Last weekend I had the THRILL of visiting the Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary in Poolesville, MD for their annual Thanksgiving WITH The Turkeys celebration. It was AWESOME! I got to meet the turkeys And even pet them: This turkey’s name is Opal and she was rescued from a factory farm, barely alive. Her feet are [...]
Entries from November 23rd, 2009
Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary
November 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Life
Tags:factory farming·poplar spring animal santuary·Thanksgiving·Turkey
Tis the (Sugar) Season
November 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Life
Well I have to admit that my little idea of refraining from eating sweets for a week has been a complete and utter failure! I think I lasted about one day!! I have never been very good at deprivation! I’m not really that surprised at my lack of willpower, because after all it is SUGAR [...]
Book: Eating Animals
November 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · vegan
I just finished reading Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer and while I don’t want to post a full review – there are PLENTY of those floating around right now! – I do want to mention a few things I learned from the book. (By the way I think this is a really important book [...]
Tags:Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act·eating animals·Jonathan Safran Foer
Jane Goodall on The Daily Show
November 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Veg News
Who doesn’t love Jane Goodall? I was excited to see her on The Daily Show last week. Ms Goodall spoke about her Roots and Shoots program, which fosters youth-driven projects that cultivate better conditions for both animals and people. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Jane Goodall www.thedailyshow.com Daily [...]
Friday Inspiration: Sweets
November 13th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Life
Scrumptious muffins. Smooth velvety dark chocolate. Creamy ice cream. I love it ALL. I have a crazy sweet tooth. And not only do I have a crazy sweet tooth, I also have a “fat tooth.” See, I love ALL things sweet and fattening. Cookies, pies, cakes, ice cream, donuts, chocolate, etc, etc. If it has [...]
Tags:cravings·sugar·sweet tooth
Loaded Mashed Sweet Potatoes
November 12th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Desserts, Dinner, Life, Lunch, baking, vegan
Tami over at Vegan Appetite hosts “Food Network Friday” – a call to cooks everywhere to “veganize” the chosen Food Network recipe. I was excited that I got to pick this week’s recipe: Loaded Mashed Potatoes by Paula Deen. Paul Deen, as you probably know, is the Queen of Cream…and Bacon and Cheese. So modifying [...]
Vegetarian in the News
November 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · vegan
Wow there’s been a lot of press about vegetarians lately! Of course Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer has been front and center. Foer was recently interviewed several times, including on The Ellen Degeneres Show, and has written articles for CNN, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, and more. I’m reading Eating Animals right [...]
Tags:Ellen Degeneres Show·huffington post·Jonathan Safran Foer·peta·Tony Gonzalez·Veganism·Vegetarianism
Meet Feijoa and Pepino
November 10th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Raw, vegan
I tried two new fruits today: a feijoa and a pepino melon! Feijoa Feijoa, aka “pineapple guava,” “fig guava,” and “guavasteen,” is apparently the big sleeper of Fruit World. In the late 1800s it received lots of praise yet very little has come from that. The Feijoa flower is quite beautiful, don’t you think? The [...]
Tags:bush melon·feijoa·guavasteen·mellowfruit·pepino melon·pineapple guava·tree melon
5 Reasons to Love the Garmin Forerunner 405CX
November 9th, 2009 · 6 Comments · running
Ok so I just got it two three days ago and maybe it’s too soon to write this, but I LOVE my new Garmin Forerunner! The Forerunner 405CX is an advanced sport watch that shows you time and distance, heart rate, and pace as you are running. D. got it for me for Xmas – [...]
Persimmons
November 8th, 2009 · 5 Comments · vegan
So I haven’t done too well on my quest to try new-to-me fruits and veggies. I had a goal to try five new foods and in reality I tried exactly….one. Sigh. The one I tried was the Fuyu persimmon, and it was delicious! I enjoyed it straight up, and loved it. The consistency is crunchy [...]
