“What’s for dinner?” You hear it every night and unless you have a good answer, it is always a dreaded question. Planning what is for dinner is a challenge, especially in this day and age. It seems that even when we think life is calm and slow-paced, it tends to be just an illusion. Consider […]
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Recipe: Guaca-Verde-Mole
A recent co-op share came with lots of little green tomatillos. It also came with a bunch of tomatoes, some jalapeno peppers and quite a few avocados. So I did what any sensible person would do – I ran to the kitchen and set about concocting a salsa verde/guacamole hybrid. Despite the two jalapenos, this salsa-mole […]
Product Review: The Vegan Cuts April Beauty Box
It’s hard to believe it’s already May! I know that another month has gone by because the mail carrier brought me another Vegan Cuts Beauty Box. If you’re unfamiliar with the Vegan Cuts Beauty Box, you should know that it’s a box of cruelty-free beauty products that are sent to your door every month. Each box is […]
Take Five: Ines Lopes
Chic Vegan contributor Ines Lopes is a social media junkie who currently works at Rutgers University and is pursuing a Masters in Fine Arts in Poetry. She also holds a Masters in Teaching and hopes to one day combine her educational background and extreme adoration of food and fitness to help others lead the […]
The Effect of Food On Skin–And Everything Else!
My colleagues and I in clinical medicine spend the vast majority of our time in operating rooms, emergency departments and outpatient offices largely cleaning up the wreckage of the “Standard American Diet.” Whether they choose to recognize it or not, the medical practice of every physician across the medical specialties – from internists to surgeons, […]