Jodi and Amy

Jodi and Amy

Vegan, Vegetarian or Flexitarian?

Vegans are those who eat plant products only. No products derived from animals, meat, eggs, dairy, honey, fur or leather.

Becoming a Vegan is very challenging.

If its overwhelming becoming a VEGAN, here are some groovy choices to start with:

Vegetarians eat mostly plant products. A lacto-vegetarian include plant foods + dairy. A lacto-ovo vegetarian include dairy + eggs. A Vegetarian who will eat fish is called pescevegetarian or piscetarian, but consume no red meat, chicken or pork.

Flexitarians are those who eat a mostly vegetarian diet, but occasionally eat meat.

*Enjoy our 125+ Pink Vegan Recipes (low sodium)! All of our recipes can be altered to suit the needs of Vegans, Vegetarians and Flexitarian's alike!

*This blog is an attempt to provide healthier low sodium recipe choices. Scientific evidence overwhelming suggests that we need to use less sodium and add many fruits and vegetables to our diet.

*Calcium, eat broccoli, beans, leafy green vegetables, almonds, soy milk, tofu and calcium-fortified orange juice!

*Protein, beans, lentils, tofu, soy or almond milk, peanut or almond butter, peas, tempeh, whole grains, brown rice, oatmeal, quinoa, walnuts and almonds, seeds and seitan (wheat gluten).

*B12 (which is not found in plants), for a healthy nervous system. Make sure to include beans, nuts, whole grains and leafy green vegetables for iron.

*Omega-3 fatty acids, another essential nutrient. Found in fish, flax seeds, hemp seed and oils and algae.

*Choline, found in lettuce. Buy dark leafy green lettuce, like Romaine.

*ALWAYS CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN BEFORE MAKING A DIETARY CHANGE*

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Sunday Baked Beans (Gluten Free)

We make this recipe almost every Sunday and anytime we decide to have a picnic. Since it is Sunday it is appropriate that this is our very first blog recipe! We place everything in a slow cooker after a late breakfast and keep them on low for 6 hours! Enjoy!

-The Pink Vegans

Sunday Baked Beans: Serves 6

3 - 15 oz cans of navy or great northern white beans, drained

1/2 c chopped onion

1/3 c ketchup (we use a low sodium and unsweetened ketchup), but any Vegan ketchup will do!

1/4 c packed dark brown sugar (make sure its Vegan - a good brand is Wholesome Sweeteners)

2 T pure maple syrup

2 T molasses

1 T yellow mustard (Annie's organic yellow mustard)

1 - 1/2 t dark or toasted sesame oil (keep it in the fridge and it will last a long time)

1/8 - 1/4 t liquid smoke (key ingredient, gives beans rich smoky flavor without harming the piggies)

1/4 t black pepper (we love fresh cracked black pepper)

Directions: Place beans into slow cooker and stir in onion. Whisk together ketchup, brown sugar, maple syrup, molasses, mustard, oil, liquid smoke and pepper in bowl. Stir into bean mixture. Cover and cook 6 hours on low or if you are in a hurry 3 hours on high!
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