Plant Based Eating

Vegan crispy almond cookies

Vegan crispy almond cookies

These little sweets kinda taste like my Almond Biscotti's only these take less time to make and are flat, like a. cookie. Same great dipping in your favorite hot drink though. I've noticed people who like cookies are either in the soft cookie camp...

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World’s best vegan chicken salad

World’s best vegan chicken salad

This super easy and tasty vegan chicken salad is our favorite. I think that the combination of dried cranberries and walnuts makes it special. Your non-vegan friends will never know it isn't made with actual chickens because it is just that tasty! There are several...

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Vegan gingersnap cookie – lo sugar, lo gluten

Vegan gingersnap cookie – lo sugar, lo gluten

Vegan gingersnap cookies might not suggest a recipe for deliciousness but these are my go-to cookies. They are spicy, rich in flavor, firm yet has a soft chew, and lightly sweet! Exactly what a gingersnap cookie should be. This recipe is modified from a recipe I love...

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Time for the meat industry to fess up

Time for the meat industry to fess up

A few excerpts from a recent article I read in The Washington Post by Jonathan Safran Foer. It's a fairly disturbing article that outlines how the meat industry is so cruel to PEOPLE and ANIMALS. Reading the full article puts these tidbits in...

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What do vegans eat? Or, what’s on a plant-based diet?

What do vegans eat? Or, what’s on a plant-based diet?

Everyone who is new to a plant-based diet has the same first question: what the HECK do you guys EAT?  And, its related corollary, how do you get enough protein? In this article, I'm going to respond to both questions. What do you eat? When I started down this...

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15 Alternatives to dairy milk

15 Alternatives to dairy milk

Reposted with permission from CarleeBusby.com. Originally, "Dairy Milk Alternatives 101." By Carlee Busby, M.S. Human Nutrition & Functional Medicine Now is a better time than ever to try switching from dairy milk to non-dairy milk. There are so many different...

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Why do people go vegan? One human’s journey

Why do people go vegan? One human’s journey

My journey began quite a few years ago. So many that I’ve forgotten exactly when it started but it was probably in the 90s. While I am vague on the when I distinctly remember what happened to put me on this path.  Up until that point I’d...

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