8 posts from September 2009

Quick Link: What's vegan at Trader Joe's

Sep 27, 2009
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Here's the link where you can find out. [PDF]

Best part, the intro, that quotes Shakespeare:

Sir Andrew: "I am a great eater of beef and I believe that does harm to my wit."

Sir Toby: "No question."

William Shakespeare,Twelfth Night, Act I, Scene III

Annoying link: the besmirching of someone who dares to talk animal rights

Sep 21, 2009
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This post from my personal blog is about the latest target of right-winger Glenn Beck: Cass Sunstein. Really, the post will link you to a Slate column that goes into great detail about Sunstein's supposed crimes of making logical philosophical arguments for treating animals ethically and humanely. Oh, the horror!

My advice? Bypass the crazy and read about Sunstein's work. He makes some very cogent arguments. Some I'll probably steal and repeat.

Why no honey?

Sep 21, 2009
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I'm a vegan, and like most vegans, it's about a philosophical belief more than it is about health or the environment. I like to point out the health and environmental benefits because I think they'll be meaningful to people and may help sway some people. But for me, it's really a philosophical and ethical choice.

Among all the things one eschews as a vegan, the easiest one for me to give up, by far, was honey. I don't like it. At all. I'm annoyed when anyone uses it as an ingredient, it seems so superfluous.

So, when I tell people I don't eat honey because I'm vegan, I usually follow it up with, "And I really don't like it". Because nothing gets people who already think vegans are weird, to think they're even weirder, than to mention the whole no-honey thing.

But in case I ever need to explain to anyone why vegans who do like honey might avoid it anyway, I will send them to this post by Mickey Z on PlanetGreen.

It pretty much covers it.

Article: The Merc does vegan

Sep 10, 2009
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Well, despite leading with some of the negativity about vegan cuisine demonstrated by the Top Chef Masters chefs when faced with a vegan challenge, this article in the San Jose Mercury is mostly a very positive piece, featuring local vegan and cookbook author Colleen Patrick-Goudreau.

Reminds me I have her new book, the Vegan Table, waiting in my Amazon cart...saved for later. Saved for later because I wonder if I can justify another vegan cookbook purchase when I don't make enough use of the two dozen I already own. Although I have Patrick-Goudreau's Vegan Baking cookbook and have enjoyed and used it, so I know I would probably use and enjoy her new one, it remains stuck...saved for later.

Sigh.

Another useful link: Hidden animal ingredients

Sep 8, 2009
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You may be used to scanning ingredients looking for whey, casein, gelatin and other common animal ingredients, but the Carrie Klaus has a list of other common hidden animal ingredients with less easily recognizable names. Myristic Acid was a completely new one on me!

Check it out.

PCRM's 21-day Vegan Kickstart starts tomorrow

Sep 7, 2009
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I may already be a vegan, but I decided to sign up to get motivating emails from the PCRM as part of their 21-day Vegan Kickstart.

I figure even a long-time vegan could use:

-Daily e-tips that will put you on the path to weight loss, better health, and greater well-being

-A delicious, easy, and satisfying recipe sent every day that will help you break your cravings for unhealthy foods

-Weekly motivational nutrition webcasts featuring Dr. Barnard (PCRM founder)

-Social support of other Kickstart participants through a message board where nutrition professionals answer your health and diet questions

So, I'm all over it.

Who's with me? :)

Some new vegan blogs to try

Sep 7, 2009
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Thanks to the Louisville Vegan Examiner.com blogger, Carrie Klaus, I was introduced to quite a few new vegan blogs via this post.

Actually, Lolo from Vegan Yum Yum is speaking at BlogHer Food, so I couldn't believe I hadn't actually subscribed yet. Bad, BlogHer, bad!!

There were plenty on the list that I already follow, like Fatfree Vegan Kitchen and CafeVeg News, but there were a few that were new to me. So, consider me subscribed to Eat, Drink and Be Vegan and Urban Vegan.

Oh, and back to Vegan Yum Yum for a second: She has some recipes in the last few days that are making me fantasize about a trip to Whole Foods right now. Now, I don't like grocery shopping, so you know that the Plum Kuchen and Pan-fried Gnocchi with Morels and Fiddlefern Mushrooms have got to sound good!

What recipe would motivate you to get up off a very relaxing couch on a holiday?

Some quick vegan hits

Sep 2, 2009
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Just have a bunch of links I want to share today. Hope you like 'em:

1. If you're on Twitter, you might want to follow @whatveganseat. In fact, if you'e on Twitter, and you're a vegan, you might want to occasionally tweet your meals with the hashtag #whatveganseat, so you can let the Twittersphere know vegans eat well!

2. Grew up eating fried rice (and also pancit) and still love to throw together a pan of it. Next time I do, I'll be trying this Trader Joe's inspired Healthy Fried Rice with Veggies, Edamame and Tofu from the Picky Eater.

3. Another thing I grew up loving was, oddly enough, liverwurst. So I'm going to have to give this Vegan Liverwurst recipe from Notes from the Vegan Feast Kitchen a try!

4. Finally, I love marshmallows. It always bummed me out to have to give them up when I went vegetarian. I was thrilled when i discovered Sweet and Sara, and i'm a big fan. But I guess they have some competition now. At least that's what I learned from The Vegan Guinea Pig, who pointed me to Dandies.

Hope that's enough nom nom nom to tide you over for a bit, my bloggy friends :)

Quick Link: What's vegan at Trader Joe's

Annoying link: the besmirching of someone who dares to talk animal rights

Why no honey?

Article: The Merc does vegan

Another useful link: Hidden animal ingredients

PCRM's 21-day Vegan Kickstart starts tomorrow

Some new vegan blogs to try

Some quick vegan hits

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