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, January 12, 2011

Pink Vegan Monkey Bread

Pink Vegan Monkey Bread ("pull aparts" to some of you) is quick and fun to make! I remember making this many times as a child growing up in Minnesota! We would often make this for breakfast, but you can make this anytime for a treat!

- Vegan Mama Jodi

16 servings

2 containers of refrigerated biscuits (look for Vegan) OR make the dough from Amy's Favorite Cinnamon Rolls recipe on 4/21/10 and divide into 16 biscuit sized pieces

1/4 c melted "Earth balance" buttery spread or sticks

3/4 c Vegan dark brown sugar

1 T cinnamon

1/4 c chopped nuts (pecans or walnuts)

Oil a 9 x 9 inch pan or baking dish (a Bundt pan works really well, just layer the biscuits in a circle pattern overlapping each other). Sprinkle nuts on the bottom of the pan. In a bowl, combine dark brown sugar and cinnamon, set aside. In another bowl, melt the "Earth balance", set aside. Pop open biscuit containers and separate the biscuits. Dip biscuits in the melted "Earth Balance" and then coat evenly in the sugar and cinnamon mixture. Place dipped biscuits in the pan (you can twist them if you like), until the pan is full and biscuits are evenly distributed. Pour remaining "Earth Balance" over the top. No need to let rise, they rise while they bake!

Bake in a 375 degree oven for 25-30 minutes or until browned and bubbling. Remove from the oven and invert onto a serving plate (be careful, these are extremely hot).

Frosting/Icing:

1 c Vegan powdered sugar OR icing sugar

2 - 3 t soy, almond OR rice milk OR fresh squeezed lemon juice

Mix powdered/icing sugar and soy milk (or lemon juice), drizzle over warm Pink Vegan Monkey Bread and watch people go ape!
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