{"id":8800,"date":"2016-03-25T14:00:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T18:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=8800"},"modified":"2016-03-25T12:50:25","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T16:50:25","slug":"a-vegan-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2016\/03\/25\/a-vegan-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"A Vegan Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether Easter is an important religious holiday to you, or just a way to welcome spring and gather with family and friends for a festive meal, here are some ways to celebrate the season without doing harm to chicks, bunnies, or any other living things. <\/p>\n

-Instead of dyeing eggs, try creating these colorful paper versions<\/a> if you want a craft to make with children. <\/p>\n

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-If you’re interested in recreating the tradition of dyeing eggs, try these ceramic versions from EggNots<\/a>: \"dying-easter-eggs-without-egs\" <\/p>\n

Use natural food coloring such as http:\/\/www.colorgarden.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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-Sponsor a Farm Animal or visit a Farm Sanctuary: http:\/\/www.compassionatefarming.org\/sanctuaries.html <\/a>
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-Try Chef Nancy Berkoff’s Recipe for Egg-less Vegan Quiche <\/a>and easy Crisped Rice Eggs using puffed rice cereal and carob for Easter brunch <\/p>\n

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\u00bc cup vegan chocolate or carob chips
\n2 cups puffed rice cereal
\nMelt chocolate in a microwave or on the stove. Remove from heat, mix in cereal, and very quickly form into shapes. Store on a parchment- or waxed paper-lined tray.<\/p>\n

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-Hide plastic eggs stuffed with mini Dandies vegan marshmallows and have an Easter egg hunt! Find Dandies near you: http:\/\/dandiesmarshmallows.com\/where-to-buy<\/a><\/p>\n

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-Make a cruelty-free Easter basket of goodies for the kids. Fill with stuffed chicks or bunnies, dried fruit and nuts, vegan or spring-themed children’s books, a vegan coloring page<\/a>, baby carrots (From the Easter bunny!), and stickers. Instead of stuffing with plastic Easter grass, shred colorful sections of the newspaper (like the comics!) or magazines for a fun grass-like filling. Annie’s vegan fruit snacks, shaped like bunnies, have never been more appropriate! <\/p>\n

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-Find Sweet and Sarah vegan, non-GMO, Kosher marshmallow bunnies and chicks near you: http:\/\/sweetandsara.com\/where-to-buy\/<\/a>
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-See a list of some companies who make vegan Easter candy here: http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/11\/vegan-easter-candy\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whether Easter is an important religious holiday to you, or just a way to welcome spring and gather with family and friends for a festive meal, here are some ways to celebrate the season without doing harm to chicks, bunnies, or any other living things. -Instead of dyeing eggs, try creating these colorful paper versions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8800"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8846,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8800\/revisions\/8846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}