Compassion & Cucumbers Vegan Podcast

Hey Pickles! We hope this episode finds you well. This week, we have a new vegan recipe from our Vegan Cookbook Challenge. It's a spinach Quiche recipe from Craving Vegan by Sam Turnbull of It Doesn't Taste Like Chicken! Get the book here *paid link    https://amzn.to/42gvt5S In our Main Topic, we scour the interwebs for vegan news so that you don't have to! Here's what we talk...

Hey Pickles! This week, we take another stroll down Vegan Reddit to decide who is & who isn't an ASS HAT! These episodes are always a fun time and incite some really great conversations as we try to give our verdict on several situations posed by Reddit posters. We also have a new vegan recipe From Our Vegan Kitchen. This week is Christine's Vegan Vegetable & White Bean Soup!  Yo...

Hey Pickles! We hope you're all safe and have made it through the many storms that have been. making their way across the US. This week, we have a new recipe from our Vegan Cookbook Challenge. It's a recipe from  the book, The Plantastic Cookbook by Gwen Kenneally. You can get the cookbook here!  https://amzn.to/4aU0Jvf *this is a paid link & we were sent this book for review by the...

Hey Pickles! We're so glad to be back in the studio bringing you a new episode. We hope you had a great holiday season and a happy new year! This week, Sam shares an amazing tour of Vegan London! You'll hear about all the food, the theater, the history, and all about her adventures abroad! We have a new Vegan recipe for you from one of our favorite vegan YouTubers, Sarah Sullivan. She ha...

Hey Pickles! Happy New Year! We hope you enjoy this replay of Ep 68, Vegan New Year's - Happy Veganuary - New Year's Fun Facts & Traditions - Our New Year's Intentions! We're looking forward to bringing you more wonderful vegan content in 2024. Talk to you soon! Love, Sam & Christine Send us a voicemail or a text! We love to hear from you! Support the show Join Our Patr...

Hey Pickles! We're taking some time to spend with our family.  We hope you can do the same! In the meantime we will be re-releasing some of our most loved holiday episodes. This week, it's Listener Holiday Favorites! We hope you have a wonderful holiday season. We'll be back with new episodes Tuesday January 9th 2024! Till then, thank you for all of your support. We couldn't do...

Hey Pickles! This week, we keep the holiday shenanigans going with a round of holiday trivia! We hope that you play along at home & let us know how you did! In our Noteworthy Segment, we tell you about a Freedom of Information  law suit that was filed and won against the FBI in order to make available to the public, records surrounding the FBI's involvement with the animal agriculture ind...

Hey Pickles! This week, we go through a list of some our favorite things. We hope you play along at home, and we'd love it of you would share what your favorites are! In our Noteworthy segment, we give you an update on animal activist, Wayne Hsiung. We have a new recipe from our Listener Recipe series. It's a fabulous Spinach Artichoke Dip sent to us by Crystal Allen. If you would like t...

Hey Pickles! We hope this finds you well! This week's episode is our 2023 Vegan Gift Giving Guide where, we give you some great ideas on how to buy gifts from small vegan friendly sellers. We'll tell you some of our favorites, some new vegan vendors, and how to avoid consumerism at the holiday season. We also tell you about a wonderful event that we tabled, and how we've been welcom...

Hey Pickles!   This week, we're talking all things Vegan London! We attended Vegfest UK, and we'll give you all of the details! In our Noteworthy segment, we discuss the rumors that Miyokos Creamery is planning on selling the company. Read more here:   https://www.just-food.com/news/miyokos-creamery-calls-funding-ponders-potential-sale-of-business/ Get yourself a beverage and a comfy pla...

Hey Pickles! We're currently in London for Vegfest UK. We hope you are as excited to hear all about it as we are to tell you! In the meantime, we are revisiting Ep 65, How To Navigate A Non Vegan World During The Holidays.  Enjoy the episode, and thank you so much for listening! Love, Sam & Christine Send us a voicemail or a text! We love to hear from you! Support the show Join Our Patreo...

Hey Pickles! We hope this episode finds you well. This week, We share a letter that Wayne Hsiung wrote from his jail cell. Read it here:  https://blog.simpleheart.org/p/the-transformative-power-of-suffering In our Noteworthy segment, we tell you how drone footage is revealing what big dairy is doing to our water supplies. Our Main Topic focuses on the delay in the upcoming Farm Bill, and we get so...

Hey Pickles! We hope you had a great World Vegan Day, and this week, in our Main Topic, we wanted to offer you some ways you can celebrate all month long! We also pay tribute to animal advocate, Karen Davis, who passed away this week. Karen was the founder of United Poultry Concerns and spent her life fighting for animals in the animal agriculture industry. She will be missed by many, and we hope...

Hey Pickles! Happy Halloween! We hope you have a safe & spooktacular one! This week, we have a tone to talk about! We tabled at The Halloween Pop Up at The Vegan Center in Tonawanda NY where, there were some great food vendors! We also attended & judged the First Annual Vegan Mac & Cheez Cook Off!! We have a new recipe from our Vegan Cookbook Challenge from Vegan Buddha Bowls by Cara C...

Hey Pickles!   This week, in our Main Topic, we do our best Scully & Mulder impersonations to find the truth that's out there while we debunk Vegan Myths That Need To DIE! To listen to our previous Vegan Myth Busters episode #57 click here!  https://www.compassionandcucumbers.com/podcast/episode/7b6a2ed 4/ep-57-vegan-myth-busters-we-make-a-crazy-good-vegan-recipe-from-lloyd-roses-book-and...

Hey Pickles! We hope you're having a good day! In this week's episode, we have a new Listener Recipe! It's a delicious Dilly white Bean & Cucumber Salad. You can make it yourself! Here's the recipe!   https://frommybowl.com/dilly-white-bean-cucumber-salad/ In our Noteworthy segment, we pay tribute to the lives lost at the Progetto Cuori Liberi Animal Sanctuary in Zinasco, P...

Hey Pickles! We hope this episode finds you well. This week, we tell you all about our time at Mockingbird Farm Animal Sanctuary for their Fall At The Farm Festival! Check out the sanctuary here:  https://www.mockingbirdfarmny.com In our Noteworthy segment, we tell you what Vegan items to look for at Trader Joe's! Let us know what items you always buy when your there! Here's the list we...

Hey Pickles! Welcome to October & Autumn & Spooky Season! This week, we tell you all about the Panama rocks Fall Foliage Festival! We found Vegan food there, much to our surprise! We also have some good news in our Noteworthy segment concerning the Tracy Murphy - Asha Farm Sanctuary case. Read about it here:   https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/animal-sanctuary-owner-has-gag-o...

Hey Pickles! Happy Fall Equinox! This week, we take you to The Syracuse Vegfest in Syracuse NY! You'll hear all about the vendors , the presenters, the food, and all things Vegfest! In our Noteworthy segment, the Diary Check Off program is at it again. We talk about a targeted ad that we got on Facebook advertising another Dairy Check Off program. Here's what it was all about:   https://...

Hey Pickles! Welcome to our 2 year podcast anniversary!! We couldn't have done it without you! We're headed to Syracuse Vegfest in Syracuse NY Saturday Sept 23rd 12-6. If you come to the booth, be sure to say " I'm a pickle on the Pod Squad" for a free sticker & 15% off of anything you purchase! We hope to see some of you there! This week, we honor the life of sculptor...

Hey Pickles! We hope this episode finds you well! This week in our From Our Vegan Kitchen series, we veganize a recipe that comes from Christine's Mom. It's Mamma Joyce's Amazing Meatballs! If you would like the full recipe, hop over to our Patreon page, and join our community there! Whenever my Mother made her meatballs for a family event, they were the hit of the meal. She often d...

Hey Pickles! We hope you were able to enjoy a long holiday weekend! Workers, we salute you! This week, we found some amazing vegan food. An all vegan bakery, Eat Your Feelings, and an all vegan food truck, Edgy Vegy! We'll tell you what we had, and what we thought! We have a listener recipe from Jacqueline Cappello that you can get for yourself here: https://www.jasquatch.com/home/lentil-loaf...

Hey Pickles! We hope this episode finds you well! This week we finally have a new recipe from our Vegan Cookbook Challenge! It's a great recipe from Moby's The Little Pine cookbook. You can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3OYBPR0 In our Noteworthy segment, we talk about how "Got Milk" has got to go. Find out more here :  https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/...

Hey Pickles! We dedicate this episode to Lolita, the Orca that was held captive for over 53 years at Miami Seaquarium. Lolita's suffering was ended when she perished in captivity this past weekend. We mourn her, and all animals that are exploited, and who suffer at the hands of humans. On a happier note, this week, we made our way north to Ontario Canada to seek out vegan food from Hamilton t...

Hey Pickles! We're celebrating our 100th episode of the show this week! We'll share some kid friendly vegan meals, as we hosted our young Niece the last couple of weeks. We have an update on the origins of the Pastelito, and we keep you posted on where we're headed in the next couple months! A new recipe From Our Vegan Kitchen is here, and the full recipe is available on our Patreon...