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, May 30, 2010

Bernie's Brown Buns

Bernie loves fresh hot bread and buns! He would watch and help his Grandma Stewart make fresh hot bread and buns on the family farm in Manitoba. He has many fond memories of the summers he spent there. Amy and I were also lucky enough to make buns with Grandma Stewart (Great-Grandma to Amy) in our kitchen in Alberta when Grandma came to visit.

Makes 12 - 16 buns (depending on the size you like)

4 - 5 c flour (we mix half unbleached and half whole wheat pastry flour)

2 pkgs dry yeast

1 cup soy, almond OR rice milk

3/4 c water

1/2 c canola oil

1/4 c Vegan cane sugar

If you have a food processor, use it!

Mix 2 c flour and yeast in a bowl or food processor.

In a microwaveable bowl, heat soy milk, water, oil and sugar. Heat until lukewarm, approx. 1 1/2 minutes in the microwave. Add all at once to flour mixture and beat until smooth. Mix in enough flour to make a soft dough (2-3 more cups). Mix well, then turn out onto a floured surface and let the dough rest under a bowl for approx. 10 minutes. Shape dough into 12-16 slightly flat balls and place on greased cookie sheet and let rise until doubled in size (20-30 minutes). Bake in a preheated 400 oven for 12-15 minutes(the last 3-5 minutes we spray them with oil).
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