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Meatless Mondays: Fried Wild Rice

Hi! Here’s another Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you cooking this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s Meatless Monday recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach. Ingredients: 2 cups wild rice 4 cups filtered water 2 carrots, grated 1 zucchini, grated 1…

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Cooking/ Health/ Meatless Monday/ Recipes/ Veganism

Meatless Mondays: Stuffed Avocado

Hi! Here’s another Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you cooking this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s Meatless Monday recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach. Ingredients: 2 avocados 1 carrot, grated dash of lemon juice sprinkle of cracked black pepper Method:…

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Cooking/ General/ Meatless Monday/ Recipes/ Veganism

Meatless Mondays: Stir Fried Quinoa

Hi! Here’s another Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you cooking this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s Meatless Monday recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach. Like Fried Rice but using Quinoa instead of the rice,. INGREDIENTS: 1 cup white quinoa 1…

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Cooking

Anatomy of a Wrap

I was wondering how to fix a healthy burrito that would satisfy my tastes as well as those of my vegan friends. “It would even be better”, I told my wife, “if I could make it without flour tortillas so my gluten-free friends could enjoy it too”. I had already decided to use a quinoa filling but needed something to replace the tortilla. My friend, Kris, shared his fresh collard…

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Events/ Veganism

The Second Annual Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale

Vegan bake sales combine a time-honored, well-liked tradition with vegan outreach. They’re a fun and effective way to raise funds, introduce the public to delicious vegan food, and—in many cases—engage in productive discussions about vegan diets and broader vegan issues. The Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale (WVBS) takes the vegan bake sale concept further by having a large number of bake sales during the same short time period-–two weekends and the weekdays…

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Health/ Nutrition/ Recipes/ Veganism

Have you tried these Four Alternatives to White Pasta? By Chef Mayra

Pasta rocks, but it rocks even more when you select a more nutrient-rich one than those made with refined white flour. Try one of these healthier alternatives: Quinoa Native to the Andes, quinoa is the seed of a leafy plant related to beets. When ground up and mixed with corn or wheat flour, quinoa produces mild-tasting, high-protein pasta. Gluten-free eaters should choose brands that contain only quinoa and corn flours.…

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Veganism

Vegan Activism–A Three-Pronged Approach

When I was a child, I learned that creating a fire was an equilateral triangle—you need fuel, air, and heat to cause fire.  Take away any of these, and the fire dies or simply won’t start.  A similar approach can be taken to vegan activism—three prongs to use when trying to convince people to reduce or (preferably) eliminate their consumption of animal products.  First, we remind people of the animal…

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