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Mother’s Day Eco-Friendly Vegan Gift Ideas

Mother’s Day!!!  Whether you are getting gifts to celebrate your biological mother or the lady or ladies that have been wonderfully motherly to you, this list of gifts will help you out.  These Mother’s Day gift ideas are vegan and keep the environment in mind.  So let’s get our mothers something plastic-free, cruelty-free, and lovely!

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Bath Kit (customizable)

Photo credit: The Refill Shoppe

The Refill Shoppe

Allow your mother to relax and rejuvenate with this wonderful vegan Bubble Bath Kit by The Refill Shoppe.  They have a large variety of pre-blended scents: Citrus Blend, Tropical Blend, Flowery Blend, Caramel Latte and many more.

You also have the option to create your own signature 2 – 5 scent blend from a collection of over 50 scents!

Get Vegan Bath Kits Here

Vegan Cactus Soap

Photo credit: Nopalera

Nopalera

You May recognize the founder of Nopalera from the TV show Shark Tank! She has created earth-friendly vegan soap from the hearty cactus plant. The soap and the packaging are eco-friendly!

Get Vegan Soap Here

Vegan Shampoo & Vegan Conditioner

Photo credit: Fat and the Moon

Fat and the Moon

Are you pretty sure your mother knows magic? Moms do some magical things! Get her these eco-friendly vegan shampoo and vegan conditioner bars so she is nice and fresh for her next coven gathering under the moon!

Get Vegan Shampoo Here
Get Vegan Conditioner Here


Vegan Organic Deodorant

Photo credit: Live Like You Green It

Live Like You Green It

Live Like You Green It makes this vegan organic deodorant for sensitive skin. It is plastic-free and we’ve heard the scent is amazing!

Get Vegan Organic Deodorant Here

Vegan Deodorant

Photo credit: Meow, Meow, Tweet

Meow, Meow, Tweet

Meow, Meow, Tweet’s vegan deodorant has a plastic-free compostable cardboard & paper push-up container. Their deodorant provides all-day protection that keeps you smelling great!

Get Vegan Deodorant Here

Organic Vegan Body Butter (OrganicVegan Lotion)

Photo credit: Live Like You Green It

Live Like You Green It

After a relaxing bubble bath, your mother deserves this calming mixture of lavender and vanilla. This vegan body butter will moisturize and soothe any nerves from a long day. It is even soothing for eczema. Cruelty-free organic vegan lotions like this are the way to go from now on!

Get Organic Vegan Body Butter Here

Vegan Lip Balm

Photo credit: Eco Roots

Eco Roots

Eco Roots provides cruelty-free vegan products. Their vegan lip balm is offered in different flavors and they even have an unflavored option. Our busy moms may forget to moisturize, so lip balm is a great gift for self-care.

Get Vegan Lip Balm Here

Vegan Lipstick

Photo credit: Cheekbone

Cheekbone

For an extra boost in her day, treat your mom to Cheekbone’s sustainable vegan lipstick line. She can return the container for refills so it doesn’t end up in a landfill! With a variety of colors, there is sure to be one that will become her favorite!

Get Vegan Lipstick Here

Oh, did we mention all of these companies are lady-owned? We hope this list is helpful to you! If they’re in town, enjoy Mother’s Day with your mothers and all the motherly ladies in your life. If not, sending one of these gifts will surely brighten their day!

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BeeWali’s – Mediterranean & Indian Restaurant

I had the chance to visit the diner style vegan restaurant BeeWali’s this weekend!  

One side is facing the main road – Eagle Rock Blvd. – and the other side is tucked on a corner just off of the quiet residential street Addison Way.

This family owned restaurant started with a father who loves to cook, worked as an electrician, and decided to become vegan.  His wife, Bee, teasingly called him “Wali” when they were dating because it’s the beginning of his unique last name.  Bee was working full time as a hotel manager and she eventually chose to become vegan as well.  They were surprised at the variety of good food they were enjoying.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, they decided to go even further with their new way of eating and start a vegan restaurant: BeeWali’s!  A fun mixture of their first and last names.  They recruited their teenage son as a server and hired an additional staff member who also has become like family.

While at BeeWali’s I got the Meddi Bowl Falafel (that is the half sized Falafel plate – they have a full sized falafel plate also).  They give good portions.  The Meddi Bowl Falafel comes with hummus, pita bread, rice topped with veggies, three large falafel balls, and a side of the house sauce.  I also want to try their plant-based chicken Kabob Wrap and fries – next time I guess!  They have Mediterranean and Indian options!

If you go and can only get one thing, get their pita bread and hummus – yum, yum!

After you eat at BeeWali’s, let us know in the comments what you got!

ADDRESS

4862 Eagle Rock Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90041

PHONE: (323) 289-2660

PARKING

– Free 2-hour parking on their cross street Addison Way

– There is also untimed free parking a little further up the street on Addison Way in the residential area

WEBSITE 

https://www.beewalisveganaf.com
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“Stuff I Eat” is a Lady-Owned Restaurant! (Women’s History Month)

Chef Babett

We visited “Stuff I Eat” – one of our favorite lady-owned vegan restaurants – and found great new items on the menu! The restaurant is co-owned by Chef Babett.

Chef Babett – Source: StuffIEat.com

The portions were always good, but this time they were great! So – Much – Food!

Vegan Enchilada Pie

I know Stuff I Eat normally advertises its Soul Food Plate, but I’m there for the vegan Enchilada Pie – best thing ever! However, we saw the special was Vegan Lasagna … and Vegan Nachos are on the menu now too. Sooooo *drum roll please* we got them all. Yeah, 3 meals for two people was WAY too much food – especially considering the super large portions – we had to take a bunch of it home.

Vegan Lasagna

I’ve always thought the Enchilada Pie was super good, so I was surprised how much I equally liked the Nachos and Lasagna too! *Nom Nom*

To top it off I got the Vegan Cranberry Cheesecake. I didn’t think I could be any more satisfied and I was wrong! This vegan cheesecake is the perfect mix of sweet and tart deliciousness!

Another completely satisfying visit at Stuff I Eat – let us know your favorite meals there below and/or at our YouTube page:  https://youtube.com/shorts/DtYvRI14c5A?feature=share

ADDRESS:

Stuff I Eat, 114 N. Market St., Inglewood, CA 90301-1710

PHONE:

(310) 671-0115

WEBSITE:

www.StuffIEat.com

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Vegan Valentine!

Have your future Vegan Valentine find you with these “Lady Vegan” and “Vegan Lad” shirts!

This is a VEGANavigate product.

Watch the Vegan Valentine commercial at our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@veganavigate1764?si=TA6HA48OE1g1L7jr

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Get the Video Cooking Tutorial for Vegan Greens!

Did you know one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s favorite foods were greens?  Did you know his wife, Coretta, and son were both vegan?  So he was most likely no stranger to yummy vegan food!  In honor of African American History Month, we’re partnering with Angela Marie Homestead with Me to give you this FREE offer of our favorite greens recipe and our e-Newsletter.  Just email the word “GREENS” to VEGANavigate@gmail.com for the VEGANavigate e-Newsletter and access code to a free cooking video tutorial that will help you make the best vegan greens ever!

This offer is in collaboration with Angela Marie Homestead with Me.

Offer ends March 31, 2024

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Holiday Shopping at Indigenous Abya Yalan Stores! (aka: Native American Businesses)

As we celebrate Native American Heritage Month and continue with the holiday season getting gifts for friends and family – lets shop at stores owned by the people from the First Nations of this land!

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Heart Berry

New Day Socks

These cute socks are a must-have! Woven by artists of the Ojibwe nation. We also love the “thank you” noted at the bottom of their product page – reminding us of the importance of purchasing from indigenous communities – not products by large corporate companies designed to look as though they are designed by people from First Nations.

(Note: This item is advertised with a non-plant-based blanket on their website.)

Get Socks Here

B. Yellowtale


“Bethany Yellowtail  is a citizen of the Northern Cheyenne Nation, and proudly hails from the Mighty Few District of the Apsáalooke (Crow) Nation”

Get Candle Here

Sacred Circle

Double Wall Glass Mug

The paintings on these machine washable mugs were done by Darrel Amos of the Haida Nation.

Get Mugs Here

Native American Tea Company 

100 Tea Bags – Choose your tea

Get Tea Here

Shima

Blue Cornmeal (limited supply)

This food staple is provided by the Dine Nation.

Get Blue Cornmeal Here

Eighth Generation

Rose Hip Warrior Blanket

Of the Muckleshoot Nation and the Chehalis Nation, the artist SiSeeNaxAlt is a weaver and Lead Culture Teacher.

Get Rose Hip Warrior Blanket Here

Calling Mountains Throw Blanket

Of the Salish Nation and Kootenai Nation, Josh Swift designed this blanket due to his love of connecting with nature.

Get Calling Mountains Blanket Here


Sage and Oats

Cards for Decolonization 

Get the Card Game Here

Sweetgrass Trading Co.

Hopi Blue Corn Facial Mask

This product is made by the Ute Mountain Nation.

Get Facial Mask Here

Beyond Buckskin

Jewelry and Ties

Not to be confused with the vegan “Beyond” brand.  Beyond Buckskin does accept non-vegan products from indigenous designers.  However, there are still plenty of beautiful vegan products made by First Nations artists on their site.

Get Jewelry and more Here

Aconav

Maple Wood Earrings

The founders of this business are Loren from the Acoma Pueblo Nation and Valentina from the Dine Nation.

Get Maple Wood Earrings

Cheekbone Beauty

Refillable Bronzer / Blush / Hilight / Contour

The founder of this company is Jenn Harper from the Anishinaabe Nation. “Keeping in line with her Anishinaabe roots” she is proud her products are sustainable, vegan, and cruelty free!

Get Refillable Makeup

Trickster Company

This sibling team – Crystal and Rico – are from the Athabascan Nation and the Tlingit Nation.

Get This Baby Onesie

Book Stores

As the daughter of a librarian, this is my favorite section:

Books & Burrow

Get Books at Books & Burrow

Eleanor’s Bookshop

Get Books at Eleanor’s Bookshop

Birchbark Books

Get Books at Birch Bark Books

Word Carrier (Bird Cage)

Get Books at Word Carrier

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Vegan Candy 2023 (Vegan Halloween Candy)

Happy Halloween!  Are you ready for a great list of vegan candy?!  We even found candy with compostable packaging.  These – and candy with plastic-free packaging – are located at the top of our list.

After you take a look and pick your favorite vegan candies, don’t forget to sign the petition below asking Ferrara Candy Company to package their mini box candy (i.e. nerds, lemon heads, etc.) in a box instead of a plastic bag.  One of their vegan candy competitors is already doing this (see Junior Mint mini boxes packaged in a box instead of a plastic bag here).  It appears Ferrara themselves even has Nerds candy mini boxes in a box (instead of a plastic bag) when purchased online (see boxed Nerds candies here).

We are asking Ferrara Candy Company to go plastic-free and provide this eco-friendly box option in the grocery store as well.

Sign Plastic-free Packaging Petition Here

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Vegan Candy with Paper Packaging:


Fun Dip

(photo by Target and USA Candy Factory)

Single pouches of fun dip are in the Halloween box version at Amazon.

Get Fun Dip here

Nerds

(photo by La Bendicion)
Get Nerds here


Junior Mints

(photo by Nassau Candy)
Get Junior Mints here

Gobstoppers

(photo by Old Time Candy)

You can get 24-pack of their small (1.77 oz) boxes at Amazon.

Get Gobstoppers here


Jujyfruits

(photo by Candy Nation)
Get Jujyfruits here

Bottle Caps

(photo by CandyFunHouse.ca)

Can get a pack of 10 at Amazon.

Get Bottle Caps here

Vegan Candy with Compostable Packaging! :

Compostable packaging can be placed in the dirt of a backyard, front yard, garden, etc. and will decompose naturally back into the earth.

Mmmore Raw Treats

(photos by Mmmore.com)

Mmmore Raw Treats uses compostable packaging!

Get Mmmore Raw Treats here

Loving Earth Chocolate

(photos by Loving Earth)

The items featured in the above photo – and many others at their website – currently (as of October 2023) have compostable packaging and are printed with vegetable ink. Not all items at Loving Earth Chocolates have compostable packaging. However, they make it simple to check, by providing a “packaging” link under each item on their website for info on how it’s packaged.

Get Loving Earth Chocolates here


H!P Chocolate

(photo by The Scottish Sun)

H!p Chocolate uses compostable packaging too!

Get H!p Chocolate here

Vegan candies with less plastic packaging than most:

Charm’s Blow Pops
Cry Baby (in a box)
Dots
Dum Dums
Hubba Bubba
Mamba
Mary Jane
Now & Later
Pixie Sticks
Smarties
Super Bubble Bubble Gum

Other vegan candies:

Airheads
Brach’s Cinnamon Imperials
Brach’s Lemon Drops 
Brach’s Star Brites Peppermint Candy
Chick-O-Sticks
Fire Ball
Go-Max-Go Candy Bars
Hubba Bubba Bubble Tape
Laffy Taffy (mini version – NOT the regular size. The regular size has egg albumen) 
Jolly Rancher
No Whey
Pez
Red Vines
Ring Pops
Skittles
Smarties
Sour Patch Kids
Surf Sweets Organic Cinnamon Bears
Swedish Fish
Sweet Tarts
Twizzlers
YumEarth (Lolli Pops)
Zackary Cinnamon Bears
Zotz

As you can see, there are a lot of vegan candy options to choose from. It’s super exciting that some are plastic-free and some even use compostable packaging! Let us know in the comments section which vegan candy you decided to get and which ones are your favorites!

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Vegan Latinx Food!

vegan latinx food

We have had a blast celebrating Latinx Heritage Month!  Admittedly, it consisted a lot of eating great Latinx food.  Maybe next year we’ll learn Latinx dances to burn these extra calories off – but that’s next year!  Right now we want to share some videos on how you can make great Latinx meals right at home.  We found instructions on dishes from Mexico, Columbia, Peru and more!  Enjoy!

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MEXICO

Vegan Chilaquiles Rojos

Vegan Tamales

Vegan Conchas (Pan Dulce)

COLUMBIA

Vegan Ajiaco

Vegan Buñuelos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HKQCcFpqkI

VENEZUELA

Vegan Savory Empenada

Vegan Arepas

PERU

Vegan Papa A La Huancaina

Vegan Lomo Saltado

Vegan Aji de Gallina [in Spanish / en Espanol]

BRAZIL

Vegan Moqueca

Vegan Brigadeiro

CHILE

Porotos Granados

Mote con Huesillos [in Spanish / en Espanol]

ARGENTINA

Medialunas Veganas [in Spanish / en Espanol]

Vegan Alfajores cookies and Vegan Dulce de Leche

[gluten-free and nut-free]

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Back to School Eco-Friendly Tools

back to school

Are you ready to go back to school?  Make sure you have everything you need!  Like an eco-friendly backpack from Patagonia, a new cell from Fairphone, and of course plenty of notebooks from Decomposition.

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Notebooks by Decomposition

These notebooks at Decomposition are made with recycled paper and eco-friendly soy ink!

Get Notebooks

Stainless Steel Lunch Box by Life Without Plastic

Plastic is made from oil drilled from the ground creating pollution. Recycled plastic is still ending up in landfills and our oceans. We can make sure our purchases are not contributing to the destruction of Earth by choosing non-plastic materials. Start with these sturdy stainless steel lunch boxes!

Get Lunch Boxes

Cell phone by Fairphone

A family used to get a phone for their home and still have it when their kids grew up and moved out. Lets stop with the constant cell phone purchases when a marginal change has been made from year to year. Instead, go with the Fairphone cell! No more relying on phone companies and third-party repair shops for constant basic repairs. This long-lasting straightforward design can even be fixed by its owner – with help from Fairphone if a repair is ever needed.

Get a Fairphone

Backpacks by Patagonia

Patagonia is a long standing staple for many homes. Get your eco-friendly backpack here and it can double for any other fun activities you have planned for the school year!

Get a Backpack

Shoes by BlueView

We have been searching for plant-based compostable shoes for years. Finally, here they are! Comfortable shoes that will not end up in a landfill at the end of their life cycle. These eco-friendly kicks can be buried right in the ground to join mother nature again.

Get BlueView Shoes

We hope these vegan eco-friendly items will be great long-lasting tools for your academic success!