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January 26th, 2025 - 8:12pm: CRACK-BOOM! It was like lightning had just struck our house. All the lights go out as we're dropped into darkness. My wife, step-mother, and daughter scream as both the baby and dog come running terrified. I go to the window to check
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As most of you already know, last year I embarked on a journey to increase my knowledge of vegetarian and vegan recipes and I truly learned a lot from making a whole new slew of dishes that I've never made before, from simple veggie pasta, to Indian chickpea
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In my last blog post, I covered some of my main goals I want to achieve in the sustainability/Verdant Growth side of my life, but I have a few smaller stretch goals that I'd like to try for as well. These are goals that I thought of
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This is it. The final "first time ever" vegan recipe for this year! I've now made 12 vegetarian/vegan dishes that I never made before! That's 12 more meals I can make that are healthier, kinder, and full of flavor than I could ever
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With just a couple months left to go in order to complete my New Years' Resolution challenge to myself to make one new vegan or vegetarian dish per month in 2024, and my success with trying something way outside of my comfort zone last month, I decided that for
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Yes, I'm not kidding. For this month, I may have tried to do the most lazy vegetarian meal possible (short of just eating a stalk of raw broccoli and an apple or something…). What's one quick and easy way to get lots of flavor and lots
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In this episode, we dive deep into the environmental impact of our food systems with Mark Easter, a leading expert on the intersection of agriculture and climate change. His upcoming book, The Blue Plate: A Food Lover’s Guide to Climate Chaos, presents groundbreaking insights on the hidden carbon footprint
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After my semi-successful attempts at hummus and toum, I knew I had to try one more dip that I LOVE: baba ganoush. July 2024: Baba Ganoush Not to too far from where I live, there's a Greek place, and not to say anything bad about anything else on
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Despite my recent blog posts about vegan/vegetarian cooking, I am not a chef. I don't really try to push the boundaries of culinary tastes, flavors, and textures. For the most part, I want to make food that is simple, tasty, and healthy. So in my quest to
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I already know what you're thinking: "What the heck is toum?" That was exactly what I thought when I bought my first toum (or "Toom" as it was branded). It was being sold as a "delicious vegan sauce", and I thought I&
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For April, I continued my 2024 monthly tradition of cooking a vegetarian or vegan dish that I've never made before. As always, I tend to aim for simple, quick recipes and this one was no exception. I want to be able to make quick, easy, and tasty plant-based
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60% of Americans are choosing cremation instead of burial, and that number is rising. They want a smaller environmental footprint, as well as a memorial that reflects their values. Many families are looking for a place with a marker, where they can visit and remember. Better Place Forests is helping