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pamelas recovery from back injuries

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Kind Lifer Pamela recently shared how adopting a kind diet has helped her to recover from serious back injuries sustained in a car accident. And she's lost a few pounds too! Check it out:

"Hey Alicia. I just wanted to let you know that I have had some interesting outcomes of becoming vegan. I started on this diet because no other diet worked for me. I have been dieting since I was a young child... five actually after my ballet teacher told me I was too fat to be a dancer. But I could never...

cauliflower bisque with "buttered" bread crumbs

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This recipe comes from LA chef Kim Garr of C'est La Vegan and C'est La V Bakeshop. Check out this good looking cauliflower bisque that Kim adapted from a non-vegan recipe from the book "Love Soup" by Anna Thomas:

Ingredients

Soup

1 large white cauliflower 2 lbs
5 cups vegetable broth divided
2 cups water
1-inch piece lemon zest yellow part only the white pith will turn bitter
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 ½ tsp. sea salt plus more to taste
2 medium carrots
2 medium stalks celery
1...

sweet freedom bakery in philadelphia!

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One day while I was doing Time Stands Still on Broadway Monica my understudy brought in a cookie sandwich - two cookies with cream in the middle. It was from Sweet Freedom Bakery in Philadelphia owned by Allison Lubert and Heather Esposito. Michael from EcoRazzi.com had given them to Monica for me and after I tried them I immediately ordered some for the crew...I wanted everyone to taste these yummy treats!

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Allison from Sweet Freedom sent me a little taster platter of all the other stuff...

from fiery crash to farm sanctuary

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A brave bull escaped a fiery crash in Indiana that horrifically killed eighteen cattle and wounded sixteen others all of whom were headed to a slaughter house. One among the sixteen who escaped alive eluded officials for twelve hours attempting to jump the three foot concrete median on Indiana's I-94. When officials finally captured this determined 2-year-old bull he was taken to Porter County Animal Shelter where he stayed until Farm Sanctuary came to the rescue.  
 
This is what Farm...

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delicious peanut butter brownie in new york

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This treat was given to me when I was in New York for a weekend.

I flew to NY straight from the set of Vamps in Detroit at 5am on 1.5 hours of sleep! to shoot another film the first directorial effort by my dear friend Chris Nelson whom I've known since I was 14. I had so much fun being in his film!

Anywho a lovely girl/lady there named Polo brought me this peanut butter brownie from Whole Foods - sooo good and vegan of course!

If you haven't been to Whole Foods and had this brownie I highly ...

just say no!

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The next time you are getting take-out or picking up a to-go order just say no to bags bring your own! utensils plates napkins straws you don't really need them do you?... any of that!  Unless of course you are totally desperate. Most places don't ask you if you need them they just throw them in your bag...and it's usually soooo much stuff that ends up getting thrown out so you need to go out of your way to say thank you but no thank you.  We need to boycott to-go stuff.  So much paper and p...

harvest and a guest!

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Recently I was sent some pictures from home showing some of the fruits and veggies harvested plus a cute little visitor who was hanging out on the sweet peas!

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This past month yielded kale celery sungold tomatoes strawberries borage and sweet peas. After taking pictures of the caterpillar he was put on the ivy so he wouldn't eat all the goodies!

These pictures make me a tad homesick but so happy too. I don't mind sharing some of my garden treats with the caterpillars!

tiana krahns beautiful childrens books

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My wonderful friend and mom of three Alex Keeling Thompson who previously blogged about organic sheets and her son Maxime's experience with getting off dairy recently told me about the amazing children's book author and artist Tiana Krahn. Tiana's books are about peace love and diversity and the books themselves are manufactured using recycled paper and veggie-based inks. Take a look at what Alex has to say:

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Tiana Krahn's Beautiful Children's Books
By Alex Keeling Thompson 

Tiana Krahn is...