Finally! I solicited your questions and promised to write a series sharing my tips on how to Professionalize Your Passion and my first tip – Build a Budget – was syndicated on BlogHer yesterday. I hope you’ll hop over ...

It is better to travel well than to arrive -Buddha (or not) Last year I made a big ole vegan boo-boo, very publicly. I ate eggs and cheese. A few months ago I was led to believe that I ate eggs again, albeit a little less publicly, when...

I am one lucky vegan! The fine folks of Beyond Meat sent me samples of their new, beyond fabulous product to try and to then share my thoughts with you. I received the grilled, lightly seasoned, and southwest style chicken-free strips. ...

Yesterday I put the finishing touches on my first in a series of posts on how to professionalize your passion (coming to you, later this month!), hit up the Herb Fest (check out the Gazette’s shout-out to The Compassionate Vegan!) ...

A few weeks ago I posted about the US VegWeek 2013 Vegan Pledge. Little did I know a friend of mine, who is not vegan and does not intend to go vegan, pledged to do just that for a week. A little background. I moved to Colorado Springs o...

Woo Hoo! I received the advance reading copy of Vegan for Her yesterday and was pretty much beaming all day. Available in July, you can pre-order Vegan for Her: The Woman’s Guide to Being Healthy and Fit on a Plant-Based Diet by G...

I’m willing to grill just about anything. It didn’t take long on my vegan journey to discover that outdoor cooking is perfect for plant-based foods. I grill romaine lettuce, asparagus, peppers, tofu, tempeh, veggie burgers (n...

I was slammed at work this week. I started each day at 6 am because one of my clients is on east coast time. I wrapped up around 6 pm because my other client is on west coast time. Despite the long days (there’s light at the end of...

A few months ago, shortly after I moved to Colorado, I got an email from a woman introducing herself as a plant-based holistic health and nutrition counselor. She was moving back to Colorado and invited me to meet for lunch.  We hit it o...

Okay, people with food allergies, please don’t get mad. I have to share a tip that really, really worked. Over the weekend I attended the Pikes Peak Writers Conference. I registered months ago. When I filled out the online applicat...