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  • That’s what I call a salad

    That’s what I call a salad

    Ready for an extensive exploration of the wonderful world of salad? If you thought salads were boring side dishes or sad appetizers, then prepare to change your mind. More than just a bowl of greens, salads can be real explosions of flavour, bringing countless surprises to the table as full-fledged main courses. So fasten your seatbelts, we’re about to experience the most exciting salad feast bowls ever! Let’s start right at the very beginning and take a look at the origins of the leaf salads we are all so familiar with. These green wonders originate from Europe and have been…

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  • Villa Vegana

    Villa Vegana

    Little vegan paradises are out there if you look for them! Welcome to our trip to the sunny Balearic Island of Majorca, where you’ll find a hotel that’s a real find in terms of vegan insider knowledge! Whether you’re already a fan of Majorca or not, today we’re going to take you with us on a voyage of discovery to Villa Vegana, a veritable vegan Eldorado! So pack up your bags with plenty of curiosity and appetite – wonderful delicacies and a beautiful location await, eager to be discovered! Villa Vegana, referred to affectionately by fans as the “Kale Garden…

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  • The new life of rescued animals

    The new life of rescued animals

    Everyone who eats a plant-based diet is already protecting animals. Many choose a life without animal products because they reject the unfair treatment of our furry friends on this planet as well as animal rearing conditions especially factory farming. This is the calling of people who work in sanctuaries. People who are consistent in actively advocating for animals in need. We have zoomed in on the subject of sanctuaries in order to present you with some food for thought. Animal welfare has a long tradition dating back to ancient times. But although progress has also been made, there are still…

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  • vegan food in canteens

    vegan food in canteens

    A loud rumbling in the stomach is a universal sign that it’s time to give your body, and therefore also your brain, the food it needs. And as someone who studies or works, particularly with a modest budget, what better place could there be to eat to your heart’s content than in a university or work canteen? But before you jump to conclusions – we’re not talking about boring canteen food in dusty halls with harsh fluorescent lights! We’re talking about the amazing steps forward taken by vegetarian and vegan food over the last few years. It’s been a real…

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  • Try these burgers by Ben Faust!

    Try these burgers by Ben Faust!

    Summer at last. We are in the middle of the barbecue season. Barbies are being fired up everywhere. Tempting smells. Garden parties and picnics are also in high season. That’s why we have come up with something very special for you … Cheese, mince & bacon are yesterday’s news. Celebrity TV and star chef Benedikt Faust gives the classic burger a new twist with unusual ingredients and a fresh combination of flavours. Exclusively for us, the TV and kitchen professional has created the ultimate plant-based summer burger recipes with that certain something for you to try out. The challenge: His…

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  • Get ready to go nuts for nuts!

    Get ready to go nuts for nuts!

    Nuts, seeds and kernels combine healthy nutrients, full-bodied flavor and versatility, making them a fundamental, and very popular, component of vegan cuisine. Because if you follow a vegan diet, you’re putting the focus on plant power. And that’s precisely what nuts provide, which is why we’re absolutely nuts about them! They give you plenty of energy, a concentrated dose of high-quality plant-based proteins, fats, carbohydrates that are easy for your body to utilize, fiber, as well as vitamins and minerals. The plant-based fats in nuts contain unsaturated fatty acids, such as important omega 3 fatty acids. Linseeds are especially good…

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  • Beginner’s guide to vegan living

    Beginner’s guide to vegan living

    There are many ways to get started on your way to leading a vegan lifestyle: from eating strict vegan menus from day one, to being flexible (flexitarian) and combining vegan dishes with occasional consumption of animal products. The decision to lead a completely vegan lifestyle is often motivated by many good reasons: Less animal suffering, fewer CO2 emissions, less damage to the environment – and instead, more healthy plant-based alternatives on your plate. More and more people are deciding to help animals, the environment and the climate by eating a purely plant-based diet and leading a vegan lifestyle. However, if…

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  • All for the honey?

    All for the honey?

    Bees enjoy a great reputation. In Germany, everyone knows the famous children’s cartoon about a bee called Maja, and her best friend Willi. But their reputation doesn’t stop there. As busy bees in the truest sense, these multi-talented little creatures are not only fundamentally important for any plant with blossoms or shoots – they are, above all, known and loved for their high productivity rate which provides real treasures: sweet honey, wonderfully-scented wax and soothing propolis are three good reasons to explain why people keep bees. As their products are so precious, there is almost no other animal population which…

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  • Is Ralf Moeller vegan?

    Is Ralf Moeller vegan?

    So, German bodybuilder Ralf Moeller eats a vegan diet? Really? Yes, really! And he feels better than he ever has! But how did this come about? How did it all start? Read on to find out about Ralf Moeller’s talents, and about the secret to his success. Ralf had always been ambitious. He started his career as a sportsman and bodybuilder at the tender age of 17. His goal-orientedness led to him becoming German champion in 1984. Two years later, he was crowned Mr Universe in Tokyo. Today, he is still considered one of greatest bodybuilding champions there is. But…

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  • Vegan power in strength events

    Vegan power in strength events

    In the world of weightlifting, there are many stereotypes and prejudices against vegan diets. Many people think that a protein-rich diet can only be achieved with animal products, and that vegans are therefore not able to achieve strong, muscular bodies. But that simply isn’t the case. More and more sportspeople in various disciplines are showing that a vegan diet can indeed be enough to help you get a powerful, sinewy body. Read on to find out more about vegan weightlifters and some of the most successful vegan bodybuilders in the world! At first glance, many people don’t believe that veganism…

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  • India – popular travel destination for vegans

    India – popular travel destination for vegans

    India is a country that stimulates all our senses. Indian cities are loud, the streets are crowded, it’s hot, often dirty, and there are smells that can take some getting used to if you’re European. Few countries have given me as big of a culture shock as India did – even though I’m proud to say I have over 70 stamps in my passport. At the same time, very few countries have touched my soul as deeply. It was in India that my journey from carnivore to vegan began. While I was preparing for my trip, a good friend of…

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  • Fashion for animal lovers

    Fashion for animal lovers

    My choice to be a vegan is motivated by my own passion – and the main reasoning behind my decision to eat a purely plant-based diet is to cause less suffering to animals. At least, that’s what I thought. Until, one day, having been overcome by a sudden urge to critically assess the contents of my wardrobe, I realized that despite my vegan lifestyle, I was still walking around in my smart leather shoes, occasionally defuzzing my woollen designer pullover, stroking my silk scarf without a second thought and, every night, crawling under a duvet which derived its warmth-giving qualities…

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  • Food Trends

    Food Trends

    The velivery food scout has been out and about tracking down the most delicious trends and current must-haves in vegan cuisine for you. Whether you’re looking for something savory, refreshing or unusual, one thing is for sure: these Top 5 “Vood” trends are bound to whet your appetite for trying something new! So, what are you waiting for? Have a browse, reach for your kitchen utensils and treat yourself to a whole range of new vegan foods. Enjoy trying them out! f you love Asian cuisine and you like it hot, then this Korean cucumber salad is just the thing…

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  • Intelligence on eight legs

    Intelligence on eight legs

    Here at velivery, animals are very close to our hearts. To help us better understand the animals we share our planet with, we want to make a habit of taking a closer look at some astounding animals and how they behave. This time, we’re heading to the sea to take a look at the octopus. This cephalopod gets its name from the Greek words oktṓ (“eight”) and poús (“foot”) and means, loosely translated, “eight-footed”. In German, octopi are also known by the term “Kraken”, and they are classified as a species of squid. So let’s take a closer look at…

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  • Getting enough protein as a vegan

    Getting enough protein as a vegan

    Anyone wanting to eat consciously and well needs to make sure that their diet is balanced. This applies to flexitarians just as it does to vegetarians, as well as to people following a vegan lifestyle. When it comes to purely plant-based diets, there is a widespread prejudice that such diets do not provide enough protein. The fact is, however, that if you have a balanced vegan diet and consume enough calories, you will get enough of all the important amino acids. The main sources of plant-based protein are pulses (soy, chickpeas (garbanzo beans), lentils, tempeh etc.) and whole grains. Additional…

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  • Vegan Athletes

    Vegan Athletes

    The Ironman is known as the oldest and most challenging triathlon of our times. Endurance athletes from all over the world come together in Hawaii each year to see how they measure up over a total race length of 4km swimming, 180km cycling, and 42km running. In addition to the already considerable sporting and mental demands put on the triathletes due to the sheer distances involved in each of the legs, they also have to deal with the energy-sapping climactic and geographical conditions in Hawaii: unpredictable, gusty crosswinds, uneven paths, extreme temperatures which can reach more than 85 degrees Fahrenheit…

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  • Fake vegan foods

    Fake vegan foods

    Sitting down on the couch to watch your favorite movie in the evening with a bag of chips and a glass of fine wine can be a great way to relax after an eventful day. If you’re following a purely plant-based lifestyle and want to eat a vegan diet, you need to keep an eye on what snacks you’re eating. That’s because even products which you’d assume were vegan sometimes contain ingredients obtained from animals. So that you can avoid being tricked into eating non-vegan foods, we’ve put together an overview to help you identify where animal-based ingredients might be…

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  • When cows love cats

    When cows love cats

    We all have that one friend who knows everything about us. Who listens when we’re full of crazy ideas or when we have the weight of the whole world on our shoulders. That friend we can call if our car breaks down on the motorway in the middle of the night. Whose door we knock on when we need a safe place to retreat to. But we humans aren’t the only ones capable of real friendship and empathy. Friendships exist between animals, too. And they can exist between animals of different species, colors, sizes and destinies. Some animal friendships exist…

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  • Vegan detox

    Vegan detox

    Now, at the latest, is the time to turn good intentions into actions and start a spring clean – on the outside and the inside. To address the effect that a winter of fatty foods and chocolate has had on their expanding midriffs, most people consider it inevitable that they’ll have to put their bodies through a detox involving lots of fasting. For the omnivores among us, there’s no doubt that this healing whole-body-reset can be a huge challenge. After all, our lazy sides love to eat indulgent foods such as fatty meat, difficult-to-digest dairy products, or fish floundering in…

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  • Vegan sugar alternatives

    Vegan sugar alternatives

    “Life is too short to live off nothing but crackers!” This sentence could be said in nearly any kitchen, because after all, life without the odd sweet treat wouldn’t be half as beautiful (culinarily, at least). In terms of taste, there are loads of delicious options on offer, but not all of them are healthy, and not every sweet addition manages not to leave an aftertaste of animal products. That means: if you want to sweeten your everyday on a regular basis, you shouldn’t fall into the unhealthy sugar trap, because refined sugar products are poison not just for our…

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  • Ricky Saward – a vegan star

    Ricky Saward – a vegan star

    Ricky Saward was the first – and, for a long time, the only – vegan Michelin-starred chef in the world. In 2019, he took over the gourmet restaurant Seven Swans in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and brought about a vegan revolution there. And all of this at Michelin-starred level! And of course, he’s there in the kitchen himself with his team, trying out and perfecting his top-level plant-based culinary creations. As a chef, he’s a perfectionist, plant expert and artist all rolled into one – as well as being very likeable, refreshingly undogmatic, and authentic. We asked him a few…

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  • Our ancestors’ veggie menus

    Our ancestors’ veggie menus

    The most recent research findings have shown the widespread assumption that our early ancestors were primarily meat eaters to be wrong, or at least very questionable. Eat like a Neanderthal: nowadays, the term “paleo diet” (stone age diet) is often used to mean a very meat-heavy diet. Now, however, various researchers are painting a totally different picture of what Neanderthals and early homo sapiens ate. The findings of various pieces of research into nutrition in the Stone Age provide a very interesting – and often surprising – picture. It appears that a very wide range of plants were indeed on…

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  • Sicilian Vegan Cuisine

    Sicilian Vegan Cuisine

    Welcome to Sicily and the Aeolian Islands, a paradise of Mediterranean aromas and scents – especially for vegan cuisine! Mount Stromboli, the omnipresent Mount Etna and many other volcanoes have crafted beautiful landscapes out of the sea and brought about some of the most fertile ground there is. Let’s take a closer look at these picturesque islands, and dive into their multi-faceted cuisine! The geographical location of Sicily and the Aeolian Islands makes them very special: Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean and is located to the southeast of Italy, almost on the same latitude as Africa. The…

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  • Chancellor Adenauer and the peace sausage

    Chancellor Adenauer and the peace sausage

    What does German politics have to do with soy alternatives to sausages? At first glance, nothing at all! However, Konrad Adenauer, the first post-war German Chancellor, was not just a politician. He was also very inventive – a real Gyro Gearloose of his time. When he wasn’t busy with politics, the passionate tinkerer was creating his own inventions. While some were more successful than others, they all had one thing in common: they were ahead of their time. As early as 1936, he was busy experimenting with procedures intended to remove exhaust fumes and soot from the air. The initial…

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