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Guest Post: 5 Tips to Being Green and Gorgeous

A fabulous Monday, everyone! Our guest blogger today is Rachel Swartzlander of The Velvet Doll.  Rachel has been in the beauty industry since she received her cosmetology license at 18. Since that time, she has worked as a makeup artist and stylist, managed salons and received a degree in marketing.  She currently works as a buyer for DERMAdoctor.com, an online retailer of skin care and beauty products. Rachel reviews beauty products  A LOT — you may want to ask her about a product you’ve been meaning to try!  Because she’s such a beauty junkie, we asked about her tips on eco-friendly beauty. Read on.

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Tags: 5 tips to being green and gorgeous, budget beauty tips, eco-friendly beauty tips, green beauty tips, how to be green and gorgeous

Guest Post Series Week 4 – Scrambled Tofu

Her Twitter name caught our attention – @IEatTrees. Curious, we checked out her blog and voila! – we found another vegan chef whose mouth-watering food photos convinced us that she has an interesting story to tell! Turns out, we were right. Today, stay-at-home mom Keri shares about her vegan journey and her delicious scrambled tofu!

Through my late teens and into my early 20s, I was the worst kind of consumer. I just purchased what was put in front of me and what I thought was convenient. For me, and this may sound odd, my journey to veganism began in 2008 with high fructose corn syrup.

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Guest Post Series – Week 3

Green Blossoms Guest Chef – Jennifer Carson

She calls herself a “recovering fast food addict” who’s now a vegetarian in training. This week, Jennifer, also known on Twitter as @Groovyflor, shares her yummy Lentil Cacciatore and talks about her journey as a new vegetarian.

As a relatively new vegetarian, I understand the struggles that come with not eating meat.  I understand the difficulty of having to avoid favorite foods.  How hard it is to plan meals when before it used to be so simple.  There are things that people who eat meatless have to think about that never cause omnivores to think twice.

On the flip side, I am new enough to remember what it felt like to eat meat and what it feels like now to be a veg.  Physically, I notice a few differences.  I feel healthier.  I’ve lost a few pounds, though not as much as you might expect.  I have more energy.  It’s the external things that really surprised me though.  I have learned better ways to prepare vegetables (I would happily replace French fries with roasted broccoli any day).  Because of my new diet, I branched out and joined a Community Supported Agriculture program that delivered me a box of farm fresh produce every week.  I learned that kohlrabi is fantastic.

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Tags: Jennifer Carson, Lentil Cacciatore, Lentil Cacciatore recipe, vegetarian recipe

Guest Post Series – Week 2

Green Blossoms Guest Chef – Christy Morgan

This week, guest chef Christy Morgan, also known as @theblissfulchef, shares about her blissful vegetarian life and her nourishing beet soup.

Going Vegetarian (and eventually vegan) completely change my life in profound ways. It’s been 7 years and I’ve never looked back. There is a shift happening this year that is pushing us to change our diets to a more plant-based one. With the highest instances of obesity, heart disease, and cancer happening in years, we must do it for ourselves and for the planet. People are ready to take an honest look at their dinner plates and see the bigger picture staring back at them. Here’s a delicious recipe that will help you on your transition to a plant-based diet. It’s beautiful, full of vitamins, fiber, and minerals, and is perfect for the transition into spring!

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Tags: @theblissfulchef, beet soup, Christy Morgan's beet soup, guest chef Christy Morgan, Love Your Heart Beet Soup

Guest Post Series

Green Blossoms Guest Chef — Maria Sparks

Starting today, Green Blossoms is launching a series of regular posts on vegetarian recipes. If you’ve followed your 31 Days series, then you know that just by eating less meat — even once a week– you can reduce your environmental impact. In case you missed it, you can read about it here.  If you would like to be a guest chef and share some of your favorite vegetarian or vegan recipes, please contact us at info@greenblossoms.net.
This week, our guest chef is Maria Sparks, also known as @realfitmama. Read on to see what she has to say about her meat-less efforts, and for her killer recipe…

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Tags: going vegetarian, guest chef Maria Sparks, realfitmama, vegetarian chili recipe, vegetarian recipe, vegetarian recipes