In the “good old days” which happened about 13 years ago for me, I used a blogging platform called Blogspot. That’s because that’s what was widely used. I used to easily blog 2 to 3 times a week, just giving little updates. This was truly before most people knew what social media was and how to use it. Putting up a simple blog post with
The Veggie Queen Gift Guide – Kitchen Tools
This list contains what I consider kitchen essentials – beyond your hands, knives, pot and pans. When preparing meals, consider items that might make your cooking life easier. You might not want or need all of them. These are amazon affiliate links and I earn money from sales, but they are products I recommend. Citrus Squeezer An enameled metal device into which you put a
How Secure Is Your Food Supply? Giving Thanks and Food
This post is written by Michelle Miller my “virtual intern”. Read more about her below. Recently, I was given an assignment in my Community Nutrition class where I had to live on a food budget of $24.85 for five days which is less than 5 dollars a day, ($4.97/day) based on the SNAP (what has been known as food stamps) benefit amount in Texas for
Summer Produce: What’s in Season?
Do You Know What’s in Season? If I had a dollar for each time I asked this question and people did not know, I would not be writing this – at least not from my desk. I would be retired and sitting on the beach in a comfy chair on a tropical island with a cool drink (agua fresca anyone?) in my hand because I
Are FREE Amazon Kindle Books Really FREE?? Hooray for Social Love
Imagine waking up one day and finding out in a circuitous way that some of the contents of your latest cookbook, Vegan Under Pressure, into which you had put in a couple of years of work – heart and soul- had been “republished” in a “free” Kindle ebook available on Amazon? This is real. I am not making this up. It happened to me, recently.
The Nutrition CHAMPS Blog Tour
To celebrate National Nutrition Month in March, I took my book Nutrition CHAMPS: The Veggie Queen’s Guide to Eating & Cooking for Optimum Health, Happiness, Energy & Vitality on a blog tour. I derived the acronym “CHAMPS” from the first letter of six plant-based food groups: Cruciferous, Herbs, Alliums, Mushrooms, Pulses, Seeds (and Nuts). These plant-based foods cover a lot of nutritional ground. Cruciferous vegetables, which include broccoli,
National Nutrition Month: What Does Nutrition Mean to Food-Insecure Children?
By Rose Kaplan, Virtual Intern Editor’s Note: I asked Rose Kaplan to write about her work for National Nutrition Month and explain what she does at the food bank. I am thrilled to see that Rose is truly making a difference in the nutrition world. Imagine what your life would be like if you did not have healthy food to put on the table. Now,
Are You Eating a Plant-Based Diet for the New Year? It’s a Lifestyle Not a Diet, Try It.
By Rachael Kaplan, Virtual Intern Every year around this time (or more than a month ago now because the editor The Veggie Queen, Jill, got too busy to post this), hordes of people flood the gyms and the diet aisle at the grocery store in hopes of improving their health in the New Year. This year, rather than switching to unappealing and unhealthy diet foods or
Think About Resolutions, Set Goals for The New Year 2014
This post was originally written five years ago but it still holds true today. This post is NOT about food so you can stop reading now if that’s all you came for. My yoga teacher always has a well thought out “word of the week.” This week it is resolution. For me sitting with nothing to think about except my breath and getting my spine
The Veggie Queen’s Last Minute Holiday Gift Guide
I am so tired of getting emails about what I should buy that it’s tough for me to write this. I am not a very good American consumer but since some of you might be wondering what to buy for those people who love to get gifts, here is my short list of recommendations of items that I really like , along with some suggestions