Cody and Giselle head to their next destination. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia!!

This video is about Starting Seeds and recycling plastic water bottles at the same time! Our friend Joy shows us her technique for recycling plastic water bottles and using them as containers for starting seeds. Joys technique also ends up being a self-watering system which is great when you are unable to care for your plants.
There are no paid promotions in this video, but we wanted to show you products that work well for us.
Garden Magic's Compost and Manure
ProMix BX Mycorrhizae
Black Gold Seedling Mix

As always...thanks for joining us! We hope our videos bring you joy!

Welcome (back) to my channel! In this video you will get a look into my sustainable art studio while I make my own vegan watercolour paint.

I started making vegan watercolour paint, because I have a line of vegan PhD theses with my company GreenThesis. I wanted to be able to offer completely vegan design too.

So why vegan watercolour paint? Regular watercolour paint uses a variety of animal-derived products. Most paints for example contain ox gall and/or glycerine made from animal fat. In my previous watercolour paint recipe I already eliminated these animal-based ingredients by using plant-based glycerine and skipping the ox gall altogether. However, I did use honey, which isn't vegan either, so I decided to also search for alternatives to honey, and I'm very happy with the results. In addition, I also don't use animal-derived pigments in my vegan paints (for example bone black, eggshell white, carmine and sepia). On a side note, paper also isn't necessarily vegan, because they are often sized using for example gelatin, made from animal bones. Thus I also searched for vegan paper alternatives and my favourite vegan paper to use for my vegan designs is now agave or bamboo paper by Hahnemuhle, which is certified vegan.

The paint I make today uses French ochre, basically soil, which I ground, sift and purify to get a fine pigment. The pigment is then used to make watercolour paint, using my own vegan watercolour binder.

I love making my own paint. It takes a lot of work for just one color, usually several hours if you make everything from scratch, but it is so satisfying, and it really lets you connect to the source of art, the raw materials. Fortunately, with watercolour paint, a little goes a long way, so the paint I make will last for months.

For those interested: for my vegan binder I used gum arabic, distilled water and vegetable glycerine (1:2:1 ratio), and a drop of clove oil as a natural preservative.

If you try your hand at making your own watercolour paint at home, please take the proper precautions, such as protective gear, and only use non-toxic materials. This video is meant as an inspirational video only.

I decided to try out a new camera on my last outing and thought this would be a simple but fun experiment, I had to cut some shots and the camera is going back as I prefer my old one so this is just a little extra vid from the experiment. In case anyone was wondering my old camera is a Canon Eos M3 and I tried out the Sony ZV-1 here which was just unsuitable for what I do and how I do it.

Meal Prep With Me! In this video, you will see how I meal prep as a vegan bodybuilder to build muscle.

BREAKFAST: Pumpkin Spice Overnight Oats
Macros per container: 37g P/ 39g C/ 12g F
▻40g Rolled oats
▻30g LivBody Vegan protein powder (Discount Code: FITVEGAN20) http://bit.ly/2H0ghDZ
▻10g chia seeds
▻10g currants or favorite dried fruit
▻8oz Flax Protein Milk from Good Karma
▻Optional toppings: apples, persimmons, walnuts, or pears

LUNCH: Natty's Staple Macro Bowl
Macros per container: 38g P/ 53g C/ 6g F
▻1 serving of Lupini Bean Seitan
▻150g cooked rice
▻60g artichoke hearts
▻30g spinach
▻15g Almond Kite Hill Cream Cheese

SNACK: Simple Avocado Sandwich
Macros per sandwich: 17g P/ 35g C/ 9g F
▻2 slices thin-sliced Dave's Killer Bread
▻3 slices veggie bologna (Yves)
▻30g avocado
▻30g tomatoes
▻20g carrots
▻15g pickles
▻Optional: sauerkraut

Dinner: Tofu Bowl
Macros per container: 33g P/ 41g C/ 21g F
▻175g potatoes, baked
▻100g green beans, steamed
▻2 servings High-Protein Super Firm Tofu (Wildwood)
▻10g miso vegan mayo

Snacks that I like to have during the week:
▻Air-popped popcorn
▻Caramel rice cakes with jam or nut butter
▻Apples
▻Fruit Bowl: Strawberries, Kiwi, blueberries
▻Protein bars from good cravings
▻Veggie chips
▻carrot or jicama sticks with beet hummus
▻lupini pickled beans from Brami

#veganmealprep #veganbodybuilder #vegan

Eat vegan food in Mexico City! Welcome to Rated V for Vegan where I excite you about vegan food and travel. Join me today as I show you where to eat vegan food in Mexico City and where to enjoy iconic foods like al pastor tacos, tortas and churros.

Join me as I show you where you can find some of the best vegan food in the world, as well as city guides, new recipes, and vegan product reviews. And if you want to know more about my vegan lifestyle as a vegan food blogger, then you should check out all my videos. Travel, recipes, and food reviews will accompany me on my plant-based adventure.


My channel comprises several videos ranging from my vegan lifestyle, how I put together my vegan recipes, how I intake my vegan protein, and then most important of them all, how I achieve intuitive living.


#intuitiveliving
#plantbaseddiet
#vegantravel
#veganrecipe
#veganlifestyle

Vegan in Paris! A whole day of eating & drinking only plant-based foods in Paris & some tips and tricks for you!

Hellloo lovelies (:
The second video in our little paris series is a where to eat in Paris (vegan edition).

Quick disclaimer: I was fully vegan for 6 years and I now eat sustainable fish & eggs occasionally. On our trip I tried dairy for the first time in years as I didn’t want my diet choices to dictate our trip too much. My partner isn’t vegan but is when he’s with me (: This was my second time in Paris whilst vegan, and it hasn’t gotten easier since last time. I’ll link all the places mentioned before and any other places we visited throughout the trip with great options!

My top tips for travelling to Paris as a vegan:
⭐️ Buy a little bottle of dairy free milk to enjoy with your coffee either in your hotel or at cafes (as it’s not common for places to offer any alternative milks to full cream!) the little coffee carts around paris usually have options, my favourite was Cafe Kitstume!

⭐️ Have a few places in mind of where to eat in the general area you’re heading each day & check their menus before

⭐️ Make a trip to one of the vegan/gf bakeries and buy some croissants for the next few days so you can experience the Parisian breakfast properly each morning if there isn’t one nearby where you’re staying ☺️

⭐️ & finally, don’t beat yourself up if you want to try something that has dairy, eggs etc. in it, you’re travelling - enjoy it and don’t let what good you do the other 364 days of the year taint your Parisian experience!

Recently I have been receiving a lot of questions about pets. Should vegans have them? Should anyone own anyone else, human or not? Are you a hypocrite if you have pets but also fight for animal liberation?

I may be slightly biased as someone who shares my home with two wonderful adopted cats, but I'm going to jump into this question all the same.

What are your thoughts on vegans (or anyone for that matter) having pets/companion animals? Let me know in the comments below!

I ordered a BUNCH of vegan goodies from Yesstyle and thought I'd share them with you for a bonus video this week. ENJOY!

#VeganBeauty #KBeauty #Haul

I've been getting a lot of questions from you guys regarding going vegan. So I invited over my friend Teshia Maher to share with me and all of you her top 10 tips on how to become a vegan.

Teshia is a talented yoga instructor and a holistic nutritionist. I absolutely enjoyed chatting with her about her experience with transitioning to a vegan diet. One of my 2014 resolutions is to go vegan. And this time I want to do it in the healthiest way possible and to ensure that I transition with ease. I found Teshia's tips so helpful and I can't wait to implement them! :)

Even if you are not considering going vegan, I highly recommend you watch this video as Teshia shares very useful nutrition advices that can be translated into any diet.

This vlog is jammed packed - A mini thrift haul, office tidy (to create an arty space), vegan art supplies and a small chat about following joy!

I was recently introduced to the Seitan Appreciation Society on Facebook by commenter Nigel and his recipe for seitan vegan bacon! It looked so good I had to try to make my own version of it!


The goal of SauceStache is to continue trying something new, something new to me and something different.
I find inspirations from you the SauceSquad and my constant hunt of social media to see what food is being made around the globe and how can I try to make it. Lets try to make some food and have fun!!

In this video I will explain how to transition from vegetarian to vegan diet and lifestyle. Please comment down below with your thoughts. Thanks for watching!

Queso Dip Recipe:

1 and 1/2 cups raw cashews
3 tbl nutritional yeast
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp smoked paprika
1 cup hot water

Put all in the Vitamix and blend on high for a few minutes until steaming and creamy :)



“Mozarella” Recipe
1/2 cup raw cashews (soaked &
drained)
1 & 1/4 cup water
1 tsp lemon juice
1/4 cup tapioca flour
1& 1/2 tbl nutritional yeast
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp garlic salt

Add soaked cashews, water, lemon juice, tapioca starch/flour, nutritional yeast, salt, garlic salt, & jalapeño to a Vitamix. Blend on high for 1 - 2 minutes.
Pour cheese into a small sauce pan, on medium high heat & stir with a wooden spoon constantly for 2 - 4 minutes. The key to this cheese staying smooth & not lumpy is the stirring, so make sure it gets your full attention. As it thickens you will need to scrape the sides, after 2 - 4 minutes, turn down to a low heat & continue to stir until it looks like a very melted cheesy consistency. Its ok to turn off the heat while it still looks a little liquidy, as it will firm up on its own.

What I eat in a day with easy vegan Fall recipes! Pumpkin Pasta, Brussel Sprout Ricotta Toast and Maple Roasted Pears on Oatmeal. Recipes below.

#recipes #fallrecipes #vlog

Recipes in this video
✰ Brussel Sprout Ricotta Toast:
✰ Spicy Pumpkin Pasta:
✰ Vegan Gilmore Girls Recipes:
✰ Baked Apples + Pears Oats
Serves 2

1 apple
2 pears
3 tbsp maple syrup
1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/8 tsp kosher salt, 2 pinches ground cloves
1 cup old fashioned oats
3/4 cup water
3/4 cup soy milk
pinch of salt
1/2 tsp vanilla

Preheat the oven to 375. Cut the fruit into bite sized pieces. Add the maple and spices and toss well to coat. Bake for 30 minutes or until very tender.

In the meantime, add the oats, water, soy milk and salt to a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 8 minutes or until thickened. Stir occasionally. Add the vanilla at the end and distribute between two bowls. Top with the baked fruit and a drizzle of nut butter :)


0:00 Start
0:01 Intro
0:30 Breakfast: Baked Apple + Pear Oats
1:49 My 7 year vegan anniversary!
3:30 Fav vegan deodorant
5:07 Plant for the day
5:49 Food photography
6:00 Lunch: Brussel Sprout Ricotta Toast
7:11 Snack Time - Delicious Ella chocolate almonds
8:18 Cute mugs
8:25 Decorating for Fall
9:40 Gilmore Girls recipes
11:17 Dinner: Making Pumpkin Pasta

I hope you enjoy this day in my life video! Let me know if you try any of these easy plant-based recipes!

Hey Guys, This is episode 9 from my season 4! High Protein Vegan Meal Prep. I used my experience from when I used to body build (before going vegan) to show you how to make some simple, healthy, high protein & also VERY tasty work out meals! Not my usual video I know but loads of you requested it after watching my Q&A video. Feel free to tailer the portion sizes to suit you. Make sure you check out the Peri Peri sauce recipe in my skewers video!
Enjoy..Im off to the gym.

Vegan traveler Shae highlights the vegan food she discovered around the island of Phuket, Thailand.

Are you looking for a reptile companion but hate the idea of feeding bugs or rodents. Well there are a few options out there and this week we dive into the best vegetarian reptiles.

So many people have asked what I feed Baby J to keep her thriving! As she continues to grow (and get more teeth) I'm sure the amount and variety of foods and textures she eats will grow. Here's what has worked for us.

Speak to your pediatrician before introducing foods to your baby, or if you have any concerns about your baby's diet or health. I'm not an expert in nutrition or children. I'm just another mom sharing what keeps my baby and my family healthy and happy 😄

Some of these recipes come from my roots in Spain and Italy, enjoy!

How much do you contribute to the climate catastrophe? This one simple thing has a bigger impact than anything else.

#vegan