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Simple Shoes

I simply love my new Simple Satire sneakers.  I went into Nordstrom’s the other day to try on Tom’s shoes.  Tom’s apparently don’t fit me well but are still great shoes from a company that built its reputation on giving back to those less fortunate.  I like that, I like that Tom’s has vegan options, [ READ MORE ]

Homemade Bisquick Recipe

For those of you who don’t know Bisquick is an all-purpose baking mix.  You can make all kinds of biscuits, pancakes and simple bread recipes by using this.  However, it’s pretty expensive for a simple baking mix.  Besides the expense, I realized at the last-minute that I did not have any in the house. My [ READ MORE ]

5 more questions

This seemed to be a hit last week so I decided to go for round 2.  Feel free to answer on my blog or at Vegetarilin on Facebook. 1. What is your favorite source of protein? I love tofu.  It’s so versatile and soaks up the flavor of whatever you cook it with. 2. What’s your [ READ MORE ]

Break Time

For those of you who read this blog regularly I apologize for posting so little lately.  I was on a roll of cooking a lot and posting 5+ times a week.  I am finding that is pretty much impossible to keep up with so I’ve decided to scale down a bit. There’s a couple of [ READ MORE ]

5 Questions

I recently saw this on an RV blog I read and found the questions and answers very interesting.  I was thinking about the questions people usually ask me about being a vegetarian as well as my own personal thoughts on the subject.  I’d love to see what you thoughts are on the subject. 1. What’s [ READ MORE ]

“Eat food, not too much, mostly plants”

The title was the premise for Michael Pollan’s book In Defense of Food.  I just read through his little hand guide Food Rules which is written with the same basic theme.  Food Rules is a well written book for those who just want a simple synopsis of all his other books.  It’s simply a list [ READ MORE ]

Veg Updates

Here’s an interesting post on Bovine Growth Hormones in a favorite treat, ice cream: http://www.consumethisfirst.com/2010/08/23/a-good-ice-cream-is-hard-to-find/ This isn’t veg related but I enjoyed this article on positive thinking.  As part of my quest to follow a more positive path, I’ve given up the word “hate.”  It seems like a really basic step but it’s made me see [ READ MORE ]

GMOs & Organic Labels

For awhile now I’ve been wondering if GMO food can carry an organic label.  The recent edition of Vegetarian Times actually addressed this concern.  The bottom-line is no GMO’s cannot be labelled organic.  This is good news.  Lobbyists are always trying to get our government to shift the definition of labels and I’m always concerned [ READ MORE ]

Good bye Gluten-Free!

My 4 week gluten-free trial is over and I have mixed feelings about it.  Before I get into that I must say that my breakfast today will be a celebratory New York Style (which means real) bagel from a local bagel store.  Yum!!  One of the hardest things about leaving NY was giving up great [ READ MORE ]

Vegetarian Dogs

I just stumbled upon this article and found it interesting.  Awhile ago I decided not to force my dogs to live my vegetarian choice and kept them on their regular low fat kibble.  However, my pit mix Casey has been having some skin issues which are not terrible but aren’t going away after visits with [ READ MORE ]

Natural Body Products

Lately I am on  a kick to go as chemical free as possible.  I would like for my body to be in as close to a natural state as possible.  This apparently is much easier said than done, especially when you have sensitive skin as I do.  I’m noticing increasing number of items in stores [ READ MORE ]

Indian Buffet

I am so excited, my son is home and we’re going to the Indian buffet for lunch!  After much deliberation my son decided not to extend his summer excursion backpacking through Europe and he came home on his originally scheduled date.  Much of this is due to the airline giving him wrong information about the [ READ MORE ]

Blogs I Read

As much as I enjoy writing this blog I am often inspired by other blogs.  Some I find entertaining, some offer great advice, or simply a glimpse into other people’s lives.  I have them all listed on Google Reader which makes it very easy to access. Often at work when I need a quick break [ READ MORE ]

Gratitude

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.–Denis Waitley I love that quote.  It says so much with such simplicity.  Gratitude seems to be such a buzz word these days that sometimes I put it in the back of [ READ MORE ]

Favorite Things

I recently posted about my favorite portable, reusable salad bowl and found that more people that I expected were very interested in that.  So today I’m going to mention a few more of my favorite things.  I’m not one to spend much money on myself so you should find each of these items very budget [ READ MORE ]

Sleepless Nights

I’m too sleepy to have much to say today.  My baby girl Rocki Road kept me up much of the night with an upset stomach.  Poor thing’s tummy was rumbling and grumbling and she couldn’t get comfortable.  There’s no way I can sleep if she’s not content. Usually when she has an upset stomach I [ READ MORE ]

What Happened to Freecycle?

For a couple of years I have been a big fan of the Freecycle Network.  I even have them listed on my list of links because I believe that somewhere the ideals of freecycle must still be running strong.  Freecycle was set up with local Yahoo groups where one offers up items no longer want [ READ MORE ]

Wake Up Walmart

Wishing everyone a happy 4th of July!  As am American, I decided to take this opportunity to give you some thought provoking information about one of America’s biggest detriments, Walmart.  Is there any other company or person who has done so much damage or is capable of wreaking such havoc on my beloved country?  I [ READ MORE ]

Memories of Shana

Monday June 21st 2010 my wonderful canine companion Shana took her last breath.  She was 11 1/2 years old.  We knew she wasn’t feeling well and after a lengthy conversation with the vet we scheduled an appointment for her late that day. We were aware that she was having difficulty walking so we regularly checked [ READ MORE ]

What’s so Funny About Peace Love & Understanding

Most of the time I enjoy my job.  I work in customer service for a company that advertises nationally and provides a service many people need.  I have the rare ability to be my natural self on the phone which is not typical in a call center environment.  I also find that a reasonable percentage [ READ MORE ]

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