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 Here is an excellent chocolate cake recipe. It is hands-down the best home baked cake I have tried! I found the original recipe in The New Becoming Vegetarian Book which I recommend if you are thinking of making a change to a vegetarian or vegan diet. It contains advice on nutrition, with [...] I found this recipe online and then modified it a little to suit my personal taste and the ingredients that I had on hand. In my head it was going to taste exactly like the Mock Chicken Laksa at Aunty Mena’s. I am glad to say: Mission Accomplished! This may be the [...] The animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with extension of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren; they are not underlings; they are other nations, [...] The “carbon footprint” for New Zealand lamb eaten in Britain has been estimated as equivalent to 1.9kg of carbon dioxide, for each 100gm serving of lamb – 80 percent of that generated by farmers and their livestock on-farm. Just 3 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions came from processing, and 5 percent from transport, with the [...] Well, it has been awhile since the last post!!! In a few months it will be a year since I made the switch to give up animal based products for a guilt free lifestyle. This now includes, not only food, but also consumer goods. I am proud to say my climbing shoes are made from artificial [...] The most frequently asked question that I get after becoming a vegan is “What do you eat”? Well, I eat food, just not that derived from an animal. And, trust me, there is more to plants than just carrots! A close second is “What are your energy levels like?” A fair question! [...] Becoming vegan isn’t easy. So it helps to have a terrific eatery like the Nature Vegetarian Food Cafe in Lower Hutt to enjoy. The first Vegan Society was created in 1944 to counter the detestable, flexitarian tendencies of early animal rights activists. Founder Donald Watson called their namby-pamby lacto-vegetarianism “a halfway house between flesh-eating and a truly human, civilised diet!” Billy-Ray would never drink milk again! Source If you switch to vegetarianism, you can shrink your carbon footprint by up to 1.5 tons of carbon dioxide a year! Source While I was considering becoming a vegetarian/vegan my biggest concern was dining out. Well, I am happy to report that my first few experiences have been good. My first meal out was in a wee spot in Waikanae. I feel bad as I have forgotten the name of the place and they were very accomodating. The only [...] |
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