One of the first cookbooks I bought after going vegan many years ago was by Nava Atlas, and I cooked from it often at the time. Flash-forward to present day and my Ikea Billy Bookcase is now jammed packed with vegan cookbooks. My most recently acquired cookbook was also written by Nava Atlas, and like […]
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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 […]
Recipe: Down-Home Country Tofu Scramble with Sweet & Smokey Tempeh Strips
No self-respecting book titled Going Vegan would be complete without a recipe for a tofu scramble! And this one doesn’t disappoint. One thing Joni really missed when she went vegan was a big, hearty skillet breakfast, so she came up with this recipe, using potatoes, tofu, and tempeh to recreate a healthier vegan version of […]
See Things for What They Actually Are
Cruelty has many faces. Evil, big businesses have many aliases. Unethical behavior takes many sneaky disguises, often as lovely-looking, innocent things we are surrounded by in every day life. If you want to succeed as a vegan, one of the best (and scariest) things to tackle is seeing things as they actually are and not […]
Veganize Your Wardrobe
So you’ve decided to go vegan, or maybe you just want to create a more compassionate and eco-friendly wardrobe. Great, but where to start? The image that usually comes to mind, and the one that has been propagated by popular culture when you think about vegan and eco-conscious fashion is usually the one of the […]