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, December 5, 2010

Tantalizing Tartar Sauce

If you are a pescevegetarian or piscetarian (eat fish), this tartar sauce will make you happy! If you are Vegan, make our "fish free" sticks recipe below and you'll smile too!

3/4 c Vegan mayonnaise

1/2 c sweet pickle relish

1 medium onion, grated

1 T fresh squeezed lemon juice

1/4 t celery seed

1/4 t fresh cracked black pepper

Mix all ingredients well and serve with your favorite fish or "fish free" meal. Refrigerate leftover tartar sauce.

"Fish free" sticks adapted from our Beer Battered Tempeh Tacos recipe on 7/21/10

Chile-Beer Marinade:

3/4 c beer (any Vegan beer will do)

2 cloves garlic, crushed

2 T canola oil

2 T soy sauce (balsamic vinegar or liquid aminos for low sodium)

2 T fresh squeezed lime juice

2 - 3 t chili powder

1/2 t ground cumin

Whisk all the ingredients together and pour into a glass pie plate or casserole dish.

1 (8 oz) package tempeh, sliced

Bring water to a boil in a 2 quart saucepan. Slice the tempeh into three pieces lengthwise, then slice each in half, and in half horizontally through the middle (12 pieces). When the water is boiling, add the tempeh, lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Use tongs to remove the tempeh and then immediately place the pieces in the marinade dish. Marinate for 1 hour (or overnight), turning them over once and awhile to cover all sides.

Beer batter:

1 c unbleached flour

1/4 c corn meal

1/2 t baking powder

1 c beer (any Vegan beer will do)

1/4 t paprika

Whisk all ingredients together, if batter is too thick add more beer! Dip tempeh pieces in batter and quick pan fry until golden brown on both sides. Place fried tempeh in a warm oven wrapped in foil until ready to eat. Serve with our Tantalizing Tartar Sauce!
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