Product Review: Sweet & Sara Marshmallows

The vast majority of the time, whenever non-vegans ask me, “oh, don’t you miss eating X?” the answer is a resounding no. I don’t miss cheese, bacon or bar-b-qued carcasses.  Not even a little bit.  That said, there are a few items that it would be nice to have a vegan substitute for, even though I [...]

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Product Review: Smooze Fruit Ice

I don’t know if anyone else remembers those pyramid shaped frozen fruit treats that came out in the 80’s, but Jo and I used to eat them for a ‘healthier’ treat since they were made from fruit. Hey, it beats feeding your kids candy as a treat. Though, I have no doubt the ones we [...]

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Liz Lovely Cookies: GF Snickerdoodles

I didn’t think it could be done, but the geniuses at Liz Lovely have outdone themselves with the Gluten-free collection of cookies. I recently ordered the GF Snickerdoodles from the glorious Cosmo’s Vegan Shoppe. Since the Snickerdudes are my favorite – running neck and neck with the Ginger Snapdragons – I thought I’d give the [...]

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Product Review: So Delicious Coconut Milk Beverage

Turtle Mountain has already won over the innocent primates with their Coconut Milk Ice Cream.  I serve it to dinner guests just for the pleasure of seeing them go from “oh, great, the vegan is serving us some yucky fake ice cream” to “oh, wow!”  Now they’ve done it again with their Coconut Milk Beverage. [...]

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Liz Lovely Cookies: Ginger Snapdragons

Ginger and Molasses..Totally spiced out!! These cookies are definitely ginger spicy! If you’re a fan of gingersnaps, these cookies are for you! I thoroughly enjoyed these cookies. I’ve been under the thrall of molasses lately, with the dulce de bourbon cookies. And I’ve also noticed I’ve been putting recipes that contain molasses at the top [...]

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Liz Lovely Cookies: Macaroonies Sock-it-to-me!

The Macaroonies are coconut with lemon essence cookies. I ate one the other night before dinner and it was certainly tasty! Then I had the second after dinner – I thought it rounded out things nicely bookending the meal like that. This cookie is definitely for those who love coconut. The lemon flavor [...]

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Store Bought Vegan Ice Creams

Although all of Sara’s ice cream and sorbet recipes are delicious, not all of us have the equipment to make them (like me).  I certainly intend to get an ice cream maker at some point, but for now, I wanted to share with everyone what I get when I need some ice cream.  For those lucky folks who [...]

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Bumble Bars: Vegan AND Gluten-free

While at the grocery store picking up some veg, they had samples of Original and Chocolate flavored Bumble Bars. I had never tasted them, but had heard the name (but didn’t know much about them). On the label it clearly reads that they are vegan and gluten-free. Plus, I’ve seen them on Vegan Essentials – [...]

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Sara’s Top 10 Vancouver Favorites!!

Ok, so it’s no secret that I fell in love with Canada (I suppose more accurately, Vancouver BC). There’s only one other city that I’ve ever fallen in love with, and that is New York City (although Prague did tickle my fancy). I think NYC seduced me with all it’s intensity, fast paceness, unbelievable shopping [...]

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Maggie’s Soap Nuts

I recently purchased Maggie’s Soap Nuts 100% Natural Laundry Soap through Cosmo’s (but also available from Vegan Essentials). Soap Nuts are the dried fruit of the Chinese Soapberry tree, which contains saponin, a natural cleaner used for thousands of years to clean clothes, just like the plants used by Native Americans for washing. They [...]

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