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Easy Vegan Recipes for Your Vegan Journey

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Easy vegan recipe is what saved me from cheating on my vegan diet!

It is simple enough to commit to an eating style or diet in its truest meaning but not so easy when it comes to finding and preparing the right foods. It is one thing to say you will be a vegan and another knowing how to create enough variety from easy vegan recipes so you do not get bored out of your mind in one week! There is a learning curve and if you are not patient, creative and open to possibilities, you may as well kiss your new eating promises goodbye. [Read more…] about Easy Vegan Recipes for Your Vegan Journey

The Vegan Journey Series: Making Radical Changes Easily

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Salads at the Four Seasons
My, what a big bold claim! Easy and radical in one little phrase? There should be nothing easy about radical. A radical change should require extremely hard work and sweat and only those prepared for such a grueling path should even consider it. And going vegan is not only radical, it is anything but easy for those of you who eat a normal diet and have certain unbreakable bonds with your foods. Right?

Nope. Sorry. Wrong. Incorrect. Time to reconsider old answers and seek new truths. [Read more…] about The Vegan Journey Series: Making Radical Changes Easily

The Five Pillars of Health

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Health CollageHealth is on my mind lately. Lately has been going on strong for about 3 years now.

In August, I finished yet another challenge: The Wellness Challenge from the beloved Sync Studio for exercising (at least an hour for me!) every single day. Twenty seven fantastic spinning classes and a dozen yoga sessions later, I am already ready for another challenge. Never before have I felt stronger, healthier, leaner, and happier in body, mind and heart! This month of rejuvenation and vitality gave me the impetus for our third podcast! [Read more…] about The Five Pillars of Health

Recounting My Vegan Diet: The First 20 Days

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Home grown Basil and Tomato
“Why on earth are you going vegan again?” my husband cried as though he has just heard another of my craziest new ideas yet. “Because I want to!” is usually my first stern reaction. It shows that I am the boss of me while at the same time affording me time to collect my thoughts for a much better answer! I then explained to him that my primary motivation is to become familiar with the delicious world of vegan food. I feel towards vegetables and fruits how a connoisseur feels towards wine. I reap immense pleasure from exploring new vegetables and fruits and he, the resident chef, thinks up fresh ideas for us on how to consume them. This “going vegan” move would be the impetus to explore more uncharted territory in vegetable land. That was my primary reason to turn to a vegan diet but certainly not my only one. [Read more…] about Recounting My Vegan Diet: The First 20 Days

Wholesome Eating: A Fall Vegan Soup Recipe

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Vegan Fall Soup RecipeOne of the best things that can happen to us in life is discovering a passion, or watching someone close to us discover theirs. In this case, it is my husband who made the discovery, and I his spectator. This was not a thundering bolt of a discovery full of drama and a change of lifestyle overnight. That’s the stuff of novels and movies. His was a quiet, leisurely and slowly yet steadily growing passion. The object of desire: Cooking. He is surprisingly talented in the kitchen too. His methodical approach, well-refined with precision, attention and creativity, are the ultimate recipe of success! And yes, the pun is well-intended and brings me to the topic of this post: A vegan fall soup recipe to your health and well-being. [Read more…] about Wholesome Eating: A Fall Vegan Soup Recipe