What is Happiness? Exactly What You Think!
If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, perception is in the thoughts of the mind. If you think you see an old woman, you are right. If you [...]
Issues
The Vegan Guest: How to Feed a Vegan 101
What would you do if a vegan guest showed up at your home? A non-vegan friend sent me this question: My brother’s girlfriend is going to my parent’s house this [...]
Bad Food Kills Good People
We all have our political passions…that one issue that energizes us to stand up, speak up, vote, boycott, and be willing to loose friends to defend our beliefs and convince [...]
Recent Recipes
Vegan Dessert: Quinoa Cocoa Bites
Vegan Dessert: Quinoa Cocoa Bites: aka Monkey Balls I ran into a friend in the bulk food section of the grocery store and she mentioned she was looking for something [...]
Vegan Bananas Foster
Vegan Bananas Foster Waking Up Vegan in a high end steakhouse is not as difficult as it sounds. Of all the restaurants that I frequent, it’s the steakhouses that knock [...]
Vegan Vegetable Lentil Soup
Vegan Vegetable Lentil Soup It was a soup kind of day, so I pulled out my stock pot and inventoried my legume stash. Black lentils won. (Lentils are a “superfood” [...]
Being Vegan
Eating Vegan in Europe: Vegan on Vacation!
Eating Vegan in Europe: Vegan on Vacation When it takes 38 years to book a trip to Italy and France, you want to make sure the experience is worth the [...]
Vegan Baking 101: How to Compete (and Win) Against Eggs, Milk and Butter
One may think that it is nearly impossible to bake without milk, butter, and eggs, but nothing could be farther from the truth. Vegan baking offers so many opportunities to [...]
Want Healthy Kids? Stop Feeding Them Bad Food!
Bad food isn’t a reward for good kids. Healthy kids require healthy food…. Hey, parents, we need to start a fight. Well, maybe more like a war. I’ve personally avoided [...]
Family Matters
Dear Vegan Mother: I’ll Meet You Halfway
Fine. I’ll Wake Up (50%) Vegan Why did the tofu cross the road? | To prove he wasn’t chicken. Two years ago when my mother declared that the [...]
Confession: My Mom is Vegan
Having a vegan mom can be fun at times, but also stressful at others. Some days I come home and find that my mom has cooked a really good meal for dinner, [...]
My Mother’s Wisdom
I called my mom yesterday because my teenage boys are fighting, and I’m having trouble knowing what to ‘do’ about that, (besides whine and ask them “Why are you doing [...]
Do It Yourself
Homemade Almond Milk
Almond milk is the easiest of all the plant milks to make. And honestly, it’s my favorite. No tedious advance preparations are necessary, though *soaking is beneficial. The flavor is [...]
Homemade Granola: Gift in a Jar!
Gluten Free Vegan Homemade Granola in a Jar: Makes a Delicious Gift This tasty homemade granola is too good not to share. And, unlike most holiday overindulgences like boxes of [...]
Healthy Homemade Gift Idea: Soup in a Jar
Looking for a homemade gift idea that doesn’t ruin the diet or the break the bank? Every holiday, we are bombarded with images and advertisements enticing us to spend, buy [...]
Gluten Free Living
Sunflower Seed and Pine Nut Vegan Pâté
I attended a baby shower for my sister-in-law, hosted by GreenB.E.A.N. Delivery owner Beth Blessing. As she welcomed me into her home, Beth pointed out several vegan options on the baby [...]
What to Do with Green Tomatoes? Make Pickles!
Every year as I prepare my garden for winter, I wonder what to do with green tomatoes. There is a special place in my heart for the little guys that [...]
Cauliflower Crust Pizza
Cauliflower crust pizza sounds like a concept better left unexplored. I’ll admit it. But when a friend made it for our family, it had a flavor that was unexpectedly remarkable. [...]
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