Elimination Diet

I’ve been seeing a therapist to help with my depression (and other life issues). The therapist recommended I see a naturopath to help me work with my digestion. And that is when my life started to change.

We have been working with some digestive herbs and other things to ramp up my digestion, but none of it was helping long term or changing my digestion for good. So, my naturopath suggested an antibody blood test to see if I was eating anything that could be bothering my body. BOY WAS I EVER: Continue reading

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Glad Cow Week 2012

Join us over on the Glad Cow Facebook page and celebrate Glad Cow Week 2012!

My dear friend, Jeannie, organized this event 3 years back and I’ve looked forward to it every year since.  Here, she describes it in her words:

In celebration of gladcow’s continuing efforts and advice in service to the improvement of vegan cuisine, here in vegan Facebook world the first week in February is dedicated to cooking something from a gladcow recipe! Diehard fans will cook something every day of the week, but anything you make is appreciated. You will earn special credit at the end of the week if you have done this. ♥

You can make something from her cookbook if you have it, or pick one from the resources she will post to the Glad Cow Cookbook page–she has a ton of recipes to choose from, since she’s been cooking wonderful food for her whole gladherd for years. YEARS!!

During Glad Cow Week, we also celebrate Cheezish Synchronicity (it always falls on Groundhog Day). It is definitely not to be missed as well. Here’s how Jeannie describes it:

In honor of gladcow’s continuing efforts and advice in service to the improvement of vegan cuisine, here on Facebook we are celebrating the Third Annual Cheezish Synchronicity, the celebration of which preceded the rise and domination of Facebook as a social media despot.

February 2, among other things, is the day to participate in vegan Cheezish Synchronicity. On this day, we celebrate and enjoy the delicious, easy, and flexible macaroni and cheese recipe in the Glad Cow Cookbook. The recipe is also gluten-free, and if you use GF pasta, you are goldenly GF.

Don’t have the cookbook? Don’t have the recipe? Buy the book! Or, message author and vegan educator Summer Keightley, aka gladcow, plead your case, and she will accommodate you.

Cheezish Synchronicity accompanies gladcow week, in which the first week of February is dedicated to cooking something from a gladcow recipe (there are many) as often as possible.

And now, for all of the links!
Glad Cow Facebook Page
Glad Cow Week 2012 Event Page
Cheezish Synchronicity 2012 Event Page
Recipes on the Glad Cow Facebook Page

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Super Easy MoFo Fried Rice

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Vegan MoFo Friends

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This is the spread I put out when we hosted our family of friends for UFC watching last weekend. We trade off who hosts, and when it’s their turn they make the BEST tacos. We would probably riot if they made something else. I usually recruit my son to make bean dip, and I make something to go with it. This time was different.

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MoFo Pumpkin Muffins

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These are the pumpkin muffins that please everyone. They’re based on the recipe in Vegan With a Vengeance with a few tweaks of my own. The kids love it when I add chocolate chips, like I did here. I almost always make a double batch, like I did on Sunday morning. If I don’t make a double batch, they don’t last through breakfast. Ah, the joys of feeding tweens and teens! I make these often when my daughter’s friend comes for a sleepover. She’s the pickiest girl in the world. But, she LOVES these.
What is your go-to recipe when you have someone picky in the mix?

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Make Your Own MoFo

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Every Friday is “Make Your Own Dinner” night. It gives the adults a break from meal planning, and helps the kids learn to fend for themselves. Continue reading

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Chili Makin’ MoFo

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This is one of my husband’s specialties we call “tofu and chili beans”. My husband usually makes it after he and the kids have had a good hard workout at Brazilian jiu jitsu.

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Quick & Healthy MoFo

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Last Wednesday night I was in the mood for something quick. There was just enough leftover chowder for everyone to have a little. I made roasted potatoes and beets as well as some steamed kale dressed with olive oil, lemon juice, and hemp seeds.  I had an apple with mine, because we have the most amazing organic apples right now. From a guy at the Farmer’s Market I call “The Apple Guy”. The rest of the produce seen on this plate is organic as well, and from my other favorite produce stand, Persephone. Continue reading

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Taste the MoFo Rainbow

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Ahhh, Skittles. Back in the early days of my veganism, I used to get imported vegan Skittles from Israel. Now, they make them without gelatin (OR gluten) here in the states! I picked these up along with some Special Import Pepsi (also known as the one with real sugar that is made in Mexico), a Chick-o-Stick, and some potato chips for office snacking. I loves my junk! Below the jump, what I did to make amends for my crazy snacking. Continue reading

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MoFo Taco Monday

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We’ve been celebrating Taco Monday in our house for a couple of years now. Some weeks we forget, and some weeks we make bean dip instead of tacos, but all in all we love us a good refried bean delivery system. Continue reading

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