Five vegetarian entrees for the Thanksgiving table
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now The Thanksgiving feast. It evokes such fond food memories. Even vegetarians and vegans are often pleased with the variety of veggie sides that cover their plate on...
View ArticleMeatless Mondays: A way to reduce your carbon output and sat fat intake
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Veggie advocates want American omnivores to adopt a day without meat. Well, some of them want us to just give up meat totally, but I’m talking about the Meatless...
View ArticleSouthern California’s Planet Fest/Vegan Earth Day this weekend
From Green Right Now Reports Get ready to sample vegan cuisine and rally around the idea of going vegan to save the planet at the second annual Southern California Planet Fest in Orange County this...
View Article‘Complete Idiot’s Guide to Vegan Eating for Kids’ informs without preaching
By Brett Kessler Green Right Now Any American who has ever been interested in vegan-eating or vegetarianism knows how difficult this lifestyle can be in a country saturated with fast-food joints,...
View ArticleVegan foods in disguise
When teenager Jay Astafovic decided to become a vegetarian and then a vegan, he was working at his family’s New York pizzeria. Dr. Jennifer Ashton reports on how he upturned their traditional menu and...
View ArticleVegetarian Thanksgiving: Kale-squash-pasta-faux sausage casserole
From Green Right Now Reports This is a hearty go-to dish for fall, when we’re looking to make things with squash and we’ve still got kale growing in the garden. It’s modified from the Eat More Kale...
View ArticleMeat and dairy consumption quadrupled the risk of cancer in middle-aged...
GRN Reports A new study showing that high protein intake during middle age quadrupled the risk of cancer raises big questions about the current paleo diet trend that greenlights meat while lowering...
View ArticleJuicy new veggie burger bleeds, but only plant ‘blood’
By Barbara Kessler GRN Reports There’s a new veggie burger in town. But this one, unlike its bean-, nut- and tofu-based cousins, aims to mimic hamburger as closely as it can, blood and all. Silicon...
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