First of all I want to say thank you to those, who commented on my last two blog entries. (I deleted the one about the flood. We are out of the woods, but many others are not.) It means a lot to me! It’s great to know that there are many people, who have the same thoughts about how veganism is sometimes represented. Every year in spring I find our kitchen stuffed with rhubarb stalks. …
Go vegan, get skinny?
Last week P. came across a German so called women’s magazine, which announced a “new” diet on its cover. It was called the “veganista diet” and promised to get skinny with the help of a “detox effect”. And surprise, surprise, the featured article was about losing weight on a vegan diet. It opened by mentioning celebrities who follow a vegan or almost vegan diet. Then it stated that veganism was more than a celebrity trend. …
Brownies ‘n’ Yoghurt Ice Cream
Lately I have been obsessed with brownies. I made the recipe I posted recently over and over. I tried different nuts (peanuts, walnuts) and different liqueurs. I also made them with a decreased amount of alcohol and instant coffee powder one time and I have to say they are very versatile! This is a version made with walnuts and instant coffee powder. They tasted almost like a bar of dark chocolate. They are perfect for …
Whole Grain Vegan Baking – Blog Tour!
Whole Grain Vegan Baking by Celine Steen and Tamasin Noyes is out! And I am happy to be part of another blog tour to promote their latest book. Because that book deserves a lot of promotion. Celine and Tami are both experienced bakers and if you have been reading Celine’s blog for a while, you already know that she has been making wonderful baked goods with whole grains and without refined sugars long before it …
Mother’s Day: “Does this cake make me look fat?”
Right now I work in retail. We sell clothes, mostly to women. I like this job most of the time. But lately working there has made me feel bad. For the last couple of days women of many different ages and sizes have asked me one single question over and over: “Do I look fat in this?” Every time I get this question I feel horribly helpless. I don’t know what to say. I don’t …
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