the food
I believe that food – real food –serves two, equally important roles: firstly to nourish the body, and secondly to nourish the soul. Comestibles are simultaneously sustenance and solace; these function inseparably from one another. Use the lists and links below to navigate through informational articles, recipes, and foodstyle experiments to help you eat mindfully, because it matters!
Food and Health
- Raising Vegan Children Part III – Food Based “Supplements” For Super-Charged Children
- Raising Vegan Children, Part II – Why I Supplement The Way I Do
- Raising Vegan Children, Part I – Let’s Talk Honestly, Shall We?
- Facing Failing Health As A Vegan
- Sayward’s Seven Favorite Fermented Foods
- Auf Wiedersehen to RAWK-toberfest (So Long, MoFo!)
- Apple Tasting
- Waits Hearts Bananas
- More Photos From The Farmer’s Market, Autumn 2011
- Computer?
- Photos From The Farmer’s Market: Autumn 2011
- Here We Go MoFo: Willkommen to RAWK-toberfest!
- What’s Better Than The Farmer’s Market?
- My Joyful 3-Year Veganniversary
- I Heart Coconut – A Testimony, With Science!
- Photos From The Farmer’s Market: Spring Season 2011
- Pictures From My Raw Test Kitchen
- More On Fresh Veggie Juice: Three Tips, And Some Of My Favorite Flavors
- Raw Resources
- The Top 5 Mistakes And Misconceptions Made by Newbie Juicers
- Photos From The Farmers Market: Kicking Off The 2011 FarMar Season
- The Top 5 Reasons Why I LOVE Drinking Fresh Green Juice
- Feeding The Bonzai Baby: Vegan Baby Dinner
- Feeding The Bonzai Baby: Vegan Baby Breakfast
- Diversity In A Vegan Diet
- Feeding The Bonzai Baby, An Introduction
- Treasures From The Farmers Market 2010
- Photos From The Farmers Market: The Final Days Of FarMar 2010
- 7 Bonzai-Tested Travel Tips For An Awesome Vegan Vacation
- A Vegan Travel Day
- Photos From The Farmer’s Market: Mid Thru Late Autumn 2010
- What We’ve Been Eating: The Dining Out Edition
- Calm Down And Eat Up – These Ingredients Are *NOT* As Scary As They Sound
- Exploring Spaghetti Squash For Vegan MoFo
- What We’ve Been Eating: August-October 2010
- Photos From The Farmer’s Market: Early Autumn 2010
- I Heart Hemp – A Testimony And A Recipe
- Photos From The Farmer’s Market: Late Summer 2010
- Photos From The Farmer’s Market: Midsummer 2010
- The Importance Of Soaking Nuts, Grains, And Legumes
- My Joyful 2-Year Veganniversary!
- “Eat Your Beasties!” – The Importance Of Cultured And Fermented Foods
- What We’ve Been Eating: June-July 2010
- Photos From The Farmers Market, Late June 2010
- Photos From The Farmers Market, Early June 2010
- Drinking Green
- What Does A Vegan Diet Look Like?
- Veg*n Nutrition: Essential Fatty Acids And The Importance Of DHA
- Harvest Project: Homemade Prunes!
- Photos From Farmers Market
- Urban Foraging
- Happy Veganniversary!!!
- Tell Your Grandparents They Can Relax . . .
- A Little Look Into Groceries, Continued
- Five Ways To Fill Up On Fruits + Veggies, Without Breaking The Bank
- A Little Look Into Groceries
- Homemade Kombucha
- RAW: On Sprouts and Sprouting Seeds
- The Vegan’s Hundred
- Interpreting A Label, Part III – The Nutrition Facts Panel
- My Veg*n Story
- Interpreting A Label, Part II – Speaking The Language Continued
- Interpreting A Label, Part I – Speaking The Language
Recipes
- How To Make Kimchi (Spicy Fermented Veggies)
- Natural Homemade Food Coloring For Baking, Frosting, and Easter!
- I Heart Pudla! Wholesome, High-Protein Vegan Power Breakfast: Soy-Free, Gluten-Free, and Protein Powder-Free
- Recipe: “Tempesto” (High-Protein Probiotic-Enriched Pesto)
- Recipe: Perfect Vegan Matzo Ball Soup
- Homemade Holidays: Vanilla Extract
- How To Make A “Flax Egg” For Vegan Baking – The RIGHT Way
- Homemade Fortified Plant Milk
- Recipe: Raw “Pulp Crackers”
- Recipe: The Raw Tahini Dip That Done Stoled My Heart
- DIY Homemade “Green Powder”
- “I Love You” Cherry Crisps: Two Recipes And A Re-Introduction To The “RAW 101″ Series
- RAW Recipe: Apricot Jam Bars With Perfect Flakey Pastry Crust
- Recipe: DIY Homemade Sriracha Sauce (Vegan, RAW, and Gluten-Free Too!)
- How To Make Fresh Juice Without A Juicer
- How To Make (and what the heck is??) Water Kefir
- Recipe: “Overnight Oats”-In-A-Jar
- Homemade Holidays: Vanilla Bean Sugar
- A Very Veg Thanksgiving: Tofurkey Test Run And Vegan “Dandied” Yams Recipe
- Multi-Nut Butter
- Recipe: Honey Rosemary Apple Crisp (yes, it’s vegan!)
- RAW 101: Vegan Sushi
- Playing With Pumpkin – RAW Pumpkin Pie & RAW Pumpkin Breakfast Smoothie
- How To Make Fermented Pickles
- How To Make Sauerkraut At Home
- Homemade Vegan Yogurt [In The Crock-Pot]
- RAW 101: Intro To Zucchini Pasta, and Three Preparations
- Do Nuts Have Nipples? How To Make Homemade Alt Milk
- Recipe: Farmer’s Fava Bean Dip
- Bonzai Barbecue: The Vegan Recipe Roundup
- Recipe: Barbecued Miso Corn
- Recipe: Strawberry Marinara
- Recipe: Smokey Baba Ganoush
- Recipe: Split Pea Soup With Fennel And Potatoes
- Recipe: Because The Internet Needs More Vegan Mac ‘N Cheeze . . .
- How To Grow A ‘Mother’/SCOBY From Store Bought Kombucha
- Recipe: Ohmigod Vegan Alfredo Sauce
- Recipe: Peppermint Porridge
- Bonzai Thanksgiving: The Vegan Recipe Round-Up
- Recipe: Thai Rice Porridge
- Recipe: Damian’s Favorite Lentil Soup
- Recipe: Earl Grey Oatmeal
- Garden Recipe: Green Rocket Soup
- Garden Recipe: Vegan Shepherd’s Pie
- Recipe: Vegan Banana Bran Muffins
- Recipe: Almond Moonies / The Best Cookies I’ve Ever Made
- Recipe: Homemade Vegan Enchilada Sauce
- Recipe: i heart burrito
- Recipe: Vegan Pâte Brisée
- Recipe: Kale Chips
- Recipe: Mezcal Grilled Pineapple
- Garden Recipe: Snow Peas!
- Hummus – A Meticulous, Categorical Inspection of the World’s Most Dynamic Dip
- Recipe: Lemon Sesame Asparagus Crisps
- Quick/Easy/Cheap Vegan Eating – All Hail Hummus!
- Recipe: Pineapple Curry Bake
- How To Brew Your Own Homemade Kombucha
- Recipe: Vegan Vanilla Pear Muffins
- Recipe: Vegan Sugar-Free Baklava
- Recipe: Vegan Polenta Lasagna
- Recipe: RAW Pecan Torte with Chocolate Ganache
- Recipes & Review: RAW Kelp Noodles
- Green Smoothie For Saint Patrick’s Day
- Recipe: RAW ‘Refried Beans’ Wrap
- Recipe: RAW Hummus
- Recipe: Tangerine Tofu
- Mini Recipe: Toasting Seeds
- Recipe: Winter Squash, 2 Ways
- ‘Vegetable Love’ Update
- Recipe For Valentine’s: Bonzai Balls (ha!)
- Recipe: Vegan Haggis with Bashed Neeps and Tatties
- Recipe: No-Knead Bread
- Recipe: Vegan Tangerine Cumin Cupcakes
- Recipe: Vegetable Stock From Scratch
Foodstyles
- What We Ate Wednesday – iPhone Edition
- What We Ate Wednesday: Wild Kingdom
- What We Ate Wednesday: My Night
- What We Ate Wednesday: For His Birthday
- “What We Ate Wednesday” Is BACK!
- The Great Grand Diet Trial Of 2011: Putting It All Together
- The Great Grand Diet Trial Of 2011: August
- The Great Grand Diet Trial Of 2011: July
- The Great Grand Diet Trial Of 2011: June
- The Great Grand Diet Trial Of 2011: May
- “What I” Wednesday: My Birthday Weekend
- “What I” Wednesday: Winging It In Winter
- “What I” Wednesday: Back To It
- The Great Grand Diet Trial Of 2011: April
- “What I” Wednesday: A New Year’s Day Wedding
- “What I” Wednesday: Epic Holiday Post
- “What I” Wednesday: Sunday Done Right
- “What I” Wednesday: Second Prize
- “What I” Wednesday: Back To Business
- “What I” Wednesday: In Transit
- The Great Grand Diet Trial Of 2011: March
- “What I” Wednesday: Weekend Highlights
- What We Ate Wednesday: Wordless
- The Great Grand Diet Trial Of 2011: February
- The Great Grand Diet Trial Of 2011: January
- “What I” Wednesday: Waits Rebhal and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day
- The Great Grand Diet Trial Of 2011: About That Candida
- “What I” Wednesday: A Day With My Family
- The Great Grand Diet Trial Of 2011: Introduction
- “What I” Wednesday: Oh, Hello Autumn!
- “What I” Wednesdays: Just Another End-Of-Summer Standard
- What We Ate Wednesday: Finishing Strong
- What We Ate Wednesday: And Then I Ate NorCal, Volume II
- What We Ate Wednesday: And Then I Ate NorCal, Volume I
- What We Ate Wednesday: Munching On Lunches
- What I Ate Wednesday: A Day Away
- What We Ate Wednesday: Breaking The Fast
- What We Ate Wednesday: Raw/Not Raw
- What We Ate Wednesday Is Back In Effect!
- What We Ate Wednesday: Anniversary Edition. Most Definitely *not* Raw.
- What We Ate Wednesday: Successfully RAW While Traveling
- What We Ate Wednesdays: Weekend Edition, Wordless Style
- What We Ate Wednesday: Raw Mom, Vegan Baby, Veg Dogs
- The What We Ate Wednesday That Wasn’t
- What We Ate Wednesday: Raw And Rushed
- What We Ate Wednesday: Damian’s Birthday
- What We Ate Wednesday: Day X
- What We Ate Wednesday: Fallout Edition
- What We Ate Wednesday
- Master Cleanse Journal – Day 10, The End!
- Master Cleanse – Day 9
- Master Cleanse Journal – Day 8
- Master Cleanse Journal – Day 7
- Master Cleanse Journal – Day 6
- Master Cleanse Journal – Day 5
- Master Cleanse Journal – Day 4
- Master Cleanse Journal – Day 3
- Master Cleanse Journal – Day 2
- Master Cleanse Journal – Day 1
- WTF, SWF? Welcome To The Salt Water Flush!
- So, Why Cleanse?
- RAW Revisited: ~10 Days Later
- RAW Month Finale: 31-Day Wrap-Up
- RAW Month: 4-Week Check-In
- RAW Month: 3-Week Check-In
- RAW Month: 2-Week Check-In
- RAW Month: Day 10 Check-In
- My Own Rules of RAW
- RAW Month: Transitioning Into a RAW Diet (AKA Holy Detox, Batman!)
- So, why RAW?
- Eating RAW! – 1 Week Test Run
- My First Master Cleanse – Daily Journal