The BEST Vegan Berry 4th of July Pie

For lots of years I’ve been the one to offer to bring some type of dessert for the annual Fourth of July celebration.  When I was still eating the Standard American Diet I enjoyed creating a “Fourth of July flag cake” complete with strawberries and blueberries making me feel like I was supplying something a…

Why It’s Hard to Switch to a Plant-Based Lifestyle

The struggle is real! Deciding to switch from the Standard American Diet (S.A.D.) to a Whole Food Plant-Based (WFPB) diet is often the easy part. The hard part is actually making the switch happen. Here’s why it’s hard to switch to a plant-based lifestyle. The inaugural issue of the True North Newsletter published in 2003…

Here’s The Top 5 Plant-Based|Vegan Fast Food Joints

With travel revving up and the number of plant-based eaters on the rise, there’s no doubt lots of newbie plant-based|vegans might wonder where they’ll be able to grab a quick bite while on the road (or anytime).  Here’s the top 5 Plant-Based|vegan fast food joints (also known in the food industry as QSR’s or quick-service…

The 2 Greatest Plant-Based Dishes to Share at a Picnic or B.B.Q.

I can always detect the glimmer of doubt (if not fear) when my omnivore friends seek to find an appropriate answer to my question of “what can I bring” to their upcoming outdoor event.  I have been living the plant-based lifestyle long enough to have discovered the 2 greatest plant-based|vegan dishes to share at a…

Super Simple Tofu Scramble

Want a great item for breakfast that’s quick and easy and delicious?  We call them “Feggs” for “fake eggs” as we learned about them soon after we began eating a whole food plant-based diet.  We were longing for some scrambled eggs so we adapted a tofu scramble recipe and “Feggs” were born! Slowing Down the…