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Advice for new vegans

November 29, 2010

Lots of questions in the queue from newsletter signups this week!  Jeff asked for advice for newbie vegans, but before I answer him, just what is a newbie vegan, anyway?

I could have split this into 2 videos, but it felt right to keep it together even if I missed a point or two to keep it short.  As always, that’s where you come in!

What one tip would you give a new vegan?  It could be based on your past experience, a recent “aha” moment, or just something you think more people need to know.  Share in the comments!

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Want to learn some new ingredients? Vary your beans!

November 2, 2010

Seriously, this is one of the easiest ways to learn new ingredients, and it works for beans better than anything else I can think of (I wouldn’t try it with spices, for example) – even the deadest of palates is going to learn something from this with relatively no risk:

If you want a great way to cook beans, I highly recommend a pressure cooker – we did a video a while back explaining the process, and it’s really not as scary as it seems!

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I’m no longer vegan?!? Dealing with mistakes

October 18, 2010

Yes, I really did break my vegan streak a little while ago.  No, I’m not taking it too seriously, and you’ll see why in the latest video (though it’s a bit gross): The interview I mentioned with Jonathan Safran Foer is here, and like I said, I don’t know if I agree with the theory [...]

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Saving time in the kitchen by cooking more

October 12, 2010

No, this isn’t the “make twice as much and keep half for leftovers” tip for saving time that you always hear – that never works for me, unless the goal was secretly to get me to each twice as much.  Instead, here’s how we made an amazing lunch that only took, oh, a week or [...]

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How we do meal planning

September 24, 2010

Meal planning has never really worked for me – plans change, the food in the fridge/pantry never matches what I need by the end of the cycle, or I have too much stuff left over, but after a few months with the baby and eating whatever was in front of us, something had to change. [...]

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The problem with vegan blogs

May 21, 2010

We’ve spoken before, both here and in the newsletter, about how many of you don’t have a lot of vegan support beyond the internet, because you simply don’t know any other vegans. And don’t get me wrong, the internet’s awesome and growing like crazy every day, and I’m not suggesting you go out and make [...]

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The Three Types of Tofu

May 17, 2010

Today I want to give some helpful information about tofu, but I think it’s important to explain why first. Picture this: you’re a new vegan, and you don’t know a lot about it yet, but you know two things: vegans eat tofu, and vegans eat “vegan food.” So you go to the mall and buy [...]

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Lies, damn lies, and nutrition info

May 14, 2010

Virginia Messina put out a post last week (or so) about getting reliable nutrition information about veganism that I think you need to take a look at. You may have noticed that I tend towards disclaimers whenever I go near nutritional information here, and as I think I’ve noted in some of them, it’s not [...]

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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 page, [...]

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