Hello! I hope you'll feel at home here, because this is my heart poured into a corner of the internet. Beaming vegan aims to establish a friendly, judgement-free and welcoming community for new vegans, the vegan-curious, and everyone else who may find themselves here. So what am I doing with this platform? My purpose is to provide the utmost support and encouragement to new vegans, share 2 years worth of vegan expertise and resources, spread unconditional love in a not-so-loving environment, test vegan foods and provide tried and true recipes, and build a community on a foundation of pure intentions. I've been vegan for two years and vegetarian for a short while before that. I teach veganism to new vegans and those ... read more
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Corn Canning Keeper Recipe: Zesty Corn Relish
We have endlesssss vegetables to can from our garden. Especially having harvested nearly 200 ears of corn in a day over the weekend! I only have a water bath canner, so I’m having to add acidic foods and pickle the veggies to get them preserved. I was a little skeptical of canning corn, especially in […]
Camping July 2018
I’ve been talking Griffin’s ear off for years about how epic of a getaway camping with my grandma is. In the summers he joined me in visiting the Pacific Northwest, we never set out on a single camping trip. Actually, I hadn’t even been since I was about 16 or 17, but the whole thing […]
Mid-Year Resolution Chat
By Lauren 3 Comments
At the beginning of 2017, I made a commitment to myself (I guess this was a resolution, if you will) to double down on saying “yes”. To invitations to events, to almost every time Griffin asked me to go somewhere that scared me on a hike/exploration, to working more hours, to taking more trips, to […]
A New Look At Processed Food
By Lauren 3 Comments
Processed food has been a HUGE learning process for myself and Griffin…. We switched to a vegan diet last summer after discovering our desire to be more aware of what was going into our bodies, where it came from and the ethics behind its creation. Obviously, this doesn’t simply lead us to purchasing everything with […]