Welcome To The New RITZ
NOT YOUR USUAL RITZ. Limited Edition for the holidays. Puffy, lighter, thicker, almost tender. Still animal-free. 5 crackers 80 calories. Not bad. Who needs dip or spread with a cracker this fine! Still, it is the holidays, so add your…
Keep readingGordon Plant-Based Patties
Gordon Plant-Based Patties – Made With Pea Protein. Eight PATTIES to a box NET WT 32 oz. (2 pounds). And guess what? There’s a Gordon’s near where I live in Florida, just like Cleveland, only Cleveland’s GORDON store was right…
Keep readingFresh Vs Canned Or Frozen
Why frown at canned and frozen foods? If fresh is best and it is, then the freshest your food is at the outset, the better for you, the healthier for you, and it’s cheaper too. Health, not only includes vitamins…
Keep readingSaratoga Sparkling Spring Water – Warning!
Saratoga Sparkling Spring Water – Warning! Since 1872. Saratoga Sparkling Carefully Curated Spring Water 28 oz. sold in glass or plastic bottles Steve bought both unbeknownst to me. Great tasting and feel-to-the-throat. I drank half of it, then recapped it…
Keep readingOrange Saffron Mozzarella Spread
Orange Saffron Mozzarella Spread Topped with Eggplant Caponata and Capers. Chef Sharon establishing new traditions within the animal-free culinary world of the GOAT experience! Makes 1 cup spread 8 oz. MiYoko’s Creamery Classic Plant Milk Cultured Mozzarella 2 T. froz.…
Keep readingSaucy Tomato Bean Soup
Saucy Tomato Bean Soup It’s Steve’s birthday today and he wanted to start another weight loss program, so didn’t want to go out to eat and didn’t want me to cook, but I decided to make him a red and…
Keep readingRE: Chicken wings advertised as ‘boneless’ can have bones, Ohio Supreme Court decides
SHARON’S COMMENT: Regardless if it’s animal chicken or not, the supreme court shouldn’t be hearing cases on what should or shouldn’t be acceptable in any food that advertises that some ingredient is NOT contained in it. For instance, for years…
Keep readingKa’Chava Blueberry Mousse
KA’CHAVA BLUEBERRY MOUSSE RICH’S WHIP TOPPING mixed with Ka’Chava superfood powder, cocoa powder, vanilla, Marsala wine with fresh blueberries. Garnished with a fresh basil leaf. Each serving drizzled with a teaspoon of Marsala!! Serves 5 1 c. RICH’S WHIP TOPPING…
Keep readingPeach And Green Olive Mayo Sauce
Canned sliced peaches and pimento stuffed green olives blended with Elmhurst Milked Walnuts (walnut milk made with only walnuts and water). A simple milk, simply seasoned with garlic, onion, turmeric and smoked paprika. Simply thickened with guar gum and xanthan…
Keep readingWhich Girl Scout Cookies Contain No Animal Products?
WHICH GIRL SCOUT COOKIES ARE Vegan? The official Girl Scout site states the following are vegan: the prices are from amazon.com Thin Mints 13.99 per box Peanut Butter Patties 12.95 per box Lemonades 14.75 per box (14 cookies) Toast-Yay 13.75…
Keep readingRacconto Cauliflower Gnocchi
What’s wrong with this label? At first glance I think it’s gluten-free, since many companies now make gluten-free pastas using cauliflower but they also use egg in the formula, this gnocchi had no egg. Thinking further I think it’s made…
Keep readingDiet Coke Gipping You
Take a little off the top. It’s called skimming. Skim the product, then simultaneously raise the price. That’s called scamming the customer. Are you being scammed by COKE? If everyone does it, then it’s called Business. RECYCLE ME. That’s what…
Keep readingCoffee And Pepsi Make Magic
These drinks were made at home. ZERO CALORIES Another creamy cola drink. This time no cream. We create a cream within the glass instead. Only two ingredients. What’s nice about this particular drink is you can carry the instant coffee…
Keep readingCreamy Diet Coke And Saffron
I never saw anything like it. I don’t know what made me think of combining the three, but it worked. In fact I’m drinking one right now. Feels so good on the stomach and satisfies like fat and sugar, though…
Keep readingSouth Korea Unveils Plant-Based Food Industry
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The government of South Korea has made the strategic decision to foster the development of a plant-based food industry within the country. Plant-based substitutes, consisting of ingredients like soybeans, are being promoted as alternatives to…
Keep readingMitchell’s Vegan Ice-Cream
I don’t know the first thing about buckeyes, except that I’ve lived in the Buckeye State of Ohio since 1994 and it is now 2023. Steve brought this home, since we tried Mitchell’s Vegan ice-Cream in the past and liked…
Keep readingNew Red Velvet Oreo Cookies
New to me. Maybe at this time in the animal-free food evolution the term accidentally vegan no longer aptly applies, since any company that originally was animal-free had to choose to stay that way to still contain no animal products,…
Keep readingHow Long For One Pig To Eat A Human?
Everything you might want to know about pigs and some things you probably didn’t.
Keep readingLooks Like JUST EGG got the boot, or did they?
this is in their own words: “On the hunt for a bottle of JUST Egg? Fear not, your shelves should be restocked any day now. Our distribution has never been higher and we’ve been working hard to keep up…
Keep readingWhat Will the NotCo X Mars Wrigley Collab Look Like?
TAFC ClipBoard: Hopefully the union will result in Wrigley and Mars turning their own tables and getting on the ANIMAL-FREE plant-based bandwagon. It sounds exciting, animal-free plant-based milk, burgers, chicken and snacks, even dog food. Hooray for Saturday. Had it…
Keep readingCreamy Marinara Dip
Creamy Marinara Dip Voila! French Italiano Kicks Hellman’s Up A Notch using Animal-Free Mayo direct from the heart of Ireland – mine! I used this simple combo as a dip for air-fry tater tots with excellent results. Simply use your…
Keep readingPretzel Pizza From A Box
Pretzel Pizza From A Box Steve brought this home. It was on sale. I figured I could make pizza out of it, so here goes. 1.99 lb. box Ben’s soft Pretzel baking kit makes 10 pretzels or in our case…
Keep readingMajority vs Minority and Tipping Points
Majority vs Minority and Tipping Points Spanish are the majority in Mexico, Central America and South America, plus Spain and several island communities. So why immigrate to a country where they’ll be a minority? Minorities lose; they’re the forgotten people…
Keep readingMadison Avenue Blocks The Animal-Free Chef For Mature Content, Then Approves F**k Ads On Her Site
A picture is worth a thousand words. There are no more words to describe the hypocrisy of Word Press in this matter. However, Word Press thew me into the pornography bin where there’s lots of slavery going on, where no…
Keep readingFood Wars Are On The Horizon
Labeling Food Destined For Restaurants The Legislative branch of the USA government thinks they’re helping small businesses by not requiring ingredient labeling on packaged foods destined for restaurants, claiming that labeling will increase the cost of the foods, thus hurt…
Keep readingKIDS AND GUNS
GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER Don’t think because I took a short vacation from my computer that all is well. I’m back and angry as hell. STOP BLAMING THE GUN. Who pulled the trigger? Again, NOT THE GUN. The almighty gun…
Keep readingCUT & RUN by Sharon
SWEAT SHIRT CONVERTS or SCISSORED SWEATS! Tired of looking DOWDY in your Sweats? You know, the ones you don’t wear any more? Tired of saving decades-long old sweats thinking you might need them someday during the pandemic due to some…
Keep readingDalmatia Fig And Cheese Crackers
Ritz crackers Animal-free cheese single slices, any flavor or brand you like, at room temperature, cut into squares that fit the cracker Dalmatia Fig Spread That’s all you need to create old, familiar and new. Make a platter full. Sometimes…
Keep readingWhy Put The Animal In A Product If Not Needed?
Financially Advantageous Using animal products not needed in a recipe is financially advantageous, otherwise they wouldn’t do it. If Trident gum can be made without animal products, and some of it is, then why keep any animal products in their…
Keep readingGOYA PLANTAIN CHIPS
GOYA PLANTAIN CHIPS served with a homemade BANANA HOT SAUCE. Ketchup with bananas in the same sauce?? You betcha’! Why always go with the old, when the new is just waiting to be discovered? Banana is old – ketchup is…
Keep readingMy Belated Happy Birthday Vegan Cake!
Okay, doughnuts – even better from: The Vegan Doughnut Company Steve, on his way home from the doctor, walking to the bus stop saw standing right in front of him, none other than you guessed it – a vegan doughnut…
Keep readingMorning Star Meat Lovers Bad Batch
You can see on the package that these were not outdated. The photo of the burgers in the skillet proves that just because something looks good doesn’t mean it is. MorningStar Farms The Meat Lovers Burger Plant-Based – bad batch…
Keep readingPromises Made For Keeping
PROMISES MADE FOR KEEPING God grant me the strength to fight through argument those who terrorize me and others, no matter who they be. God grant me discipline in my everyday life, so that every day I may accomplish a…
Keep readingTofurky Ham Roast
Tofurky Ham Roast As a kid, yes a baby goat, my favorite animal meat was ham, hands down, all the way around, no matter what the occasion I picked ham over all else, even veggies, not dessert though. This animal-free…
Keep reading“How’s Your Ham Hanging” is the saying – update
OSCAR MEYER Good Night HAM A woman appearing to luxuriate, or could be drugged, as a piece of meat, ham specifically on a slice of bed ops bread, one woman, one blanket slice, then she’s piled on by a bunch…
Keep readingThe Madison Avenue Lock and Locks
The Madison Avenue Locks bombed according to this observer. Most copycat behaviors are not consciously or conspicuously copycatted. Someone sees something they like and next thing they know they have it or are doing the same thing, whatever that thing…
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