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, January 22, 2012

Pink Vegan Recipe #109 Chick'n Cacciatore

Chick'n Cacciatore is a wonderful spicy dish! It will warm you up on a winter day and the aroma will fill your home with love...

4 "Gardein" Chick'n filets

2 T extra virgin olive oil, divided

Fresh cracked black pepper to taste

1 onion, chopped

1 yellow bell pepper, chopped

10 oz mushrooms, chopped (your choice)

1 clove garlic, chopped

1 t dried basil

1 t dried oregano

1/8 t crushed red pepper flakes

1/8 t cayenne pepper (optional)

1 c Vegan red wine

1-14.5 oz can crushed tomatoes

Over medium heat in a large skillet or cast iron frying pan, brown 4 Gardein chick'n filets in 1 T olive oil and cracked black pepper. Remove chick'n filets from the skillet and set aside, covered. Add 1 T extra virgin olive oil to the skillet, add onion, yellow pepper, mushrooms, garlic, basil, oregano, pepper flakes, cayenne, red wine and tomatoes. Simmer until vegetables are soft. Add the 4 Gardein filets back into the skillet until heated through and serve over cooked broad noodles, polenta or rice.
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