Fermenting: Cultured/Fermented Veggies, Water Kefir Grains, Vegan Coconut Kefir, Vegan Almond Milk Kefir, Kefir “Sodas”, and Homemade Vegan Coconut Milk Yogurt

Right this minute my kitchen is FULL of bacteria.
And I couldn’t be more pleased
I’m talking about the “good bacteria”.  Cultured, probiotic-filled fermented foods that are so good for the gut.
So, it all started with an innocent batch of kimchi.  Hubby and I were wanting to dip our toes into the Land of Fermented [...]

Feeding Vegan Kids: Section Plates, Snacks, Veggies, Vegan Cocoa and Green Juice

Hi all!
Hope everyone’s week is going well!   Ours has been good (and busy).  ALWAYS busy with this big gang…but a good kind of busy!
We had a recent day where it rained on and off all day, so we stayed in and had a “home day”.  A “home day” is a blissful day spent entirely [...]

Homeschooling Conference and Beet Juice For Kids

Hi all,
Sorry for my absence!  We’ve been busy over here in the Green and Crunchy house, and that means that blogging gets shuffled to the bottom of the (lengthy, daunting) To-Do-List.
That To-Do-List is  scary and it NEVER ENDS.
Just like my laundry pile.
With approximately 147 feet of snow here in Columbus, it’s pretty much the arctic [...]

“Layered” Green Smoothie

It’s winter, and in winter I like to dress in layers.
I also like to DRINK in layers.

Look at all the pretties in my blender!
This was the lovely layered base to one really SPECTACULAR green smoothie.
Usually I keep my green smoothies on the simpler side, but every now and then I like to jazz things up.
This [...]

Feeding Vegan Kids: Green Smoothies For Six

We hit the books today in a BIG way.  After a nice break from the homeschooling for the past couple weeks, we got back to work today by busting out the Math texts.
After a long morning of learning triple-digit-multiplication and dipping our toes into the Wonderful World of Decimals, we were in need of a [...]

Cranberry-Burst Groovy Green Smoothie

Hi all!
How’s everyone doing today?  Hope you’re having a good weekend so far.  Ours has been low-key and relaxing:  there was a rowdy poker game,  we tackled some housework, enjoyed family movie night, and hubby and some of the kids are out playing tennis right now.  I stayed home from tennis to let the baby [...]

We Blend, It’s How We Vegans Roll

Hi all!
Thanks for all the great interest in the glass straws giveaway…so many great entries!  Wish I could have outfitted you all with a swanky Glass Dharma straw!  Averie was the lucky winner and she is tickled pink about her jazzy new straws.
At last, that rotten cold is good and gone — thank you for [...]

Feeding Vegan Kids: Beet Smoothies (and beet ice cream!)

Sometimes I like to put somewhat odd ingredients in my green smoothies and serve it to my kids.
Oh, the things I blend for my kids to drink!
We had a few odd-but-tasty smoothie concoctions recently.
There was the kelpy smoothies – a wee bit fishy, I must say! Mama went a little kelp-happy with that smoothie!  Kelp [...]

Feeding (Oodles of) Vegan Kids: Very Vegan Breakfast, Kelpy Smoothies, & Rainy Day Games

Hi all!
How’s everyone doing?  It’s been a humid, rainy week here in Cowtown.  I am officially done with summer and its sticky, humid days!  Crisp Fall weather, where are you?
I made the kids a scrumptious and colorful breakfast on a recent rainy, grey morning.

There’s nothing like a plate full of color on a dreary day, [...]

Feeding Vegan Kids: Raspberry-Cabbage Smoothies and a Really Raw Breakfast

Sometimes I rummage through the fridge to see what I’ll toss in our green smoothies for breakfast –  I check to see what veggies need to be used up and they get added to the Blendtec for our morning-concoction. This particular day, I had an excess of cabbage and brussel sprouts…into the blender they went!
I [...]

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