Swiss Chard is Stunning

Swiss Chard
This month I am in love with Swiss Chard. It has been absolutely delicious when seared in a touch of olive oil or wilted in a bit of vegetable broth. It is loaded with Vitamin C, A, K, B2, B6, Dietary Fiber and Protein.

I have been serving it with some well cooked cannellini beans (rinsed, and soaked overnight). Head to your produce aisle, find Swiss Chard and take it home with you - it may very well become your new fave veggie! Another reminder that you can feel better, improve your digestive process - simply by adding one new vegetable to your diet each week. Be courageous, people! Email us and share your new fave veggie this week info@annaveda.com http://www.verygoodvegan.com/

Forcing Forsythia & Seed Starting Veggies & Garden Status

New Buddha Statue in the Garden

First Daffodil of 2009 in the Garden

Early Color in the Garden

Seed Starting Veggies Indoors

Forcing Forsythia Braches

Grey and cloudy again here in CT, however the plants are proceeding as they always do. The yard is peppered with tiny purple flowers, the crocuses have now come and gone. The first daffodil has opened up it's cheery petals. I have seen bees all week long, which is truly a harbinger of warmer weather on the way. I was out in the garden poking around to see what was emerging from the squishy kapha ground, and I remembered that one can snip a few branches off the forsythia, add hot water and voila - a yellow profusion of happiness in your kitchen! Be patient, as it may take a few hours or days, depending upon how outgoing those branches are feeling. Thanks to my pal Amy for helping me get started with the crown molding, as the kitchen de-construction/reconstruction continues.

Vegan Soft Chewy Chocolate Chunk Cookies & More...

Very Good Vegan Soft Chewy Chocolate Chunk Cookies

These are the best soft baked cookies that I have EVER had! What was my Very Good Vegan magic trick? Bananas in the batter. HUGE chunks of dark chocolate. Wheat flour, turbinado sugar - none of the bad stuff and they were awesome. You can still enjoy delicious baked goods without consuming any animal protein - these cookies have NO CHOLESTEROL! Again we remind you that following a plant based whole foods diet will totally rock your world, change your life, you will feel better. Give it a try. Start this weekend - buy a few new vegetables that you have not yet tried and look up recipes online - google search the different veggies you are veg-curious about and see what unfolds. Skip the eggs for breakfast and make up some vegan muffins like our Very Good Vegan Good Morning Muffins. Dust off that yoga mat you got for Christmas and do some sun salutations. OK - take a deep breath - you do not have to go out and buy a bunch of diet books, and weight loss pills that claim to give you instant bikini body results, flat stomach, etc. You can reap all of these body beautiful benefits by dropping the animal protein, starting an active yoga routine, walking 30 minutes 5 days a week. Try these simple suggestions and then see how you look and feel. Don't worry - if you consume soymilk, tofu, eat lots of (a lot) vegetables, you will have more energy, less/no bloating and you may even feel like being a nicer person. I dare you all to give it a whirl.