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Top 10 Refrigerator Vegan Essentials

November 1, 2017 By Dianne 4 Comments

Top 10 Refrigerator Vegan Essentials

Keep your refrigerator stocked with my top 10 vegan essentials and mealtime will be a breeze! A few weeks ago, I posted a list of my top 10 pantry vegan essentials. The list was full of items that I keep on hand pretty much all the time to make sure there’s always something in the…

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Filed Under: Health and Nutrition, Vegan Food, Vegan Living Tagged With: plant-based, seitan, tempeh, tofu, Vegan, vegan essentials, vegan food, Vegan Living, Veganism, vegetarian

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

The Produce You MUST Buy Organic

June 6, 2016 By Dianne Leave a Comment

When it comes to eating healthy, the emphasis goes beyond just carbs, fat, protein, and calories. It even goes beyond food groups! When you make the conscious decision to start eating healthier foods, it’s important to pay attention to what’s in your food. Did you know that the nutritional value of most our produce has decreased over…

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Filed Under: Featured, Health and Nutrition Tagged With: Dirty Dozen Clean Fifteen, Health Coach, health tips, Organic, Organic Produce, Vegan Living, Veganism, vegetables

The Plant-Based Journey by Lani Muelrath

November 9, 2015 By Dianne 11 Comments

By now, I think we all know that following a whole-foods, plant-based diet is the best way to stay healthy. In my work as a health coach, I’ve found that people who are transitioning to this type of diet often feel overwhelmed and aren’t quite sure where to start. Luckily Lani Muelrath is here to…

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Filed Under: Vegan Books Tagged With: book giveaway, contest, Giveaway, Lani Muelrath, Plant-based living, The Plant-Based Journey, vegan diet, Vegan Living, Veganism

Buffalo Mozzarella from DIY Vegan by Nicole Axworthy and Lisa Pitman

October 23, 2015 By Dianne 20 Comments

Those of you who have been reading this blog for a while probably already know that I had major surgery in the spring of 2014. For those of you who are new to this blog, I had major surgery in the spring of 2014. I was instructed not to bring “anything expensive like an iPad” with…

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Filed Under: Vegan Books, Vegan Cheese Recipes, Vegan Recipes Tagged With: contest, DIY Vegan, Giveaway, Lisa Pittman, Nicole Axworthy, vegan cookbook, Vegan Living, vegan pantry, vegan recipe

Living The Farm Sanctuary Life by Gene Baur with Gene Stone

June 8, 2015 By Dianne 8 Comments

I first heard about Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, NY about 15 years ago. In 2002 or 2003, Dennis and I visited for the first time, and we loved every minute of it. I had seen cows, pigs, and goats before, but I had never really met them in their own “home”, so to speak,…

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Filed Under: Featured, Vegan Books Tagged With: contest, Farm Sanctuary, Gene Baur, Gene Stone, Living the Farm Sanctuary Life, Vegan, Vegan Living

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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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