The Fire Horse is here <3 And Canberra is Celebrating! Head to Dickson on Saturday 21st for the community street party around Woolley Street where you’ll of course find Au Lac and the Food truck will be out to serve as well! If you’re in other locations and finding celebratory vegan treats- Let us know here and in the Facebook group! Enjoy! More details of street party HERE.
Exciting times! Vegan ACT now has a Mastodon instance so you can chat with your Vegan friends (and anyone else in the Fediverse) on a privacy oriented and community run social network. If you already know about Mastodon then sign up here:https://social.veganact.org.au If you are confused, then read on! What is Mastodon? Mastodon is like Twitter but controlled by the community! Where it differs from Twitter is that each individual community runs their own server and they connect to each other (called federation) to allow different communities to share with each other. Mastodon isn’t a single website like Twitter or …
On Saturday, 19 August 2018, local author Nicole Godwin as launched her latest picture book, ‘Billie’ at the Belconnen Library in Canberra. Join Billie the dolphin on this perilous adventure, as she sets off to find the biggest wave — the hugest of huge, the giant of giants — a wave that makes her feel happy, safe and free. Billie travels the ocean, saving new friends from pollution, drift nets, whaling and much more. This eye-opening picture book draws attention to the human-made dangers for dolphins and other marine wildlife. It highlights the urgent need to act now to protect …
I recommend nuts and seeds to the majority of my vegan clients. Nuts and seeds are energy dense foods rich in bioactive macronutrients, micronutrients and phytochemicals. Some vegan health professionals advise restricting dietary fat, including fat found in whole plant foods such as nuts, seeds, olive oil, coconut and avocados. Many vegans restrict or completely avoid these foods for this reason. Is the avoidance of healthful fats really necessary for the average vegan? It is true that there is good evidence for the use of very low-fat plant-based diets for people with severe coronary artery disease however there is little …
Contributed by Francine This is a great salad to take with you when invited to an omni bbq as it has protein in it. In fact, when I take it to bbqs, it disappears and I even get compliments for it! It is an original Women’s Weekly recipe. THREE BEAN SALAD WITH SWEET DRESSING Ingredients: 250g frozen green beans (I use baby beans) 250g frozen yellow beans (I use a 440g can of Butter beans, drained as these are hard to find now) 440g red kidney beans, drained 1 small red capsicum, sliced 1 small onion, sliced (I use …
Recipe by: her.be.laurDescription: Quick, easy, tasty, nutritious, & flexibleServes: 2 Ingredients: 1 cup Quinoa, 1 1/4 cup Water (optional: use 3/4 cup water and 1/2 cup veggie stock), 1/4 Butternut pumpkin, 1 Red capsicum, 2 cups Spinach, 30g pinenuts, 30g Pistachios, 2tbsp vegan mayonaise or cheese spread or dressing Instructions:1. Preheat oven to 180’C2. Cut pumpkin and capsicum into 1-2cm cubes3. Place cubed veggies on baking tray lined with baking paper — put in pre-heated oven for 20-30 mins (may need a bit longer if not fan-forced)3. Rinse and cook quinoa as per package instructions (optional: add veggie stock for …
