Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation (AHWF) has gone the extra mile to save Fido from the slaughterhouse. Imagine if your commitment to service in action lead you to travel thousands of miles from home, away from your beloved family while placing your life in danger. Imagine if that action put you in foreign countries, where you [...]
It’s Easy Being Green - try Vegan Green Recipes by Aaron Ash I’ve heard it said that every plant is a medicine for something, whether the healing quality comes from its beauty, flower, smell, root, bark, leaf, or seed. Plants, in their many varieties, forms, and preparations, assist with the holistic well-being of our physical, [...]
Upcoming 2015 Retreats: hiking retreats in Ecuador, shamanic retreats in Peru, and yoga retreats in Yosemite Valley Compiled by Tiffany Palazzini Casa Verde Raw Yoga Hiking Retreat, Ecuador CASA VERDE RAW YOGA HIKING RETREAT CASA VERDE, ECUADOR. ONGOING RETREATS WENDYGREENYOGA.COM Travel to a personalized seven-night retreat to heal with Ashtanga Yoga, delicious [...]
Life Food Organic Opens Second Location in Santa Monica Life Food Organic, a pioneer in juice cleansing, alkaline diets, and plant-based holistic living, has opened up their second location blocks away from the beach. With its light, bright atmosphere, a 100% organic, locally sourced, raw, vegetarian menu, and a fully redesigned back patio with a [...]
In the deep South where I live, black-eyed peas are symbolic of luck and money when eaten on New Year's Day. Traditionally, they are made with ham bones. When I ran my first community kitchen, I used the familiarity folks have with black-eye peas to mee’ify them, creating a heart-healthy recipe. Makes 12-15 small [...]
The expanding vegan/vegetarian restaurant chain, Veggie Grill, is now serving Encino, making it the first location in the Valley and the ninth in LA County. “We have had many requests to open a restaurant in the San Fernando Valley and feel the area is a natural fit for us,” says Chief Energizing Officer Greg Dollarhyde. Right [...]
Recently opened along the beaten path of Calabasas bike trails and the Commons is Pedalers Fork restaurant, bar, coffee shop, and… Bike shop?! Catering to the biking and health conscious community, we'd recommend dining at Pedalers Fork for Saturday brunch, followed by shopping at the weekly farmer's market taking place just outside the [...]
The selection of recipes featured in Komali Nunna's "Entertaining from an Ethnic Indian Kitchen" brightens up a vegetarian holiday feast and provides innovative and delicious ways to enjoy seasonal fare. Get inspired to host a community gathering around a decorative table with this Persimmon Date Coconut Pudding. Persimmons are bountiful during the Thanksgiving season. Use only well-ripened fruit [...]
The selection of recipes featured in Komali Nunna's "Entertaining from an Ethnic Indian Kitchen" brightens up a vegetarian holiday feast and provides innovative and delicious ways to enjoy seasonal fare. Get inspired to host a community gathering around a decorative table with this Jeweled Rice With Dry Fruits and Nuts. Dry fruits and nuts garnish are like jewels [...]
The selection of recipes featured in Komali Nunna's "Entertaining from an Ethnic Indian Kitchen" brightens up a vegetarian holiday feast and provides innovative and delicious ways to enjoy seasonal fare. Become inspired to host a community gathering around a decorative table with this Kahocha Squash Coconut Soup Recipe. Ingredients: 3 pounds kabocha squash, quartered and seeded melted [...]