I'm a mom to two teen boys and a health and wellness advocate. If you asked me to describe our family 20 years ago I would have said we were a healthy active family. Looking back, not so much. We were certainly active but our health was challenged with things like...
By Rach Ibum, Wiltshire, UK There seem to be two types of vegan: those that go cold turkey (as it were) overnight, and those that do it more gradually. My journey was a gradual one. After about six years as a vegetarian and a shorter period as a vegan at University, I...
By Larry Evans, Raleigh, NCWhen I was about 10 years old my Dad came home one day with fresh steaks. He threw them on the grill and we began eating them that evening. Halfway through the meal, my dad said, "This meat went “Moo” this morning!" True or not I didn't want...
My journey toward a fully plant-based lifestyle has been a long and twisted one. What starts as a simple preference with fuzzy edges will end 45 years later with a big WHY that is filled with love and compassion. Finger kicking good I was about 15 years old having a...
By Dee McHenry, Ocala, FL Raised in the deep South by a long line of traditional Southern cooks and literally weaned on bacon, I wasn’t exactly predisposed to “go vegan.” During the earliest years, my parents were impoverished graduate students, but still very...
On transitioning from a carnivorous to plant-based (mostly vegan) lifestyle Reposted with permission from carleebusby.com. Friends and family are sometimes surprised to hear that I wasn't vegetarian before transitioning to a vegan diet. I would say that's in...
This is our family brownie recipe. It's not only plant-based but also gluten-free. Yum-Yum! The recipe is below. My daughter @carleebusby is a functional nutritionist, and a frequent poster on our blog by the way, and she is the one who first tested this recipe and...
What I ate in Paris (a plant-based vegan guide) Reposted with permission from CarleeBusby.com. When you think of Paris, I bet you envision baguettes, wine, and cheese. It’s pretty much the reality, too. You can go to a boulangerie to buy a baguette on just...