Dynise Balcavage , Urban Vegan

Dynise Balcavage is an amazing woman in Philadelphia. She has been thriving on plant-based diet since 2006. She blogs about her vegan lifestyle in Urban Vegan. http://urbanvegan.net

I just love her blog. She often blogs about great vegan recipes, excellent vegan tips and comes up with awesome ideas to protect our environment and stop the suffering of animals. If you are new to vegetarian or vegan diet, you should visit the blog - Urban Vegan. You will feel it's so easy to thrive on vegan diet, when you start reading Urban Vegan blog...

Dynise Balcavage is also a cookbook author. So far, she has written three vegan  cookbooks.  They are , The Urban Vegan , Celebrate Vegan and Pies and Tarts with Hearts. Her vegan recipes have been published in Vegnews , Vegetarian Times and many newspapers.

The Plastic Cow

In India, millions of Hindus consider cow as divine. Cow's milk is used in Hindu religious rituals.

In India, you can see many cows eating plastic bags. I really feel so sad to see innocent cows suffer every day.

Please watch this documentary http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/plastic-cow/ to know more about the condition of millions of cows in India. http://www.theplasticcow.org

Going Vegan is a great way to protect our animals and our environment. These days, the concept of vegan diet is growing rapidly in India. Indians no longer feel like consuming milk and milk products, as the dairy products are contaminated with many dangerous chemicals.

Isa Chandra Moskowitz, a Vegan Cookbook Author

Isa Chandra Moskowitz is an amazing person. Every day, thousands of people in United States and across the world are embracing vegan diet, because of Isa . Isa is enticing people to try vegan fare - good for our health and environment.

Isa Chandra Moskowitz has written a couple of vegan cookbooks. Isa has recently written a vegan cookbook, Isa Does it . And now Isa is all set to open a vegan restaurant - Modern Love Omaha.

Isa has an amazing website, Post Punk Kitchen, http://www.theppk.com/ . In this website, you can find amazing vegan recipes, and there is a forum where newbie vegans can discuss everything from vegan recipes to vegan restaurants.

Visit this https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRSnFecax3hH8qlg7wJU_P3UBhEVDZw8m to see some amazing vegan dishes - Quinoa Caesar Salad , Vegan Beet Burger , Vegan Mac and Cheese, Vegan Ice Cream , and Chocolate chip cookies.

Amala Akkineni, An Animal Welfare Activist

Amala Akkineni is an amazing person from Hyderabad, India. Amala , a popular movie actor, is now fully involved in protecting our environment and animals.
Amala loves animals. She has been rescuing birds and animals since she was five years old. Two decades ago , she founded Blue Cross of Hyderabad - an animal welfare society.




Few years ago, Amala decided to stop consuming milk and milk products such as ghee and paneer, after she saw the suffering of cows in dairy farms in India. These days, Amala is thriving on healthy vegan diet.
Read more about this amazing lady, http://vegan-india.blogspot.com/2011/12/in-conversation-with-amala-akkineni.html


Here is another interesting post, http://hyderabadvegans.wordpress.com/tips-for-a-smooth-shift/

Vegan Travel

Before visiting a new city or a country,  I always make it a point to see the website, Happy Cow.


Happy Cow is a great website, it lists all the vegetarian and vegan restaurants in a city.
http://www.happycow.net


You can find vegetarian and vegan restaurants from Australia to North America and Africa to South America.


Here is another interesting website for people interested in plant-based eating, http://veganbackpacker.com/


 Youtube is another wonderful resource for Vegetarians and Vegans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrwrRlJvbx8

Vegan Oats and Nuts Bar

The moment I saw Oats and Nuts Bar in the blog - Sharmi's Passions, I decided to make it.

Yesterday , I made these delicious bars . These bars are so tasty and filling.  Everyone in my family loved them.

Here is the link to the recipe, http://www.sharmispassions.com/2010/01/dates-oats-and-nuts-fudge-its-sugarfree.html

Along with dates , I used almonds and pistachios to make this bars. And I used a tablespoon of maple syrup instead of oil.

I hope you  make these delicious bars!

Vegan Jains

For hundreds of years, milk and milk products such as ghee, yogurt and paneer was integral part of Jain diet.

These days thousands of educated Jains across the world have given up consuming cow's milk and milk products such as ghee and paneer. Jains are seeing the suffering of milk producing cows and have decided to thrive on vegan diet(dairy and meat free diet).

Visit these websites and blogs to know more about the growing concept of vegan diet among Jains.
https://www.veganjains.com
https://www.jainvegans.org