Vida Vegan Con!

by L Matthews on May 24, 2013

Guys, I’m at Vida Vegan Con in Portland and it isn’t even raining! Brunch spots should watch out…as should Powell’s books. And the record store just down from Powell’s, and Petunia’s Pie Place and and and. I have dollar bills and an appetite for consumption.

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Building a Low-Cost Worm Composting System on the Balcony

by L Matthews on May 20, 2013

Since moving into a small apartment from a house with a back garden where I set up a composting bin I’ve been playing the sad game of ‘where to put the compost?’ I eat a lot of produce, as does my pooch, and I really abhor having to throw perfectly good organic matter away to [...]

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Cocktails on L’s Balcony – The ‘It’s So Sunny Out!’

May 7, 2013
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It was suggested to me this weekend by a very smart woman of my acquaintance that I should have a regular feature on the blog called ‘cocktails on the balcony.’ Really, dear reader, what was I to do with such a suggestion? I should add that this idea was born whilst in Seattle on a [...]

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Food For Thought – How A Trip ‘Home’ Made Me See How Far I’ve Come.

April 19, 2013
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I recently went on a trip back to my mother country, England, with grand plans to forage for vegan Easter eggs and old favourites from the first few years of my vegan life (porkless pork pies! Sosmix rolls! Fry’s ‘beef’ style strips!). While my trip had some amazing highlights, including indulging myself at a delightful [...]

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Simple Healthy Lunch Ideas to Avoid that 3pm Slump

April 1, 2013
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Ensuring that you eat a healthy lunch can mean that you skip that 3pm slump and the seemingly necessary coffee and doughnut run and continue to be productive all afternoon. How can you manage this? Simple, learn to get creative with leftovers, have a few tasty vegan staples on hand at work, find good healthy [...]

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Milk, Cheese, Mucous and a Stuffy Nose

March 28, 2013
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Three years ago (gosh!) I wrote about the possibility of becoming physically hooked on cheese and, in that post, I mentioned the potential respiratory issues that cheese and dairy can have. It’s probably about time I followed up on this, no?

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Give a Dog a Bone(-Shaped Vegan Dog Biscuit) – Cruelty-Free Training Treats for Dogs

March 24, 2013
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I admit, it’s a little weird making vegan biscuits for a dog and then using a bone-shaped cookie cutter. So, instead, I like to think of them as jolly bow-ties. There, that’s better. Onto the recipe!

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Container Gardens, Edible Flowers, Companion Planting and Medicinal Crops

March 11, 2013
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For my vegan kitchen container garden this year, I’m breaking a little with tradition and planning to grow some flowers. I’ve pretty much always maintained that if I can’t eat it I won’t grow it but having my own little apartment (free of people with allergies!) for the first time means I want to treat [...]

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Choosing Seeds for a Balcony Container Garden

March 11, 2013
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In my vegan kitchen container garden I am not, like one good friend, planning on growing seven different varieties of kale and nothing else. It’s tempting but I think I’ll settle for a couple of kale plants and then barter for her excess produce. In my bartering belt I hope to have the following goodies [...]

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My Vegan Kitchen Container Garden Plan!

March 11, 2013
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It’s Spring! Which means that I am planning this year’s vegan kitchen garden activities, in another new space… new light conditions to get used to (a west-facing balcony), new space restrictions as I’m in an apartment, new sourcing decisions as I try to track down a compost-selling store within beleaguered walking distance. If only my [...]

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