October 29 is National Oatmeal Day! Oatmeal is a nutrition powerhouse, so it deserves a day of its own. Oats are low in calories, high in fiber, full of protein, and help to stabilize blood sugar. Oatmeal is full of lignans, which are known to help prevent cancer

October 28th is National Chocolate Day! (Some sources also list July 7th is as National Chocolate Day, but we’ll take just about an opportunity we can get to celebrate our favorite treat.) Chocolate comes from the seeds of the fruit that grows on Theobroma cacao trees. The seeds of

These vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies  from Everyday Vegan Eats by Zsu Dever are crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside. Full of just the right amount of chocolate chips to actually be able to taste the cookie, these are like the ones mom used to make.   Chocolate

The combination of sweet strawberries, creamy chocolate, and a tiny kick of cayenne in these Mexican Hot Chocolate-Covered Strawberries from The Lusty Vegan by Ayindé Howell and Zoë Eisenberg creates the ultimate trifecta of deliciousness.   Mexican Hot Chocolate-Covered Strawberries Prep time 5 minutes, cook time 3 minutes Serves 2

If you are Canadian or live near the Canadian border, you already know about sweet, gooey, coconut- and-chocolate-laden Nanaimo Bars! This “grown-up” vegan Nanaimo Bar recipe from World Vegan Feast by Bryanna Clark Grogan is less sweet than the version you might know from childhood. The addition of the cocoa

October 17th is National Pasta Day! Pasta is one of the world’s most favorite foods, and it’s certainly a favorite among vegans. The word “pasta” is actually an Italian word for dough. The Italian word can be traced back to the Latin “pasta”, which means “dough or pastry cake.” There are over 600 known

The Vegan Tacos Photo Contest winners are in! Entrants from both Twitter and Instagram were combined and winners were chosen at random. They are (drum roll, please): 1st place: @nicollefearlessvegan on Instagram 2nd place: @vegenista on Instagram 3rd place: @danivance on Instagram Congratulations to Nicolle, Melissa from

In additon to The Lusty Vegan Culinary Tour, authors Ayindé Howell and Zoë Eisenberg are starting a blog tour today for their new book The Lusty Vegan. The blog tour will feature recipes, interviews, guest posts, and book giveaways.     Here’s where you’ll be able to

This USA Today article “Don’t Get Left In the Dark” serves as a wake-up call about being prepared for power outages.  “In the past 20 years, major power outages caused by extreme weather,” it says, “quintupled from about five to 20 a year in the mid-90s to

The Lusty Vegan is here, and authors Ayindé Howell and Zoë Eisenberg are hitting the road for a culinary tour. The culinary tour will incorporate food, food photography, storytelling and book signing. Ayindé and Zoë are heading to New York, Dallas, Washington DC, Baltimore and Los Angeles. Here’s where