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A perfect treat for children and adults alike, with oozy chocolate and sweet cherries. Viva the mini loaf revolution!
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21 Feb 2012 at 10:03am
A creamy, dreamy mac and cheeze made from sunflower seeds. You won't believe your tastebuds!
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7 Feb 2012 at 9:26am
It's burgertime! These beautiful beet burgers are a bite to behold.
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2 Feb 2012 at 11:46am
Parboiling before baking give these fries a crispy outside and creamy interior.
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1 Feb 2012 at 10:21am
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Humans need animal products for survival. You will die earlier. There are things in meat, which your body needs and you cannot get from any other kind of food.
According to the world's largest (mainstream) organization of food and nutrition professionals, that comment is simply NOT TRUE! “It is the position of the American
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11 Feb 2012 at 10:36am
An easy and delicious way for vegans to meet their B12 requirements
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) is a vitamin that plays an important role in the function of the brain and nervous system, the metabolism of cells, DNA regulation, and the creation of blood. The normal range in a standard blood test is 200-900 pg/mL (picograms per milliliter). Levels below
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22 Jan 2012 at 10:59am
Is there such a thing as a perfect vegan? I think it's technically impossible unless you live as a hermit outside of society. From antifreeze, lubricants, paints, emery boards, hydraulic break fluid, crayons, specialty plastics, buttons, plywood adhesive, pharmaceuticals, high grade steel, water filters, bandage strips that contain animal
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1 Jan 2012 at 11:55am
Vegans, sadly for us, often hear remarks like ‘Yes I love animals; I love how they taste' or “you know plants are living things too' or ‘what about plant suffering?' or ‘under your new laws do we give rights to the mouse or chipmunk and prey animals?' or ‘fish are not sentient' and other irrational remarks, which inspired
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23 Dec 2011 at 2:08pm
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"He thought in other heads, and in his own, others besides himself thought."-- Bertolt Brecht, The Threepenny Opera
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18 Feb 2012 at 8:11pm
I've been eating more than writing. Oh, the shame!
Salad w/romaine lettuce, radishes, hot banana peppers. Tangerine. Mini fava bean burger patties (fava beans, rolled oats, wheat germ, grated...
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28 Jan 2012 at 8:31am
'Veganism' Is Everywhere!!
I remember a few years ago how articles about veganism in online media sources were just occasional finds. They still are, really. I mean, the word 'vegan' gets tossed...
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13 Jan 2012 at 6:42am
Thai coconut curry soup with potatoes, carrots, red bell peppers, zucchini, onions, garlic, green curry paste, galangal, coconut milk, organic brown sugar and a dash of Indian chili powder for...
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3 Jan 2012 at 3:03pm
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Vegan Diets, Critical Thinking, and 9 Blogs You Need to Read Currently, I only subscribe to Paleoveganology, but I’m going to be checking more of them out now.
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22 Feb 2012 at 1:52pm
I will be speaking on vegan nutrition at the Ottawa Veg Fest ’12: 1 pm (currently scheduled, could possibly change so please check back) Sunday, April 29, 2012 Glebe Community Centre 175 Third Ave Ottawa, ON K1S 2K2
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14 Feb 2012 at 12:21pm
I will be giving a presentation on vegan nutrition as part of Oakland Veg Week: 6:30 pm Tuesday April 17, 2012 Oakland Public Library – Rockridge Branch 5366 College Ave Oakland, Ca
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14 Feb 2012 at 12:14pm
I will be giving the presentation Vegan Nutrition: What Does the Science Say and selling and signing books. Buffalo, NY 6 pm Monday, April 30th, 2012 Registration at 5:30 pm. Talk is free, and vegan potluck reception afterwards is $3. The Screening Room Northtown Plaza Business Center 3131 Sheridan Drive Amherst, NY 14226 Rochester, NY [...]
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14 Feb 2012 at 12:09pm
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A lot of times, I picture sharks as I like to picture myself: rugged, badass loners with an unquenchable thirst for human blood who rock out pretty much constantly. But here is news that could change all that (for sharks, I mean). Turns out shark grouping patterns are more than marriages of convenience; they are stable, long-lasting, meaningful
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22 Feb 2012 at 2:46pm
Meet the spicy green leaves salad with spicy bean curd dressing, crispy tofu, topped with crispy rice noodles at the Green Elephant in Portland, Me. It costs $6 (WHAT) and Erin of Olives for Dinner had this to say about it:
this salad is amazing. Super-fresh and packed with tons of crisp carrots, tomatoes, tofu and noodles, it's
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22 Feb 2012 at 1:03pm
Elizabeth Olsen is so talented! Get ready for warm days to show off her latest, gorgeous shoes on your happy feet. These shoes are all about sunny, sandy beaches and dancing and drinks under the moon, and we are all about them. If you are broke and overworked or underemployed, like us, take your feet on vacation and dream about going with them.
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22 Feb 2012 at 11:35am
Here's a creepy idea: Given that modern chicken farming causes so much pain, why not just lobotomize the things and turn them into unconscious protein-growing machines, à la Matrix? Wired posted about it last week, a reader told us about it, and we kinda freaked out here in the back room. How is that better than going vegan?! That's
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22 Feb 2012 at 10:00am
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Inspired by the currently-trending Twitter topic, #30WaysToMakeAGirlSmile. This is slightly tongue-in-cheek for those of you with your Serious Hats on all the time. Make her feel safe by not exploiting other females for their milk. Girls get nervous when they think you’re going to steal their breastmilk. Acknowledge that enslaving female animals
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27 Jan 2012 at 10:29am
Even if you still eat meat, deviating even once from the social norms is going to get you reactions like this. If you have no interest in going vegan, then at least try eating a conspicuously vegan meal a few times in mixed company. For instance, vegetable fajitas when everyone else is having cow [...]
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22 Jan 2012 at 9:55am
Fresh from Obvious Pile, “Color additives are an inexpensive way to simulate absent fruit or vegetable ingredients, make white bread look more like whole wheat, or make sugary cereals more appealing to young children, according to CSPI.” The result is that people eat garbage they might not normally eat because the garbage doesn’t look
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4 Jan 2012 at 10:11am
This recipe makes about 14 large (~10cm diameter, ~2cm thick) patties. You need: For nutrition and texture: 2C lentils 2C quinoa A bunch of rolled oats A box of wheat gluten (you won’t need the whole box, but measurements vary based on taste) Flavors: Garlic salt More salt An onion How to Do Stuff: Assuming [...]
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3 Jan 2012 at 9:49am
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Butternut Squash Stuffed Shells 1 butternut squash, peeled & cubed ½ tsp garlic salt ½ tsp cinnamon Dash nutmeg 1 T margarine or olive oil ¼ C Maple syrup Salt to taste 1 box Jumbo Shells 1 jar of organic tomato sauce or homemade sauce Cook shells as directed by box and rinse with [...]
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14 Feb 2012 at 5:50pm
Vegan Coconut cake ¾ C Sugar 2 ¼ C Flour 1 tsp Baking powder 1 ½ non-dairy milk (I used Almond) ¼ C + 1 Tb melted vegan margarine (I use Earth Balance) 1 tsp vanilla ½ C Shredded coconut Preheat oven to 350 Mix together: Sugar, flour, baking powder Add in: Milk, margarine [...]
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14 Feb 2012 at 5:39pm
BLACK BEAN-QUINOA BURGERS 2 cloves garlic ½ onions, chopped 1 Can Black Beans, rinsed & drained 1 tsp Salt ½ Cup diced red pepper 1 Tb Chili Poweder 1 tsp Cumin ¾ C Flour 3 Cups cooked Quinoa (1 Cup dry) Olive Oil for cooking - Cook Quinoa as recommended (I used ½ veg broth [...]
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13 Feb 2012 at 4:00pm
Baked Falafel 1 Can Garbanzo beans, rinsed & drained 1 small onion, chopped 2 cloves Garlic, smashed ½ tsp dried parsley 2 tsp Cumin Dash Tumeric ½ tsp baking powder 1 slice vegan-friendly bread, toasted ½ tsp salt ¼ tsp pepper ½ C flour 1 T sesame seeds Olive oil in spray or pump bottle [...]
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13 Feb 2012 at 11:48am
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Yesterday, a blogger wrote a piece about green smoothies. Her conclusion was that combining a couple of pieces of fresh fruit with handfuls of leafy greens in a blender is bad for you. Yes, that was her conclusion, and the conclusion of a couple of health gurus, based on specious science such as chewing those [...]
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1 Feb 2012 at 4:50pm
Can you stand another year-end list? Below are what we believe were the ten biggest news stories of 2011 for animal rights initiatives. While some of these generated massive amounts of ink and airtime, a few were important stories that flew under the radar. A few have importance to the animal rights community, while others [...]
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13 Jan 2012 at 9:25am
Many vegans lament that there are dog/cat rescuers and other animal activists in their communities who are not vegan. I'm with you, believe me. I get it. It is shocking when humane societies serve animals on plates at fundraisers. It is a head-scratcher that someone who works to save whales would order sushi in a [...]
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5 Jan 2012 at 3:11pm
I received an email from a vivisector regarding from the media coverage for Beagle Freedom Project, which my company Evolotus has managed for almost a year. Below I've included her letter, in sections, then my responses. “First, I should introduce myself. I am a middle-aged woman who has been a life-long animal lover and animal [...]
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5 Dec 2011 at 8:52pm
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This is another sampling of the more than 900 comments and questions I've responded to on the site (so far!). Please feel free to leave any follow-up questions here or on any of the hundreds of videos on the more than a thousand topics covered on NutritionFacts.org. And remember, there's a new video posted every weekday, so to make sure…
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16 Feb 2012 at 5:00am
This is another sampling of the more than 800 comments and questions I've responded to on the site (so far!). Please feel free to leave any follow-up questions here or on any of the hundreds of videos on the more than a thousand topics covered on NutritionFacts.org. And remember, there's a new video posted every weekday, so to make sure…
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9 Feb 2012 at 5:00am
Yesterday’s NutritionFacts.org video-of-the-day, Atkins Diet: Trouble Keeping It Up, discusses a case report of a man who went on a low carb diet, lost his ability to have an erection, and nearly lost his life. That was just one person, though. Researchers at Harvard recently looked at one hundred thousand people and concluded that low…
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2 Feb 2012 at 5:00am
This is another sampling of the more than 800 comments and questions I've responded to on the site (so far!). Please feel free to leave any follow-up questions here or on any of the hundreds of videos on the more than a thousand topics covered on NutritionFacts.org. And remember, there's a new video posted every weekday, so to make sure…
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28 Jan 2012 at 5:00am
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Two new posters from Jo and me. For those who are concerned about this sort of thing, the approximate representation of the U.S. grade level needed to comprehend the text for Flesch Kincaid is 2.79 (so, just below third-grade reading level). The Flesch Reading ease is 85.64%.
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21 Feb 2012 at 6:07pm
As an abolitionist, I promote veganism because animal use is unfair. However, one of the common questions about and objections to veganism is whether veganism is nutritionally sound or healthy. It is important to understand the question of health as a vegan generally, as well as it place in the education process. Sensational stories in news
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14 Jan 2012 at 10:48am
As is often the case with my blog, I try to teach other advocates. I try to teach them not only how to be better advocates (which strikes me as kind of a smaller endeavour), but how to be better persons (which is often herculean). But for all those vegans who have, hours afterward, think "I shoulda said!!!" a blog on how to be funny (and
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7 Jan 2012 at 12:28pm
In no small way, 2011 has been a year that has witnessed a lot of movement in animal advocacy. Francione's work continues to surge in popularity with advocates. Even five years ago, there were not all that many abolitionists. Now there are probably several hundred, perhaps thousands, active worldwide. Active advocacy does not
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1 Jan 2012 at 2:27pm
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Recently I ate out with a large group of coworkers, most of whom I had just met. Unfortunately, the restaurant chosen was one of those big chain sports and burger type places. I scoured the menu and found one item that just might work if it weren't for the cheese splattered on top. Undaunted by the social ramifications, I dared to question
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17 Nov 2011 at 11:26am
Vegan cookbook author Claire Gosse and fitness "expert" Brock Picken have a new book called Vegan Flush (press release here). Scare quotes on 'expert' there because what kind of fitness expert doesn't understand how the human body actually flushes out toxins? (Hint for "experts" out there--your liver and kidneys take care of things).
6 Nov 2011 at 9:18am
(...more) Yesterday I ran across a link from Animal Legal Defense Fund declaring that Occupy Wall Street Takes on Corporate Animal Abuse. The linked "official declaration" contains this statement: "They have profited off of the torture, confinement, and cruel treatment of countless nonhuman animals, and actively hide these practices." Okay, so I'm not sure
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9 Oct 2011 at 11:55am
Reading VegNews is always an adventure. There's usually some good recipes, factual articles, and items that can genuinely be called news, mixed in with welfarism, woo, and other assorted wackiness. It's just the right mix that fascinates me. I'm often appalled but can't stop reading it. Today I'm going to examine a part of the magazine that is a good
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21 Sep 2011 at 8:50pm
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Three years ago to the day, two communication satellites collided in orbit above Siberia at velocities greater than escape velocity. BOOM! It was 'the first accidental hypervelocity collision between two intact artificial satellites in Earth orbit.' Only one was operational. There was a ton of debris, which hasn't caused any damage to other satellites.
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10 Feb 2012 at 4:09pm
On February 4, 1999, four plainclothes policemen murdered an unarmed 23-year-old Guinean immigrant in the Bronx. Amadou Diallo ran up the outside steps to his apartment door after four plain-looking white dudes "loudly identified themselves as NYPD officers" (i.e., "Stop, NYPD!"). No shit he did. Diallo pulled his wallet out of his pocket, which
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5 Feb 2012 at 5:25pm
No, these rice and beans aren't consummately healthful, I just wanted to take this space to promote Ginny Messina's blog, The Vegan R.D., which she's been writing since November 2007. I really should go and get blood work done to see how I'm doing on vitamins. I'm probably deficient at least in B12 and D. Vegan Essentials is a good place to buy
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4 Feb 2012 at 5:26pm
On January 31, 1961, a chimpanzee named Ham (actually HAM, for Holloman Aerospace Medical Center) became the first higher primate to leave the Earth's atmosphere. I was going to relay some facts from Wikipedia, but it's just all sad. Poor chimpanzees probably often wonder who the hell these big hairless devils are and why they punish you
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2 Feb 2012 at 4:37pm
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Unfortunately, we hear these stories often. An act of evil upon an animal has happened yet again. It occurred on Valentine's Day, a 10-month-old pit bull was maliciously tied to a car and dragged for several miles before the driver decided to leave the dog behind to die alone. The courageous pup found the strength to look for
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22 Feb 2012 at 8:24am
Scientific research into bears previously farmed using the “free drip” method of bile extraction was revealed today at an Animals Asia press conference in Beijing. The detailed medical evidence was based on analysis of 165 bears that had been rescued and brought to Animals Asia's bear sanctuary near Chengdu. Of the bears
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22 Feb 2012 at 7:31am
Nothing makes me think of Mardi Gras more than seeing a king cake. The first year I moved to Boston, I was homesick and unable to get home for Mardi Gras. So when Fat Tuesday rolled around, a friend of mine surprised me by having one sent to me from my favorite bakery. We devoured it in one sitting. Almost 20 years later she still has them
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21 Feb 2012 at 8:44am
You shouldn't be ashamed or embarrassed of your veganism, especially if you have good reasons for doing so. Whether it sprouted from health reasons or animal rights, you have something to be proud of. When I first meet someone, my veganism usually comes up fairly quick in the conversation. The most common question people
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21 Feb 2012 at 8:14am
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I have been logging a lot of computer hours lately. For good reason, as I'm working on my new website as well as some marketing details for the release of Let Them Eat Vegan. (reminder, if you haven't picked up a copy, if you can hold off and mark your calendars for March 13th - please buy then... details very soon!)
20 Feb 2012 at 6:24pm
(...more) I've said it before. I'll say it again. The folks at Amy's are great - in fact they're Amy-zing!
When they heard about my giveaway fun leading up to the launch of Let Them Eat Vegan, they offered another giveaway (third time)!
One of you will receive these prizes:
a t-shirt!, and...
17 Feb 2012 at 11:15am
(...more) After a day indulging in chocolate and other Valentine's treats, perhaps you're looking for a dinner that is bright, lively, energizing, and 'clean'.
These Sesame Lime Soba Noodles are just what this vegan mama ordered!
Sesame Lime Soba Noodles with Shiitake Mushrooms and Snow Peas (photo credit: alive magazine)
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15 Feb 2012 at 11:28am
Before I talk Valentines, this is the last time I ask for your votes in the Circle of Moms contest. Thank heavens says you - and me! Too bad this vegan mama of three didn't pull up, but I would have needed some 'divine interellenvention' to do so. For those of you that were sharing and retweeting and trying to bring in more votes, you know
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14 Feb 2012 at 10:19am
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Columbus, Ohio may not be the first place you think of when we say “vegan food hotspot,” but Sarah Mai-Miller is continuing her love letter Continue Reading »
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22 Feb 2012 at 1:18pm
Pure Citizen, the site that brings you sales on everything good, true and beautiful has teamed up with 100% Pure to raise awareness for Leaping Bunny’s Continue Reading »
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22 Feb 2012 at 6:43am
This is what effective Los Angeles anti-fur group FurFreeLA calls an “Epic. Meatball. Fail.” Jersey Shore reality star (okay, let’s call it what it is, Continue Reading »
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20 Feb 2012 at 6:13am
The United States produces 390 billion pounds of garbage every year, and finding places to dispose of it is a serious environmental and economic challenge. Continue Reading »
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5 Feb 2012 at 12:55pm
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The intimate link between what we eat and the chemistry of our bodies has been demonstrated once again in a provoking new studying published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.1 This study found that high-fat foods, like hamburgers, onion rings, oily pizzas and other regularly consumed fatty foods, actually lead to brain scarring and
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20 Feb 2012 at 7:02am
Bonnie suffered from the physical and emotional pain of cystic acne since her teenage years. She tried just about every medication available to relieve the symptoms, but to no avail. Then she made the decision to replace the standard American diet with high-nutrient foods. Today Bonnie’s skin is clear, except for some scarring,
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15 Feb 2012 at 6:05am
I tested these muffins out as a Valentine’s Day cooking experiment and boy did they come out delicious! When my boyfriend tasted them as a pre-Valentine’s Day treat, he said they were my best recipe to date (no pun intended). Make these muffins as a guiltless chocolatey treat for any loved ones this February 14th and enjoy a sweet holiday,
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10 Feb 2012 at 7:00am
It is one thing for toxic food compounds to be found in adults, who make their own food choices, but it is another issue altogether when we begin finding toxic food compounds in infants and young children. Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine just brought this issue to light; they found that Advanced Glycation End products (AGEs),
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9 Feb 2012 at 7:14am
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A typical snapshot of conversation between me and my Mom, taken from my departure early yesterday morning: Mom: I'm going to miss you so much. Me: Aw, Mom, You won't miss me that much. I'm pretty messy and annoying. Mom: You are messy and annoying. But I'm going to miss you anyway. Equal parts honesty, [...]
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22 Feb 2012 at 6:50am
I’m glad you’re all enjoying the NYC recaps! I sometimes worry that my home/travel posts are pretty boring in comparison to recipes or musings. Glad to know that’s not true. So when we left off, I was on my way to meet my friend Gabi for dinner/catch up, and all fingers and toes were crossed [...]
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20 Feb 2012 at 7:00pm
When I went off to college–and by “off,” I mean the forty block cab ride to Columbia’s main campus–I sat my mother down for a little heart-to-heart. I said, “pretend I’m going to California. Or Montana. Or something.” You see, in spite of the fact that my mother was and always will be my best [...]
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19 Feb 2012 at 3:56pm
First things first: what’s up NYC!?! After a six hour Megabus ride last night, I have finally made it home to the streets of the Upper West Side. Holla! This weekend couldn’t have come at a better time–it was an emotionally and mentally draining week at school, and in spite of the 10 metric tons [...]
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18 Feb 2012 at 7:54am
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I wrote this article with Angel Flinn, who is Director of Outreach for Gentle World — a vegan intentional community and non-profit organization whose core purpose is to help build a more peaceful society, by educating the public about the reasons for being vegan, the benefits of vegan living, and how to go about making such a transition.This
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4 Feb 2012 at 11:05am
(This essay was originally published in The Abolitionist.)In our modern society, what we call “facts” are usually held in much higher epistemic esteem than what we call “values.” And the most esteemed of all facts are what we call “scientific facts.” And of what we call “values,” the least esteemed as knowledge are what we call “moral values.” Indeed,
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12 Jan 2012 at 10:04pm
I wrote this article with Angel Flinn, who is Director of Outreach for Gentle World — a vegan intentional community and non-profit organization whose core purpose is to help build a more peaceful society, by educating the public about the reasons for being vegan, the benefits of vegan living, and how to go about making such a transition.This
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5 Jan 2012 at 11:15am
I posted the following comment (in italics below) on this linked article. The Atlantic Monthly deleted it and blocked me from posting on the site. Just more evidence that speciesist prejudice is just as strong today (at least at The Atlantic) as racial prejudice was in the 1700s and 1800s in the US. A reasonable acid test as to
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15 Dec 2011 at 4:17pm
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I had the great pleasure of speaking to the members of the Vegan Chicago Meetup last week. In addition to being warm and welcoming, this is another group on my list of organizations that aim to promote an evidence-based approach to vegan advocacy. Before my talk on the Seven Habits of Healthy Vegans, event organizer [...]
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21 Feb 2012 at 1:35pm
In case you haven’t seen them, here are a couple of blog posts from the past week that struck me as worth sharing. One is Jack’s discussion of the safety of cyanocobalamin, a cyanide-containing B12 supplement. Some vegans are choosing to seek out supplements that provide methylcobalamin due to fears about consuming too much cyanide. [...]
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18 Feb 2012 at 8:45am
A recent review of 135 studies suggests that it's okay to consume some refined grains, as long as at least half of your grain intake is from whole foods. I'm not especially surprised. Sure, whole wheat bread is better for you than white bread and brown rice is way more nutritious than white. But the [...]
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2 Feb 2012 at 5:46pm
In case you missed it, Jack had a good post last week about fat in vegan diets. And if you're looking to maximize nutrient intake with attention to just a few details, take a look at my post on the 7 Habits of Healthy Vegans on One Green Planet. (This is a very condensed version [...]
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30 Jan 2012 at 11:44am
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Yakisoba at Stone Brewing World Bistro
Yakisoba - Japanese noodles stir-fried with tofu, carrots, snap peas, mushrooms, & red onion seasoned with dark sesame oil, soy, ginger & red pepper flakes garnished with cashews
I had the absolute pleasure of having lunch at Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens with my dear
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20 Feb 2012 at 7:12pm
I spoke to my Mom this morning to make our Sunday movie date plans & she mentioned she was...
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19 Feb 2012 at 2:16pm
I am officially done complaining about cabbage. Every time I see cabbage on my CSA pick up letter, I...
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18 Feb 2012 at 4:01pm
I mentioned previously that I don't put much weight on Valentine's Day. That being said,...
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16 Feb 2012 at 9:08pm
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My essay on New Atheism became scrambled in that the citations were removed and some paragraphs dropped. This has happened once before. Anyway, I am working to get it straightened out and will do my best to restore the essay as soon as I can. Sorry. Update: It appears as though the version that was [...]
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21 Feb 2012 at 8:55am
In 2007, Peter Singer, as part of a campaign to promote cage-free eggs, praised the Europeans for supposedly phasing out battery cages: “Battery cages are being phased out in Europe – why are we lagging behind?” As I noted at the time, Singer’s connecting the European effort with cage-free egg farming was misleading: [A]lthough the
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14 Jan 2012 at 12:55pm
If we are ever going to see a paradigm shift, we have to be clear about how we want the present paradigm to shift. We must be clear that veganism is the unequivocal baseline of anything that deserves to be called an “animal rights” movement. If “animal rights” means anything, it means that we cannot [...]
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9 Jan 2012 at 6:03am
British celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, promotes “happy” British Rose Veal. He’s not alone. Large animal welfare groups, such as the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Compassion in World Farming, ever eager to make the public feel better about continuing to exploit animals, are also promoting “happy”
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8 Jan 2012 at 1:39pm
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Valentine's Day is getting sweeter every year for vegans...at least in the United States. Vegan Essentials, Cosmo's Vegan Shoppe, and Pangea Vegan Products offer boxed chocolates in many varieties for as low as $10...
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14 Feb 2012 at 8:07pm
Of late there have been many interesting articles surfacing that have challenged the white-centric approach to vegan outreach and the advancement of nonhuman animal rights.' Some welfarist organizations have engaged in blatantly racially...
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4 Feb 2012 at 6:23pm
There has been a video circulating on the internet as of late that depicts some of the US armed forces engaged in unspeakable violence towards a sheep. The sheep was beaten to death with a baseball bat while...
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27 Jan 2012 at 3:37pm
It's a shame that David Nibert's 2002 Animal Rights/Human Rights: Entanglements of Oppression and Liberation is not more widely read among activists and sociologists. It makes a very clear and convincing argument for...
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25 Jan 2012 at 8:47pm
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Just wanted to share this with all of you! Mark Bridges and I have been friends since we worked together on Blast From The Past 14 years ago…
22 Feb 2012 at 6:00am
Watch his acceptance speech here Look at his sweet cute face! I just love him! I’m soooo happy for him. He works so hard and is so talented so (...more) If you’re not familiar with MS multiple sclerosis it’s a disease of the central nervous system that affects around 350000 Americans mostly Caucasians and more often women than men. Its numbers are higher in populations where typical diets are composed of lots of beef butter cheese and other saturated fats.
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21 Feb 2012 at 12:00pm
I hope you have a happy Mardi Gras! Its name "Fat Tuesday" refers to the feasting that would take place on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesdsay when fasting for Lent would traditionally start. Whether you're Catholic or not it's always fun to celebrate with yummy food. Here's the recipe I posted recently for (...more) Last time I posted about vegan bodybuilders lots of you kind lifers asked for more! Now the New York Times has picked up on the veg bodybuilding trend profiling a few names that will probably be familiar to you including Robert Cheeke and Giacomo Marchese sorry ladies he’s engaged now!. The (...more) More Blog Posts |
Yesterday I competed in the OCB Bodysculpt Open and had a great time! I competed in two classes: the Men’s Novice and Men’s Open, placing first in Novice and second in the Open class! It was a very long day filled with tough posing (literally elbow to elbow), but the final moments on stage made [...]
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19 Feb 2012 at 5:01pm
An easy alternative to faux ground beef and TVP, lentils (especially French lentils) make a great taco filling! I like to use this recipe for double-decker tacos, spreading mashed pinto beans or low-fat vegetarian refried beans on some whole wheat soft taco shells and wrapping them around organic corn taco shells stuffed with this [...]
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12 Feb 2012 at 2:34pm
The OCB Body Sculpt Open is only 2 weeks away! I can’t believe time has gone by so fast! We’ve both been extremely busy with work, personal endeavors (contest prep/belly dancing), and preparing for the new addition to the family (6 weeks out for that!) and it feels like every day has about 5 too [...]
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5 Feb 2012 at 7:47pm
I’ve recently become a contributing author to One Green Planet and today my first article was published! I am excited to contribute to such a great resource and look forward to writing many more articles to share with everyone! Take a look at my first article here: Plant-Based Nutrition and the Strength Athlete
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25 Jan 2012 at 7:52pm
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The Early Spring issue of The Baking Sheet came in the mail recently and – as usual – it had me primed to tie on the apron and let the flour fly. But this issue has even more recipes that I absolutely need to try, so dear reader, you will be seeing quite a few [...]
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22 Feb 2012 at 6:34am
Before I begin extolling the virtues of baking Anadama bread, I want to thank some of my fellow bloggers. Isobel Morrell (Coldham Cuddlies Calling) – my wonderful email pal from England – gave Dough, Dirt & Dye a Versatile Blogger Award a few days ago. And Trish at one my favorite blogs, In Fine Balance, [...]
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21 Feb 2012 at 6:52am
There was a time when I could not pass up the cocktail wiener, the Vienna sausage, the “pigs” snuggled into biscuity blankets. It was as much their diminutive size as their flavor – I mean, Vienna sausage?? Yikes. Scary stuff even during the height of my carnivorous days. Post-meat, the allure of the dainty sausage [...]
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20 Feb 2012 at 6:41am
Long ago, when Mikey liked Life cereal, when it was okay to wear an orange plaid shirt with brown cords and when, as my mother describes it, “the whole family looked as if it had the flu for a decade,” pancakes came in one flavor. Pancake (a.k.a. Bisquick) flavor. Sometimes you got crazy and chopped [...]
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19 Feb 2012 at 7:11am
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Dinner 02/16 Tempeh Agrodolce Polenta Tempeh paired with a sweet & sour tomato sauce on a bed of polenta. Awesomesauce! Tempehenge! This is a test recipe for Isa's upcoming book, so you know the drill -- we can't give out the recipe.
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16 Feb 2012 at 8:06pm
Valentine's Day 02/14 Firecracker Stir-Fry Long time readers will note that when we stopped posting stir-fries a few years ago I joked it was because we had run out of novel ideas on how to plate & photograph them. While this is technically a stir-fry, I did find a novel way of plating. The origin
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14 Feb 2012 at 8:06pm
Dessert 02/11 Rich Chocolate Cake with Salty Dulce de Leche & Hazelnut Brittle After all the small plates, comes this cake, which deserves it's own entry. Inspiration can come from many places -- for example, while wandering through the library the other day, Liz picked up an issue of Victoria
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11 Feb 2012 at 8:59pm
Dinner 02/11 Artichoke Dip Pita Bread Grilled Zucchini Grilled Tofu Stuffed Peppers Balsamic Baked Onions & Potatoes Shishito Peppers Another meal in a series of "small plates, loosely joined." Today's Einkorn
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11 Feb 2012 at 8:49pm
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The masterminds behind Forks Over Knives discuss how adopting a vegan diet can amp things up between the sheets.
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22 Feb 2012 at 9:48am
A team of scientists in the Netherlands is one step closer to bringing in-vitro beef products to the masses, with a prototype of the world’s first artificially created...
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22 Feb 2012 at 2:00am
On Tuesday, Bon Appétit Management Co.—which caters at more than 400 corporate and university locations in 31 states—announced that it would be tightening restrictions...
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22 Feb 2012 at 2:00am
Slap on your Sunday best and gear up for some veg-friendly Oscars entertainment.
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22 Feb 2012 at 2:00am
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My shake: seven years in the making and perfected to my liking, only to be shelved due to a more health-focused diet, but I would like to share it with you.
When I began making my shakes, they consisted of:
Overly Sweetened Protein
Mint Chocolate Chip Ice-cream
Peanut Butter
Milk
And some Ellio's Pizza on the side.
Next, at the beginning
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22 Feb 2012 at 2:02pm
After Reading: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Hypertension: The Revolutionary Nutrition and Lifestyle Program to Fight High Blood Pressure By Mark Houston, M.D., Barry Fox, Ph.D., Nadine Taylor, M.S., [...]
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14 Feb 2012 at 2:52pm
…and decline at an even greater rate than the rest of the population. Hall of Famer Gordon Howe Has Mild Dementia We celebrate these achievements though. No, not the dementia…that has nothing to do with this, right? Donna Spencer of the Canadian Press writes: [...]
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5 Feb 2012 at 1:33pm
After Reading: Living with Hepatitis C, Fifth Edition: A Survivor’s Guide By Gregory T. Everson, M.D., F.A.C.P. “There is little wonder that for many people the ‘C’ is hepatitis C has come to stand for confusion.” It was a CDC report claiming that 25% [...]
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31 Jan 2012 at 3:06pm
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Black bean hummus may not look pretty – but you can't judge a dip by its color.
Chickpea-based hummus is a vegetarian classic – nutritious, easy to make and frugal. It's substantial on its own and is prone to infinitesimal variations – garlic, horseradish, edamame, red pepper, sun-dried tomato, to name just a few. That's part of its enduring charm.
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16 Feb 2012 at 4:27pm
Shower the people you love with sugar (at least on Valentine's Day)
Anyone can hand off a store-bought box of chocolates as a Valentine gift. But nothing says “I love you” better than a batch of these adorably addictive heart-shaped cookies from my new cookbook, Celebrate Vegan. The slight pucker of the lemon zest and raspberry jam reminds
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11 Feb 2012 at 11:16am
What a life. From gutter kitties to feline odalisques...
Pablo would like to announce the winner of the $20 gift certificate to Allison's Gourmet. [Buttons, as you can see, refuses to be woken from her beauty rest for such foolishness]. The lucky chocoholic is.....[drumroll!]....ANNE! Congratulations. Please email me with your mailing
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2 Feb 2012 at 5:42am
Cranberry-Cornbread squares, fresh out of the oven.
Cornmeal-based baked goods are unfairly typecast. Cornbread tends to be savory or semi-savory while breakfast corn muffins usually lean on the sweet side. For this recipe, thinking "outside the savory box" required baking these tasty, sweet cornbread squares inside a box, 8" x 8" pan, to be exact.
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30 Jan 2012 at 9:06am
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I wished that I could say I never buy disposable cups, but I can’t. Every year we host a big holiday party and I buy a ginormous amount of hot cups for the coffee / tea / cocoa / hot … Continue reading →
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22 Feb 2012 at 6:30am
I recently took over the position of Editor at Chic Vegan (I am super stoked about it!!!) which means I am in the middle of experiencing a steep learning curve (translation – I don’t have a lot of extra time). There … Continue reading →
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20 Feb 2012 at 6:30am
One of my favorite dinners as a child was Beef Stroganoff (I hadn’t seen the light yet). My mom would lug out the electric skillet and make a huge batch of it for dinner. Things have changed a bit in … Continue reading →
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17 Feb 2012 at 6:30am
I thought I would share with you one of my Chic Vegan “Ask Grettie” columns… So, after catching my second sore throat/cold/whatever in a month I am starting to think that I need to add something to my diet and … Continue reading →
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15 Feb 2012 at 6:30am
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I have met so many wonderful vegans through the Chic Vegan Interview Series. Regan Forrester is making a real difference. When she became vegan she noticed that the availability of and her access to vegan shoes was very limited. Rather than waiting for someone else to solve the problem, Regan dove right in an opened
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22 Feb 2012 at 3:00am
One month ago Kathy Divine of Vegans Are Cool compiled an awesome book featuring interviews of cool vegans. Upon some reflection Kathy decided to offer the ebook (PDF) version for FREE! Say what??? In her own words, “[A]fter thinking about the countless numbers of animals slaughtered for food and the precarious state of the planet, I have
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20 Feb 2012 at 3:00am
ROASTED TEMPEH TACOS MY RECESSION KITCHEN SWEET POTATO HUMMUS HEALTHY. HAPPY. LIFE. GRILLED PANZANELLA THE GALLEY GOURMET  
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19 Feb 2012 at 2:00am
I have been trying A LOT of eco-friendly laundry products lately and it pains me to say that there have been more suds duds than I would care to admit. I have tried washer balls, powders, liquids, dryer balls, reusable dryer sheets, you name it (most of which is now tucked into a corner of my laundry
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17 Feb 2012 at 3:00am
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Nothing to make a big bruhaha about. Still, had my heart skip a beat when I first saw it! Heres the response: [Thank you for contacting us regarding the nutritional information on the Quorn Vegan Burger packaging. The value for Cholesterol should be 0mg. This is an error on the packaging. We will have this amended
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21 Feb 2012 at 5:30am
The timing worked and my good friend was around to pick me up and join me for dinner. He's a great guy but so afraid of this kind of food he stopped at Arby's on the way to get me. Spilled ketchup all over his car in a panic meal but he's come a long way and I'm sure just seeing the stuff made an impression on him. Favorably or not
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19 Feb 2012 at 5:44pm
Alright, it's a bit out of sequence but in Tampa today I picked up a few things from Whole Foods and while shopping for my Amy's products I found this: So like, WHOA!!! All the rage right? So like, I pick up a box, there are 4 in the box by the way, and can't wait for dinner tonight. They are a bit small sitting atop
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18 Feb 2012 at 5:08pm
It is rare these days to stay at a major chain hotel property and not have some sort of breakfast spread. They range from minimal to expansive. I don't even check ingredients anymore since there's no likelihood of them coming up with an egg-free waffle mix or dairy free muffin. I cruise right by buffet steam tables where most guests are stuffing themselves
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18 Feb 2012 at 8:11am
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