Cheese. Ahhhh. The main reason I became a vegan and the main reason I came back to reality five years later. Cheese. Now don’t get it twisted. I give a solid thumbs-up salute to the vegans of the world and their quest to live life without causing harm to the animals in order to feed…
I’m not a vegan. I love boiled eggs in my salad. Though I don’t anticipate going back to the heavy taste of regular cheddar cheese, on occasion I do like mozzarella cheese melted on my veggie burgers. Just those two admissions cancel the vegan membership I thought I wanted when I transitioned from vegetarian. Since…
Do you get bored eating your vegetables? Oh my, I do. I mean how can you get excited about a handful of carrots or broccoli florets laying on the side of your plate with no other fanfare to boost their appeal and compete with your main dish except their nutritional value? Let’s face it: our…
Let’s face it. If you’re like me and spending time dreaming up recipes is the very last thing you want to spend your precious time doing, meal times can get monotonous. Of course, I don’t always have a problem with that. But it’s always fun to find something new to do with an old favorite.…
A fresh 60-degree breeze blowing through my open living room windows always puts me in mind of the warmer temps coming to the eastern United States – and I can’t wait! I live in an apartment with no real space to grow much but I’m determined to attempt to pot-grow one of my favorite edible…
The first time I scooped a spoonful of garbanzo beans into my mouth, they were the most bland-tasting balls of mushiness that I’d ever had.They had no flavor and so for me served no purpose other than the notion that they must be healthy because of their proximity to all the other healthy foods under…
You know, I’m all about eating foods that give me energy; and the older I get the more energy I seek. Before I became a vegan, and even before my vegetarian days, I ate the way I was taught: three meals of substantial portions per day, with snacks in between. Ironically, eating like that every day didn’t…
Giving up cheese, yogurt, and 90 percent of the processed foods I was eating in my vegetarian diet didn’t require a whole lot of suffering on my part when I became a vegan. However, when I decided to throw away all of my usual salt seasonings I thought I had also trashed any chance of…
Using cashews to cream up dishes is not new in the vegan world, but it’s new to me so I’m excited! I’ve been a vegetarian for over 25 years and a vegan for just over a year but experimenting with the many ways I can boost my food flavor and still eat healthy is still…
Kale is absolutely my favorite taste choice for greens. They have mild flavor that blends well with whatever seasonings you prefer and their flexible texture means less cooking time. I refer to this method of preparing kale or collards, as stir-frying but they are also being steamed. Placing a lid on your frying pan or…
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