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Quick and Easy Breakfast

Oatmeal is a breakfast staple in my home. I usually cook two cups of rolled oats at a time which yields five large servings. I store the leftovers in individual glass containers that we can reheat and eat quickly the next day. This makes breakfast really simple and healthy. I typically eat it with fresh, chopped fruit. It tastes good and keeps me full until lunch time. If you want to start your day on a healthy note, give it a try!

A Simple Oatmeal Breakfast

1 small peach or nectarine, chopped

1 cup rolled oats, cooked

1/3 cup unsweetened, vanilla-flavored almond milk

Chopped pecans, optional

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Recipe of the Week: Sun-Dried Tomato and Artichoke Burger

Sun-Dried Tomato and Artichoke Burger

I have been slowly working my way through The Best Veggie Burgers on the Planet by Joni Marie Newman. This week we made the Sun-Dried Tomato and Artichoke Burger. It’s a winner and Joni has kindly given me permission to share the recipe with you. Enjoy!

Sun-Dried Tomato and Artichoke Burger
Makes 8-10 Burgers

  • 2 tbsp olive oil*
  • 8 oz mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 yellow onion, roughly chopped
  • 2 tbsp minced garlic
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 can artichoke hearts, drained
  • 1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes, packed in oil
  • 6 oz roasted red peppers
  • 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
  • 2 cups quick-cooking oats
  • 3 cups cooked brown rice**
  • Oil, for frying (optional)

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Making Vegan Easy Week 22 Round-Up

I’ll say it again and again. It’s easy being vegan! Follow my “making vegan easy” tips and soon you will say it too.

Tip #148: My favorite raw cookbook is Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen.

Try the Wakame Hemp Power Slaw.

Tip #148: Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World may not offer the healthiest recipes, but they sure taste good.

If you want vegan cupcakes, you can’t miss with this book.

Tip #149: Being vegan is fun.

Let’s move the world past the old stereotype of the “humorless vegan.” It’s fun living compassionately. Don’t let all the sad stuff get you down. Focus on the positive, so we can be good role models for the world.

Tip #150: If watching videos of animal cruelty makes you sad or depressed, don’t watch them.

This does not make anyone a bad vegan. Be grateful there are folks who can handle this work of undercover filming, however, so that this information gets out to the public. I watch these types of video occasionally–maybe once or twice a year as reminder of why I’m vegan. The rest of the year, I just enjoy living vegan. What’s your strategy? Share in the comments below.

Tip #151: Exchange your favorite recipes with friends.

Let’s start here with online recipes. Do you have a favorite recipe that’s online? Share it with us today. One of my favorite vegan recipes online is from veganyumyum. This blog is no longer updated but there are a wealth of good recipes here. I have been making this one for years.

Tip #152: Attend a veg festival this summer.

Meet new friends, listen to vegan speakers and, of course, EAT!

Tip #153: Save money by making food at home.

I found this website by The Gentle Chef that offers up a number of vegan cheese recipes. I know I will be trying some of these recipes over the next few months!

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Super Easy Cheezy Casserole

Mix, bake and eat!

For your cheezy pleasure, one of the easiest and tastiest dishes ever.

*YUM! YUM! YUM!

Cheezy Rice and Broccoli Casserole
Makes 4 servings

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A Very Vegan Thanksgiving

How will you celebrate Thanksgiving this year? I plan to join some friends for a home-cooked vegan meal. Whether you enjoy cooking, eating out or carrying in, you have options for a very vegan Thanksgiving. But first, let’s watch a new Mercy for Animals commercial:

According to Mercy for Animals

More than 300 million turkeys are killed in the U.S. every year – 40 million for Thanksgiving dinners alone. Most turkeys killed for food are raised in unnatural conditions, crammed by the thousands into windowless warehouses, where disease, smothering and heart attacks are common. Turkeys are drugged and bred to grow so large, so quickly that their legs are often unable to withstand their own weight. Countless birds slowly starve to death within inches of food after they become crippled and are unable to move.

Ideas for Celebrating Thanksgiving the Vegan Way

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