So this past Saturday a friend and I participated in the The Farm Sanctuary, Walk for Farm Animals in Ventura. Colbie Caillat walked right along with us and after the walk sang one song with guitarist Justin Young. I didn't actually meet her cuz, well, I'm kind of shy in that area but she seemed very down to earth.
This is Melissa on the left who has been hosting the Farm Walk for the last 4 years and is doing a fabulous job! I'm on the right with a goofy face(I don't really like my picture taken). The event was solar powered thanks to her boyfriend. There were vegan baked goods for sale, I made cranberry pumpkin bread, raffles and a plant based dietician, Julieanna Hever, to answer any nutrition questions. Julieanna is coming out with an idiots guide to plant based nutrition next year. Check out Julieanna's site at http://www.plantbaseddietitian.com/.
Colbie Caillat
You can see more photo's from the walk by clicking here from the newspaper.
Carrot Bread
One of the required classes at my son's school is beginning cooking. He was able to bring home all of the recipes and we went through and veganized them all. He's really enjoying the class and the extra perk of making all of the recipes vegan is that he and his partner gets to eat and bring more food home than the rest of the class. He thinks that part is pretty cool. Like this carrot bread above, he made with another student. They each got to bring a loaf home whereas the other students had to split up their loaves. The great thing about this class is that they rotate partners so that all of the students get to try their hand with vegan cooking/baking. The verdict so far is that the students are pleasantly surprised with the outcome of the vegan recipes. I was told that the vegan carrot bread turned out alot better than the original recipe and that everyone loved the vegan rice pudding over the dairy based one. So, so far so good. I just think it's great that the kids are learning that vegan food is just as good or even better.
