Looking for more ideas for a meatless Monday meal? Here is a super easy, super protein packed, super quick, very inexpensive, fairly healthy and nutritious idea for what I call TUNO salad. Simply rinse and drain one 16 oz can of garbanzo (chick) peas. Throw them in a bowl and add a few teaspoons of mayo (I use vegan) and mash (if you have a potato masher, this works best, … [Read more...] about Go Your Own Way
Plant-based diet
Bunnies, BOGOS, and all the Peeps…..
Lots of people will be celebrating Easter, tomorrow, and lots of parents will be out, today, trying to grant their children's wishes for their very own cuddly bunnies. Personally, I am all about pets, and bunnies are absolutely adorable. Just make sure that if you are bringing one into your home (or even more so, the home of another) that you have done your homework. Bunny … [Read more...] about Bunnies, BOGOS, and all the Peeps…..
“The Bears”
This year, along with my Dolphins, I will be keeping tabs on "The Bears." Just drafted to this team, the 300 pound vegan, David Carter. Apparently, after watching the documentary Forks Over Knives, with his wife (an animal activist) he realized that the nutritional information he had been given by every sports nutritionist, coach, trainer and doctor, was actually killing … [Read more...] about “The Bears”
Eat What an Elephant Eats!
This article was pulled right off of the Forks Over Knives Newsletter. They put out the best newsletter that comes in my mail, for sure. Chock full of great information, photos, success stories, recipes and more, all designed around life on a plant-based diet. I love everything about this article, and because I am always in conflict about working out and my the whole protein … [Read more...] about Eat What an Elephant Eats!
Russell and Al Dine at Red Bamboo!
Thank you, thank you to the Today Show for a great little segment on this morning's show called Vegan 101. It was educational, informative and very positive! The best part was when Russell Simmons took Al Roker to his favorite NYC restaurant Red Bamboo to sample a table full of amazing looking food. Since I have eaten there twice (thank you, Derek for introducing me to that … [Read more...] about Russell and Al Dine at Red Bamboo!