When going vegan, one of the best tips I can give you is to have fun! Simple as that! Yes, just have fun, relax and enjoy this joyful plant-based ride. Have a blast trying new recipes, join vegan Facebook groups, take an online cooking class, check out a festival, and try new restaurants. There’s no…
Easy Tips for Going Vegan
Ode to the Vitamix – A favorite tool for our vegan recipes
We absolutely love our Vitamix and all the vegan recipes that we can make so easily! We use it multiple times a day. From breakfast-time to dinner to the evening meals. In the mornings we make delicious, yet healthy, vegan milk with everything from cashews to oats and coconut. We also use our Vitamix to…
Deliciously Plant-Based: Our Top Vegan Cookbook Picks for Your Kitchen!
Are you a fellow vegan cookbook enthusiast? We know the feeling! Whether you’re craving Indian cuisine, longing for some flavorful enchiladas, or looking for a fun cooking experience with the kids, we’ve got you covered. Our kitchen is stocked with an abundance of cookbooks, offering endless alternatives for every meal. Now, we’re thrilled to share…
Vegan Staples – List of our favorites from Amazon
Vegan Amazon Must Haves We love Amazon and get a lot of our favorite vegan staples from there. It’s so easy and just a click away plus they know we’re creatures of habit and often order the exact same things month after month. I guess we’re not as original as we thought. Ha, ha! I’m…
Easy Tips for Going Vegan – Get support
While I was still watching Forks Over Knives I texted the only vegan friend I had and asked, “How about protein, what do you eat? Is this doable? Where do I start?” She assured me that plants had all the protein and nutrients we need and sent me tons of recipes and tips. So nice!…
How to involve and inspire your vegan kids in 2022
Easy Tips for a Vegan Family- Include your vegan kids! I’m so incredibly proud and amazed by how wholeheartedly my kids have embraced veganism. They are really true vegan kids, and are my inspiration and the reason I do what I do. But when I first introduced this major change at home, they weren’t exactly…
Read the ingredient labels and have fun at the store
The vegan journey begins When my son was about 1, we learned that he was allergic to dairy, which meant reading all ingredient labels. It was eye-opening and utterly depressing to read what was in all the foods we’d been eating without thinking. I had been duped by the “all-natural”, “low fat,” and “organic” labels…
Stay in the know
One of the best tips I have for how to easily go vegan is to connect with like-minded people and stay in the know. I have compiled a list of a few of my favorite vegan people, places and things. Ha, ha! Check them out! Everyone on this list will inspire you to want to…
Treat yourself for real
I used to “treat” myself with cigarettes, alcohol, soda, chips, candy, fast food, late nights out, ice cream, and so much milk chocolate. It was always fun in the moment, but soon I’d be hit with regret. I had totally fallen for all the advertisements and brainwashing that I’d unknowingly received all these years. Of…
Get some new tools and let the fun begin
My first homemade smoothie was more like a “chewy.” The kale just bounced around and didn’t even get a chance to get mixed up in our old blender. Haha! We love our trusty Vitamix We did some research, got ourselves a refurbished Vitamix, and that machine and I are now the best of friends. I…
