Vegan MoFo Day 22 - Reaching Out and Being There

Welcome to Vegan MoFo Twenty-two

- Day 22 of Vegan Month of Food 2011

#1 R&B song on this day in 1966,
"Reach Out, I'll Be There"
by The Four Tops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EaflX0MWRo&feature=related

This was a good day for reaching out and being there in 
busy Vegan Day Houston.

Attended Montgomery Heart and Wellness'

Houston Town Hall Meeting

"What Can I Eat to Insure My Health?"
(hint - it's all vegan)

organized by Houston's plant-based cardiologist

Dr. Baxter Montgomery.

http://www.drbaxtermontgomery.com/

Website also gives information on ordering his new book,

reviewed in the October issue of VEGNEWS magazine,

which includes a selection of raw vegan recipes.

Montgomery Heart and Wellness 

not only counsels its patients on why, what and how to eat, 
they have a vegan restaurant, 

GARDEN KITCHEN.
http://www.gardenkitchenfoods.com/ 
A sampling of lunch at the Town Hall Meeting:

Italian sub - Ezekial Sub, Raw pepperoni, raw cheese, marinara sauce, red onion, spinach

;

Baby spinach potabello wrap - spinach, marinated portabello mushrooms, avocado on coconut wrap 'bread'

Tahini spinach wrap - spinach, carrots, red bell peppers, enoki mushrooms & tahini on coconut wrap 'bread'

Zucchini Cremini wrap - zucchini, mixed greens, marinara sauce, cremini mushrooms

Sides included 'raw' corn chips, mixed carrot & greens salad & dressing. 

lentil soup

'raw' key lime pie

A la carte items

'raw' oatmeal cookies

  

On to Pepper Tree Veggie Cuisine

 http://www.ilovepeppertree.com/

for a meetup
http://www.meetup.com/Houston-Veggie-Heads/ 

in support of

VEGAN WORLD RADIO,

http://www.veganworldradio.org/

Houston's vegan radio program

(Wednesday evenings, 10-11PM)

on Pacifica affiliate

KPFT, 90.1 FM

http://www.kpft.org/ 

for another fall membership drive/fundraiser event.

vegan friendly literature

Vegan World radio on KPFT

(tune in Donna Summer's

On The Radio)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXewXKFmBn0






Then a late dinner/dessert vegan meetup
http://www.meetup.com/houstonvegans/
at Loving Hut

http://lovinghut.us/houston/index.html
with our friend, Reese, 
the original organizer of Houston's vegan meetup group,
visiting from her new home in veg-friendly Seattle.


Lots of good Vegan eating!
Call me "A Fool in Love" with good vegan food.
(tune in "A Fool in Love",
Ike and Tina Turner's chart debut,
which reached #2 on this day in 1960)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=ZxTQtzYYHks