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Saturday, February 2, 2013

Day 30: Go Vegan the complete list of the 30 days

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Day 29- Go Vegan Simple smoothie

This is such a refreshing dessert. Simple 2 apples, one cup of coconut water and a sliver of fresh ginger.

Blentec Blender: Run the ingredients at Whole Juice setting, then add ice if you wish and run on ice crush.

Hope you exploring the vegan diet and feeling the health benefits and a surge in energy.

Monday, January 7, 2013

Day 28- Go vegan- smoothie

So a big part of health is getting the nutrients inside your body. People are pressed for time and busy, so smoothies are the perfect solution to get nutritious combinations inside your body. People simply like to drink flavors. I know I do.

http://www.hacres.com/recipes/cards/kale-pineapple-green-smoothie

Here is the recipe I made minus the flaxseed .

Hope you start trying smoothies. This recipe is yummy. I added lots of ice to make it a colder smoothie.

I used a Blend-tec blender and Ffrst put the kale, apples, and pineapple with the water on smoothie mode, then I added ice and ran it under the ice crush/milkshake setting.

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Day 27 - Go Vegan because even people who don't want to do it - try it

I would say everyone knows that being a vegan is good for you and the planet, but that it not true everyone doesn't know about eating vegan. I met one of these people in a doctor's office, it was the secretary. I was talking and I mentioned that I was vegan and her immediate reaction was," What's vegan?"

More than ever the words Vegan and celebrity and being put together in headlines. People just want to be better. They are the role models society look to for trends and how to live. More and more people are becoming aware of what vegan means.

Ne- Yo the musician - entertainer is reportedly made his 2013 New Year's resolution to want to try to become vegan. People stuck in a certain mindset may not find living a gentler kinder way easy at first after eating like the cruel masses all their life...We will see if Ne-Yo can do it, I know he can if he is serious about being more humane.

Live Science 2013 article about more people resolving to change their diet.

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Day 26- Go vegan - food trucks

People ask me with frequency the same question: Where do you eat, like what restaurants do you go to? And it is true unless you live in a place like Montreal, Canada or some other vegan/ vegetarian wonderland, the options of eating out are slim if you want to be a purist and eat in a vegan only establishment. Vegguide.org and Happycow.net offer listings of vegetarian and vegan restaurants. I also eat at Whole Foods. Food trucks are now offering vegans another option. Trucks travel (you know that) so that is great! They practically come to you.

I ate from Mushaboom food truck. They are not organic unfortunately. I tried the
Chickpea Parmigiana Burger

Chickpea patty with marinara and Daiya mozzarella

It was quite tasty and from my days of eating Chicken Parmigiana, my taste buds said, "This tastes like Chicken Parmigiana." I need to add I am not sure how accurate by taste bud memory is, so try it for yourself.

Mushaboom is a more of what I think of as a junk food vegan truck. They serve fries and soda too.

If you are trying to go vegan, try finding and eating at a vegan food truck to try the recipes and possibilities.

Broward and Dade County Based Food Truck.
http://www.mushaboomvegan.com/

Peta link to food trucks

Organic and Vegan Food Trucks in LA

Vegan Food Trucks Sweeping Nation - lists food trucks across main cities in USA

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Day 25- Go Vegan Know your herbs & spices

As a Vegan, I tend not to want to put toxins such as aspirin, and pain pills in my now delicately balanced system -out of respect for all the hard work that I have done and out of respect for my body. Knowing the healing powers of herbs really can help reduce the uncomfortable moments in life that everyone experiences from time to time. The remedies are right in your grocery store or local farmers market..

Here are a few links. My favorite herb is thyme.

BBC Good Food The healing power of herbs

The Healing power of herb and spices

5 spices with incredible healing power

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Day 24: Go Vegan

Vegan is a lifestyle just not a diet. Vegan means choosing to be cruelty free by not purchasing leather goods, silks, wool, and any item that uses animal parts. Vegan also means living cleaner.. using less man made chemicals. After going vegan for awhile I started to notice that I wanted to research more on how my footprint on cruelty could become smaller and smaller... Have you thought about that?

Monday, October 8, 2012

Day 23- Go Vegan - Vanity Vegan

Article in Harper's Bazaar I think I shared this already but here it is again.

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Day 22 - Go vegan

So the 30 days are already up and I have been slow to add more posts because I feel that many of my previous posts really are packed with great links and information. I hope you have taken the time to change your life and try veganism. Here is a link to a blog that I hope you enjoy.

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Day 21 - Go Vegan- magazine

Check out this magazine, also available in Whole Foods. A great resource for vegans and vegetarians.

Vegnews