Like many health-minded vegans, I enjoy a good green smoothie. I have about five or six favorite smoothie recipes that I cycle through, and I tend to get sick of them if I repeat them to often. Fortunately, I know have Simple Green Smoothies: 100+ Tasty Recipes to Lose Weight, Gain Energy, and Feel Great […]
How to Stay Healthy Through the Holidays
Did you know that as a nation, we consume more calories on Thanksgiving than on any other day of the year? Tradition has conditioned us to feast with family and friends on this day to honor the bountiful harvest of the country’s first settlers. Today, that bountiful harvest comes from the grocery store and brings […]
Review and Recipe: Ferment Your Vegetables by Amanda Feifer
Fermenting vegetables seems like both a fun thing to do and a daunting task. Will it get moldy? Will I ruin it? Will it kill me? It’s something I’ve wanted to learn how to do for a while, but it seems scary and difficult. Fortunately I now have Ferment Your Vegetables by Amanda Feifer to […]
Book Review & Giveaway: The Happy Vegan by Russell Simmons
I went vegetarian in 1992, and then transitioned to veganism 9 years later. Both changes were tough. I didn’t know anyone else who didn’t eat meat when in the early 90s, and veganism was pretty much unheard of in Northern New Jersey in 2001. There were no Facebook groups for support and no Pinterest boards […]
Product Review: Eco Vessel Double Barrel Insulated Mug
I’m a tea drinker. I love my tea! I drink it pretty much all day long, so when Eco Vessel offered me a Double Barrel Insulated Mug to try, I immediately said yes. The Double Barrel Insulated mug is shaped like a beer barrel, but it isn’t made just for beer (which is good, because […]