Just wanted to let you know that I have tried collecting information on cruelty free and vegan glues, but the only company that I have had a response from is UHU, so I must assume the others either test on animals or use animal ingredients. 

UHU is a widespread brand though and does both stick and liquid glues for both arts and crafts and general everyday use. It also does white tack :)

Please support them! 

I have updated the Animal Testing post! Please share with anyone who may have an interest in buying cruelty free makeup :) 

Confession Time! I was actually vegan in the past, went vegetarian, and am now vegan again.

I first decided I wasn’t going to eat meat while on vacation with my parents. We visited an Iguana Farm and whilst they were all running around perfectly happy, the farm also had a monkey and a bear. These were in tiny individual cages. The bear was doing the typical walking in circles thing - difficult in the space he had. The monkey was desperate for company. It reached its arms out to us and grabbed my dad’s hand. He wouldn’t let him go again. He just wanted to feel the touch of another on his skin. It was awful to watch them and it really upset me. I just felt so helpless and wanted to do something. 

I realized that those animals we keep for food are as unhappy as these poor little creatures. And I decided I would stop supporting that. My parents seemed ok with it.

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Think about discrimination for a second. Do you think we should discriminate based on intelligence? On appearance? On abilities? On Age?

No?

By lowering the bar to this point, you have necessarily included non-human animals and unborn children.

To my dear vegans and vegetarians, unfortunately not all our favorite drinks are actually suitable for us. Here are a few vegan friendly options and a few that are not suitable. Additionally at the bottom of the post there is a link to a website where you can look up all your favorite drinks. I have tried to post just a few so that (hopefully) you can remember them while out, and I have also tried to pick well known brands, in the hope that you will recognize them and be able to find them wherever you happen to be. Additionally, remember that all German beers brewed according to German purity laws (Reinheitsgebot) are vegan, as no additives are allowed.

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Here are a few alternatives to using eggs in recipes. I have organized them by conventional items (things most of us have on hand), fruit (using fruit/vegetables to replace eggs) and other items (these are things most of us would have to go out and buy first). The first version I have used a lot in various cakes and it has always worked well. 

For pancakes the applesauce version works well. I also find the fruit versions work well in brownies, especially the beets. I tend to use leftover ones after making Colleen Patrick Goudreau’s vegan beet cake.

For quiches you will have to use the tofu options.

For egg whites see the last suggestion, also on the EnerG egg replacer box it states how to use the egg replacer as an egg white replacer only.

I haven’t tried all of these, they are simply suggestions I have collected over time. It gives you various options to play around with. You can also look up vegan recipes, which means you won’t have to try and work around the word “egg” in a recipe :) 

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