vegan

This is a tasty meal, especially for summer, very light and zesty.

Unfortunately this is the only vegan offering from Kashi frozen meals so far, and be warned, some have meat in them…
http://www.kashi.com/products/kashi_entrees_black_bean_mango
Black Bean Mango is sweet and spicy and quite tasty, so I forgive them.

I just happened upon this news flash about the new, So Delicious Dairy Free Yogurt, online on the Turtle Mountain Website. I have not seen it in stores, even my really good health food store in Kalamazoo that rivals Whole Foods, but I gotta get me some.
Soy yogurt from the Turtle Mountain folks… I am so excited!!!

2008 already? Here’s a couple things I got from 2007 that I want to share:
First a note from me… I read on the GreanPeace site that they “kinda” saved the whales. It seems the Japanese gov. decided to not allow the hunting of humpbacks so Mr. Splashy Pants (GreenPeace name this whale campaign) is safe for now. GreanPeace has a cool Google Maps “Great Whale Trail” mashup:

Amy S Quinn sent me a link to this article —
Top 50 Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurants in the World
I don’t know if you are looking for veg/vegan love, but these folks want to help you… Green Friends
Rene River from Ohio is so excited about the cheesecake she found that she had to tell me about it, here’s her email:
I don’t know what state you are in but please let the vegans of Northeast Ohio know that there is some very delicious vegan cheesecake in Cleveland Ohio. Quantum Cakes, Cookies & More! has their vegan cheesecake at the Phoenix coffee shops and it is also at Johnny Mango World Cafe & Bar. OH yeah, the Mustard Seed Market Cafe in Montrose Ohio has it too! There are no caseins, totally vegan and mainly organic ingredients. Scrumptious!
Here’s a vegan ecommerce website in Toronto that the owner, or “Chief Executive Activist”, Adam Wilson, wanted me to tell you about a really long time ago and I am just getting around to it now, (sorry Adam) take a look:
downBOUND.com
down the corporate ladder
down the food chain
down to earth
A safe and healthy 2008 to all of you…

I have been very disturbed by the Japanese government’s whaling practices that I have been hearing about lately. These creatures are most likely far beyond us on the evolutionary scale and we are just not smart enough to know it.
Today, Treehugger’s name a whale newsletter item led me to GreenPeace and then to this really funny story of how GreenPeace activists tried to make their point when the Prime Minister of Japan came to the White House. Here are a couple of the pictures in the slideshow —


Here’s a link to the rest of the slideshow >>
I was about to cry, and then I did cry from laughter when I saw this…
Save the Whales!

I found these Gardenburger BBQ Riblets at Village Market — they make up for their lack of soy yogurt with their vegan frozen food selection.
These are incredibly tasty… a must try!

I hate to say anything bad about a product, and maybe there are a lot of people out there who like Stonyfield Farm O’Soy, but I don’t like the stuff. It seems slimy to me.

This is the only soy yogurt my local Village Market carries. I wish they had a few more brands.

I had a very nice event a while back. A woman from Turtle Mountain sent me a cooler filled with full size samples of 3 new Purely Decadent Flavors:
Cookie Dough
Coconut Craze
So Very Strawberry
They were all so good. Cookie Dough was evil good, the Coconut Craze was incredible and the So Very Strawberry was fresh and yummy.
Thanks so much, Gail.
She also sent a link to dollar off coupons for all Purely Decadent products:
Purely Decadent Coupons
Enjoy…

I made the best soup! I make soup a lot when it is this darn cold out and snowing day after day. I live in Michigan and in the winter you have to do things to “comfort” yourself.
I received some Smart Strips Chick’n Strips in my package from Lightlife and was standing in front of the fridge wondering what to do with them. I was (and still am) going to make Chick’n pot pie, and had been planning on it, but I could not afford the time investment. So, getting a chill standing in front of the refrigerator I thought about soup.
Oh man, was that a good idea.
I sauted the strips in a little olive oil along with some onions, mushrooms, carrots, and whatever I have on hand at the time that sounds like it will be good in soup. When that’s a little brown I pour in water and add soup mix. You can either use Dixie Dinner Chick’n soup mix or Korr vegetable broth cubes. Bring to a boil, and then simmer for at least 15 minutes.
That’s it and it’s great!

You know, I don’t eat a lot of Tempeh. I probably should, because it is very good for you. That I know and maybe that’s why I haven’t eaten much up till now, I’m bad, really.
But Lightlife may be saving me from myself. First, I tried the Organic Tempeh – Flax, I made a nice stir-fry over plain rice and it was great, not to mention how healthy I felt because of the 1,000mg of Omega 3 in there, which is hard to get in a vegan diet. Even though this stuff is really good for you it is tasty and for me, very different. At this point I like different a lot. I find myself eating the same things over and over just because it’s easy not to think about it when I get busy at work. But it is fun to think about food and makes it an art form instead of a drudgery.
Then I made some “bacon” lettuce and tomato sandwiches with the Organic Tempeh Fakin Bacon on some really good fresh bread for myself and a carnivore friend. Great stuff, I hardly got much to eat because my friend loved the sandwich(es) so much.
If you see it in the store, this stuff is a must try.

This is a “Smart Meal on the Go” as Lightlife says on their website…and this is good chili.
I usually make my own chili and it is all beans and vegetables, but this Smart Chili from Lightlife (that they sent me in my goodies cooler – see prev. post, thank you Lightlife!) was such a new kinda treat because Lightlife puts their own very good vegan “ground meat” in it. I haven’t tasted “meat” in chili for some time, so it was really good.
This would be an excellent thing to take to the office and have for lunch, it takes 2.5 minutes in the microwave and it is great.
Here’s a $1.00 off coupon for Lightlife products good till 5/31/2007.