Veggietorials

Veggietorials  , a food blog is brimming with many plant-based recipes. Cobi, a vegan in Hawaii blogs about healthy plant-based recipes and has so many healthy plant-based recipes in youtube .

Cobi recently traveled to Alaska, and she posted so many vegan-friendly restaurants and natural food stores in Alaska. I love visiting Veggietorials , as Cobi posts so many healthy recipes and amazing nature pictures .

Forks over Knives

Forks over Knives is an empowering movie.  Forks over Knives  shows that consumption of meat and dairy is causing everything from cancer to heart disease and diabetes to obesity.

 Dr T.Colin Campbell and Dr.Caldwell Esselstyn do many experiments, and confirm that animal proteins from meat and dairy is causing many diseases in humans, in United States and across the world.

You will not have the urge to eat meat and dairy products, once you watch this incredible movie. Whole-food plant-based diet will be your eating mantra. Fortunately, this whole-food plant-based diet
is also good for our beautiful planet - Earth .

You can buy Forks over Knives DVD at amazon , Barnes and Noble, and also at Whole Foods.

Vegan Cashew Cookies

I love homemade cookies,  and I recently baked   cashew cookies  from Bhavna's kitchen. Bhavna's kitchen is filled so many delicious vegetarian and vegan recipes. Bhavna has posted so many cooking videos in youtube. If you like Indian food, you will be glued to Bhavna's kitchen for hours.

Cashew cookies (kaju puri) are awesome, and require only 3 ingredients . These cookies are tasty and nutritious, as they don't contain all-purpose flour.

If you like to bake cookies, then you will end up baking these cookies many times.

Susmitha, A Vegan in Bengaluru (Bangalore)

Susmitha is a passionate vegan in Bangalore. So many people are trying vegan food in Bangalore, because of Susmitha. Susmitha's blog Veganosaurus is brimming with an array of recipes for cookies, cakes , ice creams , Indian sweets and breads.  Recently, Susmitha did baking demo at Carrots - Bangalore's vegan restaurant.

Susmitha also makes cruel-free jewellery from clay, copper, fine silver and vegan pearls.

Thanks Susmitha for inspiring people to lead a vegan lifestyle .

Vegan Almond Cashew Burfi

I love Indian sweets. I often make burfis , so that I can relish it for a couple of days. I often visit
Manjula's kitchen

 Manjula's kitchen is an awesome food website. Manjula aunty has posted so many vegetarian recipes. If you like Indian food, you can find so many simple recipes in Manjula's kitchen.

On sunday, I made Almond Cashew burfi . It was really good. I used vegan sugar - sugar in the raw . If you have a sweet tooth like me, you will love this burfi.

Vegan Masala Tea, made with Trader Joe's Rice Milk

In my pre-vegan, I relished drinking masala tea, once in a while. Once I became a vegan, I completely forgot about it.

On sunday evening, it was raining, and I felt like drinking tea. Fortunately, organic unsweetened rice milk was in the fridge.  Within few minutes I made amazing masala tea with rice milk. The taste was so divine, it taste so much similar to tea made with dairy milk.  I have been relishing this amazing masala tea in the mornings, from past couple of days.

Vegan Masala Tea
Makes 2 servings

Ingredients:
2 cups Trader Joe's unsweetened rice milk
2 whole cloves
1/2 inch cinnamon
2 Tbsp sugar
1 whole cardamom
1/2 tsp fresh ginger , cut into slices (optional)


Method
1.Combine rice milk with spices in a sauce pan. Do not add ginger now. Bring it to boil.
2.Add ginger. Reduce the heat, and simmer for 5-6 minutes or until the color changes to orange.
3. Add sugar,  remove from heat. Strain and serve.

United Nations Advocates Plant-based Diet

According to the United Nations report - Livestock's Long Shadow , meat consumption  and dairy consumption causes 18% of man-made greenhouse gases. Meat industries and dairy industries across the world, is causing environment problems.

United Nations is urging people to eat less meat. Some research has shown that vegans have the small
carbon footprint. Thriving on a vegan diet is a great way to go "Green". I'm sure United Nations is pleased with "Meatless Mondays".

It's really so easy to be a vegan in United States. You can get everything from vegan icecreams to non-dairy milk and vegan chocolates to vegan butter.

Thanks to the internet, you can find great vegan recipes, vegan forums and vegan blogs. I often browse vegweb, vegan jains, vegetarian times , urban vegan , vegan richa and fat free vegan for recipes and news about plant-based diet - good for health and our beautiful planet Earth.