My Vegan Kitchen

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 Quick and Easy:  Smoothies, chocolate-covered pretzels, bruschetta and more... dishes you can make without a recipe when you're short on time!

 Soups, Salads, and Appetizers:  Taquitos, cheezy potato skins, carrot-ginger-apple soup, and many other ways to get your meal off to a great start.

 Main Dishes:  Sweet potato bake, Chik'n Cacciatore, and Spanakopita, oh my!  Make your lunch or dinner great.

 Desserts:  Cakes, bars, and other desserts guaranteed to satisfy any craving.

 RECIPE KEY: O=original recipe, V="veganized" or inspired by a non-vegan recipe, A=adapted from a cookbook or another recipe, with changed ingredients and different (hopefully tastier) results.  You'll see these at the bottom of each recipe.

 ICONS:  Please keep in mind that I am still in the process of labeling every recipe.  So if you don't see one of these icons by a recipe it doesn't necessarily mean that it doesn't need one...I'm just getting to it.  Thanks for your patience in the meantime!

These recipes are healthy choices.  Generally they are low in fat, sugar, and/or calories.  If I find there is demand, I will post more specific nutritional information in the future, but for now you have this to go by.

 ATTENTION:  I am currently revising the diabetic-friendly icon to be low-sugar or sugar-free.  Since there are so many varying degrees with which people control their conditions with diet, and since many people are watching their sugar intake for weight control and other reasons, this is a more accurate and user-friendly way to do it.

This marks a recipe as gluten-free.  This marking means that the raw ingredients themselves are gluten-free, but if you are using a different brand of a processed product than is listed you will want to check with the company if you are extremely sensitive to gluten, as many products are not produced in gluten-free facilities. 

Vegan Cooking Basics will get you started with everything you need to know your way around the kitchen.  Learn about vegan egg replacers, kitchen utensils and appliances, and where to find those uncommon ingredients.

Resources features links to find out more information on animal rights, raising vegan kids, and vegan recipes.  A list of cookbooks is included.  You can also find Go Veg banners, icons, and comments for your Myspace and other social networking pages.

My blog is full of commentary on vegan issues, cooking tips, and ideas.  I try to post every few days on a new topic.  Any questions from site visitors will be posted here, and I'll also post about site feedback too.

The Forum is a brand new way to interact with the site.  It's an easy way to ask questions, leave suggestions, talk about your activism and your transition to veganism, or just to chat.

News: 

-KFC Canada is changing their ways, and even introducing faux chicken products at over half their locations.  If you have time, write them a letter to say thanks! 

-Apparently the FBI is planting people to invade vegan potlucks to discover terrorists!  That's great.  Because we loooooove terrorizing people with our carrots and seitan, don't ya know.  The article was posted in the Twin Cities' City Pages. 

-A summary of the TLOV conference in Minneapolis is now on the MVK Myspace blog!  It was a blast. 

Submissions and Help:  This information can now be found on the Forum.

Upcoming Events: 

July 19-21: Taking Action for Animals in Arlington, V

Aug 03: Sarah of MVK is at the Action for Animals booth at Warped Tour!

August 14-18: Animal Rights National Conference in Washington, D.C.

October 3-5: International Compassionate Living Festival in Durham, North Carolina. 

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