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Letters to a New Vegan

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  How Saying Goodbye to Animal-Based Foods Meant More Variety In My Diet

  This is my second post in a series about how going vegan changed my life.  First, it made my heart grow three sizes.  As for the next thing it did… The amount of produce that I eat has grown three sizes as well.  It’s spilling out from its once-roomy vegetable drawers to fill up the [...]

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  How Has Going Vegan Changed My Life?

  This week someone found my blog by searching, “How going vegan can change your life.”  Now, I’ve never made a specific post about that topic, but immediately I knew that I must.  Going vegan has affected nearly every facet of how I live.  So for the next few posts I’ll be exploring this question.  If that [...]

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  Tips for Transitioning: What Really Changed My Palate

  The most important aspect in changing my palate and diet from vegetarian to vegan was learning more about the dairy and egg industries. Just like the footage above that came out recently from the Iowa hatchery where male chicks were being ground up alive, these industries have inherent violence.  In this instance, the company in [...]

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  Cows’ Milk, Chickens’ Eggs, and Habits

  When I was vegetarian and considering a vegan lifestyle, I remember feeling daunted by the idea of changing my routine, especially my husband and my “cheese and cracker nights.”  On stressful weeknights, David and I enjoyed making a meal out of cheese and crackers.  On the side we’d have some nibbly things, like olives and [...]

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  Open Letter to a New Vegan: Tips for Transitioning

  Hello New Vegan, What an exciting and life affirming trip you have ahead of you!  There’s so much joy in the days ahead, but I also know that changing the way we eat and live can seem daunting at first.  I remember a time when no one I knew was vegetarian or vegan, and I [...]