I’ve posted before about the some of the common diet mistakes and pitfalls that vegetarians face. Eating a vegetarian diet doesn’t necessarily equate to eating a healthy diet and we all need to be mindful of how we’re feeding our bodies. This week on HuffingtonPost.com’s Healthy Living page, Kristin Kirkpatrick, M.S., R.D., L.D.and manager of [...]
Paul McCartney’s Daughter Offers a Refreshing Take on Vegetarian Cooking
Paul McCartney has been the celebrity ambassador to vegetarians for as long as I’ve been alive. Long before it was cool to be vegetarian, he was making it look cool. Now his daughter, Mary McCartney, is following in his footsteps with a wonderful new book called simply “Food” and she spoke with the New York [...]
The Vegetarian Lifestyle Gets a New Image
I became a vegetarian long after the days when all vegetarians were considered “hippies” but before vegetarianism was popularized by movie stars and celebrity chefs. I remember how unhip it was to be a vegetarian not too long ago. But vegetarians have a new image and so does the vegetarian diet. In a great new [...]
4 Great Options for Vegetarian Fast Food
Yes, apparently there are some! Anyone who has been a vegetarian for more than a few months has probably ended up at a drive-thru somewhere hoping to find some kind of decent vegetarian fast food meal. It’s not an easy task. But according to a post this week on the Mother Nature Network website, it [...]
The Vegetarian Butcher and His Favorite Plant-Based “Meat”
I guess this day was meant to come and I suppose we’d be surprised if it had come anywhere other than to New York City, where all trends and exciting happenings take place. In a new article on the New York Times’ dining pages this week, food writer Melissa Clark introduces us to the vegetarian [...]
The 5 Best Superfoods of April – All of Them Vegetarian!
I love April. It means the great produce of spring is starting to hit the markets or be ready to harvest (even if just a little) from our own gardens. Meredith Melnick of Huffington Post’s Healthy Living, has a great sideshow highlighting the best superfoods of April and it’s a mouthwatering sight. All of these [...]
New Study – Vegetarians Have a Lower Risk for Ischemic Heart Disease
We all know that eating a vegetarian diet is better for our overall health and in particular our heart and arterial health. But FoodConsumer.com just published an article about a new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, which says that vegetarians have a much lower risk of ischemic heart disease. Ischemic heart disease [...]
Bill Gates Says Vegetarian Meats are Our Nutritional Future
I’ve posted several blogs recently on the new vegetarian “meats” that are available and how vegetarian meats are expected to trend over the next few years. This weekend, I read on article on Ecorazzi.com (still smile every time I read that name) summarizing a blog post from Bill Gates on the topic of vegetarian meats. [...]
3 Great Reasons to Cook Vegetarian at Home
We talk an awful lot about all of the moral and ethical reasons for eating vegetarian, both here and throughout the vegetarian community. But sometimes it’s just nice to remember the joyful, delicious or more simplistic reasons to enjoy the vegetarian lifestyle and to cook vegetarian meals at home. I was reminded of this yesterday [...]
Washington Post Food Editor Goes Vegetarian
I always enjoy hearing about well-known people who adopt the vegetarian lifestyle, especially if they’re well-known for their work with food. This weekend, on Boston’s NPR radio station, WBUR, Washington Post food editor Joe Yonan “came out” as a vegetarian and they’ve posted part of their interview with him on their website. It’s a great [...]
