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“That is just too extreme for me.” I had to laugh when the person across the table said this to me about a month ago. It was in response to my friend telling her that I was vegan. She then went on to explain that she had once been vegetarian, but started eating meat when her boyfriend moved in with her. 35 years ago I downed a hot dog at a café in Chicago with my friend Deb. After our hot dogs, we walked into the leather shop next door.
“That Is Just Too Extreme For Me” by Rae Sikora : On Nonhuman Slavery
The Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG)
Join The VRG with $25 via our donation form , and receive the Vegetarian Journal for one year and a copy of Vegan Meals for One or Two: Your Own Personal Recipes ! The 4th Edition of Simply Vegan has a completely updated nutrition section and over 160 recipes. Learn about Protein, Calcium, B12, Omega-3s, Pregnancy, and more. Vegan Menu for People with Diabetes makes following a vegan diet easy both for people with diabetes and those who are concerned about developing diabetes. The vegan diabetic menu planner is designed to provide a balance of protein, carbohydrates, fat, vitamins, and minerals while following the basic principles of a diabetic meal plan.YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT: There's more to going vegetarian than living on tofu. (Photo: Jupiterimages) Being a vegetarian is not nearly as difficult as it used to be. While a 2003 survey found that only 2.8 percent of Americans identify as strictly vegetarian , over the past 20 years, vegetarian-friendly products, restaurants and — most importantly — mindsets have become the norm across most of the country. Still, for people who grew up with meat at the center of their meals, shifting toward a flesh-free diet can pose significant challenges. Here are a few survival-guide tips for transitioning seamlessly (and deliciously) into a vegetarian lifestyle.
How to survive your first month as a vegetarian | MNN - Mother Nature Network
How humans are not physically created to eat meat Although some historians and anthropologists say that man is historically omnivorous, our anatomical equipment teeth, jaws, and digestive system favors a fleshless diet. The American Dietetic Association notes that "most of mankind for most of human history has lived on vegetarian or near-vegetarian diets." And much of the world still lives that way. Even on most industrialized countries, the love affair with meat is less than a hundred years old. It started with the refrigerator car and the twentieth-century consumer society.
How humans are not physically created to eat meat
Accidentally Vegan | PETA.org
Grocery stores carry an array of great-tasting vegan options, including some items that you might not know are vegan. Many products, including fantastic faux franks; veggie burgers; chicken-free chicken patties; flavored soy, almond, and rice milks; nondairy ice creams; and other sensational snacks, are marketed to vegetarians and vegans. There's also an abundance of chips, dips, cookies, candies, frozen pies, soups, and other mouth-watering items by mainstream food manufacturers that are also vegan.*
Vegetarian Frugal Housewife » Blog Archive » Stocking up: Spices, Flavours & Sauces for the Veggie Cook
Now that we have talked about dry goods, in Stocking Up: The Vegetarian Dry Cupboard , we should look at what items you use to spice up your dishes. There are many different choices out their for flavourings but I will just highlight the most commonly used items in basic vegetarian cooking. As they hail from so many different regions around the world, spices, herbs and sauces can be used to make a dish seem exotic and rare or familiar and comforting. Using a different combination of flavours, you can make the same dish taste entirely different, thus making your recipe collection even larger and more versatile. The more flavours, spices and such that you keep around, the easier it will be to come up with an original meal at a moment’s notice. So, try new flavours often and keep a fully stocked spice rack at all times.Vegetarian Frugal Housewife » Blog Archive » Stocking Up: The Vegetarian Dry Cupboard
So many questions that I receive about vegetarianism revolve around what to actually eat. This does not surprise me. As humans we are creatures of habit, especially when it comes to eating. Having lived on a diet of meat and veg, or a diet of rice and beans or whatever we are accustomed to, we fail to realize that there are other (equally viable) ways of cooking and eating. I get so many folks asking me, “what the heck do vegetarians eat?” And also, “what things should I have in my kitchen if I want to cook more vegetarian foods?”
Vegetarian Frugal Housewife » Blog Archive » Stocking Up: The Vegetarian Fridge/Freezer
So you’ve all had the chance to stock up on your dry goods and on your spices & flavourings , now we get to delve into my favorite place…the fridge. This is where most folks keep all of their fresh fruits & veggies, which you should be indulging in at every meal if you’re being a healthy vegetarian. I love to go to the local market and savor the organic produce as well as other people’s homemade jellies and preserves. And I always buy organic, wherever possible, because modern large-scale farming douses our foods in chemicals, strips the soil of most of the nutrients and therefore produces a substandard, nutritionally deficient crop. Local farmers markets and small whole foods shops always carry a variety of whatever is in season as well as some responsibly grown imports.
Vegetarian Network Victoria - Alcoholic Beverages
It will come as a surprise to most people that many alcoholic beverages contain, or are produced using, animal products. For example, many wines (and beers) are clarified or "fined" by adding isinglass, a pure form of gelatine obtained from the bladders of certain fish. Isinglass assists in the coagulation of the non-liquid grape particles and impurities in the wine, making them easier to extract and leaving the final product clear and "clean".
Peak-Season Map at Epicurious.com
1. Spring Farm-to-Table Guide Find out what's local and seasonal near you with our interactive ingredient map; use our recipes and tips to optimize flavor; and start growing your own culinary herbs, edible flowers, and heirloom vegetablesThis SoyaJoy total tofu kit contains everything you need for making great tasting homemade tofu. Hand crafted with top quality cedar or cypress wood. Also include 100% cotton press cloth, and 16 oz of natural nigari for making over 200 lbs of tofu. Full instruction and illustrations for making tofu included. Homemade tofu is pure and fresh and taste remarkably better than that from store!