Happy Birthday to My Cat, Katnip!

Hello friends and fellow animal lovers! Today my family is celebrating my cat's second birthday!  We have three cats (one of which I have written about in his very own birthday post!) and today is the birthday of our youngest! Her name is Katnip Everdeen (yes, it is a Hunger Games pun), and you may remember me writing about her in the past!

Katnip can be one naughty nugget sometimes, and she is filled with so much energy! She is a tortie and therefore tends to be very chatty, often enabling you to have full on conversations with her! We like to refer to Katnip as a "Halloween kitty" since her fur is black and orange and she was born so close to the eve of Halloween! Katnip's favorite pastimes are jumping on furniture, burrowing under blankets, terrorizing her chipmunk nemesis from her window perch, chasing imaginary bugs, and keeping tabs on our eldest cat, Hiro, who she loves more than anything in the world!

Vegan Guide to Halloween

Hello friends and fellow animal lovers! It is around this time of year that I get a lot of questions surrounding Halloween and veganism. Like, "Can you eat chocolate?" and "Is this candy vegan?" and "Do vegans even trick-or-treat?". Today's post will hopefully answer any and all of your questions surrounding how to have the best Halloween, vegan style! 

Lov in Montréal, QC

Hello friends and fellow animal lovers! Today I am back with another restaurant recommendation! I am going to be writing about a second amazing place to get vegan food in Montréal! (Previous recommendation: Bowhead Pub) Get excited, because today's recommendation is for a super cute, 100% plant-based eatery called Lov.

Lov is a local chain that serves delicious and nourishing vegan meals with an emphasis on fun! Lov currently has five locations across Canada, with their newest location just recently opening in Toronto. I cannot explain enough how pretty the interior of the restaurant was! Filled with lush plant life and beautiful decor, the design of the restaurant was extremely pleasing to the eyes, heart and soul. 

I Met The Vegan Roadie!

Hello friends and fellow animal lovers! As you know from my post on Friday the Boston Veg Food Fest was this weekend! I went to the festival this morning and had an amazing time! I got to see so many cool vendors, and sample some delicious food! The highlight of my day would have to have been getting to meet Dustin Harder, AKA The Vegan Roadie!

Dustin Harder is the author of Epic Vegan and The Simply Vegan Cookbook. He is also the creator and host of The Vegan Roadie, a three-season web series that explores cities throughout North America (and eventually in Italy!) to find the best plant-based eats!

Epic Vegan is Dustin's newest cookbook. While The Simply Vegan Cookbook focused on easy vegan recipes that are fun to make and delicious to eat, Epic Vegan takes it a step up with it's more "choose-your-own-adventure" style approach to plant-based eating. His cookbook features all the foods you thought you would miss when going vegan. It's got crazy recipes such as Mac and Cheese Pretzel Bites, Pizza Burrito Supreme, Triple Decker Breakfast Sammy, Pumpkin Cream Cheese Latte Shake, Pad Thai Cupcakes and so much more! The recipes are fun, filled with creativity, and dare I say EPIC!

Boston Veg Food Fest This Weekend!!!

Hello friends and fellow animal lovers! For those of you who may not know, Boston Vegetarian Society is holding their 24th annual Boston Veg Food Fest this weekend! Hooray! The festival is being held in the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center on Saturday October 19th from 11am-6pm and on Sunday October 20th from 10am-4pm. There is free admission, parking AND food sampling! What's not to love? 

My mom and I have gone to this festival in previous years and we have loved it! We have gotten to see so many cool speakers and vendors, meet amazing people, and eat DELICIOUS food! This festival is for food lovers of all sorts, not just vegetarians and vegans, and if you are around I recommend going, even if it is just to show your support! You are free to stay as long as you like, but are of course welcome to just stop by for a quick visit! 

Festively Fall Pumpkin and Peanut Butter Dog Treats (VEGAN!)

Hello friends and fellow animal lovers! Ah... October! Falling leaves, long walks, Halloween! Fall is my favorite season and October my favorite month of the year so it's safe to say that I am SUPER hyped right now! So today's post is for all you dog loving fall enthusiasts out there, because I am going to be writing about making Pumpkin and Peanut Butter dog treats(courtesy of the It Doesn't Taste Like Chicken Blog)! 

I got the idea to try making these dog treats while reading the It Doesn't Taste Like Chicken Blog one day. I am SO obsessed with this blog and I am both a fan of the AMAZING recipes and the author of the blog, Sam Turnbull. She has such an infectious personality (both on her blog and youtube channel) and she really inspires me!

Bowhead Pub in Montréal, QC

Hello friends and fellow animal lovers! Over this long weekend, my mom and I decided to take a somewhat spontaneous road trip to Montréal! Very exciting, I know! While we were there we ate a bunch of GREAT vegetarian/vegan restaurants that I can't wait to recommend to you all! So here we go, because today I am going to be writing about an ALL-vegan restaurant called Bowhead Pub!

Bowhead Pub is Montréal's first ever all-vegan pub! It opened this past June and has been a HUGE success so far! The restaurant has a really cool interior with a super cute bar which we got to sit at while waiting for our food. 

Green Elephant in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Hello friends and fellow animal lovers! I hope that you are having a wonderful weekend! Yesterday my family and I spent the day in downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire which is one of our abolsute favorite spots for a weekend getaway! Great things to do, cute shops, and most of all amazing food! For lunch my mom and I went to one of our all-time favorite restaurants called Green Elephant and had a spectacular time!

My mom and I love Green Elephant's food so much that one time when we were craving it, we got very close to spontaneously hopping in the car and making the 90 minute drive to Portsmouth just to get a taste their food! 

Green Elephant serves vegetarian and vegan food with ingredients and flavors fused together from all over Asia. With dishes inspired by food from Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, China, and India there is something for everyone! For our appetizer, we got Chive Dumplings, and for entrees I got the Tofu Tikka Masala (S0 YUMMY!), and my mom got the Siamese Dream Curry Noodle. The Siamese Dream Curry Noodle is my mom's absolute FAVORITE and she loves it so much! It is actually not available on their lunch menu, but, even so, the chefs were willing to make it especially for her!