You might think collard greens aren’t good to eat raw but you’d be mistaken. I don’t blame you. Many people think raw collard greens are tough to eat. In this creamy vegan collard green salad we soften them up by marinating them. The result is a nutrient packed, living, soul food dish. You can also […]
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Why is cheese SO hard to give up and what can you do about it? This is a common problem when you’re transitioning to a vegan or plant-based diet. Today I talk to Dr. Nana Kwaku Opare, President and Medical Director of Opare Institute to get some answers. Below are links to the resources we
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It’s been a while, I know, since I’ve posted. I’ve been so busy with my web/graphic design work that I’ve hardly had time to keep up here on Food For The Soul. You’ve been on my mind but I just couldn’t manage to write. Today I made my super satisfying, oil-free, vegan cabbage soup and
When I first went vegan I was living in Ann Arbor Michigan and feeling very alone as a black vegan. Tracye McQuirter, author of Ageless Vegan was one of the folks I discovered during my research. I was hungry for other black vegans to learn from and to help me feel less isolated. Her book By
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We recently tried a delicious Spicy Zanzibar Potatoes (or Mbatata ya Pilipili) recipe taken from the book A Taste Of Zanzibar: Chakula Kizuri by Zarina Jafferji. It was so delicious that I had to make it again right away. This time I gave it my Ama touch to really give it life. It’s not a
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I made these tasty Raw Banana Flax Crackers for two reasons. First because we had an over abundance of bananas and second, because I was looking for raw dehydrator recipes I could make given the ingredients I can find here. When we moved in to our house a year and a half ago one of
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Recently a friend of mine asked me to teach him how to cook vegetarian. Today I want to address the many questions like his that I see and hear about figuring out what to eat on a plant-based or vegan diet. It’s a common question for new vegans but can also be a question for
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When I first became vegan or plant-based I was doing a lot of travel for business and going to conferences. It was a real challenge to learn how to eat vegan at business lunches and conferences! In this video I share 5 strategies I discovered that made it possible for me to make the right
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