Photos From The Farmers Market: Kicking Off The 2011 FarMar Season

April 11th, 2011 - posted under: The Food » Food and Health

Can we talk about how happy I am right now? My beautiful, inspiring, beloved – my muse – my dearest Farmers Market, is back open for spring. And I don’t think any combination of flowery adjectives, any number of emphatic exclamation points, could possibly properly express how completely enchanted I am! Last year was the [...]

The Top 5 Reasons Why I LOVE Drinking Fresh Green Juice

April 7th, 2011 - posted under: The Food » Food and Health

Vegetable Juice is sweeping the nation, and I am happily surfing the big green wave! It all started with my wheat grass discovery a few months back, which kicked off a love affair that ignited in my own kitchen. My dear Champion, usually sad and lonely and gathering dust in the corner under the cupboards, [...]

Feeding The Bonzai Baby: Vegan Baby Dinner

February 21st, 2011 - posted under: The Food » Food and Health

Waits does most of his eating in the a.m., so afternoons and evenings are more about exploring new flavors and textures. Every baby is different in terms of their enthusiasm for, and ability to handle, solids. Some are grabbing for food by four months and chomping carrot sticks before they reach their first birthday. Others, [...]

Feeding The Bonzai Baby: Vegan Baby Breakfast

February 16th, 2011 - posted under: The Food » Food and Health

They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and for wee Waits Rebhal that couldn’t be more true. This is the only time he’ll reliably eat – afternoons are spotty and dinner depends entirely on mood. But morning meals are consistent, so this is where I seek to maximize nutrition. Waits [...]

Diversity In A Vegan Diet

February 14th, 2011 - posted under: The Food » Food and Health

I often hear people speak of veganism in terms of restriction, as if it involves some great sacrifice. Some sort of deprivation. And it makes me so sad! It’s hard to efficiently express how my diet has opened up, truly blossomed, since becoming vegan. But to say that my palate is pleased and pleasured, well [...]