Oil-Free Plant-Based Summer Squash and Corn Chowder
Summer Squash and Corn Chowder Who says you can't have a chowder in summertime?! The key to creating a summer soup that packs a punch of flavor, as…
Posted inLunch Main Dish Meat Substitute
Oil-Free Chipotle Sofritas Bowl Recipe
Well. it's not really a recipe - rather a guide, because it's so simple. And fortunately, someone else did most of the work to uncover the mystery of the Chipotle…
Prehab and Rehab Class
We've just returned from another great Vegetarian Summerfest - thank you to everyone who attended our presentations! Our most popular class is always Prehab and Rehab, and we think it's wonderful…
Posted inFitness
Crustless Low Fat Pumpkin Pie
Pie crust, although delicious, is often what turns an otherwise healthy fruit pie into a gut bomb of fat. This is the most recent update to a pumpkin pie recipe…
Posted inFitness Rehab Vegan Pregnancy
Training for Life: Preparing My Body for a Major Athletic Event
We're expecting our second (vegan) child any time now after a second, so-far successful vegan pregnancy. But this post isn't just about training for pregnancy or childbirth - even though…
Posted inBodybuilding Recipe
The History of the Legendary “Bean Shake” – Ultimate Vegan Weight Gainer!
Derek has been sharing his personal journey as a vegan athlete with Bite-Size Vegan over the past weeks, and his most recent interview covers the bean shake that we have…
Banana Ice Cream
We eat banana ice cream every singe day, for real! There are some special occasion ice creams shown in my little meme up there: sweet potato-banana with Ricemallow fluff and…
Rich, Creamy, Yellow Mac and Cheese Packed with Veggies!
I grew up on Kraft macaroni and cheese (unfortunately), and have never stopped loving creamy pasta dishes over my 14 years as a vegan. I have created many variations on…
Quick White Bean Chili Served Over a Sweet Potato: It’s a Complete Meal in Minutes!
Recently, we appeared on regional CBS6 to promote Meatless Mondays and share as much as we could about the benefits of going 100% plant-based in the 10 minutes of air…
Posted inDisease Prevention Health Nutrition
Is Coffee Ok?
- By Max Seabrook Coffee is the 3rd most commonly consumed drink in the world (excluding water). But is it healthy? Or are some people correct to avoid coffee altogether?…
Filling Winter Soups to Make in Large Batches
Hot soup is wonderful in the winter. In the warmer months, we always have a big bowl of banana ice cream (frozen bananas blended with cocoa powder) with our…
Posted inDisease Prevention Nutrition
Running and Caloric Restriction Go Up Against A Plant-Based Diet for Obesity and Cancer Prevention: Three Enter, One Leaves
Some recent research is supporting the (to us obvious) conclusion that a plant-based diet is superior to other methods of obesity and cancer prevention. Why is this information important? By…
Posted inHoliday
Three Ways to Lead By Example This Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is kind of a strange holiday. If we're friends on Facebook, you may have seen my recent post about the somewhat dim view I take of the whole thing,…
Quick (and Cheap) Dinners
I haven't posted a recipe in a while and that's partly because everything I've been making is so simple I'd feel silly posting about it. And the quality of the…
Raw ’til 4 Helped My Rheumatoid Arthritis
As someone who's been vegan for thirteen years, and who's eaten a whole foods diet for half of that time, I never expected to deal with a chronic disease at…
Posted inNutrition Vegan Children Vegan Pregnancy
Bringing Up Baby…Vegan Style!
Part TWO of my series on vegan pregnancy and raising vegan children is up at the website of our sponsor, Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness! This is fitting, because our little…
Posted inHealth Nutrition Vegan Children
Vegan Pregnancy and Vegan Kids
My long overdue article on vegan pregnancy and childhood is up! Building Vegan Bodies from Scratch: 3 Myths About Vegan Pregnancy and Raising Vegan Children Dispelled, Part 1 can be viewed…
Posted inBreakfast Dessert Gluten-Free
Gluten-Free Fig Bar Muffins (with a PB&J variation)
One morning we were out of oats and just about everything else that I could make breakfast out of. There was, however, half of a pre-baked sweet potato in the…
Posted inBreakfast
Gluten-Free Quinoa Pancakes
I've been experimenting with more gluten-free recipes lately due to some crazy inflammation in my finger joints. Seems like we hardly eat anything to eliminate with an elimination diet to…
Posted inFitness
How We Met
Warning: this has only a little bit to do with veganism. It's just a fun human interest Valentine's Day story, I suppose! If you like mmorpgs and surprise romantic endings,…