegan over six years ago, I’ve been highly enjoying a more alert life. I recently had a physical and while I’m healthy, I’ve decided it’s time to step it up a notch.  While I’ve learned to strongly dislike counting calories, I’ve been journaling my food intake for over a month now, looking [...]

I’ve been inspired to eat a 100% McDougall friendly vegan diet again.  For the past month, I’ve kept my total fat grams to 10 or less a day.  I’ve added no fat to my foods (such as vegan butter, etc.), but have allowed for small quantities of naturally occurring higher fat foods, such as nuts [...]

To cool off this summer, my kids and I have been experimenting with making all kinds of different flavored homemade popsicles (which are far healthier and less expensive than store bought ones).  So far, our favorites have been lemonade (with and without prickly pear juice) and a mixture of lemonade and orange juice.  Yesterday, we [...]

Get ready for the 1stAnnual Vegan Bake Sale sponsored by Compassion for Animals.
Who? You!
Where? Everywhere!
According to their site, “It’s simple and fun, yet meaningful, and all participants keep all the proceeds from their bake sales.”  Read the official site for more details about this really great event.  They even have vegan baking tips and a [...]

An old friend of mine recently read my blog and was pleased to see that we agreed that iceberg lettuce and schools both suck the life out of people.  I loved his observation, and I especially love that we’d both come to these conclusions separately. 
I’ve been thinking about my friend’s comment and I [...]