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The Ultimate Vegan Labor Day Weekend Menu

August 30, 2017 By Dianne Leave a Comment

The Ultimate Vegan Labor Day Weekend Menu

Not sure what to cook during the long holiday weekend? These 15 recipes come together for one ultimate vegan Labor Day weekend menu! Labor Day weekend is almost here. It’s the unofficial end to summer, as well as the unofficial beginning of comfort food season. (Hello, vegan mac and cheese!) Kids in my area start school next…

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Filed Under: Holidays, Vegan Food Tagged With: Barbecue, BBQ, Cookbook, grilled, grilling, Labor Day, plant-based, potluck, Vegan, vegan cookout, vegan grilling, vegetarian

15+ Vegan Sandwiches for Back to School Lunches

August 23, 2017 By Dianne 4 Comments

15+ Vegan Sandwiches for Back to School Lunches

Skip the PB&J! These vegan sandwiches are far more creative – not to mention much tastier – and are perfect for back to school lunches! Back to school season is upon us! I’ve been seeing posts about kids going back to school on Facebook for a few weeks now, but here in New Jersey the first day of…

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Filed Under: Vegan Food Tagged With: back to school, packed lunch, vegan back-to-school lunch, vegan food, vegan lunch, vegan sandwiches, vegan wraps

Is Wine Vegan?

August 2, 2017 By Dianne Leave a Comment

Is Wine Vegan?

I was working at a food event a few years ago, and there happened to be a table dedicated to a particular brand of wine set up next to mine. The representative for the company somehow caught wind of the fact that I’m vegan and said, “You know that wine isn’t vegan, right?” I said…

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Filed Under: Vegan Living Tagged With: cruelty-free, Vegan, vegan drinks, vegan lifestyle, vegan wine, Veganism, Wine

What Do Vegans Eat?

July 26, 2017 By Dianne Leave a Comment

What Do Vegans Eat?

Often when people find out that I’m vegan, they start asking about what I eat. “Do you eat fish?” Nope, fish are animals, and vegans don’t eat animals. “What about eggs? Do you eat eggs?” No, I don’t. Eggs come from animals “If you don’t eat meat, milk, eggs or cheese, what exactly do you…

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Filed Under: Vegan Living Tagged With: plant-based, vegan food, Vegan Living, Veganism

What Exactly is a Vegan, Anyway?

July 12, 2017 By Dianne Leave a Comment

“You’ve a vegan? Does that mean you’re from planet Vega?” “So you’re one of those va-guns?” “Vegan? I’ve been hearing that word a lot lately. What does it mean?” “Do you eat fish?” “If you’re vegan you can’t have the tuna, but you can have the egg salad.” “But where do you get your protein?”…

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Filed Under: Vegan Living Tagged With: definition of vegan, plant-based, plant-strong, Vegan, vegan lifestyle, Vegan Living, vegetarian

Using Vegan Food as a Form of Activism

July 5, 2017 By Dianne 6 Comments

Using Vegan Food as a Form of Activism

I was at a party a few years ago, and after it became know that I’m vegan, the people I was chatting with starting joking about vegan food. They must have said “vegan food” 10 times collectively. I reached a point where I couldn’t take it anymore and I asked, “Do you know what vegans…

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Filed Under: Vegan Living Tagged With: plant-based, Vegan, vegan activism, Vegan Living, Veganism

6 Meal Planning Tips for Busy Weekdays

May 3, 2017 By Dianne Leave a Comment

6 Meal Planning Tips for Busy Weekdays

As a health coach, I often see clients who lead busy lives and don’t have too much time to cook dinner when they get home in the evening. Sometimes they’re just too exhausted from the workday to prepare a big meal. Often they are ravenous when they leave work so they stop for take-out or…

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Filed Under: Health and Nutrition, Vegan Living Tagged With: food preparation, Health Coach, vegan food, Vegan Health and Lifestyle Coach, Vegan Living, Veganism

10 Tips for Eating Out as A Vegan

April 26, 2017 By Dianne 6 Comments

10 Tips for Eating Out as a Vegan

Just as with any type of special diet, eating out as a vegan can be tough. You’re putting your faith (and stomach) in the hands of a stranger, and you can’t be 100% sure they’ll be able to feed you an edible meal. It used to be that the only foods vegans could eat at…

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Filed Under: Vegan Living Tagged With: eating out as a vegan, plant-based, Vegan, vegan food, Vegan Living, vegan restaurants, vegetarian

Praise Seitan

March 29, 2017 By Dianne 4 Comments

Praise Seitan

One of my favorite vegan protein sources is seitan. Despite how the name sounds, seitan isn’t food of choice for satanic vegans, it’s actually a tasty meatless food made from wheat gluten. It’s pronounced as it looks – say-tan. Praise Seitan As a meat substitute, seitan isn’t quite as popular in mainstream cuisine as tofu…

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Filed Under: Health and Nutrition, Vegan Food Tagged With: gluten, seitan, Vegan, vegan food, vegan nutrition, wheat meat

Tempting Tempeh

March 22, 2017 By Dianne 8 Comments

Tempting Tempeh

When people hear the word “soy,” they often think of tofu, edamame or even meat analogs, but there’s another tasty food made with soy that’s not quite as popular yet – tempeh. Pronounced “TEM pay,” this soybean patty is a traditional Indonesian food. From Indonesia Temeph comes from Indonesia, and it probably originated on the…

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Filed Under: Health and Nutrition, Vegan Food Tagged With: food, plant-based, recipes, soy, tempeh, Vegan, vegetarian

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Hi! I'm Dianne Wenz and I am a Holistic Health Coach, Vegan Lifestyle Coach, Plant-Based Diet Nutrition Specialist, Plant-Based Chef, and cookbook author. I offer group and individual nutrition and lifestyle coaching programs to people across the U.S., and I teach cooking classes in Northern New Jersey. Contact me today to learn more and to schedule a complimentary breakthrough session!

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