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 25, 2011

Pink Vegan Recipe #108 Grandpa Martin's Calico Bean Casserole

I remember this yummy recipe from my youth. These were always brought to the Martin family reunion. Protein is critical to a Vegan, and beans are full of it!

-Vegan Mama Jodi

1/2 c tempe bacon (crumbled and browned)

1 package meatless ground (crumbled and browned)

1-15 oz can Vegan baked beans

1-15 oz can kidney beans, drained

1-15 oz can butter beans, drained

1-15 oz can lima beans, drained

1/2 c ketchup

1 c packed brown sugar

1 c onion, chopped

3-4 T Vegan white vinegar OR apple cider vinegar

1 t mustard powder OR 2 T yellow mustard

1/2 cup celery, chopped (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large skillet or cast iron frying pan over medium heat, brown bacon and meatless ground. Set aside.

In a 4 quart casserole dish, mix together the tempe bacon, meatless ground, baked beans, kidney beans, butter beans, lima beans, ketchup, onion, vinegar, dry mustard powder and celery.

Cover and bake for 1 hour.
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