Last week my 9 year old son, Ari, who is in 3rd grade came home and said,
“Mom, Mrs. W is teaching a nutrition class and the workbook she gave us said that dairy is a food group!”
My first thought was that yes, dairy is considered a food group. It just doesn’t happen to be a […]
When I first decided to stop eating animals, over 20 years ago, and later to stop eating dairy and eggs, I didn’t even consider the environment as one of the reasons why. I hadn’t thought about the environmental impact that animal agriculture has on the world. I had heard from different sources that animal agriculture was […]
It’s popsicle time! How do I know this? My kids have been asking for them constantly. As soon as the weather warms up my youngest starts thinking of watermelon popsicles. They are so easy to make and there is no added sugar or food coloring.
I’m constantly shocked at the amount of sugar and added ingredients like […]
This frosting will turn a healthy muffin into a decadent dessert. It is perfect on top of the Oatmeal Blueberry cake. It is sugar, oil and dairy free and so delicious. Whip it up in minutes. There are only four ingredients!
Ingredients:
1 cup raw cashew nuts
3/4 to 1 cup liquid (water or your choice of non-dairy […]
So, what do your kids eat?
I get this question a lot from other mothers who would love to transition their kids to a plant-based diet but just don’t know where to start. It can be totally overwhelming if you are new at this because most of us grew up having some form of dairy or […]
Fruit Kebobs and other vegan birthday party snacks:
We go to a lot of birthday parties these days between the two boys and all of their classmates. Most of the parties have at least some snacks that the boys can eat but I also have made a habit of bringing along a snack back of our […]
The debate rages on over organic milk vs. regular milk. For the most part the debate has focused almost entirely on nutritional issues. But the question remains, what about the treatment of the cows? Are cows raised for organic milk treated more humanely than cows raised for regular milk? Are those smiling cows on the […]
I was so struck by these videos. The first is at TEDxMünchen – Beyond Carnism and toward Rational, Authentic Food Choices. The second is a short trailer for Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows.
Melanie Joy, Ph.D., Ed.M. is a Harvard-educated psychologist, professor of psychology and sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, […]
At age 34, he was rated by Australian Business Magazine in their Top 40 Australian head-hunted executives. At age 40, he witnessed cruelty on such a colossal scale that it affected him profoundly. He decided to give away everything he owned with warm hands, and die broke. ‘And so far, we are right on budget,’ […]
