Make This Now: Super Easy Rosemary Potato Leek Soup
This cheap, easy, vegan-friendly and gluten-free soup is the ultimate comfort food for cold winter days and nights. Ingredients 2 tbsp. olive oil or your preferred cooking oil 1 medium leek (equal to 3...
View ArticleD.I.Y.: Grow Your Own Sprouts!
You Don’t Need to Have a Green Thumb to Make Your Own Healthy, Delicious Sprouts Sprouts, the tasty, crunchy garnish of many a sandwich, salad or stir-fry, are not only bright and refreshing, they’re...
View ArticleVeganism is for Lovers
The giant room was carved up into booths and filled with folding tables. Vegan chefs were selling snacks to enjoy now and to take home for later, and people snaked through the room, clutching their...
View ArticleReview: Betty Goes Vegan: 500 Classic Recipes for the Modern Family
In Betty Goes Vegan, Annie and Dan Shannon have set an admirable goal for themselves and their readers: to create a vegan cookbook full of recipes inspired by the 1950s edition of Betty Crocker’s...
View ArticleMake This: Minty Sweet Pea Soup
This very simple, vegan and gluten-free soup is inspired by mushy peas, the popular English side dish of mint and green peas smashed together. In soup form, the cheery bright green color is early...
View ArticleFriday Favorites: Five Favorite Early Summer Veggies
It’s finally summer, and in Chicago where we’re headquartered, that means the farmer’s markets are finally open again, and teeming with bounty from the earth. To celebrate the arrival of fresh,...
View ArticleMake This Now: Ivory Lentil Salad
On a recent trip to the market, I discovered a new legume I’d never seen before: Ivory Lentils. Gorgeous, aren’t they? So small and pearly, I just had to put them in my cart. I tend to be one of those...
View ArticleMake This Now: French Vegan Picnic
What’s better during the long, lazy days of summer than packing up a basket with yummies and heading out to a favorite park with a few buddies, the family, a sweetheart, or just a good book, and...
View ArticleEat for Energy
What and When to Eat to Fuel Up for Fitness “Can I get a protein shake? With extra protein?” I glance at the guy beside me, drenched in sweat. He swipes a gym towel across his forehead. His arms are...
View ArticleBe the Boss of the Holidays with These Simple, Low-Cost, Vegan Holiday Recipes
Out of time? Out of money? Heading to someone’s holiday feast with nothing to bring? Ms. Fit is ready to rock your world with these fast, easy, vegetarian, gluten-free, and cost effective holiday...
View ArticleDIY Make Your Own Kimchi
Kimchi is Korea’s national dish and considered to be one of the world’s healthiest foods. Low in calories and with loads of vitamins and dietary fiber, Kimchi is an ideal food to kick off the New...
View ArticleD.I.Y.: Grow Your Own Sprouts!
You Don’t Need to Have a Green Thumb to Make Your Own Healthy, Delicious Sprouts Sprouts, the tasty, crunchy garnish of many a sandwich, salad or stir-fry, are not only bright and refreshing, they’re...
View ArticleModified Diet, Modified Mindset: How Veganism Changed My Relationship with Food
When people learn that I’ve been vegan for half of my life, they often ask why. “Is it political? Ethical? Environmental?” My response: “It’s personal.” This answer isn’t meant to be a cop-out; it’s...
View ArticleMeet a Ms. Fit: Amy and Hannah Pickle of Raw Girls Memphis
Ms. Fit: Tell me about Raw Girls. What do you do? Amy: Each week, we prepare a box of gourmet raw foods to be delivered to your door. All prepared simply, with local ingredients we source from local...
View ArticleWhat Will She Eat? Being a Vegetarian Mom in an Omnivorous World
When people say “tastes like chicken,” I don’t know what they’re talking about—though I do remember glaring at bites of it during dinner table stand-offs until Mom, frustrated, sent me to bed. When I...
View ArticleSexy Foods: We Put Them to the Test!
Whether dining out for a romantic date or showing your love by preparing someone a special meal, there is no question that eating is a sensual act. But some foods have earned special distinction as...
View ArticleSubtle Desire: Eating (and Loving) With an Open Mind
When I was growing up in western Minnesota, ravioli came out of a can and was made by Chef Boyardee. That was as close as I was ever going to get to haute cuisine until I was in my early thirties and...
View ArticleMake This Now: Ivory Lentil Salad
On a recent trip to the market, I discovered a new legume I’d never seen before: Ivory Lentils. Gorgeous, aren’t they? So small and pearly, I just had to put them in my cart. I tend to be one of those...
View ArticleMake This Now: French Vegan Picnic
What’s better during the long, lazy days of summer than packing up a basket with yummies and heading out to a favorite park with a few buddies, the family, a sweetheart, or just a good book, and...
View ArticleEat for Energy
What and When to Eat to Fuel Up for Fitness “Can I get a protein shake? With extra protein?” I glance at the guy beside me, drenched in sweat. He swipes a gym towel across his forehead. His arms are...
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