vegan

The strict vegan diet and lifestyle excludes use of anything of animal origin, from food to leather clothing and other items such as glue or gelatin capsules; vegan is sometimes called eating lower on the food chain.

Vegan dietary practices and lifestyle are rooted in religious beliefs, respect for the environment, ethical and moral values concerning animal rights, and health practices thought to reduce the potential for disease. Vegans are cautioned, however, to obtain adequate nutrition.  The PETA organization has popularized veganism in regards to prevention of cruelty to animals as does John Robbins’ Diet for a New America.  There is also a concern that animal factory farming is a large contributor to the greenhouse effect, which is a key eco-motive towards vegan choices.

The growing popularity of veganism has produced a weath of fine recipes.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “vegan”

• in Entertainment
  The Tipsy Vegan Offers Recipes with Oomph
  Friends don’t let friends cook and drive.
  by missbobetier / on Nov 18, 2011
• in Lifestyle
  Misguided Eating: The Nose to Toes Food Trend
  Do lions, tigers and bears covet the nasty bits?
  by anolive / on Nov 2, 2011
• in Lifestyle
  Once A Carnivore: A Journey To Health Through Veganism
  Veganism saves animal lives. But there is another important reason to adopt a plant-based diet: saving our own lives.
  by anolive / on Oct 13, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “vegan”

 

• Pure natural powerhouse: Brewers Yeast

  
  The Site for Alamogordo, Holloman AFB & New Mexico — Authority: 111
  I eat natural, organic and raw as much as I could, within the environment I’m in. After being in Hong Kong for 6 months, I started to get my bearings and slowly finding the stores that carry the products I need. Some people find it strange for me to say it’s been a tough transition [...]
  14 hours ago

• Juice Fast for Colitis

  
  Crohns Colitis IBD and IBS info — Authority: 128
  Excited that my MD approved a juice fast & colonic for treatment of my colitis + other emotional revelations. 8-year vegan trying to get healthy after 11 years with ulcerative colitis. PEACE & Compassion for all creatures Please comment, rate, subscribe if you like. Thanks! Free! Beginners ...
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• Easy Teigwaren Greens Recipe : Healthful Vegan Excellent recipes Upon Video

  
  Recipes And Soup — Authority: 134
  Recipe: wwwhealthyveganrecipesnet I love this easy teigwaren salad recipe, as well as pasta salads are really easy to make into healthy vegan tasty recipes via the whole grain teigwaren and lots of clean veggies. The particular ginger-miso outfitting used in this really helps to boost your bodies metabolism and is ...
  2 days ago

• Market Monday: Pretty n’ PINK Juice

  
  With Style and Grace — Authority: 515
    Juicing makes me insanely happy. It’s usually green, but I had to hold back on posting yet ANOTHER green recipe, so I went with more of a beginner juice – maybe a good option for those who can’t get on the green juice/smoothie bandwagon. I’m a big believer in “a juice a day, keeps the doctor ...
  2 days ago

• This Weeks Cravings {FAVORITE COOKBOOK RECIPE}: Spaghetti Frittata {Vegan}

  
  Veggie Converter 365 — Authority: 107
  Todays This Weeks Cravings theme is sharing Recipes from your Favorite Cookbook. If youve followed the blog for long, you may know about my tween crush (except they didnt call us tweens then...they just called us 11 and 12-year-olds) on The Frugal Gourmet, Jeff Smith. His cookbook, a now stained and battered paperback ...
  2 days ago

• Vegan Creative Cusine: Crêpe Suzette with Fruit Salad in Green Tea

  
  Create and Share - Creating a kinder world — Authority: 111
  For the crêpes: 120 ml vegetable drink 200 gr flour Olive or sunflower oil Sugar A pinch of salt For the crêpe sauce: The juice of 3 or 4 oranges Grand Marnière or any other orange liquor Sugar Margarine For the fruit salad in green tea: A varied selection of in-season fruits; in our case, ...
  3 days ago

• Pop Culture

  
  BitterSweet — Authority: 449
  Hamentaschen are unarguably the dessert du jour for Purim , but that doesn’t mean that there’s no room for creative interpretation. Iron out the corners, add a lollipop stick handle for grab-and-go fun, and you’d get these stunningly simple pie pops .  Between the tender crust and fruity center, what are ...
  4 days ago

• PLANEAT: Nothing changes the planet as much as the way we eat

  
  The Site for Alamogordo, Holloman AFB & New Mexico — Authority: 111
  The Herald calls this documentary a “compulsory viewing”. Time Out says “compelling scientific evidence.”  Sir Paul McCartney hopes this “will alert people to the dangers of some of our current practices.” They were talking about PLANEAT, a film that tells us “nothing changes the planet as much as the ...
  4 days ago

• Super Healthy Ratatouille

  
  Broke & Starving — Authority: 89
  Despite it’s name, Ratatouille isn’t Deep Fried Rats from France or a Disney film about a cooking rat, it is actually a very healthy mix of vegetables with tomatoes being a key ingredient that you can eat on it’s own or serve with a side of left over meat like we did, it is a [...]
  5 days ago

• Butternut Squash Soup

  
  EtsyVeg — Authority: 100
  I love butternut squash, and whenever I have one, this is my go-to recipe. It doesnt hurt that its one of the few soups my four-year-old son will eat. That, and it really couldnt be easier! Pair with a crusty bread and a salad for a light meal for a chilly night. Taking care of the squash is the hardest part of ...
  6 days ago

• crock pot chickpea, butternut squash and red lentil stew

  
  Eat, Live, Run — Authority: 517
  Well, hey there! How’s your week going? I have been living in my kitchen this week, cooking my little tail off, because next week I’m actually flying to Florida to help Todd and Diane shoot the new Steamy Kitchen cookbook! I met the lovely White on Rice Couple a few years ago at an event in Arizona and ...
  6 days ago

• Year of the Rooster: owners behind Café Gutenberg to start vegan food cart

  
  RVANews Features — Authority: 499
  Since Café Gutenberg closed last year, former owner Jen Mindell and her brother have been making plans to add a vegan food cart to Richmond’s ever-growing cartitecture . What food is planned, and why the siblings think food carts are on the rise in Richmond.
  6 days ago

• Almond Flour Recipe: Almond Cranberry Muffins

  
  GlueandGlitter.com — Authority: 103
  Got some almond flour left over from making almond milk? These almond cranberry muffins are simple to make and super delicious! I’m not sure if it’s the almond flour or that my flour wasn’t totally dried out when I used it, but these muffins aren’t as firm as a traditional muffin. They’re super soft and a ...
  1 week ago

• Sri Lankan Green Beans &Potato Curry - Bonchi Curry

  
  Experiments,Emotions,Experiences with food — Authority: 98
  This is again a delicious Sri Lankan stew or curry that I had adapted from Madhur Jaffreys World Vegetarian . The dish makes use of a Sri Lankan raw curry powder which is again a fragrant mix of spices that I have made use of in my Lankan Dal .  The curry is supposedly to be used as a side with rice ...
  1 week ago

• Raw Chocolate Milk

  
  shutterbean — Authority: 515
  Brace yourselves. Your minds are about to be blown. You ready? You braced?  Good. What if I was to tell you that you can easily make chocolate milk that tastes like a frothy chocolate malt without using malt or dairy? (Omg. This is starting to sound like an infomercial! Crap! I need a big screen projector ...
  1 week ago

• Baked Bean Chili

  
  Breathe Magazine — Authority: 412
  I thought I understood regional culinary pride. I “got” the idea that every state has their own ideas about the word barbecue, and that every city has its own claim to fame. You can’t watch as many hours of Man v. Food as I have and not understand the concept. But then I moved to [...]
  1 week ago

• Vegan recipe: Mama’s Chinese vegetable soup

  
  The Site for Alamogordo, Holloman AFB & New Mexico — Authority: 111
  What you need (serve 4): A big pot 1 corn on the cob 1 carrot 1/2 cup raw peanuts 1/2 cup raw cashews 1/2 cup dry dark-eyed beans 1/2 cup dry kidney beans Water 1 teaspoon salt Method: I shared my mama’s vegan Russian borscht soup last month and this is an oriental style soup [...]
  1 week ago

• Vegan Pad Kee Mao

  
  Honest Cooking — Authority: 125
  Rice noodles, tossed with a rainbow array of stir fried vegetables, thai basil, cilantro and a spicy sauce. By Jill Mant I am not a vegan. That said some of my children and friends are and I do respect both their principles and their choice. Neither do I wish to omit any of them from my dining table. Last ...
  1 week ago

• Baked Amaranth Vegetable Patties

  
  Honest Cooking — Authority: 125
  Amaranth was the wonder food of the Aztecs. A gluten-free, psuedo-grain, amaranth provides stunning levels of protein, calcium, fiber and iron. By Emily Segal Actually a small seed, amaranth cooks up much like quinoa or millet, but has a stickier texture, perfect for forming patties.  In this vegan recipe, ...
  1 week ago

• Hot and Southern

  
  The Smart Kitchen — Authority: 110
  No, the post title doesnt refer to me . (Although that was clearly what you were thinking, right?) It refers to my latest and greatest soup recipe-- --inspired by a random, but lingering craving for hot and sour soup* and the fact that I happened to have leftover collard greens in the fridge. *Odd, ...
  1 week ago

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