Organic Sunshine Barbeque Veggie Burgers While a lot of veggie burger companies try to mimic the taste if meat, Organic Sunshine does what I’ve long thought should be done – stress that their patties aren’t meat substitutes but rather a unique taste all their own.But are the Organic Sunshine Barbeque veggie burgers “an [Read More]
No Fail Vegan Pie Crust Use this vegan pie crust recipe for any pie, vegan or not! The secret to successful vegan pie crust is to chill every single ingredient, plus the pastry blender and the bowl. For best results, handle the dough with your hands as little as possible. Makes enough for one single [Read More]
New scientific review shows vegetarian diets cause major weight loss Controlled research trials prove diet’s efficacy WASHINGTON–A scientific review in April’s Nutrition Reviews shows that a vegetarian diet is highly effective for weight loss. Vegetarian populations tend to be slimmer than meat-eaters, and they experience lower [Read More]
More Than Tofu by Sunergia Soyfoods Ahh tofu. So simple, so nutritious, and so versatile. Although one of tofu’s greatest qualities is its plainness, sometimes you need a little spice. Like many cooks, I often marinate it, or stir fry it, or bake it… you get the idea—the possibilities are endless. However, as a busy [Read More]
Helen’s Kitchen Chicken Flavor Tofu Steaks Since I’m always on the lookout for quick, easy, delicious sources of protein to add to my meals, I was happy to try Helen’s Kitchen Chicken Flavor Tofu Steaks. Helen’s Kitchen has a line of easy to prepare, low fat, GMO free, and gluten free frozen foods. The line [Read More]
Healthy Sugar-Free Carrot Muffin Recipe Try carrot muffins for breakfast with a smoothie, or for lunch with soup or salad, or as a nutritious snack anytime. 12 Medium Muffins: Oil pans well, and fill them to the top. Carrot muffins will not quite double in size and will be moist, chewy, and substantial – in [Read More]
Fats For Your Health The body needs a certain amount of fats in the diet. It stores fats to serve as a quick energy source and to protect important organs. However, all fats and oils are high in calories. Fats provide 9 calories for each gram contained in food, while protein and carbohydrates each provide [Read More]
Easy Tofu Recipes: Baked Tofu With Tahini Sauce We’ve adapted baked tofu with tahini sauce to our taste, making it saltier and spicier than the original recipe. Baked tofu with tahini sauce is one of the easiest tofu recipes you can make, plus one of the most useful – and delicious! The sauce makes it [Read More]
Does That Chicken Meat Make Me Look Fat? If you don’t want people to start chanting, “Fatty, fatty two-by-four, can’t fit through KFC’s door,” you might want to put down that drumstick and pick up some Gardein buffalo wings instead. A recent study of hundreds of thousands of Europeans revealed that the more meat [Read More]
Cooking Vegetarian – Simple Ways To Cook Vegetarian Food In all forms of cooking there are some principles to bear in mind that can make it easier. Vegetarian dishes are no exception. Even the simplest recipe can look really complicated unless we understand the basics. The simplest of all dishes is a one pot stew [Read More]
Book Review: The China Study by Dr. Colin Campbell, PhD The China Study is a ground-breaking analysis book of more than 8,000 statistically significant associations between various dietary factors and disease. The author is Dr. Colin Campbell, PhD, (with Thomas M. Campbell II) who started his work more than 20 years ago, looking for correlations [Read More]
Vidya, the hottest vegan Vidya Balan seems to be on cloud nine as the actress recently topped the chart of ‘The Hottest Vegetarian of India’ by PETA. The actress has been accompanied by Union Minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor who has been voted as the same in an online poll conducted by [Read More]
Vegetarian Shoes and Ethical Fashion Ethical fashion, and vegetarian shoes by proxy, have traditionally had unfortunate stigmas attached to them. Usually associated with tragic environmentalists with a holier than thou attitude, vegetarian shoes and ethical fashion have really come of age. There are two principle reasons for this. The first is the [Read More]
Vegetarian Bean and Rice Burrito Recipe If you like vegetarian burritos and bean burritos, try making this vegan bean and rice burrito using leftover rice and plenty of Mexican spices. This is a quick and easy basic recipe for a vegetarian and vegan bean and rice burrito. Toss in some extra toppings such as non-dairy [Read More]
Vanilla Ice Recommends Vitamins And Veg Friendly Pill Options Vanilla Ice says open wide…and pop vitamins in your mouth. When New York Magazine asked him what his secret was to looking so great at 41 (besides masturbating frequently like Ernest Borgnine, of course), Ice replied, “Take your vitamins … I’m a vegetarian. I don’t know. [Read More]
Russell Brand Promotes “Booky Wook 2″ Russell Brand has a new book out, Booky Wook 2: This Time It’s Personal, a follow up to the autobiography My Booky Wook, which described much of Brand’s trials of sex and drug addiction and rehab. Brand took to Twitter to pose for a lovely unoffiical promo photo, showing [Read More]
Refreshing Spicy Tomato Soup This home made version of spicy tomato soup really blows the canned stuff out of the water. I take the easy way out and usually use jarred tomato sauce to make the soup – if you can’t find good-quality jarred tomato sauce (I use Bionatura brand), preferably in glass jars – [Read More]
Natalie Portman’s Stylish Vegan Shoe Line! Actress Natalie Portman had a team up with a New York shoe shop to design a range of vegan-friendly shoes. “As one of young Hollywood’s most respected actresses, Natalie Portman, Academy Award nominated and Golden Globewinning actress, has many accomplishments to her credit – Harvard graduate, [Read More]
More young people go the vegetarian route There is not a glut of research and statistics on vegetarian children and their diet habits, but a poll by independent market research firm Harris Interactive in 2005 showed that 3% of Americans ages 8 to 18 are a vegetarian — meaning they do not eat meat, poultry [Read More]
Mike Tyson Credits Vegan Diet With Massive 130 Pound Weight Loss Earlier 2010, Ecorazzi reported that (much to our surprise) Mike Tyson had changed his life in some pretty big ways, including going vegan. Well, the famous boxer continues to preach about his new vegan lifestyle, and recently sat down with ESPN to share the [Read More]
McCartney urges India to declare National Vegetarian Day VETERAN SINGER Sir Paul McCartney is reportedly urging India to declare a National Vegetarian Day. Hindu community across world is supporting his request which is also being backed by other communities in India, who have also agreed to celebrate meat-free living as it will mark a day [Read More]
Kate Middleton Prince William Urged To Have Green Wedding Most fashion, wedding and gossip columnists will have advice for Kate Middleton and Prince William’s upcoming wedding in April. But the Telegraph’s Tamsin Blanchard has taken planning a step further from genre of flowers, dress design and cocktails. Imploring the Prince and his fiancee [Read More]
High IQ link to being vegetarian Intelligent children are more likely to become vegetarians later in life, a study says.A Southampton University team found those who were vegetarian by 30 had recorded five IQ points more on average at the age of 10. Researchers said it could explain why people with higher IQ were healthier [Read More]
Go vegan to help climate, says Government It would help tackle the problem of climate change if people ate less meat or go vegan, according to a Government agency. A leaked email to a vegetarian campaign group from an Environment Agency official expresses sympathy with the environmental benefits of a vegan diet, which bans dairy [Read More]
Four Cancer Diseases That a Vegetarian Diet Prevents Want to avoid blood, bone marrow, bladder and stomach cancer? (Um, yes.) Try a vegetarian diet. A new study published by the British Journal of Cancer and detailed by the BBC said there was a clear correlation between vegetarianism and a reduced cancer risk for those four [Read More]
Basil Parsley Pesto Purists say you must make pesto by crushing basil in a mortar and pestle for full authentic flavor. Do that if you have the time and patience. I’m not that discriminating, and can’t wait that long for my pesto! If you don’t happen to grow your own basil, the large quantity required [Read More]
Steve Wynn’s a vegan – Las Vegas Sun Steve Wynn, the Las Vegas Luxury Casino King has joined the ranks of other Billionaire / millionaire rich and powerful such as President Bill Clinton and Apple iphone’s Steve Jobs “The notion that you need animal food as protein is one of the great conspiracies of *#%*~#! [Read More]
Tofu with Steak Sauce and Onions Tofu or bean curd is a food made by coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds into soft white blocks. It is of Chinese origin, and it is also a part of East Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Vietnamese, and others. [Read More]
Walgreens Offers Food Walgreens – drugstore chain is expanding its fresh food options for 400 additional stores. Walgreens announced Friday that it plans to expand its fresh food program to more than 400 stores in many of the country’s “food deserts”—areas that lack supermarkets and access to fresh foods. The offerings, which include [Read More]
Vegetarianism in a Nutshell There are very few choices in our day-to-day lives that make a significant impact on the world around us, but what we choose to eat does. Eating meat supports global poverty and worker abuse, harms the environment, supports cruelty to animals, and is bad for our health. Then there is a [Read More]
Vegetarian Eating for Life The health benefits of a vegetarian diet are impressive. Dr. T. Colin Campbell, nutritional researcher at Cornell University and director of the largest epidemiological study in history, says, “The vast majority of all cancers, cardiovascular diseases, and other forms of degenerative illness can be prevented simply [Read More]
Joaquin Phoenix Battles Animal Abuse The Oscar-nominated star of Gladiator and Inventing the Abbots is a vegan: He doesn’t eat or wear any animal products. Joaquin starred in his first-ever vegan commercial (asking grocery store shoppers to spare the turkeys at Thanksgiving) and posed for an anti-fur poster that was unveiled at the famous SPA [Read More]
Where do you get your protein? Every vegetarian probably has been asked that at least once—and maybe 100 times. Because getting enough protein, day in and day out, may be the single biggest challenge of the vegetarian diet. But it’s also critical. Protein does a lot in your body: It helps you think and see. [Read More]
Mushroom Health Benefits Want to improve your health and enjoy some delicious food? Then pile on the mushroom. Not only are they so desirable that people will hunt for hours to find rare ones and spend hundreds on a single ounce, ancient Chinese medicine has also been using them for thousands of years to prevent [Read More]
Pasta with Garlic and Olive Oil This awesome vegetarian pasta recipe is so simple to make and prepare. The ingredients used for this dish are only a few items and are very very easy to get. Moreover, this vegetarian pasta recipe contains low calorie and low fat and is ideal for anyone looking for a [Read More]
Sweet and Sour Tofu with Vegetables Recipe If you’ve ever had a sweet and sour dish at a Chinese restaurant and wondered how they made it, this recipe is for you! Sweet and Sour Tofu with Vegetables is an easy to prepare recipe that will have your family thinking you picked up Chinese take-out! Serve [Read More]
Where can I buy vegetarian ingredients? As more and more people become vegetarian, more and more grocery stores are stocking vegetarian and vegan foods, like soymilk, tofu, dairy substitutes and veggie burgers. Some larger stores are even adding a “natural foods” aisle, where you can find soy cheeses, a variety of vegetarian deli meats, and [Read More]
Values on Farmers’ Markets How to make the most of your next trip to the farmers’ markets: Handwritten cardboard signs call out the names of magenta dahlias, yellow-eyed daisies, and red-and-orange nasturtiums. Tables are stacked high with just-picked corn, while baskets overflow with peaches, strawberries, and plums. Freshly baked [Read More]
How to Go Vegetarian or Vegan So you’ve decided to go vegetarian or become vegan. But now what? If you’re trying to figure out what your next step should be, these quick tips will help you make the transition to become vegetarian. Transform dishes that you already know and enjoy. For example, omit meatballs from [Read More]
Eating for Your Health – Lower Rate for Heart Disease Maintain a lower rate for heart disease. Filling your plate with meat, dairy products, and eggs could be a recipe for heart disease, obesity, cancer, diabetes, and even impotence. Keep a lower risk of these diseases! Leading health experts agree that going vegan is the [Read More]
Animal Products Are Linked to Heart Disease Heart disease is the number one health problem in the United States today, and according to the American Heart Association, it is the single leading cause of death. Most heart disease is diet-related—caused by diets high in animal products. Meat, eggs, and dairy products are high in cholesterol [Read More]
