Compassion & Cucumbers Vegan Podcast

Hey Pickles! We're recuperating from an exciting weekend. We vended at a pop up market at The Vegan Center in Tonawanda NY on Saturday . We went for some delicious vegan pizza at Wurlitzer Pizza, and we went to a Super Bowl party on Sunday! Whew! What a whirlwind of vegan food and fun! This week we are excited to talk about Moby's film, Punk Rock Vegan Movie! There may be some spoilers i...

Hey Pickles! This week we continue our Vegan Cookbook Challenge with a tofu recipe from The Herbivorous Butcher Cookbook by Aubry & Kale Walch with Sandra Soria & Danny Seo! The Punk Rock Vegan Movie is available to watch for free on YouTube. We'll link to it below. We play a vegan "Would You Rather" game! With so much craziness in the world right now, we decided to have som...

Hey Pickles! Welcome to episode 73! This week we discuss tacos, effecting change in the world, and we review the 2019 Alex Lockwood film, 73 Cows.  We also have a recipe for you from our vegan kitchen, talk about a new all vegan pub in London, and we  discuss an article from The Conversation on why we should see veganism as a political movement rather than a dietary choice. Thanks so much for list...

Hey Pickles! This week, we have a recipe from Healthy Vegan, Happy Body by Tess Challis. It's a unique take on a chipotle burrito! Moby has released a new vegan documentary called Punk Rock Vegan Movie. It will be available for free on YouTube after January 30th. We take a look at a campaign by Go Vegan World that uses billboard ads with brutally honest messaging. We ask the question, do bill...

Hey Pickles! We hope this finds you well! This week we take a look at the Plant Based News Documentary, Vegan 2022.   PBN puts out this year in review each year , and we'll discuss our thought on the film! We have our first recipe from our new segment, From Our Vegan Kitchen. In this segment we will be sharing some of the vegan meals that we create right here at home. We ask the question, &qu...

Hey Pickles! We're getting back into our normal routine after the holidays, and we want to focus on Veganuary! Before we get into all of that, we have our first recipe of 2023 from our Vegan Cookbook Challenge. This week we make an amazing soup from the book Hot For Food All Day by  Lauren Toyota. This is a fantastic book from one of Canada's premier vegan chefs. There's over 100 gr...

Hey Pickles! Happy New Year! Welcome to 2023! We hope you had a good holiday season and a good New Years.  Our hearts go out to everyone affected by the terrible winter storm that we had here in the Buffalo area.  We consider ourselves fortunate to have had minimal damage, and only lost our heat for a short time on Christmas Eve. This week we talk all about New Years. We give you some fun facts ab...

Hey Pickles! We're taking a short break to spend time with our families. We're in the midst of Winter Storm Elliot, and have been snowed in for a few days. We have power & lots of food, so we're ok. We send warm wishes to everyone struggling through this crazy storm.  We hope you had a wonderful holiday & that you enjoy listening to some of our favorite holiday traditions. S...

Hey Pickles! This week is all about YOU! We wanted to share some of the holiday favorites & traditions submitted by our listeners! We push pause on our Vegan Cookbook Challenge, but we'll be back with more fun recipes in the new year. We were foiled by the snow this week, and couldn't make it to the Holiday Market as we planned. We got about 35 minutes away from home and the storm fo...

Hey Pickles! Happy Holidays to you! This week, we fill you in on some really cool stuff we've been up to! We continue our Vegan Cookbook Challenge with a recipe from The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook by Dinah Bucholz! We do a festive holiday drink recipe! Our main topic this week is how to navigate a non vegan world during the holidays. This episode is inspired by an episode that The Beard...

Hey Pickles! This week, we take you around the world to explore different winter holidays. and how they are celebrated! We talk about Hanukkah, Yule Tide, Solstice, Kwanza, and others! Let's all remember that no matter what you celebrate, to spread kindness and love towards each other. We continue our Vegan Cookbook Challenge with a recipe from Ageless Vegan by Tracye McQuirter with Mary McQu...

Hey Pickles! We have a lot to be thankful for this week. Sam's Father had open heart surgery. Everything went to plan and he is at home recovering. We can all breathe a sigh of relief. We're thankful for YOU for all of your messages of support during this stressful time. We had a couple of disturbing sightings along the road recently in our travels between WNY and Pittsburgh. We made a r...

Hey Pickles! We're sharing our interview with Michele Olender of Vedge Your Best Podcast! We are in the midst of some serious family stuff. Sam's Dad is having open heart surgery, and Michele was so nice to allow us to share this interview as we have not had time nor the head space to create an episode this week. We really just wanted to be able to focus our energy on Dad, and the family...

Hey Pickles! We continue our Vegan Cookbook Challenge with a recipe from Easy Plant Based Cooking for Two by Lei Shishak. This is a fantastic book, especially if you cook for two often. There are so many delicious recipes for you to try! We highly recommend this cookbook, and look forward to making more recipes from it! We wanted to get this years Vegan Gift Giving Guide out to you earlier so that...

Hey Pickles! This week we wanted to do something fun, so we play a game of Vegan Would You Rather! We continue our Vegan Cookbook Challenge with a recipe from The Essential Mediterranean Cookbook by Bay Books. While this isn't a vegan cookbook, there are many vegan recipes inside! Sam was a trooper and agreed to doing the show even though she has next to no voice! Thanks for bearing with us d...

Hey Pickles!! How do we squeeze 4 days of Vegan Summit into an hour of show?? We decided that we would just do a highlights episode so that we don't overwhelm you with everything that we did while we were in Washington DC. We hope that it gives you a good idea of what to expect from an event like this, and that it will inspire you to attend one in the future! We also recap our day at The Vega...

Hey Pickles! Happy Halloween! This week, we give you a ton of vegan candy ideas for Halloween. We'll give you some costume ideas, and explore all things vegan for All Hallows Eve! We have a recipe for  our Vegan Cookbook Challenge from The Candle Cafe Cookbook by Joy Pierson and Bart Potenza with Barbara Scott - Goodman. We have our second installment of Sam's Books In Review with a revi...

Hey Pickles! This week we made a recipe out of the book, Crazy Good Vegan by Lloyd Rose, founder of Plant Crazii! Get your hands on his book. It has so many simple & frugal vegan recipes that are full of flavor, and are easy to make! We do our best to bust some common vegan myths in a Vegan Myth Buster segment. We discuss how these myths started and how we as vegans can dispel them. We hope yo...

Hey Pickles! This week we finally got a chance to check out Grass Fed Vegan Butcher in Rochester! We had such a great time at the Syracuse Vegfest! We'll fill you in on all the wonderful vegan food that we ate, the people we met, AND, we had a spooky good time with our friend, Andy Tabar from Compassion Co! We also have a new recipe from our Vegan Cookbook Challenge. We make a delicious fall...

Hey Pickles! We've wrangled all of the gremlins, and have a fun episode for you this week! We continue the Vegan Cookbook Challenge with a delicious recipe from Power Plates by Gena Hamshaw of The Full Helping Blog. We made her coconut kale and lentil bowl with roasted delicata squash. Yum!! We explore some vegan and vegetarian characters in television. We discuss clips from  Friends, The Sim...

Hey Pickles! We have a recipe for you from our Vegan Cookbook Challenge. This week we made a recipe from Isa Chandra Moskowitz' new book, "I Can Cook Vegan". What a great book this is. It's perfect for new vegans, the vegan curious, and anyone who's looking for fun, weeknight recipes to make. It would also make a great gift for anyone that is looking to learn more about ve...

Hey Pickles! We're one year old!!! That's right we've been doing this crazy vegan podcast thing for a whole year! We're so glad that you've been here with us as we've grown and learned along the way! We also had a big vegan birthday bash for Sam this past weekend. We'll fill you in on all the vegan food that we made for the party! We made a recipe for our Vegan C...

Hey Pickles! We were scheduled to be at the Toronto Vegfest this week. Alas, the Vegfest was cancelled due to an issue with their venue, but we decided to go to Toronto anyway because we love Toronto, and we had a non refundable hotel reservation. We turned lemons into the most delish lemonade, and visited so many great vegan establishments! We stopped first at Coven Plant Based Marketplace in Ham...

Hey Pickles! This week we play a fun vegan trivia game that you can play along at home! We continue our Vegan Cookbook Challenge with another recipe from Veganomicon by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero. We have our first installment of a new segment, Sam's Books in Review! We also have a good dose of our usual shenanigans, and talk a bit about a cool app called Flash Foods that all...

Hey Pickles! We have a ton to talk about this week, so we've pushed pause on our Vegan Cookbook Challenge to make room for it all! We went to a vegan meet up in Buffalo at The Beer Keep, hosted by Donisha Gant, owner of Plantae Vegan Market 212 Grant St Buffalo! We'll fill you in on the event and the food we found at The Beer Keep. We sat in on a zoom meeting hosted by Connie Spence, fou...