VegWeb Newsletter: Back to School Edition!
- In This Issue:
- Recipe Spotlight |
- What's Hot on VegWeb |
- Cooking with Webmistress Laura |
- What's Cool on VegNews |
- Weekly Giveaway!
Delicious lunch boxes, brought to you by VegWeb!
Recipe Spotlight on Back to School Lunches!
This newsletter is for the kids and the kids at heart. Packing lunch can be a blessing or a curse. Whether it's at school or in an office, navigating the choices in a cafeteria can give even the most studious amongst us a headache. For many students, heading back to the lunchroom means heading away from healthier foods. Studies show that students who eat lunches packed with nutritious foods perform better in class. It's hard to pack a fresh lunch every day for school (shoot, it's hard to pack a fresh lunch every day for work! And I'm full grown!) but if you can make the time, you'll be greatly rewarded. VegWeb has plenty of recipes to pack a vegan lunch box, whether it be for the first day of school or another day at the office. We all deserve to eat exciting, delicious, healthy food every day, no matter what our age! Now let's get started – (VegWeb) class is in session!
Check out some of our favorite lunch box recipes:
What's Hot on VegWeb
Exciting VegWeb Changes! This weekend we've put together a team to make the The VegWeb Forums as beautiful, clean, and user friendly as possible. We're adding more specific topics and the conversations you wanted. Keep your eyes peeled for these fabulous forum updates and let us know if you have any suggestions in the What would you like to see on VegWeb thread.
Check out our new Monday Night Chats! Every Monday from 6–7pm PST, head to the chat room for discussions ranging from vegetarian travel to cooking tips. Next Monday (September 14) we'll be talking vegan health! From the best cruelty-free face washes to where to find vegan running shoes, we'll talk about everything vegans need to take care of their bodies and minds. Bring your questions, tips, techniques, and more to the VegWeb Chat Room.To Buy or Not to Buy... That is the question when it comes to secondhand goods that aren't vegan. Is it better to buy new clothes, shoes, and belts and contribute to the wastefulness of consumption, or should you hang on to your pre-gan stuff but run the risk of being viewed as a hypocrite? There is much to discuss and debate in the Buying Secondhand Non-Vegan Products Thread.
Tofu is the most delicious crap I've ever tasted! Kids say the darndest things! And when they're vegan kids, it gets even better. Come share the hilarious and adorable things your vegan cutie says or just pop in for a good laugh at Cute Things Vegan Kids Say.
Do you tweet? Well, I do! I'm crazy about Twitter. More specifically, I'm crazy about twittering deals, recipes, giveaways, and the latest and greatest news from the VegWeb HQ! Follow me on my WebMistress Laura Twitter.
Have you gotten your VegWeb goodies yet? We've got the greatest new logo and the greatest new Zazzle store filled with VegWeb t-shirts, aprons, and tote bags. Seriously. You have to check out all the goodies immediately at The VegWeb Store.
Not your average vegan dip!
Cooking with Webmistress Laura!
Let's face it, vegan sandwiches can be boring. Peanut butter and jelly gets old. There are only so many portobello mushroom sandwiches a person can consume, and only so many hummus wraps we can endure. With school starting up, you want the kids in the lunchroom to look enviously upon your child's packed vegan lunch and wish they were eating it, too. You need to send your child to school with a hot commodity, or at least something that will hold value in the world of cafeteria bartering. This super-simple, transformative sandwich spread recipe is just that. You can put it on any sandwich and your kid (or your kid's friends! or your significant other! or you!) will be calling out for more. It works on everything from eggless salad to quick and easy tempeh sandwiches. If you want, you can also use it as a dip for fresh veggies or roasted potatoes. Use it as a mayo replacement in potato salad recipes or slather it on your face for a quick and easy clarifying mask. Okay, not that last one because that's just gross.
What You Need:
2 cups vegan mayonnaise (I use Vegenaise or Wildwood Garlic Aioli)4 garlic cloves
1 handful cilantro leaves
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
What You Do:
1. Place all ingredients in a food processor. Blend for 2 minutes. Serve on everything forever.
What's Cool on VegNews!
I love VegWeb more than anything but sometimes I get seriously distracted by all the awesome stuff that's happening over at our sister site, VegNews. Here's some of the stuff I found particularly fabulous!
Calling all Fashionistas! An in-depth interview with three folks who are changing what it means to be fashionable. From shoes to clothes, vegan fashion is the look this season. Read all about it in Vegan Fashion Takeover.
Cruelty-free Giveaway! Sometimes shunning animal products can mean shunning the latest-and-greatest in new makeup. Well, not anymore! VegNews is giving away an entirely vegan Urban Decay makeup kit. Yippee! It includes eyeshadow, an eyelash primer potion, a glide-on lip liner, and a shimmery lipstick in a limited-edition cap that smells like cake batter. Let me repeat, smells like cake batter. Yes, please! Enter to win at Urban Decay Makeup Kit Giveaway.Vegan Neapolitan Bars. Do I really need to say anything more? I don't want to. All I want to do is look at the picture of that Neapolitan Bar for the rest of my days. Please make me some. Please, I bet of you. Get the recipe (right now if you know what's good for you) at What's Cooking?
Weekly Giveaway: Vegan Lunch Box by Jennifer McCann
This week we're giving away a copy of Vegan Lunch Box, a book filled with so many wonderful recipes and beautiful photos, it will surely make going back to school less painful. It's packed with 130 amazing animal-free lunches that kids and grown-ups will love! I have this book and even though I work from home most days, you better believe that I purchased an adorable bento box to pack my homemade masterpieces into. You really, really want this book, trust me. All you have to do is head to our Weekly Giveaway Thread and let us know what the best or worst lunch you ever ate at school was for a chance to win.
Good luck!
Peace in your kitchen,
Webmistress Laura
VegWeb.com
San Francisco, CA
