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Welcome to the Animal & Wildlife Welfare, Abuse & Crime Report brought to you by the Sustainable Action Network (SAN)!
Wild Animals are Having a Blast Without Humans at Yosemite National Park
A Win for California's Wild Cats

Mountain lions in Southern California and along the Central Coast are a crucial step closer to protection under the state's Endangered Species Act. Responding to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity and the Mountain Lion Foundation, the California Fish and Game Commission just voted to make these regions' six mountain lion populations candidates for protection. This means cats in those areas will get immediate protections while the state agency conducts a year-long review to decide if formal safeguards are warranted. Mountain lions face a long list of threats, including genetic isolation, car strikes, poisonings and sanctioned depredation kills. "This is a historic moment for California's big cats," said the Center's Tiffany Yap. "These ecosystem engineers face huge threats that could wipe out key populations. But with state protections, we can start reversing course to save our mountain lions." If you spoke up through a Center alert for California's big cats, you made a difference. We made a video to say thank you — check it out on Facebook and YouTube. And please consider supporting our work to protect mountain lions with a donation to our Saving Life on Earth Fund.

Endangered Species Act Lawsuit Against EPA

On Tuesday the Center launched a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency over its decision to suspend monitoring and reporting requirements for major pollution during the pandemic. Our notice of intent to sue urges the agency to ensure that the suspension doesn't harm endangered and threatened species. "The Trump administration must not be allowed to use the pandemic to give polluters free rein to foul our air and water and hurt wildlife," said Center attorney Jared Margolis. You can help: Tell the EPA to enforce laws intended to protect our environment.

Trump's border wall is inching closer to a critical jaguar corridor between the rugged mountains of Sonora, Mexico, and the Sky Islands of Arizona.

The Center's Southwest Conservation Advocate Randy Seraglio explains what's at stake. Watch on Facebook or YouTube.

Oregon's Wolf Population Higher — But Not Recovered

A new report shows that in 2019, Oregon's gray wolf population increased from 137 to 158 animals and now includes 22 packs. Livestock-wolf conflicts decreased notably, and no wolves were killed by agency staff over livestock issues. But six wolf deaths last year were human caused, and the population is still low. "We saw that educating livestock operators on nonlethal conflict prevention can help," said Center wolf expert Amaroq Weiss. "Still, this limited population uptick shows that wolves are far from recovered in Oregon or across the United States. They need continued protection." Read more.

Another (11th this year alone) Horse Death at Santa Anita which begs me to ask how are they running during this COVID-19 Pandemic?
I invite you to read about my recent visits to Asian "tiger farms" and how you can help wild tigers and other endangered wildlife—even from home.

Just a few months ago—although it feels like it was years ago—I visited two "tiger farms" in China and Vietnam. What I saw was truly upsetting. But it reminded me why my work to conserve wildlife is so important. And if you can, I hope you will help.


What Are Tiger Farms?


Tiger farms in Asia exist for the purpose of breeding these beautiful cats for commercial sale or trade in their parts and products. These farms house at least 8,000 tigers—that's more than double the number of tigers left in the wild!


These farms can feed—and may even grow—the demand for tiger parts. And that demand means wild tigers will continue to be poached.



When you become a WWF monthly donor today, you protect nature 365 days a year and sustain WWF's critical global work, from saving endangered wildlife to eliminating tiger farms to ending deforestation.


Late last year, I visited one of the world's largest tiger farms: the Harbin Siberian Tiger Park in China. The facility's hundreds of tigers are kept in various enclosures, including over 50 kennels. Tigers are solitary animals, with enormous ranges—seeing them packed into the farm like livestock was gut-wrenching.


What I saw in Vietnam in January alarmed me as well. A small, ramshackle facility with six tigers in five concrete-floored kennels, much farther off the beaten path—and much easier for enforcement authorities to miss. In short, a facility where illicit trade in tiger parts and products could easily fly under the radar.


With you by WWF's side, we can make tiger farms disappear before wild tigers do—and protect other vulnerable species and habitats around the world. Will you start your monthly gift now and make a difference for global conservation?


As a WWF Monthly Member, you will help:

  • ban commercial trade in all tiger parts and products, not just from farms, but from any source

  • stop illegal wildlife trade

  • protect vulnerable wildlife and their habitats around the world

  • build a future where people live in harmony with nature

Help save endangered animals and make our critical conservation work possible. Start your monthly gift today. I can't protect tigers—and nature worldwide—without you.

Coronavirus (and lockdowns) put street dogs in mortal danger!

The corona crisis has placed street dogs in frightening danger all around the world. Most countries are in some form of lockdown, and street dogs are in deep trouble – they depend on volunteers and animal lovers to feed them. Many depend on you and NFA. Not enough food is getting to street dogs – even those “safe” in sanctuaries!


Sanctuaries that we help around the world that care for street dogs are struggling because staff and volunteers, and even vets, are in lockdown, and food and medicine is becoming increasingly difficult – in some cases impossible – to source.


Street dogs desperately need your help in this worldwide crisis. Most street dogs get food from people who feed them at their offices or factories, and those places are now closed. Some street dogs survive by foraging on discarded human food – all that food has gone. Street dogs are hungry now, they are going to be starving soon.


To make the situation worse, our teams are struggling with government regulations that, in many cases, prevent movement. Dogs are getting sick, and getting permission to help them is fraught with problems.


We are receiving URGENT pleas for EMERGENCY help from all over the world. 

People tell us of starving street dogs who are getting no help. Our teams also report an increase in animal cruelty. Vets have reported a surge in injuries caused by beating or kicking. It seems that in some places, people in lockdown are taking their frustration out on animals. Street poisonings are also up.


In times like these, animal lovers must stand together. Street dogs have a tough life in the best of times – now their lives are sheer misery. You can help by donating right now so we can send emergency aid, and stockpile food and certain medicines – already, many borders are closed, and for street dogs in countries like Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia where dog food supplies may come from neighboring countries, this is a complete disaster.


Anything you can donate, any amount large or small, will enable us – at this critical time – to maximize our support for street dogs and the sanctuaries we work with to help them.


Please find it in your heart to help street dogs who may die, without you and people like you.

Foals only weeks old are raced until they collapse!

A terrible scourge of bush racing is sweeping through rural South Africa, causing enormous suffering for horses. With your help, we can fight it and save countless horses (and foals) from excruciating suffering and death.


In the Gouda area in the Western Cape, horses are stolen and abused by delinquent children who outrageously mishandle them in illegal races. Horses are forced to run up to 20 miles (32 kilometers) on treacherous rocky pathways through the African bush, often in scorching hot weather.


Even babies only a few weeks old are raced until they collapse from exhaustion! Please help now. The children and the gangsters who run illegal betting rackets on the race outcomes don’t care at all about the horses. They are stolen to be raced until they drop.


That’s what happened to a loving mother and her sweet little foal our team rescued.


We named the pair Molly and Lady. Molly and Lady had been ridden for almost 20 miles (32 kilometers) without rest, food, or water. The foal had collapsed from exhaustion after trying to keep up with her mother.


The mother and her baby were found by a farmer who identified the young thugs as no more than 12 or 14 years old. We are in the process of tracking them down. Molly and Lady have been relocated to a sanctuary and will never have to endure pain and suffering again.

Then, there was Caller. When we found him, he was thin and so weak he could barely move and had fly-infested wounds on his back. Our team rescued him.


You have no idea how cruel these bush racing kids can be.


One of the horses had sticks shoved in her private part while the boy doing it laughed!


Our team was able to rescue four horses on that mission, but we counted another 40 that needed rescuing.


If we can count on your generous donation today,we will go back to save more, even though the coronavirus lockdown has made it difficult to travel.


Our partner, Have a Heart Equine Sanctuary (HAHES), has permission to confiscate abused equines, and our team is working with them to fight this barbaric practice. The most urgent need is for a horse trailer to transport the rescued horses to the sanctuary. They need $5,000, and we promised to ask our supporters for their help.


It’s hard to believe children can be so cruel, and it’s easy to brand them as ‘wicked,’ but we have to remember these are kids from shanty towns and have no role models or guidance, and many of their parents are drug addicts who don’t care. They’ve never been taught to care about animals, and we have to teach them. Once the lockdown is over, we will return to the community and start an outreach program to help young people understand how animals should be treated.

When Franky’s body washed ashore in plastic bags on a beach in Maine, his family couldn’t believe this dog was their beloved Pug. Franky had been stolen from their home a few days earlier.

In his final hours, he had been beaten, shot, and drowned. He was bloated — and barely recognizable.


Right now, when many of us are spending more time at home with our animal companions and feeling the comfort they bring, Franky’s story is a reminder that not every animal and not every family is so fortunate. Animal abuse doesn’t stop — and neither does the heartache of a family like Franky’s. Our fight against cruelty can’t stop either.


The Animal Legal Defense Fund is committed to protecting animals and holding abusers accountable — and we still need you with us.




In response to Franky’s death and with your support, the Animal Legal Defense Fund helped pass Franky’s Law in Maine— which gives animal victims like him a powerful legal voice and helps to ensure abusers get the punishment they deserve.


Franky’s Law is a Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (CAAP) law, empowering judges to appoint trained volunteer attorneys or supervised law students as courtroom animal advocates to represent the interests of animal cruelty victims. The laws make it more likely that an animal’s needs will be considered and that animal abusers are held accountable for their crimes. Now we’re fighting to establish similar laws in other states — and we need your help.


So please stand with us during our Anti-Cruelty Campaign because every life is worth fighting for, every being deserves kindness,and we will never turn our backs on animal victims.

Puppy Mills Are Not An Essential Business

Governor Murphy's executive order is allowing NJ pet stores to import and sell puppy mill puppies as an “essential service” during this pandemic! Our advocates are working with his office to halt this cruel service temporarily. Read More

Take action to end the sale of puppies from puppy mills in NJ permanently. Sign the End Puppy Mills Petition and share it among friends and family - Sign The Petition. Write a letter in support of legislation that would end puppy mills and email it to us at info@lesniakinstitute.org.

Despite deadly outbreaks like COVID-19, which is thought to have originated at a live-animal market, animals are still being killed at "wet markets" around the globe. Please help us do more to keep cats, frogs, chickens, and countless other animals from being killed in wet markets, abattoirs, and other hideous places by making a generous gift right now. Help Now

'Tiger King': What You Won't See on Netflix. Have you watched the series yet? PETA US and its supporters campaigned for years to help animals abused by Joe Exotic, yet the show largely skips over serious animal welfare issues, including the horrors of cub trafficking and the problems with commercial cub-petting attractions. Here's what you won't see on Netflix. Read On

Millions of animals suffer and die in the fur industry every year for nothing more than bobble hats, keyrings, and fur trim. Now that the UK has left the EU, a ban on fur imports is no longer prevented by EU trade regulations. Please ask your MP to take action for minks and foxes. Contact Your MP

A Delaware chicken company is reportedly being forced to kill and dispose of 2 million chickens because it doesn’t have the adequate staff to slaughter and package them.

Allen Harim Foods is another meat producer hit hard by the coronavirus, where the virus has infected a significant portion of the staff.

While South Dakota meat plant Smithfield Foods’ shut down after increase instances of illness, other manufacturers, like Allen Harim, are open but working a reduced staff and therefore reduced output. Short staff means the plant cannot manufacture its usual number of birds and is forced to dispose of them.

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Allen Harim has said that only 50% of its staff has been reported for work, according to a letter sent to Delaware News Journal. “Unfortunately, reduced placements will not make an impact for six weeks and with the continued attendance decline, and building bird inventory daily, we are forced to make a very difficult decision,” wrote Michele V. Minton, the director of live operations at Allen Harim.


PETA has reached out to Allen Harim in an open letter asking that the chickens be killed in methods approved by the American Veterinary Medical Associaton for “non-emergencies.”

“These millions of chickens don’t deserve be tossed into an old wood chipper or struck with a two-by-four, as PETA has documented in other ‘depopulation’ efforts,” says PETA Senior Vice President of Cruelty Investigations Daphna Nachminovitch. “The law, veterinary guidance, and common decency all mandate that the chickens receive the quickest and least cruel death possible.”

Urgent Action Needed

Please join Elizabeth Holtz, Animal Legal Defense Fund's Campaigns Manager for Using Local Legislation to Protect Animals: Prohibiting Circuses and Traveling Shows that Exploit Animals, a webinar walking you through the steps to pass a ban, as well as sharing tips that can be applied to any local legislative campaign. 


Other Upcoming Opportunities: 

Animal Law Summer Program

The Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School is offering three courses in animal law this summer: Aquatic Animal Law, The Law & Ethics of Animal Testing, and Animal Rights Law & Jurisprudence. Courses in the Animal Law Summer Program are available for auditing by attorneys and non-law students. 


*Applicants with an outstanding commitment to animal law and a particular interest in anti-vivisection can apply for a scholarship for the Law & Ethics of Animal Testing course. 

Animal Law CLEs

Are you a member of a Bar Association Animal Law Section or Committee planning an online Animal Law CLE in the coming months? If so, don't forget to post the details on our calendar of events. We can help you get the word out!

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These items make the perfect holiday gift for friends and family who care about animals. Spread the message of compassion and support the Animal Legal Defense Fund. 100% of the profits go to our work to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system.


Dolphin Defenders - Discovery

Join Dolphin Defenders, Whale and Dolphin Conservation's challenge award especially for children who love whales and dolphins. It’s fun and easy to complete so why not get started today.

Tell Congress you won't pay for SeaWorld's cruelty 

Sign now - SeaWorld is asking Congress and the White House for a bailout because of the effects of the coronavirus, but the United States Government should not give taxpayer money to a failing company that forces animals to suffer for entertainment. These bailout funds, your tax dollars, should only be given to SeaWorld if it agrees to an immediate end to its dolphin breeding program and ceases all demeaning circus-style shows.

More than 100 dolphins are forced to live in inadequate tanks inside SeaWorld's US parks. They will never be released into the wild. Instead,  they perform in exchange for their daily meals.   Dolphins at SeaWorld spend their entire lives in concrete tanks, hundreds of thousands of times smaller than their natural ranges. They are forced into artificial social groups and compelled to perform circus-style tricks such as tail-walking, beaching, 'breakdancing', and giving rides to strangers who use their limbs as surfboards. Bored and frustrated by their captivity, dolphins at SeaWorld have been known to self-mutilate or attack other dolphins. Many suffer from infectious diseases as a result of weakened immune systems or a compromised environment. These dolphins should never have been in captivity in the first place. But they continue to suffer because SeaWorld continues to breed for its greed. 



Sign now - SeaWorld is operating a failing business model. Its share price has fallen by 72% since the start of the crisis. SeaWorld has had eight CEOs in just the last six years, with the latest quitting this week after only five months on the job. SeaWorld has faced lawsuits for lying to investors, lying to park visitors, and admitted to spying on animal rights groups. SeaWorld will drown unless it is forced to move away from captive maring mammal entertainment.

Sign our petition and tell Congress you won't float  SeaWorld's sinking ship!

Jessica Sotelo - World Wildlife Fund: I wanted to reach out to thank you. As a WWF supporter, you are protecting nature every day—even from your own home.

Today, more than ever, it is important to celebrate the conservation wins you make possible. That's why I'm sharing this uplifting story with you.


The Cambodian government has abandoned plans to build a hydropower dam on the Mekong River, protecting the world's most productive freshwater fishery and critically endangered Irrawaddy river dolphins.


The mighty Mekong River flows not only through Cambodia, but also China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Roughly 60 million people, many in poverty, depend on the river for food and income. The largest population of Irrawaddy river dolphins also depends on this river for survival, and they are crucial for the overall health of the Mekong.

While it can be tough being stuck at home, it doesn’t mean you can’t keep busy protecting marine life. There are many ways you can continue to help - read on to hear our top 8 ideas:


1. Sign and share a petition  Signing a petition is one of the best ways you can stay active on key issues.  The lethal shark nets in Noosa have already killed 472 innocent marine animals - including 26 dolphins. They made headlines recently after trapping a helpless baby whale.  Help keep the pressure up - please sign the petition to remove Noosa’s deadly shark nets:


2. Cast a free vote to help dolphins 


Cast your free vote for Action for Dolphins and give us a chance to win some of the $200,000 My Giving Circle is giving away to help animals. 


The process is quick and easy, and your vote could help keep up the fight to save Taiji dolphins. Considering the latest horrific season claimed the lives of 560 dolphins, and a further 180 dolphins were stolen from the wild for captivity, they really need your help right now.



3. Contact the Queensland Premier about shark nets


13,000 animals were killed in Queensland’s lethal shark nets and drumlines last year. And more die every day. Getting these cruel traps out of the ocean should be a matter of urgency.




4. Spread awareness on social media


Paul de Gelder was attacked by a bull shark and lost a leg and a hand - now he fights to protect sharks from cruel nets that kill thousands of marine animals every year. 


Please click here to share Paul’s inspirational video, and help educate people about how important sharks are for the health of our oceans.Hear Paul's inspirational story - and share with your friends to spread the word.


5. Support marine life by scoring some merch 


Cruelty to marine animals doesn’t stop during COVID-19 - and neither does our work to protect them. We’re pushing forward with all of our campaigns. 


Please consider supporting marine life by purchasing one of our branded tees - there’s heaps to choose from, and they all share an important message about conservation.



6. Reduce the impact of your products on the ocean By switching your products to ethical and environmentally friendly options, you can radically reduce your environmental footprint.  Cutting out single use plastic, using microbead-free personal and cleaning products, repurposing things rather than disposing of them, and removing fish from your diet are some of the most effective ways to make an impact.  Check out our ‘10 ways to reduce ocean plastic’ blog to learn more.


7. Teach your kids about marine animals


There are heaps of activities to keep kids engaged while learning about the incredible underwater world. It’s a great way to foster respect for animals at a young age. 



8. Stay home….and drink wine!


When you shop through Goodwill wine, a huge 50% of profits will go to AFD when you select us as your chosen charity. And their home delivery service means you don’t need to set foot outside your front door.


Check out their huge range of reds, whites, and gift packs available -  they’re all 100% vegan and use recycled cartons. 


Note: Goodwill wines are only available to our supporters in Australia.


Click here to grab yourself a bottle: Click to buy some ethical wine - So while you might need to stay home right now, it doesn’t mean you need to stop taking action to protect marine life.


We hope all you wonderful dolphin defenders are staying healthy and safe.

It’s hard to comprehend how our collective lives have changed in such a short period of time. And yet, here we are, hunkered down amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of us are separated from our families, have had our incomes disrupted, and are attempting to adjust to altered daily routines. All the while, doing what we can to protect our health and safety in a largely uncertain environment.


Some things, however, remain constant, including our need to care for, and protect our vulnerable. If you asked me a year ago if I would have envisioned providing 24/7 care for three previously abused dolphins at our newly-built world’s first permanent dolphin sanctuary, I would have responded with a “Hell, yeah!”


Because that’s what Dolphin Project does. It’s what we’ve always done. This year marks our 50th anniversary, but it’s really no different than 1970 when I founded our grass-roots organization. Back then, there was no such thing as the dolphin captivity issue. No internet, no social media, no cell phones. Communication was done with a pen and a stamp, or a telephone call from a rotary phone. Usually these calls would involve a dolphin in need, and I made it my life’s mission then and there to protect dolphins worldwide from exploitation and slaughter.


In the mid-1960s I was the head trainer for the dolphins who played the character “Flipper” on the television series of the same name. While “Flipper” was a male dolphin, the role was actually played by five females: Susie, Kathy, Patty, Scotty and Squirt. Three years after the program ended, Kathy died a horrible death in my arms. At that moment, I knew I needed to do something, starting with a trip to the Bahamas to free a dolphin named Charlie Brown.

Ric O’Barry is arrested in Bimini after attempting to release a dolphin named Charlie Brown


On Earth Day 1970 things didn't go exactly as planned. No matter how hard I attempted to get Charlie Brown to leave his pen, the dolphin wouldn't go. My message was simple, yet revolutionary: I wanted to strike down a law that permitted the ownership of dolphins, as this went against their very nature. Dolphins are part of the sea, and should remain there. I was ultimately arrested, held in jail for one week, and then released upon paying a $5 fine.


After the Bimini trial ended, I returned to my home in Coconut Grove, Florida, unsure what to do next. Fred Neil, the American folk singer-songwriter of 1960s and early 70s dropped by with a friend. That friend was Stephen Stills, the American musician and multi-instrumentalist of Buffalo Springfield and of Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young) fame. Out on a boat observing wild dolphins, Stills offered to help fund my research with dolphins, and the readaption program for returning dolphins to the wild.


With a new cause in hand, I needed t-shirts. When I went to have them created, I had no ideas for a logo. The shop owner asked what sort of project the shirts were for and I told him it was for a dolphin project. And Dolphin Project was officially born.


Sporting our new t-shirts, Dolphin Project was officially born!


So, while our 50th anniversary, also shared by Earth Day, is being celebrated together, yet separately, know that it’s because of your support we have made the great progress we have. As a gift to you, any purchase made via our online shop will be discounted by 15%. It’s a great way to get some authentic Dolphin Project gear and get ready for our Empty the Tanks Event: Selfies for Cetaceans (more information to come shortly). Remember, each time you do something with the Dolphin Project, know that you are aiding the longest running anti-captivity dolphin welfare organization in the world.

Rocky, Rambo and Johnny swimming in the waters of the world’s first permanent dolphin sanctuary, Bali, Indonesia.

Ric O’Barry is the Founder/Director of Dolphin Project!

Your Help Has Never Been More Needed Your help with the Dolphin Project aids the longest-running, anti-captivity dolphin welfare organization in the world.

How to make an origami dolphin
Each year from approximately September 1 to March 1, a large-scale hunt of dolphins takes place in the small village of Taiji, Japan, as made famous by the 2010 Academy Award-winning documentary “The Cove.”
Adopt a Dolphin update April 2020
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Our companies are known for creating products that enhance people's lives.  Through Sunset Corporation of America and its companies, we’re equally dedicated to improving lives.  Our commitment extends to helping local communities, fostering better educational systems, supporting the arts and culture, helping disadvantaged youth, protecting and improving the environment, animal welfare, wildlife issues and encouraging employee volunteerism.

The Sustainable Action Network (SAN), A Don Lichterman non-profit organization dedicated to building a global community raising awareness of corruption, injustice and the need for action across a full range of issues impacting people and animal/wildlife welfare around the world, such as conservation, climate change, campaign law, lobbying, government action and rescue work. SAN’s vision is to create safer world, free from political, environmental, and social oppression, where all the inhabitants of Earth can live in harmony within their own natural environments. Our commitment extends to helping local communities, fostering better educational systems, supporting the arts and culture, helping disadvantaged youth, protecting and improving the environment, animal welfare, wildlife issues and encouraging employee volunteerism.


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Let's start with a well needed weekend with a cocktail...Recipes of the week!

When Jack and I lived in Austin, we’d always order paloma cocktails on summer afternoons at Hula Hut. It had a big deck right on Lake Austin, and it was filled with people all summer long. We loved to sit there in the hot sun, sipping our cocktails and sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with friends. Last weekend, the spring sun inspired us to make this paloma recipe at home. With just the two of us, our “scene” looked a bit different than our Hula Hut days, but we still had fun mixing up our drinks together. In fact, we’re already looking forward […] The post Paloma Cocktail appeared first on Love and Lemons. GO TO THE POST

Spicy Golden Turmeric Cashews

Serves 3 cups Ingredients

  • 3 cups cashews (soaked 2 hours)

  • 2 tablespoons curry powder

  • 1 teaspoon turmeric powder

  • 2 teaspoons coconut sugar

  • 3/4 teaspoon sea salt

  • A pinch of cayenne pepper (optional)

Preparation To Prep:

  1. Soak the cashews for 2 hours in cold water, then rinse and drain well. If you don’t have time for this, you can soak them for 5-10 minutes in hot water.

  2. Mix all ingredients in a bowl well until all spices are completely soaked up and attached to the nuts, with no leftover spice in the bottom of the bowl.

To Dehydrate:

  1. Spread the nuts out on a single lined dehydrator sheet then dehydrate for 10-12 hours at 105°F or until completely dry and super crunchy. Remove and let cool.

To Bake:

  1. Spread the nuts on a single baking tray and bake at 300°F for 20-25 minutes or until super crunchy and dry, turning half way through so they don’t burn. Leave to cool.

  2. Once completely cool, store in a tightly sealed glass jar in the cupboard for up to a few months.

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Buffalo Cauliflower Taco Bowl

Serves 2 Cooking Time 30 Advertisement Ingredients For the Cauliflower:

  • 1 head cauliflower

  • 2 teaspoons avocado oil

  • salt and pepper to taste

  • 1/4 cup buffalo Hot Sauce

For the Salad:

  • rice for two (this recipe used 1/2 cup of dried rice)

  • 1 can black beans

  • 1/4 teaspoon chili powder

  • 1/4 teaspoon cumin

  • handful cherry tomatoes

  • head romaine lettuce

  • green onion

  • avocado

For the Creamy Cashew Drizzle:

  • 1/2 cup raw cashews (soaked beforehand)

  • 1/2 cup water

  • 4 tablespoons lime juice (roughly 2 limes)

  • 2-3 garlic cloves

  • 6 tablespoons nutritional yeast

  • 1/2 teaspoon chili powder

  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin

  • salt and pepper to taste

Advertisement Preparation

  1. Soak 1/2 cup of cashews in a bowl of water overnight or soak for 30 minutes in a bowl of boiled water. Preheat your oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

  2. Cut your cauliflower into small florets, toss in the oil, pepper and salt. Place on the baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes.

  3. While the cauliflower is baking, begin to cook your rice. Follow your package instructions, but I used 1/2 cup of rice and it was great for 2 people.

  4. Chop your romaine, cherry tomatoes, avocado and green onions and set aside.

  5. Rinse and drain your black beans. Place in a pan on the stovetop (A cast iron pan works well- if you are using a stainless steel pan you may want to oil the pan lightly first before adding the beans). Add 1/4 teaspoon of chili powder and cumin to the beans and lightly toss. I like heating my beans just to remove some of the excess liquid but you could just eat them raw and skip this step. Stir the beans over medium heat for roughly 5 minutes until they look a little drier. Set aside.

  6. At this point, your cauliflower should be done. Remove from the oven and toss the cauliflower in a bowl with the 1/4 cup of hot sauce. Place back in the oven for 10 more minutes.

  7. Prepare the dressing. Add the soaked cashews, water, lime juice, garlic, nutritional yeast, and spices to a high-speed blender and blend until smooth.

  8. Once the cauliflower and rice are done, begin assembling your bowls!

  9. Evenly distribute the vegetables, black beans, rice and cauliflower florets among 2 bowls. Option to top with tortilla chips (but not necessary). Add the cashew dressing overtop. Enjoy!

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Homemade Chocolate Spread

Ingredients 1 tablespoon Tahini sauce

  • 1 tablespoon cocoa

  • 1 teaspoon agave syrup

Preparation

  1. Put everything in a cup and mix it with a fork. You can spread it on a banana, rice cookie, or on waffles. Try it like this and then you can change the proportions. If you don’t like so much cocoa, use less. If you need to be sweeter use more syrup.

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