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The Vegan View
Vegan Meat Substitutes
"I tend to get red meat cravings. Is there anything vegan anyone can recommend to me to replace this with?" Share your opinion...

Featured Articles
When Others Dis Your Diet
It may be your mother-in-law or it may be your neighbor. It might even be your doctor.
Healthy School Lunches
A bag of potato chips is vegan, but that doesn't make it a healthy choice, just a quick one. Read on for four guiding principles to packing a healthy school lunch.
Organic Cotton Clothing - Eco-Friendly Versus Genetically-Engineered Enemy
Cotton uses 2.5 percent of the world's cultivated land yet uses 16 percent of the world's insecticides - more than any other single major crop.
The Dangers of High Fructose Corn Syrup
The nitty gritty on HFCS and some healthy alternatives that are readily available.

VegTube
Coconut Cake with Nutella Chocolate Hazelnut Sauce and Cashew Kream.
Ani Phyo shines again! This is a video presentation of a beautiful little cake from her new book.

Featured Recipes
The Fine Art of Smoothies
Ten great power drinks, these were designed for vegan pregnancy but are great for the whole family.
Strawberry Cantaloupe Soup
Strawberries will keep your immune system strong. and melon is the perfect fruit to quench your summer thirst and maintain skin moisture..
Idaho Potato "Plank" Bruschetta
A bruschetta made with a potato plank base. No bread!
Apple Cherry Crisp
This makes for a very healthy snack or dessert paired with some non-dairy ice cream.

Ask the Dietician - Marty Davey
Constipation
I literally eat vegetables, salads, brown rice and fruits all day but I am still constipated.
Six year old challenging vegan lifestyle
If I can just get him past this hurdle...

Ask the Dietician - Jill Nusinow
3 Year-Old with Multiple Allergies
Can he get enough protein?
Vegan in College
How can I be sure he is eating well?

Ask the Dietician - Dina Aronson
Vegetable Oils
Are they high in cholesterol?

Vegan Book Reviews
Ani's Raw Food Essentials: Recipes & Techniques for Mastering the Art of Live Food
Ani Phyo rocks the raw food world again with her new book.
Family Vegetarian Cooking: 225 Recipes Everyone Will Love
Being a much more prominent diet in the world now, you would expect at least half of a vegetarian cookbook to extend itself to veganism.

Vegan Product Reviews
Wings of Nature Bars
Vegfamily staff recently gathered for a coffee clatch sampling of three great whole foods organic bars.

Jammy Sammy and Mashups
Yes, vegan kids do have "cool" to-go snack foods to throw into their lunch boxes.