I usually eat only a few select nuts and seeds and cashews never made the list, but today I include cashews in the list of nuts and seeds I eat. I avoided cashews, mainly because I was afraid of eating too much fat, but the cashew is lower in fat than most nuts. I added cashews to my diet after preparing the egg-less egg salad. I did a little research on cashews and … [Read more...] about Health Facts About Cashews
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The McDougall Diet Update – Week 3 (August 15-21)
This is my update for the McDougall Diet, week three. If you want to learn more about the McDougall diet, click here. I usually share with you what I had for each day, but I will not do that in this post. These are the foods I ate during week three of following the McDougall diet: Grains Oats Barley Pasta (Jerusalem Artichoke Flour) 100% Wheat … [Read more...] about The McDougall Diet Update – Week 3 (August 15-21)
20 Quotes from Experts on Eating a Plant-Based Diet
Are you thinking about eating more plant foods or switching to a plant-based diet? Do you need a little reinforcement or refocusing? Sometimes eating a plant-based diet is challenging, but it gets easier when you continue reading information about why the diet you choose for yourself is so beneficial. Here are 20 quotes from experts that I found from around the web that will … [Read more...] about 20 Quotes from Experts on Eating a Plant-Based Diet
My Favorite Moisturizing Shampoo and Conditioner: Aubrey Rosa Mosqueta
I cut my hair in April, because of damage from color. The shortest hair cut (less than an inch of hair on my head) I have ever had. My hair is growing fast and I liken it to watching a flower blossom. Since cutting my hair, I have experimented with many hair care products. I have always been a fan of Aubrey products, but I have never found a hair care product that I truly … [Read more...] about My Favorite Moisturizing Shampoo and Conditioner: Aubrey Rosa Mosqueta
The Fat Vegan
You are probably thinking that there is no way that fat vegans exist, but they do. How is this possible? Usually when someone switches to a vegan diet, they transition by eating foods that replace the favorite foods they enjoyed eating that were animal-based. If a person was an ice cream lover, all he or she has to do is buy vegan ice cream and they are good, right? Yes … [Read more...] about The Fat Vegan
What is a Fat-Free Vegan?
Note: I no longer follow this way of eating (2/5/2015). You are probably wondering, what in the world is Evelyn talking about. And you are probably thinking, everyone needs fat. Some people might think that vegans are already not meeting their nutritional requirements, so why remove the fat (oil) from the diet? A few months ago, someone ask me if I used coconut oil? … [Read more...] about What is a Fat-Free Vegan?