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The many benefits of nondairy milks, such as lower fat and calorie content and zero cholesterol, make them a no-brainer for health-conscious consumers, but how do they stack up taste-wise? The Wall Street Journal performed a taste test on almond, soy, rice, coconut, and cow’s milk, and the results are in: Almond milk wins! Almond [...]
Banana-Flax Pancakes These pancakes are a delicious treat that provides a good source of whole grains, cinnamon, and flaxseed. 1 ½ cups flour (you can use part whole wheat or oat flour) 2 Tbsp. ground flaxseed 2 tsp. baking powder ½ tsp. ground cinnamon 2 Tbsp. agave sweetener 1 ¼ cup nondairy milk 2 very [...]
Spelt makes a comeback. The best new grain has a long history. Sometimes the original ideas are still the best. The wheel hasn’t changed much in thousands of years, and tasty and nutritious spelt, one of the first grains to be grown by early farmers as long ago as 5,000 BC., is finding renewed popularity [...]
I recently received a copy of Vegan Freak: Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World by Bob Torres and Jenna Torres. I read the book in a couple of days, and I have to say, as much as I love fellow vegans, I am sincerely disappointed. Vegan Freak is a sort of vegan manifesto in which [...]
The Jewish holiday Purim (http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday9.htm) begins tonight at sundown. I’ve always enjoyed Purim because it’s one of the happiest holidays, celebrating the Jews being saved from extermination by the Persians. Along with reading the story of Purim, dressing up in costume, and engaging in age-appropriate festivities, my favorite aspect of Purim is the tradition of [...]
When I first decided to go vegan, my best friend Jenna reacted with the following statement: “But you love cheese!” And I really did love cheese before I went vegan. The problem was that cheese didn’t like me so much and I didn’t really like the idea of eating cheese. After two years of a [...]
Living in the Midwest makes eating salad in the months after the first frost until April or so a particular challenge, combined with the fact that many times when I get home from work, I don’t want to eat cold food. To top that off, being vegan, making a main course can be a challenge [...]
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