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 mangled so she cannot [...]
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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 [...]
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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 sugar and some kind of oil [...]
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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 [...]
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Recently I was in a situation that I didn’t want to be in.
And it lasted a very long time.
There was really no way out of it.
No graceful way, that is.
And so I stuck it out, repeatedly glancing at my wristwatch and thinking of Other Things.
And I felt tense, you know, because I was someplace [...]
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Technically this post is not about vegan food, and therefore not following VeganMoFo guidelines. However I propose that you need to PREPARE all of that food somehow and so here are my top five favorite kitchen appliances for making awesome vegan food.
Vitamix. Hands down this is the best investment we’ve ever made [...]
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Happy Monday!
I found this vegan survey over at The Geeky White Girl Grows Up and thought I’d play along
Favorite non-dairy milk? Homemade vanilla almond milk.
What are the top 3 dishes/recipes you are planning to cook? Rice and beans (a staple at my home), scrambled tofu (we have this every week!), and Crispy Cajun [...]
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D. and I have a problem in bed.
HA! No…not THAT. I’m talking about the fact that I am a Reader and he is Not a Reader.
I LOVE to read before I go to sleep.
I like to climb into bed and read for about 1/2 hour or so until I get so sleepy that I turn [...]
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There are certain things in life that you know are good for you.
And there are certain things that you know are good for you AND you happen to enjoy them as well.
Let’s call these things “Healthy and Good.”
My list of Healthy and Good include eating healthy food, taking the pups on long walks, playing my [...]
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Vegan cooking and vegan recipes will be the focus for October as we participate in VeganMoFo III. We’ll be featuring vegan cooking and vegan cookbooks all month.
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