Posts tagged as: vegan

Raising Vegan Children Part III – Food Based “Supplements” For Super-Charged Children

May 19th, 2013 - posted under: The Food » Food and Health

Firefighters drink green smoothies, obvi. So originally, this was going to be a two-part series, with part I covering my general thoughts on raising mini vegans, and part II covering my thoughts on supplementing said vegans. But as I wrote about our supplement regimen, I realized that there’s all these foods that I use in [...]

Another Lost Weekend

May 6th, 2013 - posted under: Furthermore » Another Lost Weekend

A good friend of mine sings a sweet, alt-country cover of the über-80′s Wall Of Voodoo jam, Lost Weekend (a spectacular song in it’s own right). It’s super catchy, which is why I’m using a lyric to title this series – even though the original song is rather forlorn. Quite the opposite of my weekends [...]

Raising Vegan Children, Part II – Why I Supplement The Way I Do

April 30th, 2013 - posted under: The Food » Food and Health

Yes! The long-awaited supplements post! If you haven’t read Part I of this miniseries – in which I outline my general thoughts on raising vegan children – I encourage you to do so. As for this post, I’ll say that I’ve done a *lot* of research, and a great deal of consideration has gone into [...]

Raising Vegan Children, Part I – Let’s Talk Honestly, Shall We?

April 28th, 2013 - posted under: The Food » Food and Health

Firstly and most importantly, I want to make myself very clear: I believe that raising children on a vegan diet can provide absolutely every vitamin, mineral, and nutrient necessary for optimal growth and development. No two ways about it. Please do keep that in mind if you feel like yelling at me a few paragraphs [...]

On Earth Day

April 21st, 2013 - posted under: Furthermore » Inspiration

First thing in the morning, Waits and I danced from room to room around the house, burning sage. This is not the post I’d intended to write. “Happy Earth Day!”, is how I imagined the opening, since today (Monday) is actually, officially, Earth Day. “Although if you celebrate Earth Day, you probably already did that [...]