Go Vegan Step-by-Step, Part 13Step 7: Discover New Recipes
Buy a couple of vegan cookbooks and sign-up for a couple of vegan blogs to receive new recipes in your in box each week. Make it a goal to try one new recipe a week. Soon you will have a collection of tried-and-true favorites to enjoy.
Suggested blog: Fat Free Vegan
Suggested newsletter: VegNews Recipe Club
Suggested cookbooks: Veganomicon
I love magazines. If you stopped by my home, you would find stacks of them everywhere. As you might suspect, I especially enjoy vegan magazines. Although VegNews is probably the most successful vegan magazine on the market, it isn’t the only one. Here are some vegan mags that either publish print and/or digital issues. (This list will also be published under the Resources section of this website for future reference.) Enjoy!
Animals Voices
(No longer publishing. Past digital issues available online. )
If you know of a vegan magazine (digital or in print) that should be added to this list, send it to itseasybeingvegan@gmail.com and I will update this page. Thanks!
Every day in 2012 I am posting one tip on my Facebook page to make living vegan easier. It’s going to take an army of vegans to move the world in a more compassionate direction. Join us today!
This is where we practiced yoga during the VegNews Yoga Retreat.
Tip #211: Check out VegNews’ vacations. Some are in conjunction with Veg Voyages. The next trip is the Vegan Yoga Retreat to Mexico. I went on this trip last year. The food and the yoga were amazing and I met some wonderful people.
Tip #212: Another vegan vacation option. Go sailing with Vegan Sailing.
Tip #213: Support small businesses. They are good for your neighborhood. (I wrote this after learning the yoga studio in my neighborhood closed.)
Tip #214: More vacation options. Go cycling in the UK.
Tip #215: Ready to plan a vegan vacation? Find a bunch of vegan travel tips at Circle Our Earth.
Tip #216: Last vegan vacation suggestion: How about staying at a vegan bed & breakfast.
Tip #217: Before you get a tattoo, do your research to find a vegan tattoo shop.
Hey friends, have you shared these tips with your family and friends yet? If not, do it today. Join me on Facebook to read these tips daily and to learn more about what’s going on in the vegan world.
Week 4 Vision Board Snapshot
As January comes to a close, I realized that 365 tips for being vegan is a lot of tips. My creativity (and discipline) will be tested this year. What did I get myself into?! However, I can do it and so can you, so I present seven more tips.
Don’t forget to spread the word and share these tips with your friends and family!
Valentine’s Day is only a few weeks away. If you’re single, try an online dating site for veg-heads: veggiedate.org, veggieconnection.com or greensingles.com. Better yet, infiltrate the mainstream dating scene at eharmony.com or match.com. Perhaps your new partner will go vegan! (By the way, online dating can work. I speak from experience.)
Sign up for a vegan nutrition course. Check out this affordable course at Oakland University. Click on “course registration” in the top right corner, then search “vegan.” Bonus: You will meet like-minded folks!
If you read The China Study (and I think you should), then you might be interested in this eCornell course on plant-based nutrition created by the author. Bonus: You can meet like-minded folks using its social networking site or in its LinkedIn group once you sign up.
Keep healthy snacks with you, so you won’t go hungry or worse, succumb to convenience junk food. Pack your bag with some raw nuts, fresh or dried fruit or granola bars. You’ll be glad you did when hunger strikes at inconvenient times. Try this “Yummy Oat Bar” recipe. It’s a tasty and healthy between-meal snack.
This is the place to shop for all things vegan. The site stocks great options for vegan transition food, including 45 different cheese alternatives. I’m eager to try the vegan “Feta”. Anybody tried it? Have fun trying new foods! Bonus: Sign up for their monthly newsletter and get a discount code to save money. You will be supporting a vegan business too.
Check out the 75 Reasons Being Veg is Awesome by VegNews. What’s your favorite reason?
…the ABCs of animal ingredients that is. You may be surprised where you will find hidden animal ingredients.
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Another 2012 Vision Board Snapshot
Today I present seven more tips from my Facebook page. Shout it from your rooftop, tell everyone you know — It’s Easy Being Vegan! Or, just spread the word. It’s going to take an army to change the world. Be a part of it!
Take B12 regularly, either from a supplement or fortified foods.
Becoming vegan isn’t just about what you eat. It’s about how you live, how you think, what you wear and what you eat. It’s a lifestyle that supports compassion and health. Be proud of yourself (yet humble). It’s something to feel good about.
“One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then have discovered our souls and become worthier of sharing this planet with them.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr. (Thanks, Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary, for posting this quote on your Facebook page last week.)
Oh, yes, it can. Check out PETA’s “accidentally vegan” page online. Some foods may surprise you.
Pick up a copy or subscribe to VegNews to learn about all-things vegan. It’s the pop-culture magazine for vegans.
It’s fun to get up close to the animals we actively avoid eating. There are animal sanctuaries all over the world. In the US, check out this directory to find one near you.
Explore the Leaping Bunny website and learn which companies do and don’t test their products on animals. Check the database to see if your favorite products are tested on animal. Commit to buying only cruelty-free cosmetics and household products.
Do the best you can. When you do your best, you will feel great. On the other hand, don’t beat yourself up when you accidentally eat something not vegan. Just last night I confirmed myself a “dizzy blond.” I found a jar of chicken bouillon in the fridge. I bought it months ago thinking it was “chicken-flavored” vegetarian bouillon. When things like this happen (and they will), laugh it off, vow to read labels more carefully and move on. This isn’t the first time.
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