What Vegans Eat Wednesday

November 12, 2014 by Britt Leave a Comment

So, I’m thinking I may start doing one of these posts each week, maybe every Wednesday. We could call it “What Vegans Eat Wednesday.” I’ll try to mix things up, but you’ll probably notice that I tend to have some things pretty regularly–like chia seeds and buckwheat groats basically every morning. 😉

Breakfast: Homemade soy yogurt sweetened with a little maple syrup, with chia seeds, buckwheat groats, diced apple, and pumpkin butter. Black coffee.

Lunch: Quinoa cakes with a quick, creamy sauce made from Miyoko’s Kitchen Sundried Tomato Garlic cheese and water. Also, an entire 10-oz bag of frozen spinach.

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Turkey Day

November 11, 2014 by Britt Leave a Comment

As part of our Thanksgiving celebration this year, our little family sponsored a turkey at Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. We plan to do this each year going forward as well. We didn’t get to spend much time with the turkeys when we visited (thus the photo of the turkey hanging out with the pigs), but, especially as he gets older, I imagine it will be fun for Roman to meet them and then pick a specific one to sponsor in honor of the holiday. What am I saying? It’ll be fun for us too!

On one hand, we’ve decided to form this very fun tradition out of a positive desire to contribute to something good. On the other, it is undeniably a response to some not-so-fun truths about this time of year.

Did you know that 46 million turkeys are killed each year for Thanksgiving alone? 46 million individual birds. We fondly refer to this holiday as “Turkey Day,” but it is hardly a day for them to celebrate.

I’m not going to go into how smart and curious these animals are and detail everything they must endure to wind up on our plates, because several other people have already done this, and well. Below are links to a few worthwhile reads, as well as an adorable video of some serious turkey talk. I strongly encourage you to click through, read, and watch. (At the very least, watch the video–it’s seriously adorable!)

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Pumpkin Apple Chia Cereal

November 10, 2014 by Britt 2 Comments

I have a confession.

You know how Amazon has that “look inside” feature that lets you preview the content of a book? Often, when I’m considering a cookbook by an author that I’m not familiar with and this feature is available, I’ll page through to get a sense of what their recipes are like and whether I might actually like them. Then, sometimes, if I come across a recipe that looks particularly good, I’ll take a screenshot of it so I can make it later.

Is that bad? It feels sort of naughty every time I do it. I mean, they’re making the content available so it should be okay, right? And, in all fairness, if I try the recipe and like it, I’ll usually buy the book. I guess there’s just something about saving it that feels a little dirty.

Glad I got that off my chest.

P.S. Don’t judge me.

P.P.S. I also have a recipe for you….

Reading, Recipes, & Other News

November 9, 2014 by Britt Leave a Comment

Chris surprised me by taking Friday off of work, giving us all a three day weekend together. Today was gorgeous, but Friday and Saturday were hat-and-mittens cold. We still made sure to get out and about quite a bit, including a couple of excursions to get Roman some new books. We’ve given him two of them so far, and I’m pretty sure we’ve read them each about three dozen times. That kid loves his books.

Today I thought I’d share a list of the things that I’ve been reading (other than Good Night Trains), cooking, and enjoying lately. Enjoy and hope you all had a good weekend!

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Accidental Activism

November 8, 2014 by Britt Leave a Comment

A friend of mine posted this video to social media the other day. He’s not vegan as far as I know, but he is into philosophy, so I imagine he thought that this was an interesting social experiment. It’s a candid camera style prank that was staged in a supermarket in Brazil. I found it fascinating, so I shared it with Chris. His reaction to it was so well-articulated, and he’s given me permission to share it with you. Watch the video first, then read his response below.

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Upstate Vegan Eats — Woodstock & New Paltz

November 7, 2014 by Britt 1 Comment

Our trip to visit Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary last month was a 2-day affair. We drove up on Saturday to visit the sanctuary, stayed in a hotel overnight, and got up the next day with the intention of stopping off to do some apple picking on our way home.

Unfortunately, as we pulled up to the orchard, we notice a “closed” sign hanging out front. It turned out that the weekend prior had been their last of the season (wah wah). The day was cold and windy anyway, so, instead of finding another orchard, we decided to head down to New Paltz and bum around the town.

I wouldn’t have expected it, but between Woodstock and New Paltz, we had ourselves some seriously good eats that weekend. We even came home with a borderline shameful haul of vegan treats (pictured above). Most of the places we visited were ones that we had pinned down prior to heading on our getaway, but a couple were surprises. All of them were great.

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