New Year’s resolutions related to food are probably some of the most common. I guess it makes sense, given that food is such a central part of our lives and is also such a central part of many of our…
Vegetarian Thanksgiving Recipes (my favorites?)
My posts on vegan Thanksgiving recipes have been so popular I decided to branch out a little bit and provide you all with some vegetarian Thanksgiving recipes as well. Of course, each of these recipes could easily be made vegan…
Thanksgiving Recipes for Vegans (Part III)
Rounding out this series on vegan Thanksgiving recipes (see: Thanksgiving Recipes for Vegans Part I and Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes Part II), here are four more good recipes for a full (or more than full) Thanksgiving dinner. Vegan Shepherd’s Pie I love…
Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes (Part II)
What would Thanksgiving be without cranberries and corn? (Actually, I remember one Thanksgiving at a relative’s house when the only option for me was peas and perhaps some sweet potato dish, but maybe not even that, despite there being a…
Pumpkin Soup with Coconut Milk and Curry
We had a sort of big pumpkin festival here in Wrocław (Poland) a couple weeks ago. We decided to pick up a pumpkin, a butternut squash and some other hard squash that I had never seen before. Neither of us…
October Top News: Giant Penguins, Solar Planes that Fly for Years, Europe’s Clean Energy Progress, Obama’s Clean Energy Push, Peak Oil/Peak Coal/Peak Etc.
Wow, it’s harder to pick out the “must-share” news stories than I realized. Well, here are the news stories I wrote about in the past week or so that I thought it would be a crime not to mention here…
Bill Clinton (Almost) Vegan: Why & the Health Benefits [VIDEOS]
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I’ve written on a number of famous vegetarian and vegan celebrities in the past, from Orlando Bloom to Henry Ford to Carl Lewis to Mike Tyson. As you’ve probably heard, Bill Clinton is the latest to become (almost) vegan. Clinton has…
Solar Diet: A Legend in the Natural Healing Field
Handed down in my circle of family and fellow yoga practitioners, is the legend of Adono Lai, a serious, yet unconventional yoga practitioner of Surat Shabd Yoga and a devotee of Yogananda. Beyond his yoga practices, Adono was also a…
Recipe for Liver & Lungs, Wood & Metal: Turnips, Fennel, Shiitakes and Turmeric
Food and the cycle of Water, Wood, Fire, Earth and Metal. Sautéd veggie and shitake mushroom salad recipe. As far as oriental medicine goes, the key to health is food. Of course, exercise is also important, especially practices like Tai Chi…
Pizza Recipe for Your Health (+ Bonus Raw Food Pate Recipe)
I think nearly everyone loves pizza. Cheese and flour aren’t the healthiest foods, but with a little bit of innovation, your pizza can be both delicious and healthy. Try out this pizza recipe below next time you are craving a pizza, and maybe the homemade black sesame bonus recipe as well.