Life is about the ride, not the destination
While I'm hesitant to call this macaroni and cheese, that's essentially what it is - but in the vegan world.
I've been vegan for 4 months now, and two other times I tried mac n cheeze. The first time contained mustard, which was so unappealing that even my dogs wouldn't touch it. The second time was a boxed version, and I couldn't get past the grittiness of the flour which was what made it thicken.
I’m a vegan. I have, I believe, good reasons for being a vegan and if you ask I will share them with you, but when I say “I’m a vegan” I am not saying, “I eat nothing and I’m dying. Please help me by sharing your ignorant ideas and lack of nutritional knowledge so I can see the error of my ways and go back to eating hot dogs and Velveeta.” Assumed that, as a reasonably intelligent fellow, I’ve chosen this course with knowledge and forethought. If you don’t like it and wish to continue to swill down putrefying dead animal flesh, do so to your heart’s discontent, but his is my road, not yours. SOB
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Authors Comment: Occasionally I have had need for a quotation about the separation of church and state. Here is a handy list I often draw upon. Please feel welcome to use them.
On the Separation of Church and State
Infidel or Christian. Atheist or Deist by Craig Gosling
Can you identify this person by a few of his quotations?
Who was it that wrote that the bible is "… a groundwork of vulgar ignorance of things impossible, of superstition, fanaticisms and fabrications?" It is "…compounded from the heathen mysteries, a system beyond the comprehension of man, of which Jesus, were he to return on earth, would not recognize one feature."
THE DECLINE OF ATHEISM?
Editorial Review: “Who Are These Doubters Anyway?” by Tom Flynn, Editor of Free Inquiry magazine, Feb./March 2012
This is an informative article that may have been missed by much of the atheist community because its title did not mention their favorite word, “Atheist”.
In case you missed it, I’ll summarize the article and then follow-up with a few…
I generally don't bake. I don't know why. I love the science of it, the exact measurements, but for some reason I hardly ever use the oven, except for roasting vegetables and occasionally for lasagna or enchiladas. But hardly ever for a meal that requires actual dough. This week we filled up the growler at our beloved McMenamins Bar, the Six Arms…
By the Natural Resources Defense Council
The Obama administration’s decision today authorizing nearly 1,300 new natural gas wells in Utah’s Desolation Canyon wilderness and other remote areas will degrade the pristine region’s air quality and hurt the state’s tourism industry, according to a coalition of environmental groups.
In approving the so-called Gasco development project, the Department of the Interior also rejected calls by the Environmental Protection Agency and tens of thousands of citizens from across the country to approve an alternative to Gasco’s proposal.
“I do understand what love is, and that is one of the reasons I can never again be a Christian. Love is not self denial. Love is not blood and suffering. Love is not murdering your son to appease your own vanity. Love is not hatred or wrath, consigning billions of people to eternal torture because they have offended your ego or disobeyed your rules. Love is not obedience, conformity, or submission. It is a counterfeit love that iscontingent upon authority, punishment, or reward. True love is respect and admiration, compassion and kindness, freely given by a healthy, unafraid human being”
“I do understand what love is, and that is one of the reasons I can never again be a Christian. Love is not self denial. Love is not blood and suffering. Love is not murdering your son to appease your own vanity. Love is not hatred or wrath, consigning billions of people to eternal torture because they have offended your ego or disobeyed your rules. Love is not obedience, conformity, or submission. It is a counterfeit love that iscontingent upon authority, punishment, or reward. True love is respect and admiration, compassion and kindness, freely given by a healthy, unafraid human being”
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Dan Barker (Dan Barker (1949) was a Christian preacher for 19 years. After leaving Christianity Barker became an atheist and is the author of the books Godless and Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist. Dan is the co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.) |
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I’ve never had a Shamrock Shake and I don’t really want one. I don’t like milkshakes anyway but this thing looks extra cray. But according to my friend Nell, Shamrock Shakes are all the rage! She was like, there’s got to be a better vegan version without all the icky chemicals. Well, here are some recipes that have popped up on the internets recently! I collected them all for you because I am so nice.
From The Family Kitchen on Babble:
Another from Sometimes I Veg, healthy-looking:
A kind of healthy raw one from Vital Juice:
And a mint chocolate chip one from Fork and Beans:
All right people, get your shake on!
