December 2008
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Easy Vegan Tomato Pasta and Pizza Sauce
Monday’s Speedy Vegan: My Italian husband would shudder when my untrained palate brought a jar of commercial pasta sauce home from the grocery store. Too Much Sugar… Not Enough Flavor… Un-Italian!, he would protest in the passionate way that only Italians can work up over a jar of tomatoes.
Eventually, I came to appreciate his disdain for the American jarred version of...
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Vegan=World Peace
Thursday’s Working for Change: Discovering the reasons why people decide to stop eating animal products fascinates me. In particular, I’m amazed by the religious reasons behind different dietary choices. I dwell upon my memories when as a journalist on assignment I watched a man pray and then cut the throat of a bull for an Islamic holy feast, and upon the ideas in an article I read...
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Fave Five Vegan Snacks
Monday’s Speedy Vegan: Quick vegan snack options are critical to have on hand when the hungries hit. Especially in the early days of trying to eat vegan when I was breaking old habits like grabbing a yogurt or cheese for a snack, it was critical to find staples that were easy, healthy and simple to keep close at hand. Here’s my Fave Five:
1.) Clif Bars, especially the Peanut Toffee...