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fOllOW YOuRHeart

conscious company spotlight by Carlos Garcia www.followyourheart.com

In 1970, four friends began operating a 1,300-square-foot health food store in Canoga
Park, California called Follow Your Heart, a name that summed up their business
philosophy to always remain true to their ideals—even if doing so flew in the face of
conventional retail wisdom.
“ Our objective
“All four of us were vegetarian, and the idea of selling Then, in 1988, two of the
meat for profit was not following our hearts and was out founders, Bob Goldberg and was never
of sync with what we believed,” partner Bob Goldberg Paul Lewin, started earth Island, to be a
says. “A lot of people warned us that this would cause the which manufactures Follow megastore,
store to fail, but it turned out there was a large amount of Your Heart proprietary products but a gem.
people who actually preferred to shop at a meatless store.” like Vegenaise, an egg-free and Gems don’t
Twenty years ago Follow Your Heart (FYH) carried many dairy-free mayonnaise alternative, have to be big
free magazines outside of their store. Before I ever heard Vegan Gourmet cheese to be really
of the terms “healthy living” or “wellness”, I remember alternatives and Veganegg.
that many magazines they carried had a health theme These products surprisingly beautiful.”
to them. One in particular was called L.A. Resources and taste a lot like the original dairy
turned out to be my life’s introduction to healthy living. products, are GMO Free, mostly organic and are found in
grocery stores and restaurants across the country.
I was the classic McDonald’s, Burger King, Jack-In-The-Box
and Wendy’s “healthy eater” thinking that instead of beef Follow Your Heart provides quality, tasty and healthy
burgers and Cokes, I ordered chicken sandwiches with products and is actually saving lives on a daily basis. Their 3
cheese and milks instead. The first time I went to FYH’s deli main products are replacing unhealthy fats and cholesterol,
section I saw this amazing looking sandwich so I ordered, the biggest cause of strokes, heart attacks and other heart
loved it, then found out it was vegan. That sandwich and ailments plus diabetes, kidney problems and more.
Follow Your Heart’s free magazine racks section started Thank you… Follow Your Heart
my vegan journey. This store has changed my life.
… for Living Aloha!

Crustless Mini Quiche — Vegan

Yields 12 Mini Quiches • Ready in 45 minutes

ingredients: instruCtions:
¾ cup Follow your heart veganegg 1. preheat oven to 400°F. position rack in the center of your
+ 3 cups ice-cold water oven and lightly grease a 12-slot standard size muffin pan.
1½ cups chopped brown mushroom 2. in a large mixing bowl, put veganegg first then pour in ice- aYaKo HasHimoto
1 cup shredded Follow your heart cold water and whisk until mixed well and smooth. is a vegan chef and
garden herb Cheese Alternative
3. Add in remaining ingredients and mix together. owner of vegan food
1 cup coconut milk (full fat) company, Zen island
4. divide the mixture evenly among the prepared muffin cups.
½ cup finely chopped flat leaf parsley Kitchen. based in hawaii, she offers meal kit
5. bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until the mixtures are set and
1½ tbs. chopped sun-dried tomatoes the tops are lightly golden. Let cool on a rack for 5 to 10 and private chef services, chickpea nuggets,
in olive oil fermented rice and adzuki brownies.
minutes. remove gently with a butter knife.
1 tsp. sea salt www.zenislandkitchen.com

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