This tofu recipe has a mild but delicious flavor that can be paired with a variety of other flavors and ingredients. My favorite ways to eat it are in a whole-wheat wrap with shredded cabbage and peppers or on top of a great big salad with slivered almonds and a sesame dressing. Black Tea & … [Read more…]
A very common belief these days is that it costs too much to be a vegan or vegetarian. That’s kind of like saying living in California is outrageously expensive – all too true if you live in Malibu, but not quite the case in Lancaster or Bakersfield. The reality is that eating healthy veg friendly … [Read more…]
Our members have spoken – the City of Brotherly Love is a great place to go veg. Philly is famous for its food, but most of it isn’t very animal friendly. The good news is that there are some great vegan and vegetarian restaurants in the city, and they get rave reviews from their customers. … [Read more…]
Last week I went to Wal-Mart to buy a candy thermometer. While wandering around the kitchen ware section, I happened across an aisle filled with canning supplies i.e. glass mason jars and lids. Included in this aisle were 2 lb. plus cans of non-vegan dried eggs, meat, and pancake mix. Also included were dried fruit, … [Read more…]
Agar-agar is a vegan substitute for gelatin. Traditional gelatin is made with powdered cow hooves. Agar-agar is made from dried red algae. As with traditional gelatin, this vegan substitute has a neutral flavor and does NOT taste like seaweed. According to the Science et Technologie au Service de la Creation Culinaire, a Japanese innkeeper in … [Read more…]
It is enormously tragic, that the defenseless, the harmless and the gentle sentient beings from whom we might have learned so much, who would have trusted us, and by whose acquaintance our lives could be so much enriched, are rewarded with imprisonment, torture and slaughter. I am often reminded of, and haunted by, a post to the … [Read more…]