For last year’s Xmas meal, I asked Mom what she was hankerin’ for. "Ol’ down-home Southern food," she said. Wow, OK, that’s a challenge for a vegan (but everybody ought to look at Bryant Terry’s excellent cooking—the guy is sooo good). So it was my task to veganize chicken-fried steak, crawdaddy ...
WHY MEAL PREP? by JL Fields, MVLCE
When I went vegan, bulk cooking saved the day. Of course, these days it's called "meal prep" and it's still the name of the game. Nearly ten years ago I went vegan. And I was at a loss in the kitchen -- mostly because my husband was the primary cook in our house at the time. He jumped in and ...
Giving Thanks on Thanksgiving: One Vegan Couple’s Approach, by Stacey J. Anderson, PhD, MVLCE
As the archetypically American holiday of Thanksgiving approaches, vegans are faced with yet another situation that doesn't feel so much like a holiday to us. I used to loathe the approaching of this day when I'd have to sit in a house closed in with a dead bird roasting in the oven, filling the ...
Rise to the Occasion! Plants = Prostate Health, by Colleen Gray-Hewett, VLCE
Hey you guys!!!! Yes – you – the men out there. It’s Movember. Would you like to know how to lower or eliminate your risk of prostate cancer? Or if you are diagnosed already, how to lower your PSA numbers and possibly prevent recurrences post-treatment? Growing a moustache for the month of November ...
Mothers and Daughters and Sons and Steaks, by Michelle Schaefer, VLCE
Rachel isn’t her name. It’s the name I’ve given inmate 47973, for she was stripped of her name the minute they put her in prison, though she committed no crime. Barely old enough for an estrous cycle, Rachel is pregnant with her second baby. She feels him growing inside her. Although conceived ...
Thoughts Inspired by the Incredible Honeybee, by Ilse Singer, VLCE
My thoughts this very early morning, were inspired by the incredible Honeybee. Taking, and the myth of human supremacy, is so deeply woven into our psyches, that we rarely, if ever, pause to consider beyond the convenience of the thing we do, or the product we consume. We steal from the earth ...
