I hope you enjoyed my first-ever “wheat meat” creation yesterday!  It got some fun buzz on Pinterest and I am hoping lots of you try the Cinnamon-Ginger Seitan! I’d love to hear what you think. The three-day weekend gave me extra time to get creative in the kitchen.  I had some beans cooking up in [...]

I’m working on a healthy menu for one of the trendiest new restaurants in town and this cream broccoli and spinach soup is part of it. I wanted to create a healthy cream soup, that is thick enough without adding potato to it, has rich texture and the combination of flavors make it look gourmet, [...]

Friends! I am overwhelmed!  Yesterday I asked you to help me raise $730 for Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary — a way to celebrate my 730 days (2 years) of living a vegan lifestyle.  As of this morning we have raised $430! We are over half way there!  And, guess what?  A supporter of WFAS has [...]

Two years ago today I chose to follow a vegan diet. Last year, on my one year vegan-anniversary, I wrote a piece for Veggie Buntch, Vegan for a Year, describing what I learned in my first year on a plant-based diet.  On this blog I wrote about how I learned to go vegan — which [...]

This week’s Vegan Links and News Looking for a new response to the “where do you get your protein?” question? 25 Vegan Sources for Protein Do you think eating a plant-based diet is expensive? Here are 5 Ways to Save Some Bread on Vegan Food. In head-scratching news, a former vegan has turned omnivore — who [...]

Happy Saturday!  I’m getting ready for some serious weekend bulk cooking which will result in a cookbook review + giveaway!  So today please pop over to Stop Chasing Skinny where I have shared my recent experience shopping for beachwear. Handle...

For everybody who missed it, here is my interview for the Bulgarian National TV on food myths. We tried to beat some food related myths, like milk is healthy, meat is healthy & margarine vs butter. Time was too short to talk about them all and the audience asked for more (thank you!), so the [...]

As I confessed Monday, I am a lazy cook. I remind you of this as a way to explain how dinner went down last night. I got home from work and was giddy. Giddy I tell you!  Why?  Grocery delivery night!  I opened the refrigerator to move things around to make room for the fresh [...]

Thank you so much for your comments and emails about my latest FAQ!  I’d like to think I’m changing vegan lives, one pressure cooker at a time. (Have you checked out my FAQ series?) Today I want to direct you to two posts: Self Esteem and Weight Loss.  My friend Lindsay wrote this follow-up to [...]

If you are new to this blog, be warned. I’m cuckoo for my pressure cooker.  I mean cuckoo.  I am pretty passionate about my rice cooker, too.  For those of you who have been reading for some time, you’re probably annoyed that pretty much any soup, grain or bean recipe I create is prepared in [...]