10 Time-Saving food tips for parents (and just about everybody else)

May 12, 2010

This week’s parenting topic is actually not a parenting topic. OK, some of it is, but if you don’t have kids, be sure to skim this article before you decide to ignore it, because five minutes right now could save you days over the course of the year!
As many of you know, we don’t [...]

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Detox secrets from Iron Man 2

May 10, 2010

We saw Iron Man 2 on the weekend, and since I don’t want to be called out for slacking off for a few hours, I managed to get a post out of it
This isn’t really a spoiler, but it wasn’t in the trailers I saw, so if you’re reading this from the home [...]

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Vitamin D for vegan-raised infants

May 5, 2010

For this week’s parenting topic, we’re taking a look at vitamin D and your baby – while at a pre-natal class recently we’d heard that supplementation was advised right from birth, which triggered some alarms, since many vitamin D supplements aren’t vegan friendly. With that, we turned to the Council of Vegan Parents and [...]

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Who’s got your back?

May 3, 2010

In last week’s newsletter, we talked about how making veganism look easy was actually a lot of hard work, and the importance of taking breaks to recover and recharge. If you missed it or aren’t a subscriber yet, you can read about the topic here.
One of the ideas that came up was having a [...]

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What to do when a child brings meat to your house

April 28, 2010

For this week’s parenting topic, Linda had a challenge for the Council of Vegan Parents:
“Last summer I did daycare for a 5 year old. I had explained to his mother that we were vegan and wouldn’t be serving animal products. One day, she was running late and sent him in with his fast food [...]

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Is eating vegan more expensive than a ‘normal’ diet?

April 26, 2010

When I’m talking to meat eaters about veganism, either in an actual outreach scenario like tabling at an event, or in simple conversation with someone through work or a party or whatever, I often hear this:
“Yeah, I thought about trying that, but it’s way too expensive.”
This isn’t just a meat-eating misconception either: if you’re a [...]

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The Omni Restaurant Survival Guide

April 21, 2010

As veganism continues to grow in awareness, if not in actual population, there are more and more restaurants popping up that offer exclusively vegan cuisine, which is a pretty amazing thing.
But what about the other places? What if there’s nothing vegan in your area, or you’ve been invited out to a – gasp! – [...]

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5 ingredients commonly mistaken as vegan

April 15, 2010

When you’re starting out as a vegan, it’s best to stick to the “Big No No’s” like meat, milk, eggs, etc when you’re scanning ingredients labels, but once you’re comfortable with the basics, it’s a good idea to dig a little deeper.
Today I want to cover some ingredients that often aren’t thought of as things [...]

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Diapers: cloth or disposable?

April 13, 2010

Probably the biggest question we get from expecting vegan moms isn’t really a vegan question at all: everyone’s wondering about diapers: reusable or disposable? To dig deeper into this issue, we turned to the Council of Vegan Parents for stories of their experiences. Here’s what we found.
Your three main options
Many Council members say [...]

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“Consider the Oyster” an eye opener

April 12, 2010

Darky from VP sent me a link that’s been going around the internets about, in one person’s opinion, why vegans should consider it acceptable to eat oysters.  And let’s get two quick things out of the way first: oysters aren’t vegan, simply by virtue of their position in the “animal, vegetable, mineral” taxonomy, and yes, [...]

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