Food School: a 31 day course (day 17) What is Vegan?

What is Vegan? This was a question that I had via Facebook!  Thanks for your question Anastacia. I’m not exactly a vegan.  I’m an Accidental Vegan by way of being compassionate and I have kids with food sensitivities and one kid who refuses to eat a “dead animal”, so I have her chose different words…

Food School: a 31 day course (day 15) Is Sugar Vegan?

Sugar! What could possibly be wrong with sugar?   Well, I found out quite a bit.   First, the two most common sources of sugar in the U.S. are beets and sugar cane.  Two different plants–same taste. Cane sugar however is filtered using the bones of cows (and lots of them!)  That sort of grossed…