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Susan Nicole Sample Sale - Vegan Bags and Wallets $15 to $48!

6/28/2013

Susan Nicole -- maker of some rather cute vegan purses and wallets -- is having another sample sale.

This means you can pick up slightly imperfect but totally cruelty free purses and wallets at huge discounts.

The site says that there are just a few available in each style, so hurry on over to the Susan Nicole website, if you want to get in on this deal!

Printable Organic Coupons: Save $.75 on Organic Baby Kale Mix!

6/25/2013

Head over to the Earthbound Farm website before July 1 to print out your coupon for $.75 off organic mixed baby kales!

If you are need of more printable online coupons, check out this page.

Vegan Dollar Store Finds: Silk Iced Latte, Seaweed Snacks and More!

6/24/2013

I have been having some great luck finding cheap vegan and natural foods at my local dollar stores.

On my last visit to the 99 Cent Store in Ventura, I found two things that I thought might be of particular interest to y'all...

These Silk Iced Latte drinks in vanilla and mocha...

And these seaweed snacks from Annie Chun's All Natural Asian Cuisine...

I've eaten seaweed in soups and such but had never had the snacks before. This is one of the things I love about finding natural, organic or veg products at the dollar store -- it makes it so much easier (and cheaper!) to try new things that I might not have tried if I had to pay regular retail prices.

Here are some other things I regularly find at Dollar Tree and the 99 Cent Store that go well with a plant-based diet:

Organic canned beans
Canned vegetables
Bagged rice
Bagged dry beans
Potato chips
Tortilla chips
Frozen berries
Frozen fruit
Frozen vegetables
Coconut water
Flax seeds (whole and meal)
Soy milk
Condiments
Tea bags
Bagged salads
Fresh produce (at the 99 Cent Store)

If you have some sort of dollar store in your area, definitely check it out! It makes it so much easier to eat a plant-based diet or to be vegan on a budget!

If you are a dollar store shopper, what natural, organic, vegetarian or vegan awesomeness have you found there? Let us know in the comments below!

Rare Coupon for Fresh, Organic Produce: Save $1.00 on Two Organic Mangos

6/18/2013

Yay - a coupon for fresh organic produce! We hardly ever see those, so this is exciting.

Don't miss out on this organic coupon -- head over to the Earthbound Farm website to print yours before June 24 and get $1.00 off two Earthbound Farm organic mangos!

Save 50% on Entire Stock of Susan Nicole Vegan Bags!

6/17/2013

If you are in need of a fashionable vegan handbag or wallet, now is a good time to head on over to the Susan Nicole website!

Their entire stock of cruelty-free purses is 50% off through June 19 when you use the promo code FIFTY at checkout.

Plus, there are some new styles available!

Visit the Susan Nicole site to start shopping!

Save 20% on Vegan, Organic, Fair-Trade Chocolates (Online Sale)

6/17/2013

You can save 20% on everything Sjaak's Organic Chocolates offers on their website right now!

All you need is this promo code: JULY42013

This 4th of July sale actually goes through July 5, and you can use this promo code as often as you wish until then, so head over there and check out their yummy fair-trade, organic, vegan chocolates!

Cheap Juicing Tips: Save Money with Frozen Spinach Smoothies - Plus a Spinach-Strawberry Smoothie Recipe

6/12/2013

In a recent post, I talked about my super-sneaky way to get more greens into my daily diet. While I will keep using my fave vegan greens powder to add more greens on the cheap, I have now found another cheap trick with which I am quickly falling in love: frozen spinach.

Fresh spinach is a pretty common ingredient for green juices, since it is quite the nutritional powerhouse, but not everyone can afford to buy organic fresh spinach for their daily juicing needs.

Conventional spinach just has way too many pesticides -- landing it on the Dirty Dozen list of foods to buy organic -- so I really can't recommend saving money by going non-organic on this one.

But I can recommend going frozen. Sure, fresh is better when you can, but frozen can be cheaper and way more convenient, and I'm all about making it easy and affordable to eat as healthy as possible.

I picked up the organic frozen spinach pictured below for $2.49. The conventional store-brand option was $1.99. I am more than happy to pay an additional 50 cents to go organic here.

I've been throwing a handful in my daily smoothies -- like this one and this one -- and loving it!

I dig how I easily upped the nutritional value of each smoothie, and they still taste fantastic.

Here is the recipe for the Spinach-Strawberry-Pineapple smoothie I whipped up today:

Spinach-Strawberry Smoothie Recipe

11 ounces of coconut water (juice or regular water can substitute for this)
1 banana
1/2 cup frozen strawberries
1/2 cup frozen pineapple
1/2 cup frozen spinach

You can stop there, but I also added:

1 tablespoon flax seed meal
2 teaspoons chia seeds (pre-soaked)

If you don't have a powerful blender, you may need to add a bit more liquid.

Here's what it looked like in the blender...

On a side note, this entire vegan smoothie was pretty cheap to make. I found the frozen strawberries, frozen pineapple, flax seed meal and coconut water at the dollar store. The bananas came from my fave roadside produce stand where I get them six for a buck, and the chia seeds came from the bulk bin at Winco -- where they are about half the price I've seen them selling for elsewhere.

Do you have cheap tricks for adding more greens to your juicing? If so, let us know in the comments below!

Printable Organic Coupons: Save $.75 on Organic Brocolette

6/12/2013

Head over to the Earthbound Farm website before June 17 to print this organic coupon, and save $.75 on organic brocolette!

Need more printable coupons for vegan, organic or vegetarian goodness? Click here.

Need to know how to find coupons to help you save money on your plant-based diet? Click here.

Buy One, Get One Free Yoga Bags! Plus More Online Yoga Deals and Promo Codes

6/4/2013

YogaDirect has some pretty good deals on yoga supplies this month, including a Father's Day sale.

Here are some of the deals you can find:

Father's Day: Save 15% on all yoga kits at YogaDirect.com (sale ends 6/16)
Use promo code: FATHERS15

Free Shipping On All Orders Over $50 at YogaDirect.com (deal ends 6/30)
Use promo code: SHIP50

Buy 1 Get 1 Free - Canvas Yoga Bag ($9.98)

Buy 1 Get 1 Free - Cordura Yoga Bag ($10.68)

Online Eco, Fair Trade Deals and Sales for June from Green Living Everyday

6/4/2013

Have you checked out Green Living Everyday recently?

This online retailer that focuses on eco-friendly, fair-trade products is having some awesome sales right now, so I've gathered some links to a few that I thought might be of interest to you.

Here you go:

$150 Off all Sun-Mar Composting Toilet Systems (sale ends 6/29)

10% off Yoga Mats (sale ends 6/10)

Take an Additional 15% off Eco Friendly Board Games (sale ends 6/14)

Save 15% on Fair Trade iPad Cases (sale ends 6/8)

15% Off Two Soap Bar Gift Set with Burlap Bag (sale ends 6/10)

Natural Soap Bars - Buy 4, Get 1 Free (sale ends 6/30)