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*

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Quick Chocolate Cake

If you need to whip up a small cake in a hurry, this is it! This is a very dense cake, fudge brownie like and rich!

Make 1 - 8 x 8 chocolate cake. Serve it unfrosted or make Chocolate Buttercream Frosting/Icing!

1 - 2/3 c unbleached flour

1 c Vegan cane sugar

1/4 c cocoa powder

2 t baking powder

1/2 c Vegan chocolate chips

Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl.

1 c water

1/4 c canola oil

1 T white vinegar

1 t vanilla

Mix the wet ingredients in another bowl.

Add mixed wet ingredients to the mixed dry ingredients and stir until well combined. Oil and flour an 8 x 8 pan and pour in the batter. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 30-35 minutes (or when it springs back when touched).

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting/Icing

1/4 c "Earth Balance" buttery spread or sticks, softened

1/4 c Vegan shortening

1/2 c cocoa powder

1 - 1/2 c Vegan powdered sugar OR icing sugar

2 - 3 T soy, almond OR rice milk

1 - 1/2 t vanilla

Cream "Earth balance" buttery spread or sticks and shortening together, until mixed well. Add the cocoa powder and beat until smooth. Add the powdered sugar 1/2 c at a time and soy milk a little at a time until well combined. Add the vanilla and continue to beat until light and fluffy.
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1 comment:

  1. ShaheenOctober 20, 2010 at 1:38 PM

    I absolutely appreciated your intro into different diets.

    I often visit fellow bloggers blogs who rant or patronise. Yours is very welcoming.

    And chocolate cake too. Yum.

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