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Education and Inspiration For The Vegan Food Revolution
10 Easy Ways To Add More Raw Food To Your Diet
I originally wrote this years ago and I thought I would revisit it and update it with the experience I’ve gained in having lived the whole foods plant-based diet for over 10 years now. I’m looking at ways WE can add more raw food into our diet given the limitations we have right now due
Black Vegan – Jasmine C Leyva
I haven’t done an interview in quite some time and it’s time to get back to it! In this edition I talk to Jasmine C. Leyva who it the creator of a new documentary film called The Invisible Vegan which is due out early 2018. We met Jasmine in 2015 when she came to Atlanta
How To Create Your Own Healthy Vegan Recipes
I’m always creating new recipes to keep you all happy and because I get bored with making the same thing all the time. Today I’ll share the process I go through to create my recipes so you can create your own recipes and keep things exciting in your kitchen.
Kind Earth Eatery – World Fresh Gourmet Vegetarian Haute Cuisine – Dar Es Salaam
Dar Es Salaam is the former capital and the current economic hub of Tanzania. Situated on the east coast of Africa on the Indian Ocean, Dar is a bustling city ripe with Swahili culture and history. Dar is an ancient yet cosmopolitan city with its diverse population of Indian, East Asian, Arab and a wide
A Really Big Question For Your Really Big Goals
In our Pamoja! group coaching Facebook group we been having an interesting discussion about goals and actually reaching them. For the most part we’re talking about healthy lifestyle changes but it could easily apply to any goals you have. If you are anything like us, you’ve probably found that having a big idea is not always enough to
How We Decided To Make Tanzania Our New Home
I’m working on a handbook for how to repatriate to Mother Afrika based on our experience. But in light of the current climate in the US I’m sharing some thoughts about how we decided that Tanzania would support our lifestyle and was the place we wanted to call home.
The Ultimate Guide To What Vegans Eat For Breakfast
One question I often hear from new Vegans is “What do vegans eat for breakfast?” Without eggs and bacon or milk for your cereal what else is there!? Thankfully there are plenty of delicious and healthy vegan options for breakfast so you’ll never have to get bored or feel deprived. Here is the ultimate guide to
Eating Vegan And The Struggle For Justice
I posted on Facebook the other day about how much I’m thinking about those of you in the US. Here in Tanzania we feel at peace and safe. But we are watching what is going on over there for you, our friends and family. We worry and get angry at what’s happening. And we say
Getting Back To Eating (and loving) Real Food
I think for many people the thought of eating healthy or worse plant-based/vegan/raw for the rest of their life means a life of deprivation and boring food. Not true! Contrary to popular belief healthy food tastes great! That is, as long as you know how to make it that way. In fact your non-vegan family
How To Make Your New Year’s Resolution Last A Lifetime
The new year is for most people a time of out with the old and in with the new. It’s a time for new beginnings, resolutions and setting your sites on making the coming year better in some way. If you’ve decided to up your diet and healthy lifestyle game this year you are certainly
A Glimps From Paradise
It’s hard to believe we’ve been here in Tanzania for five months already. It doesn’t feel like December to me at all. Its warm and summer like here. Driving around I see crops growing tall and the mangoes and passion fruit vines preparing to bless us with their tasty bounty. We’ve been busy the last
Don’t Let This Stop You!
I’m willing to bet this past couple of weeks have been filled with emotional turmoil. There is much uncertainty for those who are living in the US right now. Many people are feeling despair, fear, anger, hopelessness, helplessness and resignation. What do you do with your negative emotions? How do they affect you? Do you