Salad with flavor

I made a delicious salad today!
I started with lettuce and then added:

• a carrot based pate, with dill weed and lemon juice for flavor...yum!
• sprouted radishes, lentils, and broccoli
• wheat grass
• fresh picked peas and green beans

Being healthy tastes good! :)

Julia Child and vegetarianism

Julia Child is known as a great chef and inspiration to many chefs today. She clearly did not understand vegetarian lifestyles.

From the magazine People, August 2009:
"We didn’t know many vegetarians years ago. Not eating meat became the thing to do some places in the ’60s, but the movement is much bigger in the ’90s. Personally, I don’t think pure vegetarianism is a healthy lifestyle. It’s more fear of food—that whole thing that red meat is bad for you. And then there are people who don’t eat meat because it’s against their morals. Well, there’s nothing you can do with people like that. I’ve often wondered to myself: Does a vegetarian look forward to dinner, ever?"

Wow! How times have changed! It is common knowledge that vegetarians and vegans have lower cholesterol, fewer heart problems, better skin, and live longer than meat eaters!

Although it seems that vegetarianism is a phase or a cool diet of today, vegetarianism has been around for a long time.

From this history of vegetarianism (http://www.dfwnetmall.com/veg/historyvegetarianism.htm):
"The word vegetarian is derived from the Latin vegetus which means whole, sound, fresh, lively. The first instance of its use was not found until 1842. On September 30, 1847, a group in England had the inaugural meeting of the Vegetarian Society. This original group of 140 free-thinking individuals publicly supported meatless eating. Their publication, Vegetarian Messenger, urged people to live and let live."

More people should adopt the vegetarian or vegan lifestyle. While vegetarianism is often a diet, VEGANism is a lifestyle.
I am vegan because I love animals and believe that humans do not have the right to mistreat or abuse animals for their sake. Whether it be for food, clothing, or entertainment. Animals have the right to live on Earth as much as any humans do!

If you want to find out more about veganism/vegetarianism, or need some convincing to turn a new leaf; check out this great movie! You can watch it for free on the website!

http://www.earthlings.com/

Why vegan?

To me veganism is compassion. I care about animals and eating them is paying for their murder.
The question is not if animals can communicate their pain to us. It is: Do they suffer? YES! Animals suffer, and they most definitely feel pain. Anybody that says other wise is refusing the hear the truth.

If you eat meat, you are a murderer. All animals have the right to live, just as much as humans do.

If you are an animal lover, go vegan! Do it for your health, do it for the animals, do it for the earth.

RAW food

A typical dinner for me:

Spinach, cabbage, nut based pate, carrot, green beans, and a nori wrap with a raw pate and veggies.

Meals like this make me feel full and good! :)






Dessert is required too!
This was a fruity frozen treat.
Made by processing a banana, peach, lemon, lime, and spinach (for iron).

With frozen banana and peach slices on top! :)

Raw<3

I just found out that Lara Bar's are raw vegan! I don't know if they are good since I have never had one. But I have seem them in several stores and it got me excited that raw vegan energy bars are available in many places.
I'm sure that a lot of non-raw foodists have tried these bars not knowing that they are raw. A lot of people are scared of raw food because it is different than what they are used to.

A lot of people I know eat a lot of junk food, and disgusting meat. They do not know how to react to my raw food recipes. These people often do not want to try my food. That is sad.

I wish more people were open to raw foods, or veganism. Being vegan is what makes me who I am.

If I needed three words to describe myself they would be: happy, active, (raw) vegan.

Raw vegan desserts I made

Raw vegan chocolate brownie with chocolate mousse and banana! Delicious :)

Raw vegan almond butter cookies....I will have to make them less sweet next time. But still good :)

Some Raw vegan food I have made recently

"Not tuna" pate wrap with spinach, broccoli, green pepper, and red pepper, in an organic untoasted Nori sheet.
They turned out pretty good.
It was the first time I made them. This was what they looked like unrolled. I am not quite sure of the proper way to roll Nori sheets, so I just rolled it into a long log and then cut it in half.








I also made the same thing into small sushi like sample sizes. To give to my meat-eater parents. They liked the recipe!
:)