Vegetarian Star

If you’ve already signed up for the 21 Day Vegan Kickstart Program with the Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine, you know you’ll be getting tips from the great cookbook author Alicia Silverstone.

When the three week initiation period has ended, why not continue with Alicia’s advice by grabbing a copy of The Kind Diet cookbook?

Extra has provided a few recipes you might start off with, but be warned: Tofu Not A Turkey may not be the first one to try if you stuffed yourself with bird, faux or real, for the entire holiday season.

Apple Crumble on the other hand…

Who doesn’t get into vegan desserts!

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Ed Begley Jr. knows being vegetarian is a great complement to his other environmentally friendly behaviors like having solar panels in his home and getting from point A to B on a bicycle.

But is Ed driving an eco-friendly car with animal un-friendly seats?

From priuschat.com:

“Watching a recent episode of Living With Ed, it looks like Ed is now driving (or more likely Rachelle’s car) a level IV winter gray metallic 2010 Prius. I was a little surprised that he chose leather seats, being the vegan that he is.”

Granted, not everyone environmentalist is vegetarian, but with the environmentally unfriendly chemicals going into the tanning process to make leather not biodegradable, you’d think most hybrid worshippers would demand hideless vehicles.

Paul McCartney insisted his luxury Lexus be built with cloth seats versus leather.

Toyota 2010 Priuses come with either leather or  non-leather seating.

Which one is Ed cruising around town in?

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The owners of one of Jason Mraz‘s favorite raw vegan food restaurants, Cafe Gratitude, recently opened a Mexican vegan eatery, Gracias Madre.

As expected, Jason has expanded his love for Gracias Madre and recently made a Tweet about it.

“Today in San Fran: Cafe Gratitude opens Gracias Madre, A Vegan Taqueria! I’ve sampled the yumness already. It’s your new favorite spot.”

Gracias Madre offers 100% completely organic and vegan food and all cheese, milk and ice cream is created from nuts.

The menu features everything from tacos with fresh veggies, beans and cashew cheese to butternut squash soup to salads.

Gracias Cafe Gratitude for putting the vegan punch in Mexican!

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Animal activist Brigitte Bardot recently wrote to Agriculture Minister Gerda Verburg, condemning the Dutch goat and sheep cull that started last week and is expected to continue over the next month.

Bardot said the cull is a, “scandalously disproportionate slaughter which is deeply shocking because of its systematic character.”

Some 40,000 pregnant goat and sheep are expected to be killed.

The animals spread Q fever bacteria when they miscarriage and authorities estimate 2,300 people have become infected with Coxiella burnetii this year, while six people died from the infection.

Bardot states that Q fever in humans can be treated with antibiotics.

Q fever is no ordinary cold–it can give those infected with two weeks of shiver, headaches and a slow pulse rate.

Vaccinating animals can prevent Q fever.

Should the Dutch government have invested in an ounce of prevention versus using this cull as a cure?

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If you spot Leona Lewis wearing leather or carrying a similar crafted handbag, you’d better get your eyes checked caused you know vegetarian gal wouldn’t think twice about doing that!

Which is why it’s no surprise Leona was spotted carrying a Stella McCartney ‘s bag while stopping by David Letterman‘s studios for The Late Show.

The Stella McCartney Falabella tote comes with a price tag-$1,145ish, but those with the pocketbooks of stars and the compassion of anyone regardless of their paycheck size, can snag this at stores like Neiman Marcus as a late Christmas present.

via bagthatstyle.com

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Rick Bayless. Credit: Joshua M. Thompson on Wikimedia Commons

Something smelled bad at PBS chef Rick Bayless‘ restaurants in Chicago recently–the smell of uninspected meat!

An Illinois Department of Agriculture inspector found 80 pounds of bacon without an inspection mark.

“The only product (Illinois restaurants) can have are either ones with an Illinois or federal mark of inspection,” said Colleen O’Keefe, a division manager of food safety and animal protection at the Illinois Department of Agriculture.

Whether or not this meant unsafe meat made it to the patrons of Mr. Bayless’ restaurants is unclear, but with the knowledge of the health risks of tainted meat, one would think Frontera Grill, Topolobampo and Xoco would follow every regulation meant to provide a safer product to the public.

A helpful hint to customers of Bayless’ eateries–skip the meat altogether and order a veg meal instead!

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Argh!

Is New Year’s here already?

If you’re the resolutions type, this may be the year to give veganism a try.

And there’s no better organization to remind you how this resolution could be the best health decision ever than the Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine.

The PCRM is giving individuals a chance to sign up for their 21 day Vegan Kickstart Program.

The program offers resources and tools to get you on the vegan path including diet tips from Alicia Silverstone and other veg celebrity guests, nutritional webcasts from PCRM’s president, Dr. Neal Barnard, a restaurant guide, daily emailed tips, a 21 day meal plan and a community forum to share all your happiness after discovering which brand of fake breaded chicken tricked the fam into believing it was real.

The Kickstart begins on January 1 2010 of course, so sign up today!

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You already learned Carrie Underwood likes to chow down on Quorn faux meat products before performing.

But did you know the country music vegetarian beauty also likes to indulge in pizza?

Carrie admits she can’t get enough of the dairy dealer and she told SELF magazine in 2007, “My food indulgences are pizza, and I love… cheese. I have a big problem controlling myself with the cheese.”

Two years later she’s giving SELF readers a recipe for a healthier pizza, with low fat cheese.

You can make it healthy AND vegan by topping it with a non dairy cheese like Follow Your Heart or Teese.

Grab the ingredients for Carrie’s 250 Calorie Pizza after the jump… (more…)

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