Cinnamon spice is the ingredient that gives the roll its distinctive flavor. Today we will share with you veganized cinnamon roll recipes in the Classic Style and the German Style Franzbrötchen.Let’s first make the sourdough Starter. The sourdough will help to enhance the flavor, make the texture finer, improve the elasticity, and make it chewier. For the cinnamon roll dough, we will mix the wet ingredients first. We’ll use the sourdough starter in this recipe, you may use less or no instant yeast, but it will require a longer time to ferment. Next, we mix the dry ingredients. We will use 50 g

“The End of Medicine” was produced by Keegan Kuhn with the help of Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara. They joined forces with Alex Lockwood to send a powerful message of the dire situation at hand concerning animal-people factories and the excessive use of antibiotics throughout the industry. There is an alarming increase in side effects affecting people and our planet, with governments and regulators doing little to protect their citizens. “So, in America, there are now guidelines on antibiotic use within farmed animals, but they're just guidelines. In the UK, we've drastically dropped the amou

Yuri was born in Belarus and, overall, he had a positive childhood. When he was ten, he and his family emigrated to Israel. While living in Israel, Yuri participated in swimming, but after experiencing some bullying, his mother signed him up for boxing classes. While living in Israel, Yuri became an amateur boxer and won three national boxing championships. In 2009 he became the World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight champion. This made him the first Israeli WBA champion, and Israel’s first world boxing champion.Rabbi Yuri Foreman (vegan) describes how his experience as a boxer was

Thai Cuisine is famous because of its rich flavors and aromas, using fresh ingredients and balancing the five flavor profiles: saltiness, sweetness, spiciness, sourness, and creaminess. One naturally vegan classic dessert is Thai Mango Sticky Rice, called Khao Niaow Ma Muang in Thai. So, let’s join Ms. Achara and see how you can make this delicious and mouthwatering dessert yourself. “This dessert is called ‘Mango Sticky Rice or Sweet Sticky Rice.’ Let’s begin by steaming the sweet sticky rice. We steam it in a traditional steamer basket and steamer pot that is commonly used by Thais to steam

Our Guest today is award-winning director Alex Lockwood, who has directed films such as “73 Cows, ” “Test Subjects,” and his latest documentary “The End of Medicine.” “So, ‘The End of Medicine’ is a documentary directed by me, produced by Keegan Kuhn, who co-made ‘Cowspiracy’, ‘What the Health’, and executive produced by Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara. It's basically about how our treatment of animals and our consumption of animals has an intrinsic link with these emerging health threats, like pandemics, antimicrobial resistance, chronic disease. And we started making the film before Covid-19

Although Reverend Bear was a pastor for many years and later a chaplain, it was thanks to his open-mindedness toward different spiritual paths that led him to become vegan through his discovery of the Buddha’s teachings. Following this transition, Reverend Bear has continued to advocate for veganism and animal-people rights. On his spiritual vegan journey, Reverend Bear has discovered that many who follow the world’s religions do not act in accordance with what they preach or are taught.Our Beloved Supreme Master Ching Hai (vegan) has made the point many times that the problems our world faces

Over the years, Dr. Griffiths has witnessed quite interesting moments of transformation along the transition to veganism. Of the many stories, let’s hear about the journey of Drake, a robust Great Dane-person. “He’s an enormous boy and he was a rescue and he was terrified even of everything; he had been to so many different homes. But the reason why he was rehomed is because he suffered from so many skin issues, terrible skin issues. He had constantly itchy ears and he was just constantly in pain, really. And with constantly being in pain from all these issues, it gave him a very anxious natur

Today, we are delighted to celebrate this Thanksgiving with this colorful special Thanksliving vegan dessert, Vegan Pumpkin Swirl Brownies. This recipe calls for two separate batters, one is the Vegan Brownie Batter, and the other is the Vegan Pumpkin Swirl Batter. We will now prepare the brownie batter. Pour two tablespoons of flaxseed meal into a large bowl, add one cup of water, and mix well. We use flaxseed meal here as a substitute for eggs. Then add a three quarter cup of brown sugar and half a cup of coconut oil and mix well till the brown sugar has melted and all the ingredients are we

Ms. Palak Mehta (vegan) is the founder and CEO of Vegan First, a media and events planning organization in India dedicated to promoting the vegan lifestyle. She is also the co-organizer of the Vegan India Conference, an annual event which attracts participants from more than 30 countries.On today’s program Ms. Mehta begins by sharing some success stories from the first Vegan India Conference. With the resounding success of the annual Vegan India Conference, Palak and her team are now expanding to other countries.The plant-based movement has been growing quickly in India. In response to the gro

On today’s show, we meet with Reverend Andrew Bear (vegan). Besides working as a chaplain at a community hospital, Reverend Bear is also a musician, an animal-people activist, and a practising Buddhist. In Reverend Bear’s case, it was not until a serendipitous meeting with the respected Buddhist teacher, Venerable Thích Nhất Hạnh (vegan), that his journey into veganism began. “And the first mindfulness training, the first precept says, I am determined ‘NOT TO KILL’ - not to let others kill and not to support any active killing in the world in my thinking or in my way of life. And so, in receiv

We were honored to interview Dr. Arielle Griffiths, a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons who specializes in plant-based meal regimens developed for animal-people. In 2003, in an era where the word “vegan” was relatively unheard of, a dog-person named Bramble entered the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest living dog-person at that time. Bramble was then 27 years old, the equivalent of 189 years of age for a human. Ms. Ann Heritage, Bramble’s caring caretaker also had 7 other dog friends at her residence. While one of them lived to 19 years, another to 21 years, it was Brambl

Today we are delighted to share with you a traditional Thanksgiving casserole baked with vegan cheese and cauliflower. Let’s start with the ingredients for this dish. We will need one head of cauliflower. For the Crispy Topping, we need one cup of vegan Panko breadcrumbs and two tablespoons of softened vegan butter.While the raw cashews are left to soak and soften, let’s prepare the cauliflower. Once the water begins to boil, reduce the heat to medium-low and place the washed cauliflower florets evenly in the steamer basket. Now the timer on the stove is up, so the cauliflower florets are read

Ms. Palak Mehta (vegan) is a remarkable young woman from India who works tirelessly to promote the vegan lifestyle. She is the Founder and CEO of Vegan First, a renowned plant-based media publications and events company. She is also the co-organizer of the Vegan India Conference, an annual event attracting participants from over 30 countries. Palak is the Vice-Chair of the World Vegan Organization (WVO) India Chapter, and a member of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) task force, which is responsible for setting guidelines and regulatory standards for the vegan food indus

After two decades of witnessing the horrors of cruelty to animal-people and risking his safety to bring this abuse into the public eye, Rich (vegan) says that the rise in public awareness of the issue is evident, although political changes are harder to notice. “I like to tell stories about some factory farmers producing cows for meat, changing their minds completely, seeing the wonder of cows and being close to them and understanding their needs and natural behaviors, and saying, ‘Hey, I can't send them to the slaughterhouse anymore. I'm going to grow plants instead of animals.’ European lawm

“Now we wrap the nori sheet. For the vegan ham, you do the same as with the tofu. Because the vegan ham is already a little salty, so I’m not sure if you want to put some more salt in it or not. Otherwise you can just dash some ground pepper onto the vegan ham before you wrap it. Depends on your family. If you have kids and you don’t want them to feel too sharp, then you don’t put the pepper. Just the vegan ham. Just wrap it in the seaweed sheet, and fry. We have so much beautiful food to share with our family. You know, compassionate, healthy food is always good for everyone. If your vegan ha

On today’s show, we meet the valiant Kenny Annis, a musician who courageously turned his once-famous meat restaurant, “Nick’s Kitchen,” into a vibrant vegan restaurant.“One of my early childhood memories I was three years old at my grandparents' house in Maine and a truckload of pigs came by and I thought they were so cute with their snouts. Apparently, I could hear them right down the street, and there was a slaughterhouse, and I could hear that. After that, I never would eat bacon - any pork - in my life. Because I thought that was just horrible, because I thought they were so cute.”It was d

There have been a number of documentaries in recent years that have exposed the evil in our food system and thus significantly contributed to the increasing number of people embracing the compassionate vegan diet. Dominion, Earthlings, and Seaspiracy are a few well-known examples. The horrifying images that convey the ugly truth of what goes on behind the seemingly natural products offered at the supermarkets are usually the product of dedicated individuals who take considerable risks and endure great hardships to bring these barbaric practices into the public spotlight. Today’s show salutes o

On today’s program, we’ll continue highlighting the floods that occurred in other parts of the world in 2022. Pakistan’s neighbor countries India and Bangladesh have also been hit hard by unprecedented levels of flooding due to heavy rainfall this monsoon season. In the summer of 2022 floods and landslides from extreme rainfall and tropical storms also caused several deaths, damaged infrastructure, and destroyed crops in many areas of South Korea, Japan, Sri Lanka, Au Lac (Vietnam), Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and the Philippines.On the other side of the world, residents of Dallas, Texas, USA, we

“We’re going to do some nice wrapping today. For that, we need some nori seaweed wrap, the one that you use for Japanese sushi. We have some vegan cheese slices. You can buy them in a health shop. Smells very nice. And we have some of those vegan mashed ham or solid vegan ham, whatever you like. And we have some tofu, hard tofu. And we have some tomatoes for a nice color, some cauliflower, and a carrot. There you are. And coriander, for taste. Of course, some black pepper, salt, ground pepper – doesn’t have to be black, can also be gray, some cooking oil. I have also found some surprise - broc

On today’s show, we meet the vivacious vegan chef, Ms. Lisa Vittoria from San Francisco, California, in the United States. “I was born and raised in the (San Francisco) Bay Area, and I've always had a passion for cooking and that is thanks to my mom. So, I grew up really a lot in the kitchen and with my family, we would cook a lot, and I grew up eating everything.” “I loved it. It was actually so easy because I was so much into cooking. Then, in the meditation centers, I was learning about all these different, delicious, authentic, ethnic, vegan cuisines that are naturally in their culture. So

In our previous episode, we learned about Chef Tucker’s many successes. Today, we will discover more about his philanthropic undertakings, such as the Cake Initiative that began during the COVID lockdowns. “And cakes are very expensive here in Los Angeles. Even if you were to go to a grocery store and grab just a normal cake, it's still expensive, especially if times are really tough.” “And so that's how we launched the ‘Cake Initiative.’ And we gave away a cake every single week to a deserving family that reached out to us over Instagram, and told us that they were on hard times. And they wer

Today we will use chickpea flour. Here we have two cups of chickpea flour in the bowl. Add one teaspoon of salt and one teaspoon of turmeric and mix well. Gradually add 800 milliliters of water into the bowl and continue thoroughly stirring until there are no more lumps in the chickpea batter. Next, we will prepare some Chili Soy Sauce. Cut two chili peppers crosswise into small pieces and mix them in a bowl containing two tablespoons of soy sauce. We will also slice two pieces of large chili to use for our Shan Tofu Salad. Next, we will cook the chickpea batter to make the Shan Tofu. Give the

With PBN reaching over 70 million people monthly, it is playing a vital role in the exciting transition to a vegan world. Let’s hear how Klaus envisions this revolutionary shift occurring. “And this is going to be the game changer when corporations that work with governments to encourage consumers, whether they like it or not, to adopt an animal-free diet.”Let’s hear from Klaus how PBN is reaching people around much of the globe and how it can continue to grow and reach even greater numbers of people in more nations. Let’s find out how Klaus sees the roles of other influential groups in the ve

Today, it is our pleasure to feature Chef Chris Tucker, an innovative vegan baker contestant of The Great American Baking Show in 2018, and founder of the company Betta With Butta. Chris grew up learning about food preparation from a very young age, as his family owned a restaurant they purchased the year he was born. “I actually became a vegan only three years ago. So, I guess I'm definitely considered a baby vegan still. But when I became a vegan, it was because of watching the documentaries that probably have changed a lot of people. It was watching Seaspiracy, it was watching What the Heal

The street foods of Myanmar are a wonderful mixture of culinary tastes from many ethnic cultures, influenced by flavors, ingredients, and cooking techniques of its neighboring countries such as India, China, and Thailand. Today we will use dried chickpeas to make a popular morning meal in the Shan State, To Hpu Nway, also called Warm Burmese Tofu Noodle Soup. As this is an allium-free recipe, we replace onions with shredded cabbage. The fragrant sweet smell from the fried cabbage shreds has also been released into the oil. We will use this hot cabbage flavored oil to make Chili Oil. Here we ha

On today’s show, we meet with Klaus Mitchell, the founder of Plant Based News (PBN) to learn about the origins of PBN and how it reaches millions of viewers worldwide with such vital information. In 2019, our Beloved Supreme Master Ching Hai gratefully presented the Shining World Compassion Award to Plant Based News plus a humble gift of US$15,000 in support of their noble endeavor. “My journey into veganism started [at] being interested in plant-based nutrition. I read a book called ‘The China Study,’ which talks about how the longest-lived cultures around the world eat a predominately plant-

Ms. Levinson is the Operations Manager and Sustainable Activism Campaign Director at the non-profit In Defence of Animals, and Exhibit Director & Designer at The National Museum of Animal 7 Society in Los Angeles, California, USA. Not only is Ms. Levinson a staunch animal-people activist, but she is also a deeply spiritual vegan. Our Beloved Supreme Master Ching Hai explains that following a vegan lifestyle is a self-purification process for spiritual advancement, and that the cleansing power of the compassionate diet can be enhanced further through spiritual practice. The two together can sig

Violet Plum and her daughter Miranda Lemon are authors and illustrators of vegan-themed comics and other books, which they create to provide children around the world with vegan heroes and role models. They also support an animal sanctuary through their work. “We became vegan about twenty years ago. I went vegetarian when I was thirteen, but I didn't realize that animals were still killed for milk and eggs. When I finally realized that, we all went vegan when Miranda was about eight years old.” “We love stories. We love reading stories. We love watching TV stories and movies. But we always get

Being vegan worldwide is the advancement of compassion that will uplift and unify all cultures, bringing tranquility to humans and animal-people alike. The inner peace that comes from replacing killing with respect for all life will spread like a wave across the globe, elevate human hearts, and create a harmonious Eden on Earth. That will bring us all to a lasting Golden Era.Vegans come from all walks of life. How do meat and dairy farmers proceed with the growing vegan movement? The following examples tell us that their future is filled with hope. Together, these farmers fulfill a shared desi

“My name is Susana and I killed thousands of chickens before they became my friends. When I lived in Mexico City, I worked in a slaughterhouse. The chickens always showed their fear in their eyes.” Now Susana Chavez is a vegan animal-people activist who considers chicken-people and other animal-people to be her friends. She acknowledges the suffering that slaughterhouse workers endure and hopes for a compassionate world where animal-people will be treated with the love and respect they deserve.There are various resources that Ms. Chavez recommends for more information and inspiration, especial

Today, we are honored to continue our interview with Kathy and Nick Coughlin, as Nick speaks about The Good Kid Project, the “We’re All Animals” series of stories, and his ideas for the future. “Children are impressionable. I was an impressionable young boy, and I think it’s important to teach in a friendly, fun, entertaining, and respectful way. So, that’s a guiding principle of The Good Kid Project.”We asked Kathy and Nick how they went about writing the stories. “Some stories just talk about some of the amazing capabilities that some animals have, other stories challenge people’s respect, o

Susana Chavez is committed to stopping the needless suffering of animal-people, especially those regarded as food. Her determination stems from her experience of being employed to kill chicken-people as a teenager. Having seen the inhumanity and degradation associated with this work, she now encourages people to embrace a vegan diet. She is now also an elected member of the core leadership team of the global animal-people-rights activist network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), a recipient of the Shining World Courage-Compassion Award.Upon reflection, Susana Chavez also noted that the work envi