Whether or not you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, you won’t need a special occasion to try out these delicious plant-based recipes and create an Irish-inspired feast! Irish Beefless Stew This Irish-inspired stew is perfect for St. Patrick’s Day, and is also great to enjoy on cold winter days. Serving with fresh Irish Soda bread really […]
10 Tangible Steps To Get You Started on a Plant-Based Diet
Changing your diet can be overwhelming; sometimes you feel like you don’t even know how to get started. The huge amount of info available about plant-based eating can be a gift and a curse. Your readiness, skill level, and temperament all influence your journey and how you experience trying new plant-based recipes, exploring vegan blogs, […]
Ruby Reds Serves Up Comfort Food with a Healthy Balance
Interview with Owner Dr. Ruby Lathon We spoke with Dr. Ruby Lathon, owner of Ruby Reds Vegan, to learn more about what inspired her to start her business and how her clients and customers have responded. She shared inspiring stories about how she was able to help overcome her cancer through lifestyle changes and now […]
Plant-Based Subs & Swaps
The Easy Way to Veganize Your Favorite Recipes and Meals When you’re new to plant-based eating—or when you’re still finding your vegan rhythm—it can be tedious figuring out what to eat every day. While it is exciting to explore new foods and try out new recipes, it is also just as fun–and sometimes more rewarding–to […]
Executive Order for Meatpacking Plants to Remain Open Takes Hazards to a New Level
The president’s executive order requiring meat packing plants to stay open amidst the current pandemic is unnecessary and dangerous on many levels. Not only does this order greatly increase plant workers’ risk of contracting the novel coronavirus, making their jobs even more hazardous than they already were before the pandemic, but also this order further […]
Quarantine Kitchen: Finding Alternatives to Familiar Animal-Based Foods
If you’re still eating meat and dairy and finding stores sold out of those items, not to worry—healthy, delicious, plant-based alternatives abound! With the constant uncertainty about which foods may be available at the store, coupled with the extra time you are spending at home, this can be the perfect time to learn how to […]
Quarantine Kitchen: Choosing Shelf-Stable Ingredients
As we are learning to navigate this pandemic and all of the uncertainty that comes with it, one challenge has been empty store shelves and an unstable supply of certain foods. With the constant uncertainty about which foods may be available at the store, coupled with the extra time many of us are spending at […]
Fan-Tastic Vegan Options at Fan Tang: Interview with Owner Jason Zeng
We spoke with Jason Zeng, owner of Fan Tang restaurant in Albuquerque, to learn more about what inspired him to add vegan menu options and how customers have responded. Check out our conversation below and be sure to check out Fan Tang’s many vegan options! They use high quality ingredients and all of their tofu […]
The Importance of Increasing Vegan Menu Options
With the recent boom in vegan menu options popping up in restaurants and fast-food chains across the country, many of these new products have come with criticisms from within the vegan movement. Many vegans and plant-based eaters have begun discussing the health benefits and/or detriments of products such as Burger King’s ImpossibleTM Whopper® and Carl’s […]
Plant-Based Doesn’t Have to Mean Inconvenient
While many of us are making efforts to eat more (or only) plant-based foods, there is no denying the value and convenience of drive-thru windows. If you are always on the go, you might even venture to say you need convenience foods to survive while maintaining your busy lifestyle. Fortunately, we have a variety of drive-thru […]