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Hey Pickles!

This week we wanted to do something fun, so we play a game of Vegan Would You Rather!

We continue our Vegan Cookbook Challenge with a recipe from The Essential Mediterranean Cookbook by Bay Books.

While this isn't a vegan cookbook, there are many vegan recipes inside!

Sam was a trooper and agreed to doing the show even though she has next to no voice! Thanks for bearing with us during her bout with laryngitis.

We kept the episode short as to limit the amount of talking Sam had to endure.

Thanks so much for listening & for all of your support!

We love you!
Sam & Christine

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Hey Pickles!!

How do we squeeze 4 days of Vegan Summit into an hour of show??

We decided that we would just do a highlights episode so that we don't overwhelm you with everything that we did while we were in Washington DC.

We hope that it gives you a good idea of what to expect from an event like this, and that it will inspire you to attend one in the future!

We also recap our day at The Vegan Halloween Pop Up Market at The Vegan Center in Tonawanda NY!
We shout out some of the great people that we got to spend time with, the awesome vegan food we got to eat, and the vendors that shared their wares!

It was a who's who of the Buffalo Vegan scene! So much fun!

We continue our Vegan Cookbook Challenge with a recipe from the book, Protest Kitchen by Carol J. Adams and Virginia Messina.

This is a cookbook that not only includes recipes, but teaches the reader that how and what we choose to cook and eat has an impact on not just our health, and  the health of our planet, but has a profound impact on animal rights, human rights, and a number of social justice issues.

Every vegan should have this book on their shelf! You can get it through the link below.

Thank you so much for listening to the show, and for supporting what we do!

We love you,
Sam & Christine

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Hey Pickles!

Happy Halloween!

This week, we give you a ton of vegan candy ideas for Halloween. We'll give you some costume ideas, and explore all things vegan for All Hallows Eve!

We have a recipe for  our Vegan Cookbook Challenge from The Candle Cafe Cookbook by Joy Pierson and Bart Potenza with Barbara Scott - Goodman.

We have our second installment of Sam's Books In Review with a review of The Vegan Matrix By Melanie Joy PhD.

We hope you have a frightenly good Halloween weekend!
Thank you so much for listening, and for supporting the show!

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Hey Pickles!

This week we made a recipe out of the book, Crazy Good Vegan by Lloyd Rose, founder of Plant Crazii!

Get your hands on his book. It has so many simple & frugal vegan recipes that are full of flavor, and are easy to make!

We do our best to bust some common vegan myths in a Vegan Myth Buster segment. We discuss how these myths started and how we as vegans can dispel them.

We hope you enjoy the episode, and thank you so much for listening!

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Hey Pickles!

This week we finally got a chance to check out Grass Fed Vegan Butcher in Rochester!

We had such a great time at the Syracuse Vegfest! We'll fill you in on all the wonderful vegan food that we ate, the people we met, AND, we had a spooky good time with our friend, Andy Tabar from Compassion Co!

We also have a new recipe from our Vegan Cookbook Challenge. We make a delicious fall dessert from the book, Modern Vegan Baking by Gretchen Price.

We have a bit of a sad story to tell about some of the food that we bought.

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Hey Pickles!

We've wrangled all of the gremlins, and have a fun episode for you this week!

We continue the Vegan Cookbook Challenge with a delicious recipe from Power Plates by Gena Hamshaw of The Full Helping Blog. We made her coconut kale and lentil bowl with roasted delicata squash. Yum!!

We explore some vegan and vegetarian characters in television. We discuss clips from  Friends, The Simpsons, Southpark, and reveal some vegan characters that might surprise you!

We shout out a listener that left us a review, and 5 STARS!!

We hope that you enjoy the episode, and thank you so much for listening and supporting the show!

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Hey Pickles!

We have a recipe for you from our Vegan Cookbook Challenge. This week we made a recipe from Isa Chandra Moskowitz' new book, "I Can Cook Vegan".

What a great book this is. It's perfect for new vegans, the vegan curious, and anyone who's looking for fun, weeknight recipes to make. It would also make a great gift for anyone that is looking to learn more about vegan cooking!

We saddled up the old Hyundai once again, and headed to Batavia and Rochester NY!

We had lunch at the adorable Eden Cafe & Bake Shop in Batavia. They're located at 242 Ellicott St, Batavia, NY.

What a cute and calming space they’ve created. Its a cute corner shop with lots of natural light coming from the front windows. With comfy bench seats lined with colorful pillows, plants in the windows, and a nice cozy color scheme of pink & sage green.

They are an all vegan establishment, and the food was fantastic!

We then had plans to see a couple shows in Rochester. The first of which was a modern dance performance that was part of the Rochester Fringe Festival , called Commotion Dance Theater. One of the dancers was a former student of Sam's, and we were thrilled that we were able to attend!

Before the second show that we were going to see, we had dinner at The Red Fern.

They are located at 283 Oxford Street, Rochester, NY.  With it’s inviting little red door, you step down into the place & come face to face with their awesome looking bakery case!

We throughly enjoyed our meal there, and we will definitely be back! As expected we grabbed a couple baked goods to take home with us. We got a lemon raspberry blondie & a chocolate peanut butter rice crispy treat!

We then made our way to the Kodak Center to see Randy Rainbow Live - The Pink Glasses Tour! What a fun show! If you love musical theater, and political satire, you will love Randy Rainbow. Check out his You Tube channel!

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Hey Pickles!

We're one year old!!! That's right we've been doing this crazy vegan podcast thing for a whole year! We're so glad that you've been here with us as we've grown and learned along the way!

We also had a big vegan birthday bash for Sam this past weekend. We'll fill you in on all the vegan food that we made for the party!

We made a recipe for our Vegan Cookbook Challenge with a bit of a twist.
This week's recipe was an homage to Christine's late Mother, Joyce. You'll hear why she honored her Mom with this particular recipe, and we'll share the recipe below! It's a recipe by Italian Chef, Lidia Bastianich. We have many of Lidia's cookbooks, however this recipe was not in any of them! We're pretty sure this recipe is only from one of her many cooking shows. We found it on a food forum!

We created a list of some of the hidden animal ingredients that you should watch out for when you're doing your grocery shopping, and we let you know in which foods you might find them.
We recommend the book Animal Ingredients A to Z by EG Smith Collective , and Carol Adams. We'll link to it below

We will be in Rochester NY this weekend to see Randy Rainbow at the Kodak Center, and we will definitely be seeking out some vegan eateries while we're in Rochester, so we will report back on that in next week's episode.

In other exciting news, we are going to Washington DC in October for the Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit! The AVA Summit aims to accelerate progress and create systemic change for animals by empowering advocates and organizations to increase their impact.
We'll give you more details as the it gets closer!

Thank you so much for listening! Enjoy the show!

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This Week's Recipe  
Lidia's Potato, Onion, Cherry Tomato Bake

8 large yellow or russet potatoes sliced thin
1 large red onion sliced thin
1 C cherry tomatoes sliced in half
1/2 C Vegan Parmesan cheese
1/4 C olive oil 
Dried Oregano
Dried Parsley
Garlic Powder

in a large mixing bowl, combine the potatoes and onions add 1 Tbsp oregano,  1 Tbsp parsley, 1/2 Tbsp garlic powder, half of the olive oil, salt & pepper to taste. Mix well

Transfer to a baking dish

In the same mixing bowl add the

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Hey Pickles!

We were scheduled to be at the Toronto Vegfest this week. Alas, the Vegfest was cancelled due to an issue with their venue, but we decided to go to Toronto anyway because we love Toronto, and we had a non refundable hotel reservation.

We turned lemons into the most delish lemonade, and visited so many great vegan establishments!

We stopped first at Coven Plant Based Marketplace in Hamilton where we got some great vegan groceries, and a couple really swell sandwiches.

Then, we headed to the Hamilton Market to see our friend Kristy at The Apothecary Kitchen, and to get some of her amazing soups!

After talking with the fine folks there, we moved on to see Fraser at No Bones Plant Based Kitchen. We had a great time talking with Fraser while he baked us up some of his epic vegan sausage rolls.

We stayed in Vaughan, visited a huge Ikea, and had dinner at the Vaughan location of Copper Branch, a casual vegan place that has a ton of options to choose from.

We visited the Ontario Science Center, AND we had some of the best vegan Indian food at The Veggie Thali in North York. If you're in this area, and love Indian food, don't miss this place. So good!

On our way back, we stopped in Hamilton again to check out The Hearty Hooligan. This place is a funky little gem on Ottawa St with an amazing menu that's jam packed with vegan burritos, sandwiches, quesadillas & pizza pockets. They also have some great smoothies, coffee drinks and cocktails!

This was such a great weekend of vegan food & fun. We hope you enjoy coming along with us!

Thanks so much for listening!

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Hey Pickles!

This week we play a fun vegan trivia game that you can play along at home!

We continue our Vegan Cookbook Challenge with another recipe from Veganomicon by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero.

We have our first installment of a new segment, Sam's Books in Review!

We also have a good dose of our usual shenanigans, and talk a bit about a cool app called
Flash Foods that allows you to get soon to expire products from your local grocery store at reduced prices. Check it out!

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