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, November 17, 2010

Autumn Pumpkin Bars

If you need to take a "dish to pass" over the holidays, this is a crowd pleaser! We bake them in an 11 x 15 inch jelly roll pan (cookie sheet with edges). This is the kind of dessert that when taking a bite, you close your eyes and say "Mmmmmm"! Make some friends on a special day!

2 c Vegan cane sugar

1 c canola oil

2 c unbleached flour

3 t baking powder

2 t cinnamon

2 c canned pumpkin (15-16 oz can)

1 c chopped walnuts OR pecans

1/2 c raisins

In a large mixing bowl, cream sugar and oil. In another bowl mix flour, baking powder and cinnamon. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture and stir until mixed. Stir in pumpkin, nuts and raisins. Oil and flour an 11 x 15 jelly roll pan. Spread the batter out in the pan. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 25 minutes. Let cool completely before frosting.

Frosting:

8 - 12 oz Vegan cream cheese

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

1 - 4 t soy, almond OR rice milk (add 1 t at a time, just until it is spreadable)

2 c Vegan powdered sugar OR icing sugar

1 t vanilla

Cream all ingredients together well. Spread over cooked and cooled bars. Cut into bars and store in a sealed container. Refrigerate leftovers, if there are any!
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