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Eating well doesn’t have to break the bank. Use these simple strategies to stretch your grocery dollars, while embracing a healthy and delicious real-food diet.
Real Food on a Budget: 7 Tips for Eating Well in a Recession Read More 👉
I love road trips! But I don’t love fast food, gas-station junk, or being hungry. Traveling through our fast-food nation can be challenging for real-food whole-food vegan-food enthusiasts; but with a bit of forethought and planning, eating well on the road can be quick, easy, and delicious!
Need a vegan black eyed peas recipe for the new year?
Lucky Greens and Vegan Blackeyed Peas Read More 👉
Detractors frequently demonize the humble soybean. It stands alone in that regard, among its less maligned cousins: no one accuses pinto beans of causing cancer, black beans of causing man-boobs, or chickpeas of causing infertility and birth defects. The soybean has been exploited on a larger scale, but it’s just a bean. Processed foods — with or without soy — can cause problems. GMO foods — soy or otherwise — can cause problems. But soy contains no magic disease demons, no secret toxins, no evil plan to take over the world. It is simply a legume. So relax, good friends, and rejoice: for soy is no devil! ‘Tis but a bean.
Soy — Devil-fruit, or Bean? (Hint: Bean) Read More 👉
Like perennial weeds, I can’t help noticing that omnivores always seem to raise the same handful of poorly reasoned arguments against vegan and vegetarian diets. But each of the tried-and-true arguments against plant-based eating is so easily debunked, it’s just no fun! The first anti-veg weed we need to pull — because it’s the near-universal first remark when anyone hears ‘vegetarian’ or ‘vegan’ — is the myth that humans need meat for protein.
The Nope Files: Failed Anti-Veg Argument #1, ‘We Need Meat for Protein’ Read More 👉
Armed with some knowledge and a world of resources, the transition towards vegan cooking doesn’t have to be anything but exciting and tasty!
Eating Vegan: A Complete Guide to Vegan Cooking for Beginners Read More 👉
