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Lara Bars

I'm addicted to Lara Bars but they are pretty expensive. Well, expensive is the wrong word. They are anywhere between $0.99-1.20 or something like that depending on where you buy them. In the grand scheme of things $1.20 is not expensive. I, however, would like to able to buy a case of each in every flavor except for Cherry Pie and Pecan Pie (I am NOT a fan of either, whether in pie form or lara bar form) and that would cost me somewhere close to $200. I cannot be that person that spends $200 on granola bars.

Most of them are made of 5 ingredients or less. All raw. All vegan.

Cinnamon Roll has got to be my favorite... Along with Chocolate Coconut and perhaps Apple Pie as well. oh and Banana Cookie. and Ginger Snap.

posted by: chickpea

World Vegan Day & World Vegan Month

There is a ton of news coverage surrounding World Vegan Day and World Vegan Month.

Check it out:

Animal Aid Launches UK's First Vegan Month

Animal Campaigners Launch Vegan Month

Campaign for Healthy Vegan Pizza Launched for World Vegan Day

Myths and Truth about Vegans on the World Vegan Day

Environmentalists Say Google Shows Rise of Vegans and Vegetarians for World Vegan Day

World Vegan Day Melbourne Festival 2007

Posted by: The String Bean

Legally Defined Vegan Products

Vegan groups in the UK are attempting to have items labeled Vegan fall under similar laws to those stated as Organic.  The article from PRLeap.com says:

As part of a number of initiatives for World Vegan Day, 1st November, Vegans are calling upon the UK Government to draw up a framework using the model of the ‘Organic’ standard and The Indian Government’s experiences to create a legal definition for ‘vegan’ and ‘vegetarian’

“Unless a product has The Vegan Society or Vegetarian Trademark on it, and thus protected by Trading standards laws to comply with a set criteria, the consumer currently has no real legal protection that something labeled as vegan truly is” warns author of ‘ Vegan’ Tony Bishop-Weston.

Posted by: The String Bean

Sparkled Ginger Cookies

Minus the sparkle. From Vegan With A Vengeance. I love these cookies. I didn't bother with the sparkle i.e. the sugary top because I didn't have any turbinado coarse sugar and I read somewhere that using regular sugar for the sparkle results in a not so nice appearance.

The only downside (and it may have been how I made them?) was that they were pretty chewy the day after. Right out of the oven, they were divine. Next day? Chewy in a not good way. Chewy in a I-gotta-rip-this-cookie-in-half-in-order-to-get-a-manageable-bite way. This did not stop us however from eating four or five at a time multiple nights in a row. Yea. We like cookies.

posted by: chickpea