For Vegan Food Month my post will be about something very important to me – meat! I have been a vegetarian for over 20 years and vegan for much of that, yet as a natural carnivore with constant cravings for flesh (and lover of meat substitute of all kinds), I was intrigued and couldn’t resist […]
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Cookbook Review and Giveaway: Going Vegan
I’ve been vegan for a little over 13 years, so I didn’t really need a book called Going Vegan: the Complete Guide to Making a Healthy Transition to a Plant-Based Lifestyle. I did want it, however, and I had two reasons why: 1.) I’m a vegan health and lifestyle coach, and I help people transition to […]
Product Review and Giveaway: neat meat replacement
In the early days of my vegetarianism, there were very few veg meat substitutes on the market, other than tofu and a frozen veggie burger whose taste was very similar to that of the cardboard box it came in. (Not that I ever tried the box.) When I did want to sink my teeth into […]
Interview Series: Kathy Patalsky
Kathy Patalsky is a prolific blogger who you may know from her blog Happy. Healthy. Life. She is also the woman behind the scenes at FindingVegan, the best place on the web for finding drool-worthy vegan food photos. And if that weren’t enough to keep her busy, she’s also the author of 365 Vegan Smoothies. I […]
Recipe: Gluten-Free Chocolate & Coconut Tart
I finally managed to create a satisfactory gluten-free shortcrust pastry: it’s tasty, friable but it doesn’t disintegrate in the twinkling of an eye after slicing the tart (hail to the thickening power of coconut flour and cornstarch)! Gluten-Free Chocolate & Coconut Tart Ingredients: For the shortcrust pastry 1/3 cup (50 g) instant vanilla pudding mix (ingredients: cornstarch, vanilla) […]