When searching for a list of proteins I found this simple list that provides protein content of selected vegan foods. This is a great resource for those who eat a vegetarian or completely plant based diet.

Often when people hear that I eat a plant based diet they will ask me “where do you get your protein from?” I will tell them that I don’t worry about getting enough protein when I eat a proper diet because protein is found in most plant foods. We get our protein from plants out of the ground, just like the animals do.

The most important element in a plant-based diet is to make sure to eat enough calories. However, if you eat a lot of sugary or processed foods, you may miss getting the quality proteins in your diet. Continue reading →

Chia Seeds

Egg replacer know-how is key when you get to where you are creating your vegan recipes using your non-vegan favorite recipes.

When I started trying to cook my old favorite recipes vegan, I ran into the problem of what ingredient do I replace the eggs with?  Eggs are used commonly in recipes as a binding agent.  They help to bind all the other ingredients together.  The key was which ingredients will do this same binding action?  After trial and error, here are five replacers that I find help to restructuring of non-vegan recipes. Continue reading →