Topics: cheese,cookbook,dairy,food,photographs,vegan,vegan recipe,vegetarian
My husband used to really like Chicken Cordon Bleu before we decided to be a vegan family. I recently saw Silk cream at the store and thought to try and make a vegan version of this old favorite. Upon first bite, Greg stopped and muttered, “Wow, this is good.” Second and third bites and all [...]
Topics: Barnard,McDougall,PCRM,curing diseases,empowerment,environmentalism,food,lowfat,vegan,vegetarian
Development of the HHS’s and the USDA’s new Dietary Guidelines for Americans is underway for a release of 2010. These guidelines are reissued every 5 years. Since many of us health conscious people are disappointed in the 2005 (current) guidelines, we should be thrilled that they are allowing comments from the public at large (as [...]
Topics: Arizona,PCRM,Tucson,dairy,environmentalism,food,lowfat,photographs,vegan,vegetarian
Lovin’ Spoonfuls is our favorite restaurant in Tucson, Arizona. It’s currently the only pure vegetarian (vegan) restaurant in the greater Tucson area — you’d have to go all the way to Phoenix for another all vegan restaurant. While my family has become really good at navigating “regular” restaurants as well as vegetarian restaurants (which are [...]
Topics: contest,curing diseases,food,green living,lowfat,vegan,vegetarian
FREE Juicer Giveaway Do Life Right is holding a contest for a FREE Healthy Juicer from Lexen Products. The Lexen Healthy Juicer enables you to make a wide variety of juice concoctions, including wheatgrass and leafy greens. From my reading, it appears to be a quite popular and efficient juicer. I have not used one [...]
Topics: Arizona,cactus,food,lowfat,photographs,prickly pear,vegan,vegan recipe,vegetarian
Due to popular demand from my “Enchilada Casserole” post, here is my Vegan-Friendly Prickly Pear Barbeque Sauce recipe. Once I realized that we were going to be able to get a large harvest of prickly pear fruit this past summer, I started reading up on various things people do with prickly pear fruit. Other than [...]
Topics: Barnard,McDougall,PCRM,cheese,dairy,food,kidney stones,lowfat,vegan,vegetarian
Yes, I am a vegan and the following information doesn’t apply to vegans. But, I feel it is important information to get out there. Dairy cheeses aren’t necessarily 100% from cow milk, therefore they aren’t necessarily vegetarian-friendly. Since many people find it easiest to incorporate a 100% vegan diet over time, you need to know [...]
Topics: McDougall,Unschooling,cookbook,food,homeschooling,how to,lowfat,party,photographs,vegan recipe,vegetarian
Carrot cake is my absolute favorite kind of cake. Problem is, I’ve only had one great one since I became vegan (although I’ve tried a bunch). So, as a birthday surprise my daughters and husband made me a homemade carrot cake. It was, by far, the best carrot cake I’ve ever tasted. It is dense [...]
Topics: Arizona,chocolate,dairy,food,holidays,photographs,vegan,vegetarian
Hip-Hip-Hooray TODAY is World Vegan Day! What does this mean? That you should go vegan for at least this day. Go ahead, make me happy – do it! I did it as a short-term trial and I’ve never looked back! We had a very enjoyable Halloween yesterday. Since my Halloween post last year, I’ve been [...]
Topics: cookbook,food,photographs,vegan,vegan recipe,vegetarian
A delicious and hearty recipe for home or on-the-go food is runzas. These are originally made with ground beef. As vegans, we go without the animal. Here’s our veganized version of this classic recipe. Lisa’s Lowfat Vegan Runzas: 3 packages Morningstar Boca Vegetable Crumbles (TVP and/or Boca brand work great, too) [NOTE: Morningstar crumbles are not [...]
Topics: Unschooling,cheese,cookbook,dairy,food,guest post,how to,photographs,vegan,vegan recipe,vegetarian
My 12 year old daughter came up with (and made) these recipes on her own. She even took the photos. It is similar to my Mexican Lasagna Casserole, but different. Zoë’s Enchilada Casserole Version 1: Green chili peppers – two flat layers Corn tortillas – one layer Vegan Nacho cheese – one layer Boca Chicken-less [...]